List of US Presidents, 1960 to 2020

1932: Al Smith / Cordell Hull (Democratic)
1936: Al Smith / Cordell Hull (Democratic) [1]
1940: Styles Bridges / Dewey Jackson Short (Republican) [2]
1944: Styles Bridges / Dewey Jackson Short (Republican) [3]
1948: Styles Bridges / Dewey Jackson Short (Republican) [4]
1952: Robert S. Kerr / Joe P. Kennedy II (Democratic) [5]

[1] A fairly close race due to the well-oiled campaigning machine their opponent Alf Landon set up and due to Smith's Catholicism driving down support in the Midwest and West
[2] A deadlocked Republican convention leads to New Hampshire Senator Styles Bridges emerging as a compromise candidate, with Missouri Congressman Dewey Jackson Short as VP. President Smith opted to run for a third term due to the onset of World War Two and was the favourite for most of the campaign. His Presidency had seen a turnaround in the economic situation from the 1929 crash yet Smith's decision to offer military aid to Britain and France against a rising Nazi threat ultimately cost him, amidst an isolationist backlash and embarrassment about the defeat of France. Bridges was elected in one of the closest presidential elections on record.
[3] Was assuredly reelected due to the Pacific War starting with a surprise attack on the US fleet at Pearl and a desire to not change horses in an election.
[4] While easily winning a third term this wouldn't go with out controversy as the Democratic party planned a term limiting amendment following the end of the Pacific War.
[5] In an election that would largely revolve around the controversial "Hoover Purges", Kerr won the Democratic primary by virtue of being the only Democrat not wanting to expand the size of government and having the Southern establishment prop him up. He selected the famously anti-communist Congressman from Massachusetts, who sought to establish relations with the more "moderate" German government to fight against Soviet communist expansion.
 
1932: Al Smith / Cordell Hull (Democratic)
1936: Al Smith / Cordell Hull (Democratic)
[1]
1940: Styles Bridges / Dewey Jackson Short (Republican) [2]
1944: Styles Bridges / Dewey Jackson Short (Republican) [3]
1948: Styles Bridges / Dewey Jackson Short (Republican) [4]
1952: Robert S. Kerr / Joseph P. Kennedy II (Democratic) [5]
1956: Joseph P. Kennedy II / Francis Biddle (Democratic) [6]

[1] A fairly close race due to the well-oiled campaigning machine their opponent Alf Landon set up and due to Smith's Catholicism driving down support in the Midwest and West
[2] A deadlocked Republican convention leads to New Hampshire Senator Styles Bridges emerging as a compromise candidate, with Missouri Congressman Dewey Jackson Short as VP. President Smith opted to run for a third term due to the onset of World War Two and was the favourite for most of the campaign. His Presidency had seen a turnaround in the economic situation from the 1929 crash yet Smith's decision to offer military aid to Britain and France against a rising Nazi threat ultimately cost him, amidst an isolationist backlash and embarrassment about the defeat of France. Bridges was elected in one of the closest presidential elections on record.
[3] Was assuredly reelected due to the Pacific War starting with a surprise attack on the US fleet at Pearl and a desire to not change horses in an election.
[4] While easily winning a third term this wouldn't go with out controversy as the Democratic party planned a term limiting amendment following the end of the Pacific War.
[5] In an election that would largely revolve around the controversial "Hoover Purges", Kerr won the Democratic primary by virtue of being the only Democrat not wanting to expand the size of government and having the Southern establishment prop him up. He selected the famously anti-communist Congressman from Massachusetts, who sought to establish relations with the more "moderate" German government to fight against Soviet communist expansion.
[6] President Kerr focused on resolving public trust in government and dealing with the post-war economic downturn. His two notable acts in office were dismissing FBI Director J Edgar Hoover, thus ending the Hoover purges, and passing an economic stimulus bill that gave mass funding to infrastructure and social services. However, tragedy would strike on April 30th 1954 when Kerr was killed by a lone gunman. Vice President Kennedy assumed office as President and focused primarily on foreign policy, signing nuclear and security treaties with Western allies, notably the amplified US-West Germany protection pact. Kennedy also appointed his younger brother Robert to oversee the Kerr infrastructure program as 'Director of American Infrastructure Rebuilding'. Kennedy would be elected to a full term in 1956, with Attorney General Francis Biddle as VP.
 
1960-1969: John F. Kennedy (D-MA)/Lyndon B. Johnson (D-TX)
1969-1975: Hubert Humphrey (D-MN)/Edmund Muskie (D-ME)
1975-1979: Nelson Rockefeller (R-NY)/Edward Brooke (R-MA)
1979-1985: Edward Brooke (R-MA)/Ronald Reagan (R-CA)
1985-1989: Walter Mondale (D-MN)/Geraldine Ferraro (D-NY)
1989-1997: Alexander Haig (R-PA)/Jesse Jackson (D-IL)
1997-2001: George W. Bush (R-TX)/Al Gore (D-KY)
2001-2009: Al Gore (D-KY)/Bernie Sanders (D-VT)
2009-2013: Rudy Giuliani (R-NY)/Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)
2013-: Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)/Bill Weld (R-MA)
 
1932: Al Smith / Cordell Hull (Democratic)
1936: Al Smith / Cordell Hull (Democratic)
[1]
1940: Styles Bridges / Dewey Jackson Short (Republican) [2]
1944: Styles Bridges / Dewey Jackson Short (Republican) [3]
1948: Styles Bridges / Dewey Jackson Short (Republican) [4]
1952: Robert S. Kerr / Joseph P. Kennedy II (Democratic) [5]
1956: Joseph P. Kennedy II / Francis Biddle (Democratic) [6]
1960: Joseph P. Kennedy II / Francis Biddle (Democratic) [7]

