As the nation celebrated Thanksgiving Day, it remained unclear who would pardon the White House turkey in 2001. The closest presidential election in U.S. history became the longest election in U.S. history as candidates Al Gore and George W. Bush wrangled over voting results for weeks. George W. Bush was finally declared the winner after a December 12th Supreme Court ruling that hand-counting disputed votes in Florida was unconstitutional. Turkeys Waited with the Rest of the Nation to See Who Would Become the Next President of the United States.