Video: 'CBS NEWS - ELECTION NIGHT 1972 - 6:30 P.M E T - 2:00 A M E.T'

(Tuesday, November 7, 1972, CBS News projected Nixon the winner at 8:21 p.m. EST; during the 1972 United States presidential election) — Republican President Richard Nixon of California was re-elected the 37th president of the United States today, defeating Democratic South Dakota Senator George McGovern. Continue reading U.S. President Richard Nixon re-elected over Democrat George McGovern 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 7 1972) →

Video: 'First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt 1884 - 1962'

(Wednesday, November 7, 1962, 6:15 p.m. EST) — Eleanor Roosevelt, who served as the first lady of the United States from 1933 to 1945 during her husband President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s four terms in office, and became an international figure in her own right, died this evening at her home at 55 East 74th Street on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City. Continue reading Former first lady and human rights activist Eleanor Roosevelt, 78, dies at her Manhattan home 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 7 1962) →

Video: 'Nixon's Bitter Concession Speech'

(Wednesday, November 7, 1962, morning PST; during Richard Nixon’s November 1962 press conference following the 1962 California gubernatorial election) — The day after losing his bid for governor of California to Democratic incumbent Pat Brown by 51.9 to 46.9 percent, a bitter former Vice President Richard Nixon lashed out at reporters today at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, proclaiming that “you don’t have Nixon to kick around anymore, because, gentlemen, this is my last press conference.” Continue reading Former VP Richard Nixon denounces media as biased in ‘last press conference,’ declaring ‘you don’t have Nixon to kick around anymore’ 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 7 1962) →

Video: 'ABC NEWS - ELECTION NIGHT- 2012 (7.00 P.M E.T - 2.00 A.M E.T)'

(Tuesday, November 6, 2012; during the 2012 United States presidential election) — Democratic President Barack Obama of Illinois was re-elected the 44th president of the United States today, defeating Republican former Governor Mitt Romney of Massachusetts. Continue reading U.S. President Barack Obama re-elected over Republican Mitt Romney 10 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 6 2012) →

Video: 'The American Presidential Election of 1912'

(Tuesday, November 5, 1912, during the 1912 presidential campaign) — Democratic Governor Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey was elected the 28th president of the United States today, defeating former President Theodore Roosevelt of New York, who left the GOP in 1912 to run as the nominee of the Progressive Party, and Republican incumbent President William Howard Taft of Ohio. Continue reading Democrat Woodrow Wilson elected 28th president of the United States, defeating former President Theodore Roosevelt and incumbent President William Howard Taft 110 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 5, 1912) →

Video: 'The American Presidential Election of 1872'

(Tuesday, November 5, 1872, during the 1872 presidential campaign) — Republican incumbent President Ulysses S. Grant of Illinois was re-elected as the 18th president of the United States today, defeating newspaper publisher Horace Greeley of New York (nominated by the Liberal Republican Party and and then nominated by the Democratic Party). Continue reading U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant re-elected over Liberal Republican / Democratic nominee Horace Greeley 150 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 5 1872) →

Video: 'What Crime Did Susan B. Anthony Commit?'

(Tuesday, November 5, 1872; during the 1872 presidential election and first-wave feminism) — Suffragist Susan B. Anthony defied the law today by attempting to cast a vote for President Ulysses S. Grant in Rochester, New York. She is later fined $100. Continue reading Suffragist Susan B. Anthony defies the law by attempting to cast a vote for President Ulysses S. Grant 150 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 5 1872) →

Video: 'CBS News Election Coverage: November 4, 1952' (coverage begins at 8:00 p.m. EST)

(Tuesday, November 4, 1952, during the 1952 United States presidential election) — Republican General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower of New York was elected the 34th president of the United States today, defeating Democratic Governor Adlai Stevenson of Illinois. Continue reading Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower elected 34th president of the United States, defeating Democrat Adlai Stevenson 70 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 4 1952) →

Video: '1952 JFK Elected to Senate'

(Tuesday, November 4, 1952; during the 1952 United States Senate election in Massachusetts) — U.S. Representative John F. Kennedy, a 35-year-old Democrat, defeated Republican incumbent Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., today in the U.S. Senate election in Massachusetts by a margin of 51.3 to 48.3 percent. Continue reading John F. Kennedy, 35, elected to U.S. Senate from Massachusetts, defeating Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. 70 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 4 1952) →