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Contents 1 older entries 2 expanded article on August 19 3 GA Nom Passed 4 Armistead connection 5 Closest popular vote?

[edit] older entries

He's always known as Winfield Scott Hancock, I don't think I've ever seen him called Winfield S. Hancock. He was named for Winfield Scott, and used the full name in recognition of that. -- Zoe

Yeah, although Winfield S. Hancock is used in many military works, because historians are like that. ugen64 01:57, Oct 30, 2003 (UTC)

[edit] expanded article on August 19

I have added a variety of improvements to the article, but wanted to explain one here. Although the recent addition of footnotes by another editor was a good thing, I think it is a better thing to use published secondary references in book form over online references, so I have replaced most of them. It was a little odd to see an article written from specific references footnoted from different sources, so now it is consistent. Hal Jespersen 19:37, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

Overnight, I realized that I had inadvertently thrown away some of the Web links that were in the previous footnotes, so I have placed those into the External References. Hal Jespersen 22:26, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] GA Nom Passed

Very nice work! Congratuations! --CTSWyneken^(talk) 20:13, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Armistead connection

I have reverted a few edits by an anonymous user on May 2 that claims the traditional story of the friendship of Hancock and Armistead was not true. You will need to provide some compelling secondary source citations to accompany this action. This is an assertion that is maintained not only in fiction, but in most prominent histories of the battle. Most histories I consulted credit the account of Bingham (about statements Armistead made as he was dying) as being credible (although they were quite controversial to Lost Cause of the Confederacy advocates). They also cite as a fact that the two men served together in Southern California before the war. I can add specific footnotes on all of the original statements if necessary. Hal Jespersen 01:22, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Closest popular vote?

I think the fact that the absolute difference in popular votes between the two leading candidates was close was close doesn't deserve the attention it receives here. In several other elections the ultimately triumphant candidate had fewer popular votes than another candidate. Thus the relevant measurement would seem to include a magnitude -- number of votes -- and a sense of greater than or less than the second highest receiving candidate OR the field of all other candidates. E.g., More notable from an electoral point of view would be (in 2000) Gore > Bush by 500,000, as well as (in 1824) Jackson > Quincy Adams but less than Quincy Adams + Clay + Crawford. Ryanluck (talk) 19:24, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

It's not given that much attention, really, just a mention in the lead paragrpah and again in the section on the 1880 election. And it's true, too. Coemgenus 19:50, 17 April 2008 (UTC)