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On this Judge cover, Uncle Sam is personified as the farm vote in New England delivering a rude shock to Democratic presidential nominee Alton B. Parker. Since 1848, federal law required presidential elections to be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. However, some states in the nineteenth century held state and congressional elections in the late summer or early fall. These “October” elections, especially in key swing states, were considered a good indicator of the results of the upcoming presidential contest. By the mid-1880s, most states had aligned their elections to coincide with the November presidential election. However, a few of the smaller states, like Maine and Vermont, retained the distinction into the early-twentieth century. |
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