Rocky Republican Fever Dream: Nixon/Smith 1960
35. Richard M. Nixon, Republican - California, January 20th, 1961 - August 4th, 1967 *
def. 1960: Senate Majority Leader Lyndon B. Johnson, Dem. - Texas / Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey, Jr., Dem. - Minnesota; Sen. Harry F. Byrd, Sr., Independent Democrat - Virginia / Gov. Orval Faubus, Dem. - Arkansas
def. 1964: Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey, Dem. - Minnesota / Gov. Edmund G. "Pat" Brown, Sr., Dem. - California; Fmr. Gov. Orval Faubus, State's Rights Party - Arkansas / Sen. James Eastland, SRP - Mississippi
36. Margaret Chase Smith, Republican - Maine, August 4th, 1967 - January 20th, 1969
37. Lyndon B. Johnson, Dem. - Texas, January 20th, 1969 - September 22nd, 1975 *
def. 1968: Gov. Ronald Reagan, Rep. - California / Gov. William Scranton, Rep. - Pennsylvania; Fmr. Gov. George Wallace, SRP - Alabama † / Mr. Harlan Sanders, SRP - Kentucky
def. 1972: Gov. Claude R. Kirk, Jr., Rep. - Florida / Representative William "Bill" Brock, Rep. - Tennessee; NYC Mayor John Lindsay, Liberal - New York / Rep. Paul "Pete" McCloskey, Lib. - California; Fmr. Gov. Lester Maddox, SRP - Georgia / Rep. John Rarick, SRP - Louisiana
38. Eugene "Gene" McCarthy, Dem. - Minnesota, September 22nd, 1975 - January 20th, 1981
def. 1976: Gov. James "Jim" Rhodes, Rep. - Ohio / Gov. George Romney, Rep. - Michigan; Sen. Charles "Mac" Mathias, Lib. - Maryland / Sen. Jacob Javits, Lib. - New York
40. Charles "Chuck" Percy, Rep. - Illinois, January 20th, 1981 - January 20th, 1989
def. 1980: Pres. Eugene "Gene" McCarthy, Dem. - Minnesota / Sen. Dale Bumpers, Dem. - Arkansas; Gov. Jesse Helms, Conservative - North Carolina / Fmr. W.H. Chief of Staff Roy Cohn, Con. - New York
def. 1984: Rev. Jesse Jackson, Dem. - Washington, D.C. / Sen. Samuel "Sam" Nunn, Dem. - Georgia; Fmr. Gov. Evan Mecham, Con. - Arizona / Fmr. Gov. Meldrim Thomson, Jr., Con. - New Hampshire
41. Paul Tsongas, Dem. - Massachusetts, January 20th, 1989 - January 20th, 1993
def. 1988: VP John "Jay" D. Rockefeller, IV, Rep. - New York / Sen. H. John Heinz, III, Rep. - Pennsylvania; Gov. Antonin "Tony" Scalia, Con. - Virginia / Fmr. Gov. Donald "Don" Rumsfeld, Con. - Illinois
42. Harvey "Harv" Atwater, Con. - South Carolina, January 20th, 1993 - January 20th, 2001
def. 1992: Pres. Paul Tsongas, Dem. - Massachusetts / VP Peter "Pete" F. Flaherty, Dem. - Pennsylvania; Gov. Theodore "Ted" Bundy, Rep. - Washington / Sen. William "Bill" Clinton, Rep. - Arkansas
def. 1996: Fmr. Gov. Mario Cuomo, Dem. - New York / Fmr. Secretary of State Timothy "Tim" Wirth, Dem. - Colorado; Sen. John S. McCain, III, Rep. - Arizona / Sen. John Danforth, Rep. - Missouri
2000 Presidential election nominees:
Democratic Party: Sen. Maurice Ferré of Florida and Sen. Bradley "Brad" Whitford of Wisconsin
Conservative Party: Vice President Donald Rumsfeld of Illinois and Governor Richard "Rick" Santorum of Pennsylvania
Republican Party: Gov. Tommy Thompson of Wisconsin and Governor Dexter "Dex" Lehtinen of Florida
* Died in office due to assassination
† Assassinated while campaigning