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Tag: Midterm Elections

  • The Whig Revolution

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    The County Election. By: George Caleb Bingham.

    With the Mexican-American War well underway, the midterm elections in 1846-47 were bound to be consequential.

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  • The First Divided Government

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    John Randolph. By: John Wesley Jarvis.

    Divided government, where one branch of government is controlled by a different political party than the other branches, is a familiar concept for most Americans. The midterm elections of 1826 and 1827 brought about the first instance in American history of divided government.

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