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US Presidential Election History

– What the presidential candidates were doing on election day in 1892, 1896, 1900, 1904, 1908, 1912, 1916, 1920, 1924, 1928

–Presidential Election of 1808

Generic US Election History

–Analysis of 1800 US House Elections

–Whig Party Congressional Disaster of 1842

–Very Close Elections

–The Initial Indiana Primary System
Progress in Updating US Presidential Elections at OC
Posted October 28, 2006 at 07:55am by Chronicler

Documenting US Presidential Elections at OC
YearInauGeneral ElectionPrimaries Conventions
1789GWEV PV
1792GWEV PV
1796JAEV PV
1800TJEV PV CE DR-1 F-1
1804TJEV PV DR-2 F-2
1808JMEV PV DR-3 F-3
1812JMEV PV DR-4 F-4 DWC
1816JMEV PV DR-5
1820JMEV PV DR-6
1824JQAEV PV CE DR-7
1828AJEV PV
1832AJEV PV D-1 NR AM-1 BD
1836MVBEV PV CE D-2 AM-2 W-0
1840WHH, JTEV PV D-3 W-1 IAS Lty-1AM-3
1844JKPEV PV D-4 W-2 Lty-2 Tyler
1848ZT, MFEV PV D-5 W-3 FS-1a FS-1b Lty-3a Lty-3b N Lty-3c IC NvAm-1
1852FPEV PV D-6 W-4 FS-2 Lty-4a Lty-4b Lty-4c N Lty-4d Un NtAm-2
SR FreeD
1856JBEV PV D-7 R-1AmW-5NAmNAmS
1860ALEV PV D-8 R-2 SDCUPeo Lty-5
1861JD, JDEV PV
1864AL, AJEV PV D-9 R-3 IR
1868USGEV PV D-10 R-4
1872USGEV PV D-11 R-5 SOD Prb-1 LRP AM-1 LRf LCR NWkm ILR
ER-1 R&R
1876RBHEV PVE-Cmsn D-12 R-6 G-1 Prb-2 AmNt-2
1880JAG, CAAEV PV D-13 R-7 G-2 Prb-3 AM-3
1884GCEV PV D-14 R-8 G-3 Prb-4 ER-2 A-Mpy AmP-4
1888BHEV PV D-15 R-9 Prb-5 UnL UtL Am-5 G-4 IdRf ER-3
1892GCEV PV D-16 R-10 Pop-1 Prb-6 SL-1
1896WMEV PV D-17 R-11 Pop-2 NtD Prb-7 NPrb SL-2 Sil
1900WM, TREV PV D-18 R-12 Pop-3 Pop-MR Prb-8 SocD-1 SL-3 UnRf UtXn-1 Nt
A-Imp NtD SilR
1904TREV PV D-19 R-13 Soc-2 Prb-9 Pop-4SL-4 ContNt LtyUtXn -2
1908WHTEV PV D-20 R-14 Soc-3Prb-10 IcePop-5SL-5 UtXn-3
1912WWEV PV Rep Dem D-21 R-15 Prg-1Soc-4 Prb-11SL-6
1916WWEV PV Rep Dem D-22 R-16 Soc-5 Prb-12 Prg-2 SL-7 Am
1920WGH, CCEV PV Rep Dem D-23 R-17 Soc-6 FL-1 Prb-13AmSL-8ST
1924CCEV PV Rep Dem D-24 R-18Prg Prb-14Soc-7 Wk-1 SL-9 AmCwL-2Gb-1
FL-2 PP
1928HCHEV PV Rep Dem D-25 R-19 Soc-8 Wk-2 SL-10 Prb-15 FL-3 AHP
1932FDREV PV Rep Dem D-26 R-20Soc-9 Cm-3 Prb-16Lty SL-11 NtFL-4 Jb
1936FDREV PV Rep Dem D-27 R-21Un Soc-10 Cm-4 Prb-17 SL-12 Xn FL-5 Gb-2
1940FDREV PV Rep Dem D-28 R-22 Soc-11 Prb-18 Cm-5 SL-13
1944FDR, HSTEV PV Rep Dem D-29 R-23 Soc-12 Prb-19 SL-14 Am1 Cm-6
1948HSTEV PV Rep Dem D-30 R-24 SR-1 Prg-1 Soc-13 Prb-20 SL-15 SW-1 XnNtVeg
1952DDEEV PV Rep Dem D-31 R-25Prg-2 Prb-21 SL-16 Soc-14 Cst SW-2 Am1 XnNt
ALP
1956DDEEV PV Rep Dem D-32 R-26 SR-2 Cst SL-17 Prb-22 SW-3 Soc-15
1960JFK, LBJEV PV Rep Dem D-33 R-27 NSR-3 SL-18 Prb-23 SW-4 Soc-16 Cst
1964LBJEV PV Rep Dem D-34 R-28 SL-19 Prb-24 NSR-4 Cst SW-5 ISR Univ
1968RMNEV PV Rep Dem D-35 R-29AI-1 SL-20 SW-6 PF-1 Prb-25 Cm-1
1972RMN, GRFEV PV Rep Dem D-36 R-30 AI-2 Peo-2 SW-7 SL-21 Cm-2 Prb-26 Lbt-1 Univ
1976JECEV PV Rep Dem D-37 R-31 Lbt-2 AI-3 Am-1 SW-8 Cm-3 Peo-3 US Lb Prb-27
SL-22 Soc-17 SocD
1980RWREV PV Rep Dem D-38 R-32 NtU-1 Lbt-3 Cit-1 Cm-4 AI-4 SW-9 PF-4 St-28
Am-2 Soc-18 WW-1 RTL-1
1984RWREV PV Rep Dem D-39 R-33 Lbt-4 Cit-2 Pop-5 Cm-5 SW-10 WkL-1 Prb-29 PF-5
Soc-19 Am-3 I All-1 WW-2 NtU-2
1988GHWBEV PV Rep Dem D-40 R-34 Lbt-5 NAll-2 Pop Cmr-3 AI-6 RTL-3 WkL-2 SW-11
PF-6 Prb-30 WW-3 Am-4 Soc-20
1992WJCEV PV Rep Dem D-41 R-35 Perot-1 Lbt-6 Am1-7 NAll-3 US Tx-1 NL-1 PF-7 SW-12
RTL-4 WkL-3 WW-4 Prb-31 Soc-21 Am-5
1996WJCEV PV Rep Dem D-42 R-36 Rf-2 G-1 Lbt-7 US T-2 NL-2 WW-5 PF-8 SW-13
Soc-22 SEP-4 Prb-32 CURE Am-6
2000GWBEV PV Rep Dem D-43 R-37 G-2 Rf-3 Rf-M Lbt-8 Cst-3 NL-3 SW-14 S-23
WW-6 Prb-33 Am-7 PF-9 AI-9
2004GWBEV PV Rep Dem D-44 R-38 Rf-4 Lbt-9 Cst-4 G-3 PF-10 SW-15 Soc-24 Prb-34
WW-7 SEP-5 Am-8
2008BHOEV PV Rep Dem D-45 R-39 Lbt-10 Cst-5 G-4 S&L SW-16 Soc-25 BTP Prb-35
Prb-D Rf-5 PF-11 Am-9
2012BHOEV PV Rep Dem D-46 R-40 Lbt-11 G-5 Cst-6 PF-12 Ref-6 Soc-26 SW-17 Prb-36
2016DJTEV PV Rep Dem D-47 R-41 Lbt-12 G-6 McM Cst-7 SW-17 Prb-37 Soc-27 Ref-7
2020DJTEV PV Rep Dem D-48 R-42 Lbt-13 G-7 Cst-8 SW-18 Prb-38 ASP Soc-28 Ref-8
2024?EV PV Rep Dem D-49 R-43 Lbt-14 G-8 Cst-9 SW-19 Prb-39 ASP Soc-29 Ref-9

