Presidential Elections

I have written several posts about past presidential election that I thought were interesting and I’ll probably write some more. I thought it might be nice to have links to them all in one place.

The first presidential election.

The Election of 1789

Washington is re-elected

The Election of 1792

John Adams gets his turn

The Election of 1796

This one ended in a tie vote and a duel.

The Election of 1800

Jefferson is reelected

The Election of 1804

Madison succeeds Jefferson

The Election of 1808

The War of 1812

The Election of 1812

The End of the Federalists

The Election of 1816

Most Boring Election in History

The Election of 1820

The loser ended up getting to be president.

The Election of 1824

The beginning of Jacksonian democracy

The Election of 1828

Jackson re-elected

The Election of 1832

Martin Van Buren’s Turn

The Election of 1836

Tippecanoe and Tyler Too!

The Election of 1840

Manifest Destiny

The Election of 1844

Old Rough and Ready

The Election of 1848

The End of the Whigs

The Election of 1852

The Last Chance

The Election of 1856

The country split apart and fought the Civil War.

The Election of 1860

Lincoln is reelected and the North wins

The Election of 1864

Grant Takes Command

The Election of 1868

 

No one knows who really won.

The Election of 1876