Since its founding in 1851, ''

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'' has endorsed a candidate for

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in every election in the paper's history. The first endorsement was in 1852 for

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and the most recent one was for Joe Biden in 2020. Its first seven endorsements after Scott were for Republicans, and it was not until 1884 that it backed its first Democrat,

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. In total it has endorsed the Democratic candidate twenty eight times, the Republican thirteen times (the last being Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1956), a Whig candidate once (

in 1852), and a third-party candidate once ( John M. Palmer in 1896).

Primary election

Democratic Party

Republican Party

General election

References

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