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Presidential Elections
(1788) Winner: George Washington
(1792) Winner: George Washington
George Washington refused a third term, leaving the next election open to anyone.
(1800) Winner: Thomas Jefferson
Sitting Vice President ran against sitting President and won.
12th Amendment passed to prevent this.
(1804) Winner: Thomas Jefferson
(1824) Winner: John Quincy Adams
(1836) Winner: Martin Van Buren
(1840) Winner: William Henry Harrison
(1844) Winner: James K Polk (Harrison died)
(1848) Winner: Zachary Taylor
(1852) Winner: Franklin Pierce
(1856) Winner: James Buchanan
(1860) Winner: Abraham Lincoln
(1864) Winner: Abraham Lincoln
(1868) Winner: Ulysses S Grant (Lincoln was assassinated)
(1872) Winner: Ulysses S Grant
(1876) Winner: Rutherford B Hayes
(1880) Winner: James A Garfield (Hayes was assassinated)
(1884) Winner: Grover Cleveland
(1888) Winner: Benjamin Harrison
(1892) Winner: Grover Cleveland(again)
(1896) Winner: William McKinley
(1900) Winner: William McKinley
(1904) Winner: Theodore Roosevelt (McKinley was assassinated)
(1908) Winner: William Howard Taft
(1912) Winner: Woodrow Wilson
(1916) Winner: Woodrow Wilson
(1920) Winner: Warren G Harding
(1924) Winner: Calvin Coolidge (Harding died)
(1928) Winner: Herbert Hoover
(1932) Winner: Franklin D Roosevelt
(1936) Winner: Franklin D Roosevelt
(1940) Winner: Franklin D Roosevelt
(1944) Winner: Franklin D Roosevelt
(1948) Winner: Harry S Truman (Roosevelt died)
Roosevelt won 4 consecutive terms. Every President after Roosevelt, except Truman, is now limited to 2 terms total.
(1952) Winner: Dwight D Eisenhower
(1956) Winner: Dwight D Eisenhower
(1960) Winner: John F Kennedy
(1964) Winner: Lyndon B Johnson (Kennedy was assassinated)
(1968) Winner: Richard Nixon
(1972) Winner: Richard Nixon
(1976) Winner: Jimmy Carter
(1980) Winner: Ronald Reagan
(1984) Winner: Ronald Reagan
(1988) Winner: George HW Bush
(1992) Winner: Bill Clinton
(1996) Winner: Bill Clinton
(2000) Winner: George W Bush
(2004) Winner: George W Bush
(2008) Winner: Barack Obama
(2012) Winner: Barack Obama