[1] A fairly close race due to the well-oiled campaigning machine their opponent Alf Landon set up and due to Smith's Catholicism driving down support in the Midwest and West
[2] A deadlocked Republican convention leads to New Hampshire Senator Styles Bridges emerging as a compromise candidate, with Missouri Congressman Dewey Jackson Short as VP. President Smith opted to run for a third term due to the onset of World War Two and was the favourite for most of the campaign. His Presidency had seen a turnaround in the economic situation from the 1929 crash yet Smith's decision to offer military aid to Britain and France against a rising Nazi threat ultimately cost him, amidst an isolationist backlash and embarrassment about the defeat of France. Bridges was elected in one of the closest presidential elections on record.
[3] Was assuredly reelected due to the Pacific War starting with a surprise attack on the US fleet at Pearl and a desire to not change horses in an election.
[4] While easily winning a third term this wouldn't go with out controversy as the Democratic party planned a term limiting amendment following the end of the Pacific War.
[5] In an election that would largely revolve around the controversial "Hoover Purges", Kerr won the Democratic primary by virtue of being the only Democrat not wanting to expand the size of government and having the Southern establishment prop him up. He selected the famously anti-communist Congressman from Massachusetts, who sought to establish relations with the more "moderate" German government to fight against Soviet communist expansion.
[6] President Kerr focused on resolving public trust in government and dealing with the post-war economic downturn. His two notable acts in office were dismissing FBI Director J Edgar Hoover, thus ending the Hoover purges, and passing an economic stimulus bill that gave mass funding to infrastructure and social services. However, tragedy would strike on April 30th 1954 when Kerr was killed by a lone gunman. Vice President Kennedy assumed office as President and focused primarily on foreign policy, signing nuclear and security treaties with Western allies, notably the amplified US-West Germany protection pact. Kennedy also appointed his younger brother Robert to oversee the Kerr infrastructure program as 'Director of American Infrastructure Rebuilding'. Kennedy would be elected to a full term in 1956, with Attorney General Francis Biddle as VP.
[7] As the economy continued to grow, and with American assistance with the South Chinese war effort having not yet turned for the worse, President Kennedy was re-elected by a strong margin and was well on his way to becoming America's second-longest serving president.
 
1932: Al Smith / Cordell Hull (Democratic)
1936: Al Smith / Cordell Hull (Democratic)
[1]
1940: Styles Bridges / Dewey Jackson Short (Republican) [2]
1944: Styles Bridges / Dewey Jackson Short (Republican) [3]
1948: Styles Bridges / Dewey Jackson Short (Republican) [4]
1952: Robert S. Kerr / Joseph P. Kennedy II (Democratic) [5]
1956: Joseph P. Kennedy II / Francis Biddle (Democratic) [6]
1960: Joseph P. Kennedy II / Francis Biddle (Democratic) [7]
1964: Francis Biddle/ Ronald Reagan (Democratic) [8]

[1] A fairly close race due to the well-oiled campaigning machine their opponent Alf Landon set up and due to Smith's Catholicism driving down support in the Midwest and West
[2] A deadlocked Republican convention leads to New Hampshire Senator Styles Bridges emerging as a compromise candidate, with Missouri Congressman Dewey Jackson Short as VP. President Smith opted to run for a third term due to the onset of World War Two and was the favourite for most of the campaign. His Presidency had seen a turnaround in the economic situation from the 1929 crash yet Smith's decision to offer military aid to Britain and France against a rising Nazi threat ultimately cost him, amidst an isolationist backlash and embarrassment about the defeat of France. Bridges was elected in one of the closest presidential elections on record.
[3] Was assuredly reelected due to the Pacific War starting with a surprise attack on the US fleet at Pearl and a desire to not change horses in an election.
[4] While easily winning a third term this wouldn't go with out controversy as the Democratic party planned a term limiting amendment following the end of the Pacific War.
[5] In an election that would largely revolve around the controversial "Hoover Purges", Kerr won the Democratic primary by virtue of being the only Democrat not wanting to expand the size of government and having the Southern establishment prop him up. He selected the famously anti-communist Congressman from Massachusetts, who sought to establish relations with the more "moderate" German government to fight against Soviet communist expansion.
[6] President Kerr focused on resolving public trust in government and dealing with the post-war economic downturn. His two notable acts in office were dismissing FBI Director J Edgar Hoover, thus ending the Hoover purges, and passing an economic stimulus bill that gave mass funding to infrastructure and social services. However, tragedy would strike on April 30th 1954 when Kerr was killed by a lone gunman. Vice President Kennedy assumed office as President and focused primarily on foreign policy, signing nuclear and security treaties with Western allies, notably the amplified US-West Germany protection pact. Kennedy also appointed his younger brother Robert to oversee the Kerr infrastructure program as 'Director of American Infrastructure Rebuilding'. Kennedy would be elected to a full term in 1956, with Attorney General Francis Biddle as VP.
[7] As the economy continued to grow, and with American assistance with the South Chinese war effort having not yet turned for the worse, President Kennedy was re-elected by a strong margin and was well on his way to becoming America's second-longest serving president.
[8] On November 22, 1963 President Kennedy was assassinated while campaigning in Dallas Texas, Vice President Francis Biddle was sworn in on Air Force 1 and would chose Governor Ronald Reagan as his running mate in the 1964 election. Controversy still runs rampant on Kennedy's assassination
 
1932: Al Smith / Cordell Hull (Democratic)
1936: Al Smith / Cordell Hull (Democratic)
[1]
1940: Styles Bridges / Dewey Jackson Short (Republican) [2]
1944: Styles Bridges / Dewey Jackson Short (Republican) [3]
1948: Styles Bridges / Dewey Jackson Short (Republican) [4]
1952: Robert S. Kerr / Joseph P. Kennedy II (Democratic) [5]
1956: Joseph P. Kennedy II / Francis Biddle (Democratic) [6]
1960: Joseph P. Kennedy II / Francis Biddle (Democratic) [7]
1964: Francis Biddle / Ronald Reagan (Democratic) [8]
1968: Wally Hickel / Margaret Chase Smith (Republican) [9]

