Provides detailed electoral facts for the presidential election of 1960 won by John Kennedy. The electoral vote was the closest in any presidential election since 1916 and in the popular vote, Kennedy's margin of victory was among the...

Provides detailed electoral facts for the presidential election of 1880 won by James A. Garfield in one of the smallest popular vote victories in American history.

Provides detailed electoral facts for the presidential election of 1948 won by Harry Truman in a surprise victory considered by many one of the greatest election upsets in American history.

Site of the 1777 Battle of Saratoga, the first significant American military victory of the American Revolutionary War.

From 1912 until his death, this was the residence of Ole Edvart Rolvaag (1876-1931), Norwegian immigrant and the first American novelist to give a true accounting of the psychological cost of pioneering on the farmer's frontier. His...

Site of Battle of Bennington, where the American defeat of a British foraging party of dragoons helped assure the Continental Army's pivotal victory at Saratoga.

Bust of George Washington by Jean-Antoine Houdon. George Washington (February 22, 1732 - December 14, 1799) served as the first President of the United States of America (1789-1797), and led the Continental Army to victory over the...

(1840-1902) A United States Navy admiral known for his victory in the Battle of Santiago de Cuba during the Spanish-American War.

Sir James Lucas Yeo KCB (7 October 1782 - 21 August 1818) was a British Naval commander who served in the War of 1812. He participated in several sea battles during the Napoleonic Wars, so successfully that he was made a post captain at...

A United States Navy admiral nown for his victory in the Battle of santiago de Cuba during the Spanish-American War.

William Thomas Sampson (9 February 1840 - 6 May 1902) was a United States Navy admiral known for his victory in the Battle of Santiago de Cuba during the Spanish-American War.