Well, Super Tuesday has come and gone, and we have official candidates for both major parties. While there are aspects about this election that are unprecedented (age, criminal indictments, etc.), 2024 is not the first time two repeat candidates are running against each other.
When Frank Baum wrote "The Wizard of Oz", the Wizard himself was a satire on William Jennings Bryan.
During the summer of 1896, there was a tremendous, unmitigated heat wave that took the lives of 1,500 persons. While Wm Jennings Bryan delivered a long campaign speech at Madison Square Garden, an as yet little-known police commissioner not only was massively delivering ice to the overheated populace and listening to the poorest of NYC. That police commissioner was Theodore Roosevelt.
Professor Lindsay M. Chervinsky: You are an interesting, arresting writer of history.
In 1921, William Jennings Bryan recorded the 1896 "Cross of Gold" speech (circa 9-1/2 minutes):
https://www.historicalvoices.org/earliest_voices/display.php?person=William%20Jennings%20Bryan
And for perspective:
https://www.c-span.org/video/?301270-1/william-jennings-bryan-presidential-contender
When Frank Baum wrote "The Wizard of Oz", the Wizard himself was a satire on William Jennings Bryan.
During the summer of 1896, there was a tremendous, unmitigated heat wave that took the lives of 1,500 persons. While Wm Jennings Bryan delivered a long campaign speech at Madison Square Garden, an as yet little-known police commissioner not only was massively delivering ice to the overheated populace and listening to the poorest of NYC. That police commissioner was Theodore Roosevelt.
You continue to impress!
Thank you! And thank you for reading!