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unusual facts about United States Electoral College



Archibald Austin

Afterwards, he resumed practicing law and was a presidential elector on the Democratic ticket in 1832 and 1836.

Bernard Kenny

Kenny was one of New Jersey's presidential electors casting the state's Electoral College votes after the 2004 presidential election.

John J. Daley

Daley was also a candidate for presidential elector during the 1972 presidential election (Vermont was carried by Republican incumbent President Richard Nixon).

Shattered Union

In 2009 (following George W. Bush's eight-year term in office), David Jefferson Adams is elected the 44th President of the United States following a disputed election and a tie vote in the Electoral College (and subsequent tie-breaker by the United States House of Representatives), becoming the most unpopular president in U.S. history.


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