On This Date In POTUS History
- 1807 Jefferson's nominee to the Supreme Court, Thomas Todd, confirmed by the Senate.
- 1841 Van Buren's nominee to the Supreme Court, Peter Vivian Daniel, confirmed by the Senate.
- 1877 Two days before his inauguration, Congress finally declared Rutherford B. Hayes the winner of the presidential election by one electoral vote.
POTUS Quote
“What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight – it’s the size of the fight in the dog.”
