Sixty Years of Election-Night Drama

The Republican incumbent and his Vice President Richard M. Nixon greet supporters at the Sheraton in Washington.
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1956, Dwight Eisenhower Re-elected
The Republican incumbent and his Vice President Richard M. Nixon greet supporters at the Sheraton in Washington.

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