In comparison, the Republican race was less complicated. Sherman in the Deep South were probably more important. The physical assault by Congressman Preston S. Incumbent was ineligible to seek a third term, due to term limits established by the to the. Opponent John Sparkman 89 Election President Dwight D. In the early stages of the election campaign, Madison also faced challenges from within his own party by Monroe and Clinton.
Bush's campaign manageer was accused of having floated these rumors. . The Republicans carried two states—Maine and Vermont—for 8 electoral votes; Roosevelt received the remaining 523. Once the multiple-state primaries such as Super Tuesday began, Bush's organizational strength and fund raising lead were impossible for the other candidates to match, and the nomination was his. The Republicans' vote was not nearly as widespread as the Democrats.
McGovern named Sargent Shriver, director of the Peace Corps, as his replacement. In a re-match of the closely contested , former Democratic President defeated incumbent Republican. Archived from on May 3, 2016. The main issue of the election was the Embargo Act of 1807. McClellan The contest in the midst of the pitted President Abraham Lincoln against Democrat George B. Harrison, however, did accept delegations at his Indianapolis home. Gratz Brown 47 , N.
He then provides a detailed analysis of the raucous Republican national convention and describes Harrison's effective front porch campaign, in which he proclaimed his views almost daily to visiting voters and reporters. Democrats did better in state elections. Tilden of New York for president and Thomas A. Popular Vote: 60,693,281 Bush to 57,355,978 Kerry Electoral College: 286 Bush to 251 Kerry 2008: Barack Obama vs. Also causing controversy were decisions in the Dartmouth College case and , which expanded the power of Congress and of private corporations at the expense of the states. The United States presidential election of 1888 was the 26th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 6, 1888.
Popular Vote: 45,590,703 Clinton to 37,816,307 Dole Electoral College: 379 Clinton to 159 Dole 2000: George W. Bayard Party Republican Democratic Home state Ohio Delaware Running mate Levi P. Buckner of Kentucky for vice president. Popular Vote: 69,297,997 Obama to 59,597,520 McCain Electoral College: 365 Obama to 173 McCain 2012: Barack Obama vs. After Cleveland was re-nominated, Democrats had to choose a replacement for.
Other Republican elements, however, rejected Grant out of a concern that his nomination would reopen within the party and that a third term would set an unwise precedent. Thomas Jefferson The 1796 election, which took place against a background of increasingly harsh partisanship between Federalists and Republicans, was the first contested presidential race. In the election McKinley won wide support from business interests. His margin was 457 to 73 in the electoral college. Winfield Scott Hancock The election of 1880 was as rich in partisan wrangling as it was lacking in major issues. For the second time the Democrats chose former governor Adlai E. Landon of Kansas and Fred Knox of Illinois.
But, pressured by southerners, Clay endorsed annexation, although concerned it might cause war with and disunion, and thereby lost support among antislavery Whigs. His health had begun to fail, and three of his children had recently died and Alice in 1890, and Emmons in 1892. Beat on Twitter: Help Mr. Secretary of State John Quincy Adams of Massachusetts had a brilliant record of government service, but his Federalist background, his cosmopolitanism, and his cold New England manner cost him support outside his own region. The Republican Party convention was held in New Orleans, Louisiana. A History of the United States since the Civil War. Harrison swept almost the entire North and Midwest, and narrowly carried the swing states of New York and Indiana.
This position stood in stark contrast to the Republican protectionist position, which called for the tariff to be increased, thereby driving up the cost of imported goods and pushing consumers toward domestically produced ones. The campaign centered mainly on economic issues, especially the protectionist 1890. Supreme Court eventually ruled the recount unconstitutional. Dukakis disagreed, and instead selected Senator from Texas. Herbert Hoover In 1932, the third year of the , the Republican party nominated President Herbert Hoover and Vice President Charles Curtis.
The popular vote totals were much closer, though, with Garfield edging Hancock by fewer than 10,000 votes. Roosevelt made few specific proposals, but his tone and demeanor were positive and forward-looking. Both parties split over their nominee and the issue of slavery. Opponents Richard Stockton 8 , Daniel Rodney 4 , Robert G. Later he would endorse Grover Cleveland for the presidency.