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TIL: As far back as 1872, despite practically no women being allowed to vote, Victoria Woodhull of the Equal Rights Party became the first woman nominated for a US Presidential election. Frederick Douglass, a black abolitionist, was even chosen as her running mate

by whatilearned June 26, 2022, 12:52 pm

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TIL about Abe Lincoln’s son Robert. Who’s life was saved by John Wilkes Booth’s brother: Edwin. He was a direct witness to the assassination of James A. Garfield and William McKinley, afterwards he was the minister to Britain. But, he never attended another presidential meeting, a jinx in theory.

by whatilearned May 24, 2022, 12:45 pm

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Americans on Reddit, Would you want an age limit (70) and a cognitive test to be passed for a presidential candidate? Why? Why not?

by QuestionGuy May 19, 2022, 6:38 am

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Americans of Reddit, would you vote for an openly Atheist presidential candidate? why or why not?

by QuestionGuy May 19, 2022, 12:32 am

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TIL Make America Great Again was first used as a slogan by Ronald Reagan for his 1980 Presidential Campaign

by whatilearned May 15, 2022, 10:19 pm

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TIL about Andrés Rodríguez Pedotti, a Paraguayan army major general who launched a coup against the dictator Alfredo Stroessner, successfully managed to overthrow and exile him, re-democratized Paraguay, signed a Paraguayan constitution with presidential term limits into law, and then stepped down.

by whatilearned May 3, 2022, 1:30 am

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Who is going to win the 2024 presidential election?

by QuestionGuy April 18, 2022, 2:07 pm

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TIL that during the 1848 Presidential Election, Margaret Taylor, the wife of Whig Candidate Zachary Taylor, literally prayed for his defeat, for she dreaded the personal consequences of him becoming president. Unfortunately for her, Zachary Taylor would ultimately win the election.

by whatilearned March 28, 2022, 12:18 am

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TIL that Republicans have won Alaska in all but one of the presidential elections it has participated in since it’s admission to the Union, with the sole exception being when Lyndon Johnson carried the state in 1964. No state has voted for a Democratic presidential candidate fewer times.

by whatilearned March 3, 2022, 4:16 pm

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TIL the Presidential Fitness Test, in place from the late 1950s until 2013, is now seen as having been largely detrimental to the health of children, “working as a tool of comparison and shame” in the USA

by whatilearned March 1, 2022, 11:30 pm

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TIL 2005-02-26 Hosni Mubarak, President of Egypt, orders the constitution changed to allow multi-candidate presidential elections, asking Egyptian parliament to amend Article 76

by whatilearned February 26, 2022, 7:46 am

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There has been a devastating fire in russian president Putin’s presidential library

by cringeyjokesman February 25, 2022, 12:34 pm

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