Presidential Debates

Presidential Debate Coverage at OC
YearPrimaryGeneral Election VP
1920Dem, Rep None None
1948Rep None None
19522-Party Debate ; Dem None None
1956Dem None None
1960D-1 , D-2 1st , 2d , 3d , 4th None
1964NoneNoneNone
1968 D-1, D-2NoneNone
1972D-1, D-2, D-3, D-4 NoneNone
1976 None1st , 2d, 3d VP
1980R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4, R-5, R-6, Dem1st, 2d None
1984D-1, D-2, D-3, D-4, D-5, D-6,
D-7, D-8, D-9, D-10, D-11 		1st , 2d VP
1988 R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4, R-5, R-6, R-7
D-1, D-2, D-3, D-4, D-5, D-6, D-7, D-8,
D-9, D-10, D-11, D-12, D-13, D-14, D-15,
D-16, D-17, D-18, D-19, D-20, D-21, D-22		1st , 2d VP
1992D-1, D-2, D-3, D-4, D-5, D-6, D-7,
D-8, D-9, D-10, D-11 (no Rep) 		1st , 2d, 3d VP
1996R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4, R-5, R-6, R-7 (no Dem) 1st, 2d VP
2000R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4, R-5, R-6,
R-7, R-8, R-9, R-10, R-11, R-12
D-1, D-2, D-3, D-4, D-5, D-6, D-7, D-8, D-9 		1st, 2d, 3d VP
2004D-1, D-2, D-3, D-4, D-5, D-6, D-7, D-8, D-9,
D-10, D-11, D-12, D-13, D-14, D-15, D-16 		1st , 2d, 3d VP
2008D-1, D-2, D-3, D-4, D-5, D-6, D-7, D-8, D-9,
D-10, D-11, D-12, D-13, D-14, D-15, D-16, D-17,
D-18, D-19, D-20, D-21, D-22, D-23, D-24, D-25
R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4, R-5, R-6, R-7, R-8, R-9,
R-10, R-11, R-12, R-13, R-14, R-15, R-16, R-17,
R-18
Lbt, Green		 1st, 2d, 3dVP
2012R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4, R-5, R-6, R-7, R-8, R-9, R-10, R-11,
R-12, R-13, R-14, R-15, R-16, R-17, R-18, R-19, R-20 		1st, 2d, 3dVP
2016R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4, R-5, R-6, R-7, R-8, R-9, R-10, D-1,
D-2, D-3, D-4, D-5, D-6, D-7, D-8, D-9 		1st, 2d, 3dVP
2020D-1, D-2, D-3, D-4, D-5, D-6, D-7, D-8, D-9, D-10, D-11, D-12, D-13, D-14, 1st, 2d, 3dVP
2024R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4, R-5 1st, 2dVP