[1] A fairly close race due to the well-oiled campaigning machine their opponent Alf Landon set up and due to Smith's Catholicism driving down support in the Midwest and West
[2] A deadlocked Republican convention leads to New Hampshire Senator Styles Bridges emerging as a compromise candidate, with Missouri Congressman Dewey Jackson Short as VP. President Smith opted to run for a third term due to the onset of World War Two and was the favourite for most of the campaign. His Presidency had seen a turnaround in the economic situation from the 1929 crash yet Smith's decision to offer military aid to Britain and France against a rising Nazi threat ultimately cost him, amidst an isolationist backlash and embarrassment about the defeat of France. Bridges was elected in one of the closest presidential elections on record.
[3] Was assuredly reelected due to the Pacific War starting with a surprise attack on the US fleet at Pearl and a desire to not change horses in an election.
[4] While easily winning a third term this wouldn't go with out controversy as the Democratic party planned a term limiting amendment following the end of the Pacific War.
[5] In an election that would largely revolve around the controversial "Hoover Purges", Kerr won the Democratic primary by virtue of being the only Democrat not wanting to expand the size of government and having the Southern establishment prop him up. He selected the famously anti-communist Congressman from Massachusetts, who sought to establish relations with the more "moderate" German government to fight against Soviet communist expansion.
[6] President Kerr focused on resolving public trust in government and dealing with the post-war economic downturn. His two notable acts in office were dismissing FBI Director J Edgar Hoover, thus ending the Hoover purges, and passing an economic stimulus bill that gave mass funding to infrastructure and social services. However, tragedy would strike on April 30th 1954 when Kerr was killed by a lone gunman. Vice President Kennedy assumed office as President and focused primarily on foreign policy, signing nuclear and security treaties with Western allies, notably the amplified US-West Germany protection pact. Kennedy also appointed his younger brother Robert to oversee the Kerr infrastructure program as 'Director of American Infrastructure Rebuilding'. Kennedy would be elected to a full term in 1956, with Attorney General Francis Biddle as VP.
[7] As the economy continued to grow, and with American assistance with the South Chinese war effort having not yet turned for the worse, President Kennedy was re-elected by a strong margin and was well on his way to becoming America's second-longest serving president.
[8] On November 22, 1963 President Kennedy was assassinated while campaigning in Dallas Texas, Vice President Francis Biddle was sworn in on Air Force 1 and would chose Governor Ronald Reagan as his running mate in the 1964 election. Controversy still runs rampant on Kennedy's assassination
[9] By 1968, American voters were simply tired. Tired of the Democratic machine, its soft-pedaling on civil rights, its empire-building abroad that sent thousands of servicemen home in coffins, its reliance on corrupt big-city machines. As long as it could have provided peace and prosperity, they were fine with it, but all that ended in the sixties. The crackdown on NAACP organizers in Florida after the brutal murder of Black organizer Harry Moore sparked a wave of protest, both North and South, put paid to that. So, too, did "stagflation" - a global economic crisis, sparked in some ways by the liberalization of Soviet foreign policy under Alexei Kosygin, as well as by deficit spending to finance the war in China. The inconclusive resolution to the War in China by the Treaty of Calcutta also hurt Biddle's chances of re-election. In the end, he didn't even run - the charismatic young Senator Ramsey Clark beat him decisively in the Michigan primary, and that was it for his campaign. Jack Kennedy, the well-liked Senator and brother of the slain president, was parachuted in at a contentious Democratic National Convention, but in the end Alaska Governor Wally Hickel won the election in a walk.
 
1932: Al Smith / Cordell Hull (Democratic)
1936: Al Smith / Cordell Hull (Democratic)
[1]
1940: Styles Bridges / Dewey Jackson Short (Republican) [2]
1944: Styles Bridges / Dewey Jackson Short (Republican) [3]
1948: Styles Bridges / Dewey Jackson Short (Republican) [4]
1952: Robert S. Kerr / Joseph P. Kennedy II (Democratic) [5]
1956: Joseph P. Kennedy II / Francis Biddle (Democratic) [6]
1960: Joseph P. Kennedy II / Francis Biddle (Democratic) [7]
1964: Francis Biddle / Ronald Reagan (Democratic) [8]
1968: Wally Hickel / Margaret Chase Smith (Republican) [9]
1972: Wally Hickel / Margaret Chase Smith (Republican) [10]

[1] A fairly close race due to the well-oiled campaigning machine their opponent Alf Landon set up and due to Smith's Catholicism driving down support in the Midwest and West
[2] A deadlocked Republican convention leads to New Hampshire Senator Styles Bridges emerging as a compromise candidate, with Missouri Congressman Dewey Jackson Short as VP. President Smith opted to run for a third term due to the onset of World War Two and was the favourite for most of the campaign. His Presidency had seen a turnaround in the economic situation from the 1929 crash yet Smith's decision to offer military aid to Britain and France against a rising Nazi threat ultimately cost him, amidst an isolationist backlash and embarrassment about the defeat of France. Bridges was elected in one of the closest presidential elections on record.
[3] Was assuredly reelected due to the Pacific War starting with a surprise attack on the US fleet at Pearl and a desire to not change horses in an election.
[4] While easily winning a third term this wouldn't go with out controversy as the Democratic party planned a term limiting amendment following the end of the Pacific War.
[5] In an election that would largely revolve around the controversial "Hoover Purges", Kerr won the Democratic primary by virtue of being the only Democrat not wanting to expand the size of government and having the Southern establishment prop him up. He selected the famously anti-communist Congressman from Massachusetts, who sought to establish relations with the more "moderate" German government to fight against Soviet communist expansion.
[6] President Kerr focused on resolving public trust in government and dealing with the post-war economic downturn. His two notable acts in office were dismissing FBI Director J Edgar Hoover, thus ending the Hoover purges, and passing an economic stimulus bill that gave mass funding to infrastructure and social services. However, tragedy would strike on April 30th 1954 when Kerr was killed by a lone gunman. Vice President Kennedy assumed office as President and focused primarily on foreign policy, signing nuclear and security treaties with Western allies, notably the amplified US-West Germany protection pact. Kennedy also appointed his younger brother Robert to oversee the Kerr infrastructure program as 'Director of American Infrastructure Rebuilding'. Kennedy would be elected to a full term in 1956, with Attorney General Francis Biddle as VP.
[7] As the economy continued to grow, and with American assistance with the South Chinese war effort having not yet turned for the worse, President Kennedy was re-elected by a strong margin and was well on his way to becoming America's second-longest serving president.
[8] On November 22, 1963 President Kennedy was assassinated while campaigning in Dallas Texas, Vice President Francis Biddle was sworn in on Air Force 1 and would chose Governor Ronald Reagan as his running mate in the 1964 election. Controversy still runs rampant on Kennedy's assassination
[9] By 1968, American voters were simply tired. Tired of the Democratic machine, its soft-pedaling on civil rights, its empire-building abroad that sent thousands of servicemen home in coffins, its reliance on corrupt big-city machines. As long as it could have provided peace and prosperity, they were fine with it, but all that ended in the sixties. The crackdown on NAACP organizers in Florida after the brutal murder of Black organizer Harry Moore sparked a wave of protest, both North and South, put paid to that. So, too, did "stagflation" - a global economic crisis, sparked in some ways by the liberalization of Soviet foreign policy under Alexei Kosygin, as well as by deficit spending to finance the war in China. The inconclusive resolution to the War in China by the Treaty of Calcutta also hurt Biddle's chances of re-election. In the end, he didn't even run - the charismatic young Senator Ramsey Clark beat him decisively in the Michigan primary, and that was it for his campaign. Jack Kennedy, the well-liked Senator and brother of the slain president, was parachuted in at a contentious Democratic National Convention, but in the end Alaska Governor Wally Hickel won the election in a walk.
[10] President Hickel wins a landslide (losing only in Massachusetts and DC) over Senator Jack Kennedy, whose campaign is derailed by allegations of sexual misdeeds and concerns about his rapidly failing health.
 
