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The 10 Most Recent Presidents of the United States of America

By KingOfTheRoad213
  • John F. Kennedy took office.

    John F. Kennedy took office.

    Kennedy had defeated sitting Vice President Richard Nixon by only about 100,000 popular votes. Click here to view the 1960 Electoral Map.
  • Lyndon B. Johnson took office.

    Lyndon B. Johnson took office.

    Johnson was sworn in as President due to Kennedy's assassination.
  • Lyndon B. Johnson began his second term.

    Lyndon B. Johnson began his second term.

    Johnson was soundly re-elected with his opponent, Republican Barry Goldwater, only winning 5 states in the "solid South" plus his own home state of Arizona. Click here to view the 1964 Electoral Map.
  • Richard M. Nixon took office.

    Richard M. Nixon took office.

    Nixon defeated the Democratic candidate Hubert Humphrey by about a million popular votes. Click here to view the 1968 Electoral Map.
  • Nixon began his second term.

    Nixon began his second term.

    Nixon was re-elected in a landslide victory, winning every state but Massachusettes plus the District of Columbia. Click here to view the 1972 Electoral Map.
  • Gerald R. Ford took office.

    Gerald R. Ford took office.

    Ford was sworn in as President upon Nixon's resignation.
  • Jimmy Carter took office.

    Jimmy Carter took office.

    Carter defeated incumbent President Gerald R. Ford by over a million popular votes. Click here to view the 1976 Electoral Map.
  • Ronald W. Reagan took office.

    Ronald W. Reagan took office.

    Reagan handily defeated incumbent President Jimmy Carter who won only the District of Columbia & 6 states (2 of which were the home states of the sitting President himself & his Vice President.) Click here to view the 1980 Electoral Map.
  • Ronald W. Reagan began his second term.

    Ronald W. Reagan began his second term.

    Reagan won one of the most decisive victories in U.S. politics, defeating former Vice President Walter Mondale who carried only the District of Columbia and his home state of Minnesota. Click here to view the 1984 Electoral Map.
  • George H.W. Bush took office.

    George H.W. Bush took office.

    Bush won a relatively easy victory against Michael Dukakis. Click here to view the 1988 Electoral Map.
  • Bill Clinton took office.

    Bill Clinton took office.

    Clinton won a decisive victory against incumbent President George Bush. Click here to view the 1992 Electoral Map.
  • Bill Clinton began his second term.

    Bill Clinton began his second term.

    Clinton won re-election by a comfortable margin. Click here to view the 1996 Electoral Map.
  • George W. Bush took office.

    George W. Bush took office.

    In one of the closest elections in U.S. history, Bush defeated sitting Vice President Al Gore by only 5 electoral votes with Gore actually winning a 500,000 vote majority in the popular vote. Click here to view the 2000 Electoral Map.
  • George W. Bush began his second term.

    George W. Bush began his second term.

    Bush won re-election in a more decisive victory over John Kerry. Click here to view the 2004 Electoral Map.
  • Barack Obama took office.

    Barack Obama took office.

    In the most decisive Presidential election victory in over a decade, Obama gained the distiction as the first African-American to be elected President of the United States. Click here to view the 2008 Electoral Map.
  • Barack Obama began his second term.

    Barack Obama began his second term.

    Obama handily won re-election against his challenger Mitt Romney. Click here to view the 2012 Electoral Map.