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“A lot of things had to go right,” Helton said Thursday during a news conference in the Hall’s plaque gallery alongside Mauer and fellow electee Adrián Beltré.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 25, 2024

Rolen’s 76.3% of the vote was the smallest margin for an electee since Al Simmons got 199 votes in 1953 for 75.38%, one more vote than needed.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 24, 2023

A clue in the Jan. 16 crossword puzzle said “First Negro League electee to Cooperstown.”

From Washington Post • Jan. 29, 2021

Quotable: “The absence of an electee this year emphasizes the exclusivity of membership in the Baseball Hall of Fame,” said Donald C. Marr, the Hall of Fame's president at the time.

From New York Times • Jan. 27, 2021

A measure was introduced benefiting the Sangamon district, so that its electee might befittingly push it, and defend it.

From The Lincoln Story Book A Judicious Collection of the Best Stories and Anecdotes of the Great President, Many Appearing Here for the First Time in Book Form by Williams, Henry Llewellyn