James Madison1812
After Madison convinced Congress to declare war, Madison is re-elected President over DeWitt Clinton but by a smaller margin than in 1808
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After Madison convinced Congress to declare war, Madison is re-elected President over DeWitt Clinton but by a smaller margin than in 1808
Elected President in the House of Representitives
Jackson wins the Election for a 2nd Presidential term
Elected Senator
Congress creates the Electoral Count Act to avoid disputed national elections
The 17th Amendment to the US Constitution allows for the popular election of senators
Wins good majorities in the House & the Senate, unprecedented in US history. Wins 22 million votes
Wins every state except for 2. Wins 60% of the vote during the Presidential elections, 27 million of the poll
Wins all States except for Maine & Vermont in a landslide, success of his "new deal"
Elected for a 3rd term, 27 million votes to Wilkies 22 million votes
During a televised debate with Kennedy Nixon appears drawn & makes the mistake of using "lazy shave" face powder
Defeats Richard Nixon by 49.9% to 49.6% of the popular vote
In the 1960 presidential election, both main candidates, Richard Nixon of the Republican Party and John F. Kennedy of the Democratic Party, campaigned on the issue of Cuba, both taking a hardline stance on Castro
Wins the presidential election against Barry Goldwater in a landslide.
A television commercial called Daisy, promotes Democrat Lyndon Johnson's presidential candidacy, invoking the fear of a nuclear war and is an element in Johnson's subsequent election
U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson edges out antiwar candidate Eugene J. McCarthy in the New Hampshire Democratic primary, a vote which highlights the deep divisions in the country, as well as the party, over Vietnam
President Johnson announces he will not seek re-election
Defeats Gerald Ford by 297 electoral votes to Fords 240
Winner of the Democrat Party nomination but defeated by Reagan in the elections. Defeated by Ronald Reagan by 489 to 149 electoral votes
Wins the Presidential election (43.0% of the vote) against Republican George H. W. Bush (37.4% of the vote) & billionaire populist H. Ross Perot, who runs as an independent (18.9% of the vote)
Republicans make the Clinton Health Care Plan a major campaign issue of the 1994 midterm elections, which see a net Republican gain of fifty-three seats in the House election and seven in the Senate election, winning control of both
The mid-term elections are disastrous for the Democrats, they lose control of both houses of Congress for the first time in 40 years, because of Clintons national healthcare policy
The campaigns of Clinton and Lazio, along with Giulianis initial effort, spends a record combined $90 million, Clinton won the election with 55 percent of the vote to Lazios 43 percent. First time an American First Lady runs for public office, also the first female senator to represent New York
Calls for a 2nd recount in Florida
Al Gore admits defeat to George Bush
The campaigns of Clinton and Lazio, along with Giulianis initial effort, spends a record combined $90 million, Clinton won the election with 55 percent of the vote to Lazios 43 percent
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