1932: Al Smith / Cordell Hull (Democratic)
1936: Al Smith / Cordell Hull (Democratic)
[1]
1940: Styles Bridges / Dewey Jackson Short (Republican) [2]
1944: Styles Bridges / Dewey Jackson Short (Republican) [3]
1948: Styles Bridges / Dewey Jackson Short (Republican) [4]
1952: Robert S. Kerr / Joseph P. Kennedy II (Democratic) [5]
1956: Joseph P. Kennedy II / Francis Biddle (Democratic) [6]
1960: Joseph P. Kennedy II / Francis Biddle (Democratic) [7]
1964: Francis Biddle / Ronald Reagan (Democratic) [8]
1968: Wally Hickel / Margaret Chase Smith (Republican) [9]
1972: Wally Hickel / Margaret Chase Smith (Republican) [10]
1976: Pat Buchanan / Victor Atiyeh (Republican) [11]

[1] A fairly close race due to the well-oiled campaigning machine their opponent Alf Landon set up and due to Smith's Catholicism driving down support in the Midwest and West
[2] A deadlocked Republican convention leads to New Hampshire Senator Styles Bridges emerging as a compromise candidate, with Missouri Congressman Dewey Jackson Short as VP. President Smith opted to run for a third term due to the onset of World War Two and was the favourite for most of the campaign. His Presidency had seen a turnaround in the economic situation from the 1929 crash yet Smith's decision to offer military aid to Britain and France against a rising Nazi threat ultimately cost him, amidst an isolationist backlash and embarrassment about the defeat of France. Bridges was elected in one of the closest presidential elections on record.
[3] Was assuredly reelected due to the Pacific War starting with a surprise attack on the US fleet at Pearl and a desire to not change horses in an election.
[4] While easily winning a third term this wouldn't go with out controversy as the Democratic party planned a term limiting amendment following the end of the Pacific War.
[5] In an election that would largely revolve around the controversial "Hoover Purges", Kerr won the Democratic primary by virtue of being the only Democrat not wanting to expand the size of government and having the Southern establishment prop him up. He selected the famously anti-communist Congressman from Massachusetts, who sought to establish relations with the more "moderate" German government to fight against Soviet communist expansion.
[6] President Kerr focused on resolving public trust in government and dealing with the post-war economic downturn. His two notable acts in office were dismissing FBI Director J Edgar Hoover, thus ending the Hoover purges, and passing an economic stimulus bill that gave mass funding to infrastructure and social services. However, tragedy would strike on April 30th 1954 when Kerr was killed by a lone gunman. Vice President Kennedy assumed office as President and focused primarily on foreign policy, signing nuclear and security treaties with Western allies, notably the amplified US-West Germany protection pact. Kennedy also appointed his younger brother Robert to oversee the Kerr infrastructure program as 'Director of American Infrastructure Rebuilding'. Kennedy would be elected to a full term in 1956, with Attorney General Francis Biddle as VP.
[7] As the economy continued to grow, and with American assistance with the South Chinese war effort having not yet turned for the worse, President Kennedy was re-elected by a strong margin and was well on his way to becoming America's second-longest serving president.
[8] On November 22, 1963 President Kennedy was assassinated while campaigning in Dallas Texas, Vice President Francis Biddle was sworn in on Air Force 1 and would chose Governor Ronald Reagan as his running mate in the 1964 election. Controversy still runs rampant on Kennedy's assassination
[9] By 1968, American voters were simply tired. Tired of the Democratic machine, its soft-pedaling on civil rights, its empire-building abroad that sent thousands of servicemen home in coffins, its reliance on corrupt big-city machines. As long as it could have provided peace and prosperity, they were fine with it, but all that ended in the sixties. The crackdown on NAACP organizers in Florida after the brutal murder of Black organizer Harry Moore sparked a wave of protest, both North and South, put paid to that. So, too, did "stagflation" - a global economic crisis, sparked in some ways by the liberalization of Soviet foreign policy under Alexei Kosygin, as well as by deficit spending to finance the war in China. The inconclusive resolution to the War in China by the Treaty of Calcutta also hurt Biddle's chances of re-election. In the end, he didn't even run - the charismatic young Senator Ramsey Clark beat him decisively in the Michigan primary, and that was it for his campaign. Jack Kennedy, the well-liked Senator and brother of the slain president, was parachuted in at a contentious Democratic National Convention, but in the end Alaska Governor Wally Hickel won the election in a walk.
[10] President Hickel wins a landslide (losing only in Massachusetts and DC) over Senator Jack Kennedy, whose campaign is derailed by allegations of sexual misdeeds and concerns about his rapidly failing health.
[11] Following Vice President Smith's announcement of her decision not run in 1976, the Republican field blew wide open. Though the field was quite large, Former Governor Patrick Buchanan of Virginia found his niche as the most prominent conservative in a herd of moderates. He followed the Republican fiscal orthodoxy, though he broke ranks on both sides of the aisle when it came to the Arab-Israeli War, warning that the U.S. ought to stay out after the disaster that was the Chinese War. His non-interventionism was a striking contrast to the more hawkish Senator Vance, and a still-war-weary electorate combined with a still-strong economy led to Buchanan's narrow victory in '76.
 
