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1788
Winner: George Washington
He was not attached to a political party because he believed that the parties would cause for a divisiveness within the nation that would be very hard to maintain and contain. He even wrote about the very real capacity of the political parties to destroy the fragile unity that holds the nation together. -
1796
Winner: John Adams (Federalist)
Loser: Aaron Burr (Democratic-Republican) -
1800
Winner: Thomas Jefferson (Democratic-Republican)
Loser: John Adams (Federalist) -
1804
Winner: Thomas Jefferson (Democratic-Republican)
Loser: Charles Pinckney (Federalist) -
1808
Winner: James Madison (Democratic-Republican)
Loser: Charles Pinckney (Federalist) -
1812
Winner: James Madison (Democratic-Republican)
Loser: Dewitt Clinton (Federalist) -
1816
Winner: James Monroe (Democratic-Republican)
Loser: Rufus King (Federalist) -
1820
Winner: James Monroe (Democratic-Republican)
Loser: John Q. Adams (Democratic-Republican) -
1824
Winner: John Q. Adams (Democratic-Republican)
Loser: Andrew Jackson (Democratic) -
1828
Winner: Andrew Jackson (Democratic)
Loser: John Q. Adams (National Republican) -
1832
Winner: Andrew Jackson (Democratic)
Loser: Henry Clay (Democratic-Republican) -
1836
Winner: Martin Van Buren (Democratic)
Loser: William Henry Harrison (Whig) -
1840
Winner: William Henry Harrison (Whig)
Loser: Martin Van Buren (Democratic) -
1844
Winner: James K. Polk (Democratic)
Loser: Henry Clay (Whig) -
1848
Winner: Zachary Taylor (Whig)
Loser: Lewis Cass (Democratic) -
1852
Winner: Franklin Pierce (Democratic)
Loser: Winfield Scott (Whig) -
1856
Winner: James Buchanan (D)
Loser: John Fremont (R) -
1860
Winner: Abraham Lincoln (R)
Loser: A. Douglas (D) -
1864
Winner: Abraham Lincoln (R)
Loser:George McClellan (D) -
1868
Winner: Ulysses S. Grant (R)
Loser: Horatio Seymour (D) -
1872
Winner: Ulysses S. Grant (R)
Loser: Horace Greeley (D) -
1876
Winner: Rutherford B. Hayes (R)
Loser: Samuel J. Tilden (D) -
1880
Winner: James Garfield (R)
Loser: Winfield Scott Hancock (D) -
1884
Winner: Grover Cleveland (D)
Loser: James Blaine (R) -
1888
Winner: Benjamin Harrison (R)
Loser: Grover Cleveland (D) -
1892
Winner: Grover Cleveland (D)
Loser: Benjamin Harrison (R) -
1896
Winner: William McKinley (R)
Loser: William Jennings Bryan (D) -
1900
Winner: William McKinley (R)
Loser: William Jennings Bryan (D) -
1904
Winner: Theodore Roosevelt (R)
Loser: Alton B. Parker (D) -
1908
Winner: William Howard Taft (R)
Loser: William Jennings Bryan (D) -
1912
Winner: Woodrow Wilson (D)
Loser: William Howard Taft (R) -
1916
Winner: Woodrow Wilson (D)
Loser: Charles Evans Hughes (R) -
1920
Winner: Warren G. Harding (R)
Loser:James M. Cox (D) -
1924
Winner: Calvin Coolidge (R)
Loser: John W. Davis (D) -
1928
Winner: Herbert Hoover (R)
Loser: Al Smith (D) -
1932
Winner: Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)
Loser: Herbert Hoover (R) -
1936
Winner: Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)
Loser: Alf Landon (R) -
1940
Winner: Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)
Loser: Wendell Willkie (R) -
1944
Winner: Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)
Loser: Thomas E. Dewey (R) -
1948
Winner: Harry S. Truman (D)
Loser: Thomas E. Dewey (R) -
1952
Winner: Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)
Loser: Adlai Stevenson (D) -
1956
Winner: Dwight D. Eisenhower
Loser: Adlai Stevenson II -
1960
Winner: John F. Kennedy (D)
Loser: Richard Nixon (R) -
1964
Winner: Lyndon B. Johnson (D)
Loser: Barry Goldwater (R) -
1968
Winner: Richard Nixon (R)
Loser: Hubert Humphrey (D) -
1972
Winner: Richard Nixon (R)
Loser: George McGovern (D) -
1976
Winner: Jimmy Carter (D)
Loser: Gerald Ford (R) -
1980
Winner: Ronald Reagan (R)
Loser: Jimmy Carter (D) -
1984
Winner: Ronald Reagan (R)
Loser: Walter Mondale (D)
David Bergland (Libertarian) -
1988
Winner: George H. W. Bush (R)
Loser: Michael Dukakis (D) -
1992
Winner: Bill Clinton (D)
Loser: George H. W. Bush (R) -
1996
Winner: Bill Clinton (D)
Loser: Bob Dole (R) -
2000
Winner: George W. Bush (R)
Loser: Al Gore (D) -
2004
Winner: George W. Bush (R)
Loser: John Kerry (D) -
2008
Winner: Barack Obama (D)
Loser: John McCain (R) -
2012
Winner: Barack Obama (D)
Loser: Mitt Romney (R) -
2016
Winner: Donald Trump (R)
Loser: Hillary Clinton (D)