YearCandidatesIssuesWho Won 1788WashingtonNone. UncontestedWashington 1792Washington (unopposed)NoneWashington 1796Jefferson (Democratic Republican), Adams (Federalist) The Bank, Federalists vs. Democratic Republicans, Washington’s Parting Advice Adams 1800Jefferson (D-R), John Adams (Federalist) Tie between Jefferson and Aaron Burr resolved by House of Representatives, “revolution of 1800”, Alien and Sedition Acts, 12 th amendment passsed Jefferson 1804Jefferson (D-R), Charles Cotesworth Pickney, (Fed) Jefferson 1808James Madison (D-R), Pickney (Federalist) Embargo Act of 1807, nominations made by congressional caucuses Madison 1812James Madison (D-R), Dewitt Clinton (Fed) Impressment of soldiers, British arming of Indians Madison 1816 (Era of Good Feelings)James MonroeClay’s American systemMonroe 1820 (Era of Good Feelings)James MonroeMissouri CompromiseMonroe 1824Jackson, Clay, John Quincy AdamsFirst Corrupt Bargain, beginning of “common man politics” John Quincy Adams

Election of 1828Andrew Jackson (Democrat), John Quincy Adams “Revolution of 1828”, common man politics, spoils system, the bank, smear campaign against Rachel Jackson, King Mob Andrew Jackson Election of 1832Andrew Jackson (Democrat), Henry Clay Anti Masonic party, rise of the Whigs, 2 nd Bank of the United States, King Andrew Andrew Jackson Election of 1836Martin van Buren (democrat, William Henry Harrison (Whig) Panic of 1837,Van Buren Election of 1840Martin Van Buren, Harrison (Whig) Tippecanoe and Tyler, Too. Log Cabin and Hard Cider, First Whig President, 2 nd G-A Harrison. Dies and Tyler is brought in (Democrat in Whig’s clothing) Election of 1844James K. Polk (Democrat), Henry Clay (Whig) Manifest Destiny, 54, 40 or fight, issues with England, creation of the Liberty Party Polk Election of 1848Zachary Taylor (Whig), Lewis Cass (Democrat), Martin van Buren (Free Soil) War time president, issues of slavery in territories, “slave power” Taylor dies, Millard Fillmore fills in Election of 1852Franklin Pierce (D), Winfield Scott (Whig) Rise of Liberty Party, slavery, annexation of Cuba Franklin Pierce Election of 1856James Buchanan (D), John C. Fremont (R), Millard Fillmore (K-N) Creation and rise of the Republican party, states’ rights and slavery in territories, Know Nothing party, Bleeding Kansas Buchanan Election of 1860Abraham Lincoln (R), John Breckenridge (D) Slavery, Lincoln- Douglas debates, Free Soil, popular sovereignty Lincoln, South Carolina secedes

Election of 1864Lincoln (Union party), George McClellan (D) War Democrats vs Peace Democrats, Copperheads, Radical Republicans, Reconstruction, black rights, Freedman’s Bureaus Lincoln assassinated, Andrew Johnson is VP. Eventually, Johnson is impeached. Election of 1868Ulysses S. Grant (R), Horation Seymour (D) Three confederate states had not been restored, 13 th amendment, “waving the bloody shirt” Grant Election of 1872Grant, Horace Greely (Liberal Republican) Grant’s scandals, Force Act against Klan, 15 th amendment Grant Election of 1876Rutherford B. Hayes (R), Samuel J. Tilden (D) 2 nd Corrupt Bargain, military reconstruction in South ends Hayes Election of 1880James A. Garfield (R), Winfield Hancock (D) Spoils system, waving the bloody shirt, Anti Masonic movement Garfield assassinated, Arthur is president Election of 1884Grover Cleveland (D), James Blaine (R), Tariff, Mugwumps, “rum, Romanism and rebellion”, Blaine and the Mulligan letters Cleveland Election of 1888Benjamin Harrison (R), Cleveland (D) Billion Dollar CongressHarrison Election of 1892Cleveland (D), Harrison (R)Billion Dollar CongressCleveland

