[Politics fact 1] There were 8 African-American men from Southern states elected to Congress in 1870, just five years after the Civil War. Another black man wouldn't be elected from a Southern state for the next 72 years.
[Politics fact 2] Lady Astor, the first female British MP, was constantly at odds with British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. During a debate, she declared that if married to him, she'd have poisoned his tea. Churchill responded 'Madam, if I was your husband, I would drink it.'
[Politics fact 3] On July 10, 1947, Senator Glen Taylor said: “I almost wish that the flying saucers would turn out to be space ships from another planet because the possibility of hostility would unify the people of the earth as nothing else could.”
[Politics fact 4] In 1963, wife of President George W. Bush, Laura Bush, at the age of 17th ran a stop sign and struck another car, resulting in the death of a boy. The boy was her ex-boyfriend and a high school star athlete. She was known for her recklessness behind the wheel.
[Politics fact 5] Clint Eastwood was mayor of a tiny city, Carmel-by-the-Sea, California in the 1980s. He ran because he wanted to lift a ban on public ice cream sales. He flew home from movie sets for weekly council meetings, wrote a column in the town paper, and a local hotel changed their slogan to “make my stay.”
[Politics fact 6] In 2000, an Atlanta area sheriff named Sidney Dorsey ordered a hit on a rival (Derwin Brown) that defeated him in an election. The hit was carried out by two deputies who were promised promotions.
[Politics fact 7] George Washington warned the American Public of four things in his Farewell Address: Sectionalism, Political Factions, National Debt and Foreign Influence.
[Politics fact 8] In 2009, a Californian politician named Michael D. Duvall accidentally left his microphone on during a meeting break and was caught graphically boasting about two different affairs he was having. He resigned less than 15 hours after the story broke.
[Politics fact 9] Stalin plotted to kill John Wayne.
[Politics fact 10] During the 1832 presidential election, Former American senator Henry Clay won Maryland by just 4 votes or 0.01%. This record for the smallest margin of victory was only beaten by Florida in 2000.
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