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1932: Al Smith / Cordell Hull (Democratic)
1936: Al Smith / Cordell Hull (Democratic)
[1]
1940: Styles Bridges / Dewey Jackson Short (Republican) [2]
1944: Styles Bridges / Dewey Jackson Short (Republican) [3]
1948: Styles Bridges / Dewey Jackson Short (Republican) [4]
1952: Robert S. Kerr / Joseph P. Kennedy II (Democratic) [5]
1956: Joseph P. Kennedy II / Francis Biddle (Democratic) [6]
1960: Joseph P. Kennedy II / Francis Biddle (Democratic) [7]
1964: Francis Biddle / Ronald Reagan (Democratic) [8]
1968: Wally Hickel / Margaret Chase Smith (Republican) [9]
1972: Wally Hickel / Margaret Chase Smith (Republican) [10]
1976: Pat Buchanan / Victor Atiyeh (Republican) [11]
1980: Nick Galifianakis / Rob McNamara (Democratic) [12]

[1] A fairly close race due to the well-oiled campaigning machine their opponent Alf Landon set up and due to Smith's Catholicism driving down support in the Midwest and West
[2] A deadlocked Republican convention leads to New Hampshire Senator Styles Bridges emerging as a compromise candidate, with Missouri Congressman Dewey Jackson Short as VP. President Smith opted to run for a third term due to the onset of World War Two and was the favourite for most of the campaign. His Presidency had seen a turnaround in the economic situation from the 1929 crash yet Smith's decision to offer military aid to Britain and France against a rising Nazi threat ultimately cost him, amidst an isolationist backlash and embarrassment about the defeat of France. Bridges was elected in one of the closest presidential elections on record.
[3] Was assuredly reelected due to the Pacific War starting with a surprise attack on the US fleet at Pearl and a desire to not change horses in an election.
[4] While easily winning a third term this wouldn't go with out controversy as the Democratic party planned a term limiting amendment following the end of the Pacific War.
[5] In an election that would largely revolve around the controversial "Hoover Purges", Kerr won the Democratic primary by virtue of being the only Democrat not wanting to expand the size of government and having the Southern establishment prop him up. He selected the famously anti-communist Congressman from Massachusetts, who sought to establish relations with the more "moderate" German government to fight against Soviet communist expansion.
[6] President Kerr focused on resolving public trust in government and dealing with the post-war economic downturn. His two notable acts in office were dismissing FBI Director J Edgar Hoover, thus ending the Hoover purges, and passing an economic stimulus bill that gave mass funding to infrastructure and social services. However, tragedy would strike on April 30th 1954 when Kerr was killed by a lone gunman. Vice President Kennedy assumed office as President and focused primarily on foreign policy, signing nuclear and security treaties with Western allies, notably the amplified US-West Germany protection pact. Kennedy also appointed his younger brother Robert to oversee the Kerr infrastructure program as 'Director of American Infrastructure Rebuilding'. Kennedy would be elected to a full term in 1956, with Attorney General Francis Biddle as VP.
[7] As the economy continued to grow, and with American assistance with the South Chinese war effort having not yet turned for the worse, President Kennedy was re-elected by a strong margin and was well on his way to becoming America's second-longest serving president.
[8] On November 22, 1963 President Kennedy was assassinated while campaigning in Dallas Texas, Vice President Francis Biddle was sworn in on Air Force 1 and would chose Governor Ronald Reagan as his running mate in the 1964 election. Controversy still runs rampant on Kennedy's assassination
[9] By 1968, American voters were simply tired. Tired of the Democratic machine, its soft-pedaling on civil rights, its empire-building abroad that sent thousands of servicemen home in coffins, its reliance on corrupt big-city machines. As long as it could have provided peace and prosperity, they were fine with it, but all that ended in the sixties. The crackdown on NAACP organizers in Florida after the brutal murder of Black organizer Harry Moore sparked a wave of protest, both North and South, put paid to that. So, too, did "stagflation" - a global economic crisis, sparked in some ways by the liberalization of Soviet foreign policy under Alexei Kosygin, as well as by deficit spending to finance the war in China. The inconclusive resolution to the War in China by the Treaty of Calcutta also hurt Biddle's chances of re-election. In the end, he didn't even run - the charismatic young Senator Ramsey Clark beat him decisively in the Michigan primary, and that was it for his campaign. Jack Kennedy, the well-liked Senator and brother of the slain president, was parachuted in at a contentious Democratic National Convention, but in the end Alaska Governor Wally Hickel won the election in a walk.
[10] President Hickel wins a landslide (losing only in Massachusetts and DC) over Senator Jack Kennedy, whose campaign is derailed by allegations of sexual misdeeds and concerns about his rapidly failing health.
[11] Following Vice President Smith's announcement of her decision not run in 1976, the Republican field blew wide open. Though the field was quite large, Former Governor Patrick Buchanan of Virginia found his niche as the most prominent conservative in a herd of moderates. He followed the Republican fiscal orthodoxy, though he broke ranks on both sides of the aisle when it came to the Arab-Israeli War, warning that the U.S. ought to stay out after the disaster that was the Chinese War. His non-interventionism was a striking contrast to the more hawkish Senator Vance, and a still-war-weary electorate combined with a still-strong economy led to Buchanan's narrow victory in '76.
[12] Buchanan's approach to the presidency was... unorthodox. He gave bombastic speeches both at home and abroad, criticizing Europe's governments for "submitting to Soviet economic dominance" and speaking of "protecting Western civilization". Some said he was naive (it didn't help that he was the youngest President at the time), some found him uncomfortable, but his tax cuts were favorable to his base and that was it for Buchanan. Then came the economic crash, Mexico fell to revolution, and Buchanan's credentials as a strong, conservative President came down the drain.
The 1980 elections were a bloodbath. Having just barely survived a primary challenge from Gov. Manuel Lujan Jr. of New Mexico, former Attorney General Elliott Richardson of Massachusetts and Gov. Bo Callaway of Georgia, Buchanan grew more and more desperate and unhinged, and after a number of gaffes was ultimately swept away by the Democratic ticket of Sen. Nick Galifianakis of North Carolina and Sen. Rob McNamara of California, noted for his credentials as a "defense realist".
That said, despite Buchanan's rabid accusations, Democratic victory didn't end in war. However, Galifianakis did go on to strengthen economic ties with the European Community, expand civil rights, implement an immigration reform bill, and give a "surplus" to small businesses across America, helping mitigate the effects of stagflation somewhat.
 
