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

       
President Abraham      Vice President   
Lincoln                          Andrew Johnson  
                                               
                                      

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.

Jeannette Pickering Rankin (June 11, 1880 – May 18, 1973)

On November 7, 1916, Montana suffragist Jeannette Rankin, a
Republican from Montana was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. She was the first woman in the history of the
nation to win a seat in the federal Congress.

Rankin arguing against the fortification of Guam before
the House Naval Affairs Committee in 1939.

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)

Theodore Roosevelt, a titan of political progressivism, war
hero, champion of American exceptionalism, Nobel Peace
Prize recipient and 26th president of the United States, was
born in New York City on this day in history, Oct. 27, 1858.