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Election

United States · Government / Republican Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

26Records
1864–2006Date range
19Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1864

Andrew Johnson1864

Government / Republican Party Government

At the Convention, the Republican Party selects Andrew Johnson, a War Democrat from the Southern state of Tennessee, as his running mate in order to form a broader coalition

1877

Rutherford Birchard Hayes1877

Government / Republican Party Government

Wins the election after an electoral commission rules in his favour

1892

Benjamin Harrison10 June 1892

Government / Republican Party Government

Appointed Presidential Candidate by the National Convention

1896

William McKinley1896

Government / Republican Party Government

Wins the presidential election for the 1st time

1900

William McKinley21 June 1900

Government / Republican Party Government

Nominated for the Presidency

William McKinleyOctober 1900

Government / Republican Party Government

Wins the presidential election for the 2nd time

1909

William Howard Taft1909

Government / Republican Party Government

Supports the 17th Amendment, mandating the direct election of senators by the people, replacing the previous system whereby they were selected by state legislatures

1924

Calvin Coolidge1924

Government / Republican Party Government

Wins the Presidential election

1928

Herbert Clerk Hoover7 November 1928

Government / Republican Party Government

Wins 444 electoral votes to 87 for Alfred Smith. Elected President of the USA, wins 58% of the popular vote

Calvin Coolidge1928

Government / Republican Party Government

Supports the presidential nomination of Herbert Hoover

1932

Herbert Clerk Hoover1932

Government / Republican Party Government

Defeated in the Presidential election by Roosevelt

1946

Harry S Truman4 November 1946

Government / Republican Party Government

The Republicans win 246 seats & win the Congressional elections

1948

Thomas Edmund Dewey1948

Government / Republican Party Government

Defeated by Harry S Truman

1950

Harry S Truman7 November 1950

Government / Republican Party Government

The Republicans gain thirty seats in the House of Representitives

1952

Dwight David Eisenhower22 July 1952

Government / Republican Party Government

Appointed Republican candidate for the Presidential elections

Richard Milhous Nixon23 September 1952

Government / Republican Party Government

First to successfully use TV during a Presidential election. During the election Nixon makes his Checkers Speech denying a secret slush fund

1972

John Mitchell15 February 1972

Government / Republican Party Government

Resigns to become Chairman of the Committee to re-elect the President

Ben Bradlee1972

Watergate · Government / Republican Party Government

Woodward & Bernsteins work, under editor Ben Bradlee, leads to the uncovering of a number of political "dirty tricks" used by the Nixon re-election committee during his campaign for reelection

Robert "Bob" Woodward1972

Watergate · Government / Republican Party Government

Woodward & Bernsteins work, under editor Ben Bradlee, leads to the uncovering of a number of political "dirty tricks" used by the Nixon re-election committee during his campaign for reelection

1988

James Addison Baker1988

Government / Republican Party Government

Manages George Bushs presidential election campaign

1989

George Herbert Walker Bush12 January 1989

Government / Republican Party Government

President of elect Bush completes the selection of his Cabinet, naming retired Adm. James D. Watkins secretary of energy and former education secretary William J. Bennett drug Czar

1990

George Walker Bush25 February 1990

Government / Republican Party Government

The US backed coalition defeats Ortegas Sandanista Government

2000

George Walker Bush13 December 2000

Government / Republican Party Government

Al Gore admits defeat to George Bush

2004

Condoleezza RiceApril 2004

Government / Republican Party Government

Rice becomes the first National Security Adviser to campaign for an incumbent President

George Walker Bush2 November 2004

Government / Republican Party Government

Bush wins 50.9% of the vote, 31 states & 286 electoral votes

2006

Donald Henry Rumsfeld8 November 2006

Government / Republican Party Government

Bush dismisses Rumsfeld after losing the Senate & House of Representives elections

Names involved

Andrew JohnsonBen BradleeBenjamin HarrisonCalvin CoolidgeCondoleezza RiceDonald Henry RumsfeldDwight David EisenhowerGeorge Herbert Walker BushGeorge Walker BushHarry S TrumanHerbert Clerk HooverJames Addison BakerJohn MitchellRichard Milhous NixonRobert "Bob" WoodwardRutherford Birchard HayesThomas Edmund DeweyWilliam Howard TaftWilliam McKinley

Provenance

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