James Abram Garfield19 September 1862
Elected to the United States House of Representatives
United States · Politics / Republican Party. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Elected to the United States House of Representatives
Elected Member of Congress
Garfield defeats the Democratic candidate Winfield Scott Hancock, another distinguished former Union Army general, by 214 electoral votes to 155. Elected Member of Senate
Elected Senator
Elected Vice President on the Republican ticket with Calvin Coolidge.
Elected as a Republican to the United States Senate
Defeated by Roosevelt for the Presidency
Defeated in his bid for reelection by Congressman John F Kennedy
Unsuccessful Republican nominee for Vice President of the United States
Defeated in the elections to become the Governor of California
Elected to the United States House of Representatives for the Thirteenth Congressional District in Illinois in 1962, at the age of 30
Appointed Republican candidate for President but defeated by Lyndon Johnson
Elected Senator, victor of the Republican New Hampshire primary, defeating Goldwater & Rockefeller
Elected to the House of Representatives
Kissinger signs on as an adviser to Richard Nixons presidential campaign
Appointed campaign manager for Richard Nixons election as President
During the campaign, Carter criticizes Kissinger, arguing he was "single-handedly" managing all of Americas foreign relations
Appointed Adviser to the Bush administration on foreign policy and military issues
Elected Governor of Texas, narrowly defeats Al Gore
Appointed Adviser for the Bush election campaign
Democrat Barack Obama and Republican Mike Huckabee are victorious in the Iowa caucuses, the first races of the presidential primary season
John McCain secures the 2008 US Republican Party presidential nomination after winning primary elections in Texas, Vermont, Ohio, and Rhode Island
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