MEXICO, newly freed from Spanish rule, opens the State of Tejas (Texas) to Anglo American settlers. Many bring in slaves and establish cotton plantations. This sets up a conflict with the Mexican government, which banned the importation of enslaved people the same year, on the principle of liberty for all. Many of the new settlers tried to get around the law, by having slaves classified as “indentured servants” for life.
“The state of Coahuila y Tejas responded by limiting indenture contracts to ten years, and guaranteeing liberty to the children of slaves, in a so-called ‘free womb’ law.”
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Select results, presidential elections:
1824
Popular vote Percentage Electoral votes
Andrew Jackson 153,000 42% 99
John Quincy Adams 114,000 32% 84
William Crawford 47,000 13% 41
Henry Clay 47,000 13% 37
1876
Popular vote Percentage Electoral votes
Samuel Tilden 4,300,00 51% 184
Rutherford B. Hayes 4,000,000 48% 185
Popular vote Percentage Electoral votes
John F. Kennedy 34,200,00 50.1% 303
Richard M. Nixon 34,100,000 49.9% 219
1984
Popular vote Percentage Electoral votes
Ronald Reagan 54,300,000 59% 525
Walter Mondale 37,500,000 41% 13
1992
Popular vote Percentage Electoral votes
Bill Clinton 44,900,000 43% 370
George H.W. Bush 39,100,000 38% 168
H, Ross Perot 19,800,000 19% 0
2000
Popular vote Percentage Electoral votes
Albert Gore Jr. 51,00,000 48.4% 266
George W. Bush 50,500,000 47.9% 271
Ralph Nader 2,900,000 2.8% 0
2016
Popular vote Percentage Electoral votes
Hillary Clinton 65,900,000 48.2% 232
Donald Trump 63,000,000 46.1% 306
Gary Johnson 5,000,000 3.3% 0
Others 3,100,000 --- 0
2020
Popular vote Percentage Electoral votes
Joseph R. Biden Jr. 81,300,000 51.3% 306
Donald Trump 74,200,000 46.9% 232
Others 2,300,000 1.4% 0
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