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1. Who won the presidential election of 1876?
2. Which one of these states was not among those whose popular vote was disputed in the 1876 election?
3. Who is the only president to have been elected to two non-consecutive terms (in the elections of 1884 and 1892)?
4. Who defeated the incumbent in 1888 to prevent him from serving consecutive terms?
5. Who is the only president never to have been elected president or vice president?
6. If a vice-president resigns or dies, who must confirm his or her replacement?
7. Before Bill Clinton, no Democrat had won the White House without winning which state?
8. Which state had the largest number of electoral votes in the first election in 1789?
9. Which state had the largest number of electors from 1812-1968?
10. What was the only state which George McGovern won in 1972?
11. What was the only state which Walter Mondale won in 1984?
12. In which election were the most popular votes cast in the history of American presidential elections (not including 2000)?
13. If you count up all the popular votes for president cast since 1824 (when the Electoral College began to be chosen by popular vote), which candidate has the highest total?
14. Al Gore ran for president once before 2000, but bowed out before the convention. What year was that?
15. The voters in which two states chose the national winners for president in every election from 1960 to 1996 (10 in a row)?
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