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1952: Adlai Stevenson/ John F. Kennedy (Democratic) [1]
[1] Republican candidate Dwight D. Eisenhower baffling chose Joseph McCarthy as his running mate instead of the suggested Richard Nixon and goes on to lose Adlai Stevenson, who chose young senator John F. Kennedy as his Vice President.
 
1952: Adlai Stevenson/ John F. Kennedy (Democratic) [1]
1956: Richard Nixon/Harold Stassen (Republican) [2]
[1] Republican candidate Dwight D. Eisenhower baffling chose Joseph McCarthy as his running mate instead of the suggested Richard Nixon and goes on to lose Adlai Stevenson, who chose young senator John F. Kennedy as his Vice President.
[2] After 24 years of Democratic rule the people wanted a change. Nixon was the man to provide that change and become the first Republican president since Hoover.
 
Well then, that was a heck of a long knife in Buchanan there. Just makes me want to do this now.

1952: Adlai Stevenson/ John F. Kennedy (Democratic)
[1]
1956: Richard Nixon/Harold Stassen (Republican) [2]
1960: Richard Nixon/Harold Stassen (Republican) [3]

[1] Republican candidate Dwight D. Eisenhower baffling chose Joseph McCarthy as his running mate instead of the suggested Richard Nixon and goes on to lose Adlai Stevenson, who chose young senator John F. Kennedy as his Vice President.
[2] After 24 years of Democratic rule the people wanted a change. Nixon was the man to provide that change and become the first Republican president since Hoover.
[3] Nixon proves to be a popular president, with his most noted legacies being the birth of the Highway system, the desegregation of school systems/the birth of Civil Rights legislation, and revival of several mass rail systems. He wins quite convincingly against the young upstart Jack Kennedy, though the latter was seen as more personable and quite charismatic.

1932: Al Smith / Cordell Hull (Democratic)
1936: Al Smith / Cordell Hull (Democratic)
[1]
1940: Styles Bridges / Dewey Jackson Short (Republican) [2]
1944: Styles Bridges / Dewey Jackson Short (Republican) [3]
1948: Styles Bridges / Dewey Jackson Short (Republican) [4]
1952: Robert S. Kerr / Joseph P. Kennedy II (Democratic) [5]
1956: Joseph P. Kennedy II / Francis Biddle (Democratic) [6]
1960: Joseph P. Kennedy II / Francis Biddle (Democratic) [7]
1964: Francis Biddle / Ronald Reagan (Democratic) [8]
1968: Wally Hickel / Margaret Chase Smith (Republican) [9]
1972: Wally Hickel / Margaret Chase Smith (Republican) [10]
1976: Pat Buchanan / Victor Atiyeh (Republican) [11]
1980: Nick Galifianakis / Rob McNamara (Democratic) [12]
1984: Ross Perot / James Stockdale (Independent) [13]

