Presidents

 

32. Franklin Delano Roosevelt (D)

33. Harry S. Truman (D)

34. Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)

35. John F. Kennedy (D)

36. Lyndon B. Johnson (D)

37. Richard M. Nixon (R)

38. Gerald R. Ford (R)

39. Jimmy Carter (D)

40. Ronald Reagan (R)

41. George H. W. Bush (R)

42. William Clinton (D)

43. George W. Bush (R)

44. Barack H. Obama (D)

 

Elections

 

1948

Harry Truman (D) defeated Thomas Dewey (R)

Strom Thurmond (Dixiecrats), Henry Wallace (Progressives

1952

Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) defeated Adlai Stevenson (D)

1956

Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) defeated Adlai Stevenson (D)

1960

John F. Kennedy (D) defeated Richard Nixon (R)

1963

Kennedy assassinated; Lyndon B. Johnson became president

1964

Lyndon B. Johnson (D) defeated Barry Goldwater (R)

1968

Richard M. Nixon (R) defeated Hubert Humphrey (D) and George Wallace (American Independent)

1972

Richard Nixon (R) defeated George McGovern (D)

1974

Richard Nixon resigned; Gerald Ford became president

1976

Jimmy Carter (D) defeated Gerald Ford (R)

1980

Ronald Reagan (R) defeated Jimmy Carter (D)

1984

Ronald Reagan (R) defeated Walter Mondale (D)

1988

George H. W. Bush (R) defeated Michael Dukakis

1992

William Clinton (D) defeated George H. W. Bush (R), and Ross Perot (Independent)

1996

William Clinton (D) defeated Robert Dole (R), and Ross Perot (Independent)

2000

George W. Bush (R) defeated Albert Gore (D), Ralph Nader (Green), and Pat Buchanan (Independent)

2004 George W. Bush (R) defeated John F. Kerry (D), and Ralph Nader (Reform)

2008

Barack Obama (D) defeated John McCain (R)