Presidential Race Evokes Memories of 1952 Contest

By Don Wolfensberger
Roll Call Contributing Writer
August 25, 2008

We are often reminded that this year’s presidential election will be the first in 56 years with no sitting president or vice president on the ballot. That merely skims the surface of similarities with 1952, when Republican Dwight Eisenhower (New York by way of Texas, Kansas and Europe) faced Democrat Adlai Stevenson (Illinois by way of L.A.) for the presidency.



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