Election Day

ROBERT J. DINKIN is Professor of History at California State University, Fresno. His earlier books include Before Equal Suffrage (Greenwood, 1995) and Campaigning in America (Greenwood, 1989).

• The Colonial and Revolutionary Periods John Adams's First Election to Office, Braintree, Massachusetts, 1766 An Election of Gentlemen in Colonial Virginia, c. 1770 Pageantry and Partisanship, Westchester County, New York, 1733 Benjamin Franklin's Side Defeated by Proprietary Faction, Philadelphia, 1764 Ritual Elections of Negro "Governors" in New England, c. 1750-1830 Partisan Division in Post-Revolutionary Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1785 Violence and Bloodshed in Post-Revolutionary Delaware, Sussex County, 1787 The Early National Period, 1789-1828 John Marshall's Election to Congress-Richmond, Virginia, 1799 Aaron Burr Leads Republicans to Victory, New York, 1800 Women Vote in Tainted Election, Essex County, New Jersey, 1807 Federalists Seek to Survive against Republicans Rivals, New England, 1801-1815 Factional Conflict in Era of Good Feelings, Philadelphia, 1817 The Jacksonian Era, 1828-1849 The Rituals of a Jacksonian Victory Parade Observed, New York, 1832 Party Battle in the "City of Brotherly Love," Philadelphia, 1832 Prominent Merchant Serves as Election Judge, Philadelphia, 1840 Young Man Observes Riotous Election in West, St. Louis, 1838 Prominent Whig Assesses Harrison-Van Buren Contest, New York, 1840 Peaceful County Elections, Springfield, Ohio, 1831, and Upstate New York, c. 1840 John Q. Adams Reacts to Reelection to Congress, Quincy, Massachusetts, 1844 President Polk Reacts to the Election of His Successor, Washington, D.C., 1848 The Strange Death of Edgar Allan Poe, Baltimore, 1849 The Golden Age of Parties, 1856-1896 Ardent Republican Goes to the Polls in New York, 1856 and 1860 Calm Day in Windy City for Lincoln's Election, Chicago, 1860 How Lincoln Experienced His Election as President, Springfield, Illinois, 1860 How Lincoln Experienced His Reelection as President, Washington, D.C., 1864 Election Fraud in the Post-Civil War North, New York, 1868 Blacks Intimidated by Ku Klux Klan, New Iberia, Louisiana, 1869 Blacks Cheated by Democratic Opponents, Vicksburg, Mississippi, 1875 Women First Vote in Western Territorial Election, Laramie, Wyoming, 1870 Women Take Part in Municipal Election, Topeka, Kansas, 1889 Henry George in Defeat Speaks to His Supporters, New York, 1886 Partisan Struggle in Small New Jersey Town, Cranford, New Jersey, 1888 A Black Female Precinct Worker Tells Her Story, New York, 1895 The Atmosphere of Election Day in a Major Metropolis, New York, 1896 How William McKinley Spent the Day of His Election, Canton, Ohio, 1896 How William Jennings Bryan Reacted to His Defeat, Lincoln, Nebraska, 1896 Moving into the Modern Age, 1900-1948 How the Ballots Are Counted and Reported, New York, 1913 Voting Amidst the Influenza Epidemic, San Francisco and Fresno, California, 1918 Women Vote for the First Time on National Basis, New York, 1920 Black Women Barred from the Vote, Atlanta, Georgia, 1920 Resistance to Blacks Voting, Orange and Duval Counties, Florida, 1920 The Experience of a Progressive Poll Watcher, Philadelphia, 1922 Radio Becomes an Important Provider of Returns, New York, 1928 Small New England Town First to Vote, New Ashford, Massachusetts, 1936 How the Associated Press Tabulates the National Vote, New York, 1940 American Soldiers Vote on Duty during World War II, Europe, 1944 Franklin Roosevelt's Last Election Day, Hyde Park, New York, 1944 Black Veterans Seek to Vote in Postwar South, Mississippi, 1946-1947 Harry Truman Reacts to His Upset Victory, Excelsior Springs, Missouri, 1948 GOP Headquarters: Scene of Gloom, New York, 1948 Emergence of the Mass Media Age, 1952-1964 Native Americans Begin to Vote, Arizona and New Mexico, 1952 Declining Crowds in Times Square, New York, 1952 Beginning of Widespread Television Coverage, New York, 1952 Voting Is a Lonely Business, New York, 1960 Nixon Concedes to Kennedy after Long Night, Los Angeles, California, 1960 Hawaiians Engage in First Presidential Election, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1960 Illinois Republicans Demand a Recount, Chicago, Illinois, 1960 The First Presidential Vote in the District of Columbia, Washington, D.C., 1964 What Goes on at the Polling Place, Evanston, Illinois, 1964 Disengagement and Declining Interest, 1968-2000 Hippies and Yippies Protest Against Both Parties, San Francisco, 1968 Blacks Begin to Win Office in South, Pritchard, Alabama, 1972 Youths Vote for First Time in Presidential Election, New Haven, 1972 Westerners Protest Against Network Projections, San Francisco, 1980 Woman Candidate Seeks Votes on Election Day, Maine, 1984 Voting in Rural America, Highland County, Virginia, 1985 Americans Choose Candidates in Harry's New York Bar, Paris, France, 1988 Controversy Over "Street Money," Atlanta, Georgia, 1994 The Movement for Early Voting, Texas et al., 1994 Balloting by Mail, Portland, Oregon, 1996 Voting on the Internet, Arizona, March 2000 The Presidential