The election of 1856 brought to the presidency an incompetent who was, at least, partially responsible for the tragedies of the Civil War. We can certainly hope that the 2024 election will not be ...

Fear prevailed over demographics in 1856. A Democrat won the election: James Buchanan, a Northerner strongly tied to Southern interests.

Surprising Fact. The 1856 speaker election was so impassioned, it turned violent: In late January 1856, as the election approached the two-month mark, Democrat Albert Rust, an Arkansas politician ...

Many Americans already are weary after hearing from bloviating candidates for the presidency a year and a half before the 2016 election. Presidential campaigns were considerably quieter in the ...

The Slatest That Time It Took 133 Votes to Elect a Speaker of the House It could be worse for McCarthy: In 1856, Republican Rep. Nathaniel Banks’ election took two months.

Nathaniel Banks of Massachusetts was voted House speaker in 1856 in the longest such election in U.S. history. (Brady-Handy photograph collection/Library of Congress) ...

Nathaniel Banks of Massachusetts was voted U.S. House speaker in 1856 in the longest such election in U.S. history. (Brady-Handy photograph collection/Library of Congress) ...