James Madison1808
The party's Congressional Caucus chose presidential candidates, and Madison is selected in the election of 1808, easily defeating Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, riding on the coattails of Jeffersons popularity
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The party's Congressional Caucus chose presidential candidates, and Madison is selected in the election of 1808, easily defeating Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, riding on the coattails of Jeffersons popularity
The electoral college ends with Jackson 99, Adams 81, Crawford 41 & Clay 37 votes. Non of the presidential candidates has an overall majority
The electoral college ends with Jackson 99, Adams 81, Crawford 41 & Clay 37 votes
The electoral college ends with Jackson 99, Adams 81, Crawford 41 & Clay 37 votes
The electoral college ends with Jackson 99, Adams 81, Crawford 41 & Clay 37 votes
Elected Member of House of Representatives
Wins election to become Vice President of the USA
Garfield defeats the Democratic candidate Winfield Scott Hancock, another distinguished former Union Army general, by 214 electoral votes to 155
Elected Governor of New Jersey
Roosevelt splits the Republicans by forming the Progressive Party. Elected President of the USA
1st woman elected to the US Senate
Elected Member of House of Representitives
Elected Congressman for Massachusetts 1947-1953
Elected Member of Senate
Manages successfully the presidential election campaign of his brother, JF Kennedy
Kennedy is sworn in to the Senate
Elected to the Senate in a special election to fill the seat once held by his brother John
Flies to the family home in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, to tell his stroke-afflicted father the news
Elected to a full six-year term and reelected seven more times
Elected Senator for Massachusetts, 1st African-American senator
US Senator Robert F. Kennedy enters the race for the Democratic Party presidential nomination
Defeated by Richard Nixon by 31.7 million to 31.2 million votes
In his first year as a University of Arkansas law professor, Clinton runs for the House of Representatives, the incumbent, John Paul Hammerschmidt, defeats Clinton with 52% of the vote
Jimmy Carter wins 51% of the popular vote & 297 electoral college votes
Gerald Ford wins 48% of the popular vote & 247 electoral college votes
Elected to Congress from Arkansas
First elected Governor of Arkansas, the youngest to be elected Governor since 1938
Clinton is defeated in his bid for a 2nd term by Republican challenger Frank D. White, he joked, he was the youngest ex-governor in the nations history
Ted Kennedys only attempt, in the 1980 US presidential election, resulted in a primary campaign loss to incumbent Democrat Jimmy Carter
Elected Governor of Arkansas
Mondale is defeated by Reagan who wins 50 out of 51 states
Defeated Vice Presidential candidate
1st elected African-American Governor in the United States
Elected to the Illinois Senate
Appointed Chairman of the Illinois Senates Health and Human Services Committee when Democrats, after a decade in the minority, regained a majority
Kerry wins 48.1% od the vote, 19 states & 252 electoral votes
Obama resigns from the Illinois Senate following his election to the US Senate. Obama receives 70% of the vote to Keyess 27%, the largest victory margin for a statewide race in Illinois history
The choice of the announcement site is symbolic because it was also where Abraham Lincoln delivered his historic "House Divided" speech in 1858. Obama announces his candidacy for President of the United States in front of the Old State Capitol building in Springfield, Illinois
Obama announces his candidacy for President of the United States in front of the Old State Capitol building in Springfield, Illinois, th site is symbolic because it was also where Abraham Lincoln delivered his historic "House Divided" speech in 1858
Throughout the campaign, Obama emphasizes the issues of rapidly ending the Iraq War, increasing energy independence, and providing universal health care. Obamas campaign raise $58 million during the first half of 2007, of which donations of less than $200, classified as "small donations" by campaign laws, accounted for $16.4 million. Obama introduces the Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation Prevention Act, a bill to criminalize deceptive practices in federal elections
Democrat Barack Obama and Republican Mike Huckabee are victorious in the Iowa caucuses, the first races of the presidential primary season
Democrat Hillary Clinton finishes first in the New Hampshire primary, ahead of Barack Obama and John Edwards
Democrat Hillary Clinton finishes first in the New Hampshire primary, ahead of Barack Obama and John Edwards
Kennedy gave an endorsement to Obama despite appeals by both Clintons not to do so
Among the January 2008 DNC-sanctioned state contests, Obama ties with Hillary Clinton for delegates in the New Hampshire primary and wins more delegates than Clinton in the Iowa, Nevada and South Carolina elections and caucuses
Defeats John McCain in the general election with 365 electoral votes to McCain's 173 and becomes the first African American to be elected President of the United States. Barack Obama defeats John McCain to become the 44th President of the United States and the first African American President in US history
Defeats John McCain to become president-elect of the United States
Time magazine names Barack Obama as its Person of the Year for his historic candidacy and election, which it described as "the steady march of seemingly impossible accomplishments"
Elected Vice President of the United States on the Democratic ticket.
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