“Most Important Election in History!” - Historical Newspapers

According to the press, every election is the “Most Important Election.”

• “The most important election in the history of our country…”
  ---The True Northerner. (Paw Paw, Mich.), November 03, 1916.

• “The most important election in our history.”
  ---The Sun. (New York [N.Y.]), May 22, 1908.
• “One of the most important elections in the history of our times.”
  ---The Kenna Record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.), November 03, 1916.
• “To the Democrats and Conservative Voters of West Virginia: [we are] upon the eve of the most important election in the history of our country.”
  ---The Weekly Register. (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]), November 02, 1876.

For newspaper coverage of past elections, check out our newspaper databases:

• Chronicling America (1789-1922): http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/
• New York Times Historical (1851-2007): http://tinyurl.com/ho4zvch
• America’s Historical Newspapers (1690-1922): http://tinyurl.com/jfddlcu

You can also read books about the history of presidential press coverage:

• The people’s voice: an annotated bibliography of American presidential campaign newspapers, 1828-1984 (Reference JK524 .M64 1987)
• The New York Times on critical elections, 1854-2008 (Reference JK1965 .P66)

“Most Contested Election in History!” – History of US Elections

From “Revolution of 1800,” to the “Corrupt Bargain” of 1824, to the disputed election of 1876 (which resulted in the creation of a congressional Electoral Commission), Presidential Elections have always been divisive. In the 2000 election, the contested results went before the US Supreme Court.

To read about hotly contested past elections, check out the Library Catalog: http://walter.drew.edu/solr/keyword.php  and search “Elections and United States and History” to find books like:

• Ballot battles: the history of disputed elections in the United States
  (Level C: JK1994 .F65 2016)
• S. presidential candidates and the elections: a biographical and historical guide (Reference JK528 .H38 1996)
• The presidents: a reference history (Reference E176.1 .P918 1996)

“Most Important Political Issues  in History!” – CQ Researcher

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* Warning: browsing reference books can be electrifying!