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(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a U.S. map on the monitor.) 1968 was the last time a third-party candidate captured a state; Nixon won 32 red states, Humphrey took 13 blues, & this independent won a block of five Southern states |
George Wallace
DD
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$2,600 |
DJ |
U.S. POLITICS |
2013-02-14 |
#6544 |
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In 1963 this Alabamian said there'd be "no more liquor drinking in your Governor's Mansion" |
George Wallace
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$1,000 |
J |
GOVERNORS SPEAK |
2012-03-23 |
#6340 |
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(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reads from atop the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, AL.) When civil rights marchers faced off against the mounted police in 1965 here on the Edmund Pettus Bridge, this man was Alabama's governor |
George Wallace
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$800 |
J |
GOVERNORS |
2006-05-02 |
#4992 |
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He was the last third-party candidate to receive any electoral votes |
George Wallace
DD
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$500 |
DJ |
POLITICS |
1995-07-19 |
#2523 |
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In 1982 he was again elected governor of Alabama after 3 years out of office |
George Wallace
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$200 |
DJ |
GOVERNORS |
1994-04-27 |
#2233 |
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In 1964, this Alabama governor refused to support Lyndon Johnson for president |
George Wallace
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$200 |
DJ |
DEMOCRATS |
1991-03-26 |
#1522 |
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In the 1968 election he picked up 46 electoral votes as an American Independent |
George Wallace
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$400 |
DJ |
AMERICAN POLITICS |
1989-07-04 |
#1132 |
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He was the 1968 presidential candidate of the American Independent Party |
George Wallace
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$600 |
DJ |
AMERICAN POLITICS |
1989-04-27 |
#1084 |
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Last third-party presidential candidate to carry any state |
George Wallace
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FJ |
ELECTIONS |
1987-10-01 |
#704 |
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He returned to the Democratic Party after running for president in 1968 as an American Independent |
George Wallace
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$400 |
DJ |
DEMOCRATS |
1986-03-31 |
#406 |
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Prohibited from serving 2 terms in a row, his wife, Lurleen, ran in his place in '66 and won |
George Wallace
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$400 |
J |
GOVERNORS |
1985-04-25 |
#164 |