American History

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  1. 2. Republican politician that held the roles of both president and vice president despite never having been elected to either office (4)
  2. 3. Alternative Democratic candidate in the 1960 presidential election who won 15 electoral votes in the Deep South (4)
  3. 5. Chief justice of the supreme court 1953-1969 and running mate of Thomas E. Dewey in the 1948 presidential election (6)
  4. 12. Only president to serve as chief justice of the supreme court after becoming president; appointed by Warren G. Harding (4)
  5. 13. Independent candidate who carried no states in the 1980 presidential election despite gaining over 10% of the popular vote (8)
  6. 15. Anti-slavery party that former president Martin Van Buren joined and ran for president with in 1848 (8)
  7. 17. Latin American nation in which 19th president Rutherford B. Hayes has many streets and buildings named after him as a result of his actions benefitting the country (8)
  8. 19. The third-largest party in the United States by members as of 2023, founded in late 1971 (11)
  9. 20. Official name of the third-parties created by Theodore Roosevelt, Robert La Follette and Henry Wallace for their left-wing campaigns in 1912, 1924 and 1948 respectively (11)
  10. 21. Abraham Lincoln's running mate in the 1860 presidential election (6)
Down
  1. 1. Presidential candidate of the newly-founded 'Dixiecrat' party in 1948, also president pro tempore of the senate in the early years of George W. Bush's presidency (8)
  2. 3. The maiden name of the First Lady of the United States from 1961 to 1963 (7)
  3. 4. Vice president of the United States 1974-1977 and namesake of the progressive wing of the Republican party throughout much of the mid-20th century (11)
  4. 6. President nicknamed 'Old Hickory' (7)
  5. 7. Billionaire third-party candidate from Texas in the 1992 and 1996 presidential elections (5)
  6. 8. The surname of the only grandfather-grandson duo to have served as president (8)
  7. 9. Vice president of the United States under Franklin D. Roosevelt from 1941 to 1945 (7)
  8. 10. Initials of the running mate of the Democratic party's candidate in the 1920 presidential election who would go on to become president at a later date (3)
  9. 11. Third-party candidate in the 1880 and 1892 presidential elections, received 8.5% of the popular vote as the candidate for the People's Party or Populist Party in the latter (6)
  10. 12. One of two presidents to have never held any political or judiciary office before becoming president, the other one is Donald Trump (6)
  11. 14. Commanding general of the United States army from 1861 to 1862 and Abraham Lincoln's main opponent in the 1864 presidential election (9)
  12. 15. The author of 'Poor Richard's Almanack' from 1732 to 1758 (8)
  13. 16. Left-wing politician who ran for president on five occasions in 1900, 1904, 1908, 1912 and 1920, performing best in the 1912 election in which they won 6% of the popular vote and 901,551 total votes (4)
  14. 18. President of the United States with a cameo role in the 1992 film 'Home Alone 2' (5)