This was the beginning of the so-called âbaby boom.â In 1947, another 3.8 million babies were born; 3.9 million were born in 1952; and more than 4 million were born every year from 1954 until 1964, when the boom finally tapered off. By then, there were 76.4 million âbaby boomersâ in the United States.
In 1888, Benjamin Harrison received 233 electoral votes to Grover Clevelandâs 168, winning the presidency. But Harrison lost the popular vote by more than 90,000 votes. In 2000, George W. Bush was declared the winner of the general election and became the 43rd president, but he didnât win the popular vote either. Al Gore holds that distinction, garnering about 540,000 more votes than Bush. However, Bush won the electoral vote, 271 to 266.
Rating Newest Oldest. Best Answer: The only elected president to lose re-nomination was Franklin Pierce in 1856. Chester A. Arthur, who succeeded to the presidency upon the assassination of James A. Garfield on September 20, 1881, failed to win the 1884 Republican Presidential nomination for a full term of his own. He left office on March 3, 1885 and died of Bright's Disease (a kidney ailment) on November 18, 1886 at the age of 57.