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LeftinOH

(5,435 posts)

7. Vice Presidents Richard Nixon (1961); Hubert Humphrey (1969); and

Reply to AverageOldGuy (Original post)

Mon Jan 6, 2025, 10:19 AM

Jan 6

Al Gore (2001) all had to certify the electoral votes from a Presidential election in which they, personally, were the losing party. There's video on YouTube of Nixon doing this -- in it, he specifically mentions that certifying the results is his duty, no matter who the winner was.