Why is Election Day on a Tuesday in November?

Name: Why is Election Day on a Tuesday in November?
Uploaded: 2016-11-05T02:30:00+00:00
Duration: 1 min 55 s
Description: Since the 1840s, the U.S. Congress declared Election Day as the first Tuesday following the first Monday in November. But why?

Since the 1840s, the U.S. Congress declared Election Day as the first Tuesday following the first Monday in November. But why?

Posted November 4, 2016 10:59pm EDT