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 the election of 1876, Republican Rutherford B. Hayes defeated Democrat Samuel J. Tilden in what some consider the most disputed presidential election in American history. Tilden won the popular vote that year, getting about 4.3 million votes while Hayes only got about 4.03 million votes.
Harrison ran for president in 1836, but did not win. He was part of the Whig party at the time and they had several candidates run for office in an effort to try and beat then Vice President Martin Van Buren. In 1840, the Whig party chose Harrison as their only candidate for president. Since the public largely blamed President Van Buren for the panic of 1837 and the bad economy, Harrison was able to win. William Henry Harrison's Presidency and Death. Harrison died 32 days after being inaugurated as president.