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The result was: promoted by Jolly Ω Janner 06:59, 10 February 2016 (UTC)

Henry Adams Thompson

Henry Adams Thompson

• ... that math professor Henry Adams Thompson ran for office several times, including for Vice President of the United States in 1880, but never won?

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/An-Nasir Ahmad, Sultan of Egypt

5x expanded by Coemgenus ( talk). Self-nominated at 23:33, 17 January 2016 (UTC).

• This article is a five-fold expansion and is new enough and long enough. The image is in the public domain and the article is neutral, but I was unable to check for copyright issues because of lack of access to the sources. I think you may have used the word "seven" in the hook when you intended to use the word "several"? Cwmhiraeth ( talk) 06:27, 4 February 2016 (UTC)

• "Several" is probably better. His first election was for the remaining term of a congressman and a full term in the next Congress. Since they were conducted at the same time, whether that makes the total seven or eight is hard to say. I changed the hook. -- Coemgenus ( talk) 13:43, 4 February 2016 (UTC)

• The hook has been suitably amended and this is ready to go. Cwmhiraeth ( talk) 09:53, 9 February 2016 (UTC)