Why is Election Day a Tuesday in November?

(MEDIA GENERAL) – Like Thanksgiving and Easter, Americans are accustomed to floating holidays. They are scheduled based on other factors instead of a specific date and don’t land on the same day every year. Election Day is no different.
Election Day, according to federal law, will be held on the Tuesday immediately following the first Monday in November. The earliest an Election Day can be held is Nov. 2. The latest an Election Day can be held is Nov. 8, on which it falls this year &