Despite generally standardized election practices across the US states, every general election has its own unique quirks.<br /><br />Candidates in the 1884 election were judged not only by their policies but also through phrenological analysis.<br /><br />Phrenology is the practice of judging character by 'reading' the lumps and bumps on a person's skull.<br /><br />In 1920, five-time failed Socialist candidate Eugene V. Debs, or 'Convict No. 9653,' ran for president from federal prison. He still garnered 900,000 votes.<br /><br />In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, American women's voting rights were severely constrained. <br /><br />To prevent them from voting on issues they weren't entitled to vote on, men's and women's ballot boxes were separate, so women's votes could be easily thrown out.<br /><br />Anti-suffrage knickknacks, depicting cats saying 'I want my vote,' were very popular at one time. They implied if women could vote, then cats should be able to vote, too.<br /><br />Getting a jump on Twitter, US President Franklin D. Roosevelt was the first to schedule his own radio broadcast.<br /><br />In doing so, his 'fireside chats' bypassed news outlets that refused to cover his campaign.
