William Harrison, a frontier army general whose fame (and nickname) was assured at the battle of Tippecanoe, spent only 32 days in office before dying.
He couldn’t find a publisher for his sensational expose of one of America’s most powerful industries. Then one young editor decided to take a chance. The rest is food-safety history.
Gerald Ford, who had never entered a national election, succeeded to both the vice presidency and the presidency without having received a single vote.
Although the United States and Soviet Union had begun a process of détente in 1970, both sides were still anxious that the other not achieve any advantage in the overall balance of power
