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• John Quincy Adams

  Unger, Harlow Giles

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  1824: Andrew Jackson won the popular vote and defeated John Quincy Adams in the first ever election that recorded the popular vote, but it wasn't over yet. Congress decided the next President, John Quincy Adams, because no candidate (there were…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Forgotten Presidents

  Their Untold Constitutional Legacy

  Gerhardt, Michael J., 1956-

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  Franklin Pierce, the 14th President of the United States, was elected November 2, 1852, but alas, he isn't well known and ended up in this book, "The Forgotten Presidents."

• The Destiny of the Republic

  a Tale of Medicine, Madness and the Murder of a President

  Millard, Candice

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  James A. Garfield, elected on November 2, 1880, served as the 20th President of the United States for four months before being assassinated on July 2, 1881, though he didn't succumb to the raging infection caused by the bullet wound for another two…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Warren G. Harding

  The 29th President, 1921-1923

  Dean, John W.

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  Warren G. Harding was elected November 2, 1920, but died of a heart attack in San Francisco on August 2, 1923. His popularity quickly eroded because of a scandal with his mistress's child (proven to be Harding's in a 2015 DNA test) and the infamous…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Year of Indecision, 1946

  A Tour Through the Crucible of Harry Truman's America

  Weisbrode, Kenneth

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  President Harry S. Truman was re-elected on November 2, 1948, over Republican Thomas E. Dewey. It was a huge upset; everyone believed Dewey would win. The "Chicago Tribune" newspaper even published the headline "DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN." Surprise!

• A Full Life

  Reflections at Ninety

  Carter, Jimmy, 1924-

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  Democrat Jimmy Carter was elected on November 2, 1976, after a rough few years in politics (Watergate in 1974, President Nixon's resignation and Vice President Spiro Agnew's resignation). Jimmy Carter defeated incumbent Gerald R. Ford.