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Shuffling the Deck with Upside Down Cards


1945-1945: Franklin D. Roosevelt/Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)
1944: Thomas Dewey/John W. Bricker (Republican)
1945-1949: Lyndon B. Johnson/Vacant (Democratic) [1]
1949-1952: Dwight D. Eisenhower/Alben W. Barkley (Democratic) [2]

1948: Harold Stassen/Arthur Vandenberg (Republican) , Strom Thurmond/Fielding L. Wright (States' Rights) , Henry A. Wallace/Glen H. Taylor (Progressive)
1952-1953: Dwight D. Eisenhower/Vacant (Democratic)
1953-1956: Dwight D. Eisenhower/Harry Truman (Democratic)

1952: Robert A. Taft/Charles A. Halleck (Republican) , Harry F. Byrd/Richard Russell Jr. (States' Rights)
1956-1957: Harry Truman/Vacant (Democratic) [3]
1957-1965:
Richard Nixon/Walter Judd (Republican) [4]

1956: Harry Truman/Estes Kefauver (Democratic) , Harry F. Byrd/J. William Fulbright (States' Rights)
1960: Adlai Stevenson/John F. Kennedy (Democratic) , Strom Thurmond/James O. Eastland (States' Rights)

1965-1969: Richard Nixon/Margaret Chase Smith (Republican)
1964: Hubert Humphrey/George Wallace (Democratic) , Barry Goldwater/Herman Talmadge (States' Rights)
1969-1973: Gerald Ford/James A. Rhodes (Republican) [5]
1968: John Wayne/John Tower (States' Rights) , Richard Nixon/Margaret Chase Smith (Independent) , Edmund Muskie/Robert F. Kennedy (Democratic)
1973-1979: Ronald Reagan/John F. Kennedy (Democratic) [6]
1972: Richard Nixon/Ed Brooke (National Union) , John G. Schmitz/Lester Maddox (States' Rights) , Gerald Ford/James A. Rhodes (Republican)
1976: Robert Dole/George H. W. Bush (Republican) , Richard Nixon/Elliot Richardson (National Union) , John Rarick/Jesse Helms (States' Rights)

1979-1979: John F. Kennedy/Vacant (Democratic) [7]
1979-1981:
John F. Kennedy/Terry Sanford (Democratic)
1981-1989: George H. W. Bush/James B. Edwards (Republican) [8]

1980: Terry Sanford/Edward M. Kennedy (Democratic) , Richard Nixon/John B. Anderson (National Union) , Jesse Helms/Evan Mecham (States' Rights)
1984: Alan Cranston/Adlai Stevenson III (Democratic) , Richard Nixon/Ed Brooke (National Union) , Jesse Helms/Larry McDonald (States' Rights)

1989-1993: William J. Clinton/Jack Kemp (Republican) [9]
1988: Walter Mondale/John C. West (Democratic) , Ron Paul/Dick Mountjoy (States' Rights) , John B. Anderson/Ed Zschau (National Union)
1993-2001: James E. Carter/Joseph Biden (Democratic) [10]
1992: William J. Clinton/Jack Kemp (Republican) , Ron Paul/Bob Barr (States' Rights)
1996: Dan Quayle/Richard B. Cheney (Republican) , Ron Paul/Various (States' Rights)

2001-2009: George W. Bush/John Ashcroft (Republican) [11]
2000: Joseph Biden/Skip Humphrey (Democratic)
2004: Al Gore/Howard Dean (Democratic)

2009-2013: Donald Trump/Sam Brownback (Republican) [12]
2008: Bill Richardson/Russ Feingold (Democratic)
2013-0000: Barack Obama/Kathleen Sebelius (Democratic) [13]
2012: Donald Trump/Sam Brownback (Republican)
2016: Chris Christie/Ben Carson (Republican)



[1] A young man in over his head

[2] A military man's administration plagued by war and instability

[3] A political insider finally given his chance to shine

[4]
A modern day Founding Father revered for his commitment to serving the people

[5] An ardent opponent of his predecessor who made the worst of a good situation

[6] A stiff politician hardened by years of experience

[7] A tired old man who couldn't wait to leave

[8] A charismatic man who saved his party's electoral chances

[9] An inexperienced man who quickly found himself unpopular

[10] An experienced statesman who came in to save the day

[11] A man universally known for his popularity and political success

[12]
A boring suit with decades of political experience and a seemingly inevitable victory

[13] A basic and average politician with few distinguishable qualities

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