As you undoubtedly already know, Woodrow Wilson and James Madison, two former American presidents, both attended Princeton. Adlai Stevenson, who was twice defeated by Dwight Eisenhower, and Bill Bradley, whose timing was slightly off, are two other candidates who have come close.
Aaron Burr, a 1772 graduate of Princeton, is another. When the College of New Jersey had just eight students in 1747, his father, Aaron Burr, took over as its second president of Princeton. In actuality, Burr Sr. presided over the college as president throughout its 1755 relocation from Newark to Princeton.
In the 1800 election, which continued into 1801 in fact. The President was the candidate who received the most electoral votes back then, followed by the Vice President.
Under the Democrat-Republican banner, Thomas Jefferson sought the presidency and Burr the vice presidency. John Adams, the incumbent at the moment, was the Federalist candidate. The election was referred to the House of Representatives because Jefferson and Burr received the same number of electoral votes.
Jefferson needed 36 votes to win, and Burr was elected vice president. After that, things did not go well for Burr: 1) he was rejected by Jefferson in 1804, 2) he narrowly lost the run for governor of New York, and 3) he killed Alexander Hamilton in a well-known duel.
Burr had a few more mishaps, one of which involved being banished. He passed away in 1836 at the age of eighty, and he was interred in Princeton Cemetery, the same location as previous President Grover Cleveland.
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Here are the Ivy League men’s basketball standings as of Presidents’ Day in 2024:
- Yale/Cornell 8-1
- Princeton 7–2.
- Harvard/Columbia 4-5
- Dartmouth / Penn 1-8
Here’s a statistic that may interest you:
Against the other five teams, the top three are 19-0.
Here’s one more fascinating fact for you:
So far, the home team has prevailed in every match between the top three.
Which brings us to our current situation.
The third weekend of March, which is not too far away, will see the top four teams from the Ivy League tournament visit Columbia. Princeton has five more regular season games left, starting at home against Cornell on March 2, before then.
By the way, this Friday night the Big Red will host Yale. You support Cornell if you are a Princeton supporter, and not just because Brian Earl is the team’s coach.
The Tigers dropped games against Cornell and Yale, but they overcame the Bulldogs on Saturday night 73-62 (at home, naturally) in a game they had to win to stay in the hunt for the league championship. Princeton will receive at most a share if Cornell defeats Yale and Princeton prevails. Yale would still need to lose to someone else for Princeton to have a chance at a title even if Yale defeats Cornell.
Regarding the tournament, if Columbia were to finish in fourth place, the semifinals would have two highly intriguing matchups: one featuring clubs who have crushed the rest of the league all season, and the other pitting the regular season champion against a team in fourth place on their home court.
Another sellout crowd attended the game at Jadwin on Saturday night. Four players for Princeton scored in double figures, with Xavian Lee leading the way with another outstanding game of 19 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Zach Martini (10), Caden Pierce (11) and Matt Allocco (18) were the other players in double figures.
Danny Wolf, the center for Yale, scored zero points, which was the most astounding figure. In the clubs’ first meeting, Wolf destroyed Princeton with 21 points and 12 rebounds. A week prior, he had also played well against Cornell, finishing with a 25/10 performance.
Princeton followed him around everywhere he went this time. Wolf had a significant height advantage, but in his 36 minutes, he was restricted to 0 for 8 shooting and zero points. Wolf has averaged 21.7 points in nine other games this season where he played at least 35 minutes.
Using a 20–6 second-half run, Princeton overcame Brown 72–63 on Friday night. Dartmouth and Harvard are on the Tigers’ agenda for this coming weekend. The Tigers’ Ivy League tournament berth will be guaranteed with a victory over Harvard on Friday night.