Election of 1896McKinley (R), William Jennings Bryan (D) Populism, Free Silver, Cross of Gold, Panic of 1893 McKinley Election of 1900McKinley (R), Bryan (D)Bryanism vs. Imperialism, Prohibiion, rise of the Socialist party, unions McKinley Election of 1904Teddy Roosevelt (R), Alton Parker (D), Eugene Debs (Socialist) Roosevelt Corollary, Philippines, trust busting, Square Deal Roosevelt Election of 1908William Taft (R), Bryan (D)“Vote for Taft now, you can vote for Bryan any time” Taft Election of 1912Roosevelt (Progressive), Wilson (D), Taft (R) Roosevelt’s Bull Moose party splits the Republicans, New Nationalism vs, New Freedom, triple wall of privilege Wilson Election of 1916Wilson (D), Charles Hughes (R) Isolationism vs “war mongering”, “He kept us out of war”, Wilson Election of 1920Warren Harding (R), James Cox (D) “silent referendum” on League of Nations, return to normalcy Harding (the Old Guard) dies, Calvin Coolidge is president Election of 1924Coolidge (R), La Follette (P), Davis (D) First election in which Native Ameicans could vote, “Keep Cool with Coolidge”, Mellon and the Mellonites, Klan Coolidge Election of 1928Herbert Hoover (R), Al Smith (D) Smith was Catholic, anti Prohibition and connected to Tammany Hall Hoover

Election of 1932FDR (D), Hoover (R)Great Depression, “I promise the American people a New Deal”, Hoovervilles, Prohibtion (21 st ), Smoot Hawley FDR Election of 1936FDR (D), Alf Landon (R)Most lopsided election in history, three R’s FDR Election of 1940FDR (D), Wendell Wilkie (R)Court packing scheme, totalitarianism in Europe, Quarantine Speech, third term, America First (Lindbergh) FDR Election of 1944FDR (D), Dewey (R)Last election where democrat carried the South, blacks begin voting Democratic, WWII success FDR (dies), Truman Election of 1948Truman (D), Dewey (R), Thurmond (Dixiecrat) Split in Democratic party on integration, Berlin Airlift, Cold War, Taft Hartley, Civil Rights, Fair Deal, “to err is Truman” Truman (barely) Election of 1952Eisenhower (R), Adlai Stevenson (D) “Korea, Communism Corruption”, Red Scare, “I like Ike”, Nixon’s Checkers Speech Eisenhower Election of 1956Eisenhower, StevensonConservativism, 50s prosperity, Hungarian Revolt, Suez Crisis Eisenhower Election of 1960Nixon (R), JFK (D)New Frotier, televised debates, Camelot, Civil Rights, women’s rights, Catholicism Kennedy (dies in 63, LBJ comes in)

Election of 1964LBJ (D), Barry Goldwater (R),Great Society, Social Welfar Programs, “In your guts, you know his nuts”, Civil Rights Act of 64, “all the way for LBJ” LBJ Election of 1968Nixon (R), Hubert Humphrey (D), George Wallace (American Independent) Vietnam!!!!, desegregation, race riots, “Southern strategy” Nixon Election of 1972Nixon (R), George McGovern (D)StagflationNixon resigns (Watergate), Ford comes in Election of 1976Jimmy Carter (D), Gerald Ford (R)Washington outsider (Carter), 1973 Oil Crisis, Carter Election of 1980Carter (D), Reagan (R)“It’s morning in America”, moral majority, Iran Hostage Crisis, Reagan Revolution, supply side economic (Reaganomics) Reagan Election of 1984Reagan (R), Walter Mondale (D)Equal Rights Amendment (Phyllis Schafly), Reagan Democrats Reagan Election of 1988George H.W. Bush (R), Michael Dukakis (D) “Read my lips, no new taxes”Bush Election of 1992Bill Clinton (D), Bush (R), Ross Perot (Independent) Persian Gulf War, centricismClinton Election of 1996Clinton (D), Bob Dole (R)Tax cutsClinton Election of 2000Bush (R), Al Gore (D)Florida, “Hanging chads”, Gore v. Bush, Bush Election of 2004Bush (R), John Kerry (D)Iraq, 9/11, War on Terror, abortion Bush