Midmorning With Aundrea - November 3, 2020 (Part 2)

(Part 2 of 4) In another Zoom interview, Aundrea interviews Brother Rogers of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History about historical Presidential facts.

Less is the rightwe welcome back.

The outcome of the presidential election could be record-setting -- in many ways.

Brother rogers at the mississippi department of archives and history is our guru of presidential historical facts.

In a recent zoom conversation we talked about some interesting facts surrounding this election, including the age of the two candidates at the top of the ticket.

The election has two oldest candidates going against each other when not resident oldest person elected running for reelection and is running get some money over the years to the end who were in their late 70s running against each other so whoever we the oldest person to president elect that will be a new trivia nugget or are presently strongly so second term he will be in terms term in a row so the information that's true there are two times in american history when we have had three kids to turn present display example that's a little confusing but we had on starting with the jefferson and madison and monroe all serve eight years and then we had bill clinton george w.

Bush and barack obama all serve eight years in a row we've never had more president sir consecutive terms in a run so present from before suggests are years of keep me in to be the first president to have served only to set the record for consecutive two-term president or if joe biden wins in history says three is gonna be the so him one which would make her first well email all the person in america on a bench right and she's a woman ever to serve on the ticket rember that in 1980 rember that in 1984 jodi mondale running mate was they did not in be remembered 2008, mccain's running mate sarah palin they did not win if joe biden weekends force his running mate of sen.

Harris will will become first be vice president also the first african-american might only the 19th celebrating your women's right to vote and the negative in the women across the country eight vote in 1920 vote in 1921 no well actually we are celebrating the centennial of the 19th amendment allowed women the right to vote women across the country and night 20 past went to the polls in november and more g harding mississippi women were not allowed to vote and the right to vote for women was on the ballot in mississippi in 1920 only be allowed to vote and as you might like to did not pass to allow women to vote so he mississippi women were not allowed to vote in this election until 1920 even though the 90 amendment passed in 1920 will join you go on and on which you were talking about