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The Nap Taker
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“I’d marry again if I found a man who had $15 million and would sign over half of it to me before the marriage and guarantee he’d be dead in a year.” - Bette Davis
Interesting facts about the U.S. Presidents
The Nap Taker
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I was milling around online and came across some interesting facts about our presidents. I was reading an article that stated Romney could win the popular vote but lose the election. Which has only happened 4 times in history. I did not know this.
https://facts.randomhistory.com/interesting-facts-about-us-presidents.html
"Most liked Presidents" This list seems pretty predictable
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_rankings_of_Presidents_of_the_United_States
George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and Franklin D. Roosevelt are consistently ranked at the top of the lists. Often ranked just below those Presidents are Thomas Jefferson and Theodore Roosevelt. The remaining places in the top ten are often rounded out by Harry S Truman, Woodrow Wilson, Dwight D. Eisenhower, and Andrew Jackson. The bottom ten often include Warren G. Harding, James Buchanan, Andrew Johnson, Franklin Pierce, Millard Fillmore, Ulysses S. Grant, William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, and George W. Bush
“I’d marry again if I found a man who had $15 million and would sign over half of it to me before the marriage and guarantee he’d be dead in a year.” - Bette Davis
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Re: Interesting facts about the U.S. Presidents
Yes, and he didn't win the election.
“I’d marry again if I found a man who had $15 million and would sign over half of it to me before the marriage and guarantee he’d be dead in a year.” - Bette Davis
Four candidates won the popular vote but lost the presidency: Andrew Jackson won the popular vote but lost the election to John Quincy Adams (1824); Samuel J. Tilden won the popular vote but lost the election to Rutherford B. Hayes (1876); Grover Cleveland won the popular vote but lost the election to Benjamin Harrison (1888); Al Gore won the popular vote but lost the election to George W. Bush (2000).
“I’d marry again if I found a man who had $15 million and would sign over half of it to me before the marriage and guarantee he’d be dead in a year.” - Bette Davis
Two of those cases were ties that had to be decided in the House of Representatives.
It was actually back room deals that got JQA and Rutherfraud B Hayes the presidency.
Yea, our system is really not that democratic...
<-- history geek too.
Yup. I've said in several posts that I will not be happy if Obama wins but Romney gets more votes. I may not like Romney, but I *do* like a fair election system.