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Ray LaHood: “This outcome has, in fact, occurred three times in our history and resulted in the elections of John Quincy Adams…”

On the recordFebruary 4, 1999
This outcome has, in fact, occurred three times in our history and resulted in the elections of John Quincy Adams (1824), Rutherford B. Hayes (1876), and Benjamin Harrison (1888).
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Ray LaHood
Republican · Illinois
Source
congress.gov
Feb 4, 1999

Editor's note · Context

Citing historical instances of Presidents elected without popular vote.

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