Great Campaign Moments

Jan 17, 2008
Jan 17, 2008

A lot of them are just background noise, but the great ones pack a powerful punch.

Jan 17, 2008

Washington and Lee students have an uncanny knack for picking presidential nominees.

Jan 17, 2008

Congress decided the winner in the presidential election of 1824.

Jan 17, 2008

The presidential election of 1876 required the country to rely on an untested method.

Jan 17, 2008

Texas Sen. Lloyd Bentsen delivered one of the most devastating slights ever.

Jan 17, 2008

Remarks set the Illinoisan on a winning track in 1860

Jan 17, 2008

From platforms to pennants to booze, the multifaceted legacy of the election of 1840.

Jan 17, 2008

Setting America's two political parties on the path they continue to follow today.

Jan 17, 2008

Mark Twain and Henry James both used it, but it was FDR who etched it into the history books.

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