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Map of the electoral vote for the 1796 presidential election, courtesy of Wikipedia
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Featured Image: “”Evacuation day” and Washington’s triumphal entry in New York City, Nov. 25th, 1783,” Edmund Restein and Ludwig Restein, c. 1879, courtesy of the Library of Congress
