(PRESIDENTS 1916 CAMPAIGN) The Sun featuring a premature el

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"HUGHES ELECTED BY NARROW MARGIN" (PRESIDENTS--1916 CAMPAIGN.) The Sun, featuring a premature election headline. 6 pages, 21 1/2 x 18 inches, on 3 sheets; brittle and worn, cello tape repair on front page. New York, 8 November 1916

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Also less famous than "Dewey Defeats Truman," but just as egregious. Woodrow Wilson was actually re-elected that day, despite the Sun's front-page photograph of "Charles E. Hughes, president-elect."