Camille Bohannon



President Abraham Lincoln, amid the most turbulent administration
and deadliest conflict in American history, defeated bitter personal
rival and former Civil War Gen. George McClellan to win re-election
on this day in history, Nov. 8, 1864.
1864 National Union Party ticket
John F. Kennedy, 43, became the youngest man ever to be
elected president of the United States, narrowly beating
Republican Vice President Richard Nixon. He was also the
first Catholic to become president.

Richard Nixon (left) congratulates the new President.

Conservative icon Ronald Reagan, the former Hollywood leading
man and California governor who outwitted the American political
elite to reach the Oval Office, was elected president of the United
States on this day in history, Nov. 4, 1980.

Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004)