"On Nov. 6, 1860, former Illinois congressman Abraham Lincoln of the Republican Party was elected president of the United States as he defeated John Breckinridge, John Bell and Stephen Douglas. Also on this date: In 1861, an unopposed Jefferson Davis was elected to a six-year term as president of the Confederate States of America, after serving much of the year as its provisional president."
"In 1888, Republican presidential candidate Benjamin Harrison won the electoral vote over incumbent Democrat Grover Cleveland, despite Cleveland gaining 90,000 more total votes; it would be the last time the popular vote winner would lose the election until 2000. In 1947, Meet the Press, the longest-running television show in America, made its debut on NBC; the host was the show's co-creator, Martha Rountree."
Nov. 6 has been the date of several pivotal U.S. presidential elections, including Abraham Lincoln’s 1860 victory and Benjamin Harrison’s 1888 electoral win despite losing the popular vote. Jefferson Davis was elected unopposed as Confederate president in 1861. Dwight D. Eisenhower won reelection in 1956; Ronald Reagan secured a landslide reelection in 1984. Barack Obama won reelection in 2012. Meet the Press debuted on NBC in 1947 with Martha Rountree as host. The Kelly Barnes Dam failure in 1977 killed 39 people. A 2022 passenger plane crash in Tanzania killed 19. Notable births on this date include Sally Field, Arturo Sandoval, Colson Whitehead, Ethan Hawke and Emma Stone.
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