Here’s how they’ve influenced elections in the past. Though the term was not coined until 1980, the original October surprise came during the 1840 U.S. presidential election, according to ...

During the 1840 campaign, Shannon had help from Vice ... He also had some remarks about the presidential election. What set the stage for the election was a colossal financial crisis then gripping ...

In 1840, the Whigs borrowed and thieved from “the Democratic ... was what had led the Whigs to spurn a national nominating convention in the 1836 presidential election. And the final vote at the ...

Advertisement This week’s episode recalls the 1840 campaign of presidential candidate William Henry Harrison, humble farmer of North Bend, Ohio, and hero of the Battle of Tippecanoe. Or at least ...

By 1840, turnout among the white ... Campbell theorized that “the surge of interest and information in presidential elections” typically works to the advantage of one party or the other; that party’s ...

Political slogans have a long history in the US, dating back at least to the 1840 election campaign ... The Buck Stops Here In the first presidential election since the end of World War II ...