Abraham Lincoln was elected as the sixteenth President
of the United States. He defeated three other candidates.

Republican Richard Nixon defeated Democrat Helen Gahagan Douglas.
Helen was a well-known star on Broadway in the 1920’s.

President Harry S. Truman narrowly won re-election over Republican
challenger Thomas E. Dewey. It was widely felt that Truman was going
to lose the election. As a result,the Chicago Tribune’s first edition ran
the incorrect headline.