U.S. Election Day has fallen on a Tuesday in November since 1845. Originally chosen for rural and religious reasons, Tuesday voting continues despite changing times. Early and mail-in voting now ...

Election Day wasn’t always set on a specific date across the United States, according to the Encyclopedia Brittanica. It wasn ...

When Congress agreed to make one national election day in 1845, they selected the date centering it around the lifestyles of farmers at the time. That included considering when the growing season ...