Individual Candidacy Overviews

ElectionRepublican contendersDemocratic contendersThird Party Candidates
1904HannaHearst
1908ForakerJohnson
1912LaFollette, CumminsClark, Harmon, Underwood
1916Cummins, Fairbanks, Roosevelt, LaFollette, Ford
1920Johnson, Wood, Lowden, HooverPalmer, McAdoo, Hitchcock, Gerard
1924Johnson, LaFolletteMcAdoo, Underwood, Cox, Walsh, Ferris, Silzer
1928Lowden, Watson, NorrisWoollen, Walsh, Hitchcock, Reed
1932France, NorrisLewis, Smith, Garner, Murray
1936Borah, KnoxBreckinridgeLemke
1940Dewey, Taft, McNary, Vandenberg; GannettGarner, Farley
1944MacArthur, Warren, Bricker, Willkie
1948Warren, Stassen, Taft
1952Taft, Stassen, WarrenKefauver, Russell, Kerr, Douglas
1956Kefauver, Harriman
1960Humphrey, Johnson, Symington
1964Rockefeller, Lodge, Scranton, Smith, StassenWallace
1968Reagan, Rockfeller, Stassen, RomneyMcCarthy, RFK
1972Ashbrook, McCloskeyHumphrey, Wallace, Muskie, McCarthy, Jackson, Chisholm, Sanford, Lindsay, Yorty, Hartke; Mills
1976ReaganUdall, Brown, Wallace, Jackson, Church, Byrd, Shriver, McCormack, Harris, Shapp, Bentsen, SanfordMcCarthy
1980Bush, Crane, Connally, Bush, Dole, Anderson, Baker, HaigKennedy, BrownAnderson
1984Hart, Jackson, Glenn, McGovern, Askew, Hollings, Cranston
1988Dole, Robertson, Kemp, DuPont, Haig Jackson, Gore, Gephardt, Simon, Hart, Babbitt, Biden
1992Buchanan, DukeBrown, Tsongas, Kerrey, Harkin
1996Buchanan, Forbes, Alexander, Keyes, Lugar, Gramm, Dornan, Taylor
2000McCain, Keyes, Forbes, Baueer, Hatch, Dole, Quayle, Alexander Bradley
2004Edwards, Dean, Kucinich, Clark, Sharpton, Lieberman, Moseley Braun, Gephardt
2008Romney, Huckabee, Paul, Giuliani, Thompson, Keyes, Hunter, Tancrado, Brownback, Gilmore, T T ThompsonClinton, Edwards, Richardson, Kucinich, Biden, Gravel, Dodd
2012Santorum, Gingrich, Paul, Huntsman, Perry, Bachmann, Roemer, Cain, Johnson, Pawlenty, McCotter
2016Cruz, Kasich, Rubio, Carson, Bush, Paul, Christie, Huckabee, Fiorina, Gilmore, Santorum, Jindal, Graham, PatakiSanders, O'Malley, De La Fuente, Webb, Chafee, Lessig
2020Weld, Walsh, SanfordSanders, Warren, Bloomberg, Buttigieg, Klobuchar, Gabbard, Steyer, Yang, Bennet, Castro, Booker, Messam, O'Rourke, Ryan, de Blasio, Gillibrand, Inslee, Hickenlooper, Gravel, Swalwell, Sestak, Bullock, Harris, Williamson, Delaney, Patrick
2024Haley, DeSantis, Christie, Ramaswamy, Binkley, Hutchinson, Johnson, Pence, Scott, BurgumPhillips, WilliamsonRFK




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