[1] A fairly close race due to the well-oiled campaigning machine their opponent Alf Landon set up and due to Smith's Catholicism driving down support in the Midwest and West
[2] A deadlocked Republican convention leads to New Hampshire Senator Styles Bridges emerging as a compromise candidate, with Missouri Congressman Dewey Jackson Short as VP. President Smith opted to run for a third term due to the onset of World War Two and was the favourite for most of the campaign. His Presidency had seen a turnaround in the economic situation from the 1929 crash yet Smith's decision to offer military aid to Britain and France against a rising Nazi threat ultimately cost him, amidst an isolationist backlash and embarrassment about the defeat of France. Bridges was elected in one of the closest presidential elections on record.
[3] Was assuredly reelected due to the Pacific War starting with a surprise attack on the US fleet at Pearl and a desire to not change horses in an election.
[4] While easily winning a third term this wouldn't go with out controversy as the Democratic party planned a term limiting amendment following the end of the Pacific War.
[5] In an election that would largely revolve around the controversial "Hoover Purges", Kerr won the Democratic primary by virtue of being the only Democrat not wanting to expand the size of government and having the Southern establishment prop him up. He selected the famously anti-communist Congressman from Massachusetts, who sought to establish relations with the more "moderate" German government to fight against Soviet communist expansion.
[6] President Kerr focused on resolving public trust in government and dealing with the post-war economic downturn. His two notable acts in office were dismissing FBI Director J Edgar Hoover, thus ending the Hoover purges, and passing an economic stimulus bill that gave mass funding to infrastructure and social services. However, tragedy would strike on April 30th 1954 when Kerr was killed by a lone gunman. Vice President Kennedy assumed office as President and focused primarily on foreign policy, signing nuclear and security treaties with Western allies, notably the amplified US-West Germany protection pact. Kennedy also appointed his younger brother Robert to oversee the Kerr infrastructure program as 'Director of American Infrastructure Rebuilding'. Kennedy would be elected to a full term in 1956, with Attorney General Francis Biddle as VP.
[7] As the economy continued to grow, and with American assistance with the South Chinese war effort having not yet turned for the worse, President Kennedy was re-elected by a strong margin and was well on his way to becoming America's second-longest serving president.
[8] On November 22, 1963 President Kennedy was assassinated while campaigning in Dallas Texas, Vice President Francis Biddle was sworn in on Air Force 1 and would chose Governor Ronald Reagan as his running mate in the 1964 election. Controversy still runs rampant on Kennedy's assassination
[9] By 1968, American voters were simply tired. Tired of the Democratic machine, its soft-pedaling on civil rights, its empire-building abroad that sent thousands of servicemen home in coffins, its reliance on corrupt big-city machines. As long as it could have provided peace and prosperity, they were fine with it, but all that ended in the sixties. The crackdown on NAACP organizers in Florida after the brutal murder of Black organizer Harry Moore sparked a wave of protest, both North and South, put paid to that. So, too, did "stagflation" - a global economic crisis, sparked in some ways by the liberalization of Soviet foreign policy under Alexei Kosygin, as well as by deficit spending to finance the war in China. The inconclusive resolution to the War in China by the Treaty of Calcutta also hurt Biddle's chances of re-election. In the end, he didn't even run - the charismatic young Senator Ramsey Clark beat him decisively in the Michigan primary, and that was it for his campaign. Jack Kennedy, the well-liked Senator and brother of the slain president, was parachuted in at a contentious Democratic National Convention, but in the end Alaska Governor Wally Hickel won the election in a walk.
[10] President Hickel wins a landslide (losing only in Massachusetts and DC) over Senator Jack Kennedy, whose campaign is derailed by allegations of sexual misdeeds and concerns about his rapidly failing health.
[11] Following Vice President Smith's announcement of her decision not run in 1976, the Republican field blew wide open. Though the field was quite large, Former Governor Patrick Buchanan of Virginia found his niche as the most prominent conservative in a herd of moderates. He followed the Republican fiscal orthodoxy, though he broke ranks on both sides of the aisle when it came to the Arab-Israeli War, warning that the U.S. ought to stay out after the disaster that was the Chinese War. His non-interventionism was a striking contrast to the more hawkish Senator Vance, and a still-war-weary electorate combined with a still-strong economy led to Buchanan's narrow victory in '76.
[12] Buchanan's approach to the presidency was... unorthodox. He gave bombastic speeches both at home and abroad, criticizing Europe's governments for "submitting to Soviet economic dominance" and speaking of "protecting Western civilization". Some said he was naive (it didn't help that he was the youngest President at the time), some found him uncomfortable, but his tax cuts were favorable to his base and that was it for Buchanan. Then came the economic crash, Mexico fell to revolution, and Buchanan's credentials as a strong, conservative President came down the drain.
The 1980 elections were a bloodbath. Having just barely survived a primary challenge from Gov. Manuel Lujan Jr. of New Mexico, former Attorney General Elliott Richardson of Massachusetts and Gov. Bo Callaway of Georgia, Buchanan grew more and more desperate and unhinged, and after a number of gaffes was ultimately swept away by the Democratic ticket of Sen. Nick Galifianakis of North Carolina and Sen. Rob McNamara of California, noted for his credentials as a "defense realist".
That said, despite Buchanan's rabid accusations, Democratic victory didn't end in war. However, Galifianakis did go on to strengthen economic ties with the European Community, expand civil rights, implement an immigration reform bill, and give a "surplus" to small businesses across America, helping mitigate the effects of stagflation somewhat.
[13] And yet despite all this... the Recession of 1978 did not get better. It got worse in fact as the entire American Computer market freefell due to the insane price wars and slipshod product released by several outfits, Sygzy and IBM being the worst culprits. When all is said and done, only one person stood tall. Texas Businessman Ross Perot ran as an independent, citing the entrenched bipartisan system being a major issue that lead to this... and won in a split election.
 
1932: Al Smith / Cordell Hull (Democratic)
1936: Al Smith / Cordell Hull (Democratic)
[1]
1940: Styles Bridges / Dewey Jackson Short (Republican) [2]
1944: Styles Bridges / Dewey Jackson Short (Republican) [3]
1948: Styles Bridges / Dewey Jackson Short (Republican) [4]
1952: Robert S. Kerr / Joseph P. Kennedy II (Democratic) [5]
1956: Joseph P. Kennedy II / Francis Biddle (Democratic) [6]
1960: Joseph P. Kennedy II / Francis Biddle (Democratic) [7]
1964: Francis Biddle / Ronald Reagan (Democratic) [8]
1968: Wally Hickel / Margaret Chase Smith (Republican) [9]
1972: Wally Hickel / Margaret Chase Smith (Republican) [10]
1976: Pat Buchanan / Victor Atiyeh (Republican) [11]
1980: Nick Galifianakis / Rob McNamara (Democratic) [12]
1984: Ross Perot / James Stockdale (Independent) [13]
1988: Ross Perot / Tonie Nathan (Independent-Republican) [14]

