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us pres. election
us presidential elections and the year (democratic and republican candidates)
| year | winning candidate | losing candidate |
|---|---|---|
| 1792 | George Washington | n/a |
| 1796 | John Adams | Thomas Jefferson |
| 1800 | Thomas Jefferson | John Adams |
| 1804 | Thomas Jefferson | Charles C. Pinckney |
| 1808 | James Madison | Charles C. Pinckney |
| 1812 | James Madison | De Witt Clinton |
| 1816 | James Monroe | Rufus King |
| 1820 | James Monroe | John Quincy Adams |
| 1824 | John Quincy Adams | Andrew Jackson |
| 1828 | Andrew Jackson | John Quincy Adams |
| 1832 | Andrew Jackson | Henry Clay |
| 1836 | Martin Van Buren | William Henry Harrison |
| 1840 | William Henry Harrison | Martin Van Buren |
| 1844 | James K. Polk | Henry Clay |
| 1848 | Zachary Taylor | Lewis Cass |
| 1852 | Franklin Pierce | Winfield Scott |
| 1856 | James Buchanan | John Fremont |
| 1860 | Abraham Lincoln | John Breckinridge |
| 1864 | Abraham Lincoln | George McClellan |
| 1868 | Ulysses S. Grant | Horatio Seymour |
| 1872 | Ulysses S. Grant | Thomas A. Hendricks Horace Greeley (died after election but before electoral votes) |
| 1876 | Rutherford B. Hayes | Samuel J. Tilden |
| 1880 | James Garfield | Winfield S. Hancock |
| 1884 | Grover Cleveland | James Blaine |
| 1888 | Benjamin Harrison | Grover Cleveland |
| 1892 | Grover Cleveland | Benjamin Harrison |
| 1896 | William McKinley | William Bryan |
| 1900 | William McKinley | Willam Bryan |
| 1904 | Theodore Roosevelt | Alton B. Parker |
| 1908 | William Taft | William Bryan |
| 1912 | Woodrow Wilson | Theodore Roosevelt (2nd most votes) William Taft (Republican Candidate) |
| 1916 | Woodrow Wilson | Charles Hughes |
| 1920 | Warren Harding | James Cox |
| 1924 | Calvin Coolidge | John Davis |
| 1928 | Herbert Hoover | Alfred Smith |
| 1932 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Herbert Hoover |
| 1936 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Alfred Landon |
| 1940 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Wendell Willkie |
| 1944 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Thomas Dewey |
| 1948 | Harry S. Truman | Thomas Dewey |
| 1952 | Dwight D. Eisenhower | Adlai Stevenson |
| 1956 | Dwight D. Eisenhower | Adlai Stevenson |
| 1960 | John F. Kennedy | Richard Nixon |
| 1964 | Lyndon B. Johnson | Barry Goldwater |
| 1968 | Richard Nixon | Hubert Humphrey |
| 1972 | Richard Nixon | George McGovern |
| 1976 | James "Jimmy" Carter | Gerald Ford |
| 1980 | Ronald Reagan | James "Jimmy Carter" |
| 1984 | Ronald Reagan | Walter Mondale |
| 1988 | George H. W. Bush | Michael Dukakis |
| 1992 | William "Bill" Clinton | George H. W. Bush |
| 1996 | William "Bill" Clinton | Robert Dole |
| 2000 | George W. Bush | Albert Gore Jr. |
| 2004 | George W. Bush | John F. Kerry |
| 2008 | Barack Obama | John McCain |
| 2012 | Barack Obama | W. Mitt Romney |
| 2016 | Donald Trump | Hillary Clinton |
| 2020 | Joe Biden | Donald Trump |
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