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.
The four candidates who received electoral votes in the U. S. Presidential Election of 1860 are... Republican Abraham Lincoln (180 votes)Southern Democrat John C. Breckinridg â¦ e (72 votes)Constitutional Union Party candidate John Bell (39 votes)Democrat Stephen A. Douglas (12 votes).+ 16 others found this useful.ongressional elections are every two years. Every other congressional election is also a presidential election. Two of every three elections you also elect a senator from you â¦ r state. (Senators serve for 6 years and their elections are staggered so you usually don't vote for both senators in one election).