[1] A fairly close race due to the well-oiled campaigning machine their opponent Alf Landon set up and due to Smith's Catholicism driving down support in the Midwest and West
[2] A deadlocked Republican convention leads to New Hampshire Senator Styles Bridges emerging as a compromise candidate, with Missouri Congressman Dewey Jackson Short as VP. President Smith opted to run for a third term due to the onset of World War Two and was the favourite for most of the campaign. His Presidency had seen a turnaround in the economic situation from the 1929 crash yet Smith's decision to offer military aid to Britain and France against a rising Nazi threat ultimately cost him, amidst an isolationist backlash and embarrassment about the defeat of France. Bridges was elected in one of the closest presidential elections on record.
[3] Was assuredly reelected due to the Pacific War starting with a surprise attack on the US fleet at Pearl and a desire to not change horses in an election.
[4] While easily winning a third term this wouldn't go with out controversy as the Democratic party planned a term limiting amendment following the end of the Pacific War.
[5] In an election that would largely revolve around the controversial "Hoover Purges", Kerr won the Democratic primary by virtue of being the only Democrat not wanting to expand the size of government and having the Southern establishment prop him up. He selected the famously anti-communist Congressman from Massachusetts, who sought to establish relations with the more "moderate" German government to fight against Soviet communist expansion.
[6] President Kerr focused on resolving public trust in government and dealing with the post-war economic downturn. His two notable acts in office were dismissing FBI Director J Edgar Hoover, thus ending the Hoover purges, and passing an economic stimulus bill that gave mass funding to infrastructure and social services. However, tragedy would strike on April 30th 1954 when Kerr was killed by a lone gunman. Vice President Kennedy assumed office as President and focused primarily on foreign policy, signing nuclear and security treaties with Western allies, notably the amplified US-West Germany protection pact. Kennedy also appointed his younger brother Robert to oversee the Kerr infrastructure program as 'Director of American Infrastructure Rebuilding'. Kennedy would be elected to a full term in 1956, with Attorney General Francis Biddle as VP.
[7] As the economy continued to grow, and with American assistance with the South Chinese war effort having not yet turned for the worse, President Kennedy was re-elected by a strong margin and was well on his way to becoming America's second-longest serving president.
[8] On November 22, 1963 President Kennedy was assassinated while campaigning in Dallas Texas, Vice President Francis Biddle was sworn in on Air Force 1 and would chose Governor Ronald Reagan as his running mate in the 1964 election. Controversy still runs rampant on Kennedy's assassination
[9] By 1968, American voters were simply tired. Tired of the Democratic machine, its soft-pedaling on civil rights, its empire-building abroad that sent thousands of servicemen home in coffins, its reliance on corrupt big-city machines. As long as it could have provided peace and prosperity, they were fine with it, but all that ended in the sixties. The crackdown on NAACP organizers in Florida after the brutal murder of Black organizer Harry Moore sparked a wave of protest, both North and South, put paid to that. So, too, did "stagflation" - a global economic crisis, sparked in some ways by the liberalization of Soviet foreign policy under Alexei Kosygin, as well as by deficit spending to finance the war in China. The inconclusive resolution to the War in China by the Treaty of Calcutta also hurt Biddle's chances of re-election. In the end, he didn't even run - the charismatic young Senator Ramsey Clark beat him decisively in the Michigan primary, and that was it for his campaign. Jack Kennedy, the well-liked Senator and brother of the slain president, was parachuted in at a contentious Democratic National Convention, but in the end Alaska Governor Wally Hickel won the election in a walk.
[10] President Hickel wins a landslide (losing only in Massachusetts and DC) over Senator Jack Kennedy, whose campaign is derailed by allegations of sexual misdeeds and concerns about his rapidly failing health.
[11] Following Vice President Smith's announcement of her decision not run in 1976, the Republican field blew wide open. Though the field was quite large, Former Governor Patrick Buchanan of Virginia found his niche as the most prominent conservative in a herd of moderates. He followed the Republican fiscal orthodoxy, though he broke ranks on both sides of the aisle when it came to the Arab-Israeli War, warning that the U.S. ought to stay out after the disaster that was the Chinese War. His non-interventionism was a striking contrast to the more hawkish Senator Vance, and a still-war-weary electorate combined with a still-strong economy led to Buchanan's narrow victory in '76.
[12] Buchanan's approach to the presidency was... unorthodox. He gave bombastic speeches both at home and abroad, criticizing Europe's governments for "submitting to Soviet economic dominance" and speaking of "protecting Western civilization". Some said he was naive (it didn't help that he was the youngest President at the time), some found him uncomfortable, but his tax cuts were favorable to his base and that was it for Buchanan. Then came the economic crash, Mexico fell to revolution, and Buchanan's credentials as a strong, conservative President came down the drain.
The 1980 elections were a bloodbath. Having just barely survived a primary challenge from Gov. Manuel Lujan Jr. of New Mexico, former Attorney General Elliott Richardson of Massachusetts and Gov. Bo Callaway of Georgia, Buchanan grew more and more desperate and unhinged, and after a number of gaffes was ultimately swept away by the Democratic ticket of Sen. Nick Galifianakis of North Carolina and Sen. Rob McNamara of California, noted for his credentials as a "defense realist".
That said, despite Buchanan's rabid accusations, Democratic victory didn't end in war. However, Galifianakis did go on to strengthen economic ties with the European Community, expand civil rights, implement an immigration reform bill, and give a "surplus" to small businesses across America, helping mitigate the effects of stagflation somewhat.
[13] And yet despite all this... the Recession of 1978 did not get better. It got worse in fact as the entire American Computer market freefell due to the insane price wars and slipshod product released by several outfits, Sygzy and IBM being the worst culprits. When all is said and done, only one person stood tall. Texas Businessman Ross Perot ran as an independent, citing the entrenched bipartisan system being a major issue that lead to this... and won in a split election.
[14] In the aftermatch of Crash of '78, the economy only continued to grow. Perot's efforts to digitize the nation were successful, causing a third of all Americans to live in a household with a computer by 1986. Of course, some claimed that the tax credits for computer purchases used to bolster the industry, his broadband-installation public works project, the mass transition from analogue federal record-keeping to digital were part of a plan to increase his own wealth, but the simple fact of the matter was that PDS computers were the best on the market. The American public didn't seem to mind about the supposed corruption, as the economy had recovered and America was a more efficient than ever. Then, Perot hit a midterm-shaped wall. Congressional Democrats, led by Speaker Rob Kennedy and Senate Majority Leader Inouye stood in opposition to his anti-worker, pro-business, pro-austerity legislation, forcing Perot into the arms of the Republicans, who aligned with him on budgetary issues. A deal was struck between the GOP leadership and Perot, in which they wouldn't run a candidate against the popular independent so long as one of their own was his new running mate. Perot accepted (Stockdale would later reluctantly take Defense), deciding to name the libertarian, non-interventionist House Minority Whip Tonie Nathan of New York as his running mate. That November, the Perot-Nathan ticket would triumph over the Democratic ticket of Senators Bronson La Follette and Dick Greco.
 
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