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TIL about the 1936 presidential election in which Roosevelt received 98.49% of the electoral vote total, which remains the highest percentage of the electoral vote won by any candidate since 1820.

by whatilearned August 16, 2022, 5:08 pm

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TIL since 2004 the residents of La California, a town in Italy, have held farcical ballots for the United States presidential elections. Although votes cast by La California residents do not count, they still send the result of each election to the nearby US consulate in Florence

by whatilearned August 10, 2022, 3:15 pm

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TIL: The Presidential Recordings and Materials Preservation Act was passed in 1974, specifically to prevent Richard Nixon from destroying records. In 1978 the Presidential Records Act was passed to apply to all future presidents.

by whatilearned August 10, 2022, 11:06 am

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TIL in the late 1990s, a Paraguayan girl emerged from a coma; when given a wish, she chose a trip to Ohio to see the Hayes Presidential Center.

by whatilearned August 6, 2022, 5:28 pm

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The Donald Trump Presidential Library burned down last week.

by cringeyjokesman July 27, 2022, 5:37 am

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TIL The presidential yacht of Yugoslavia, Galeb, was a former Italian and Nazi warship. The Nazis minelayer was sunk by the Allies in 1944 and Yugoslavia raised it, converting it to a yacht in 1952. Ship visitors include Queen Elizabeth II, Khrushchev, Nehru, Nasser, and Kurt Douglas.

by whatilearned July 10, 2022, 10:05 am

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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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