1952:
Dwight D. Eisenhower (R, war general from Texas) defeated Adlai Stevenson (D, Governor of Illinois)
1956:
Dwight D. Eisenhower (R, Incumbent) defeated Adlai Stevenson (D, former Governor of Illinois)
1960:
John F. Kennedy (D, Senator of Massachusetts) defeated Richard Nixon (R, incumbent Vice President, former Senator of California)
1964:
Lyndon B. Johnson (D, incumbent President, former Vice President and Senator of Texas) defeated Barry Goldwater (R, Senator of Arizona)
1968:
Richard Nixon (R, former Vice President and Senator of California) defeated Hubert Humphrey (D, incumbent Vice President, former Senator of Minnesota) and George Wallace (Independent, former Governor of Alabama)
1972:
Richard Nixon (R, incumbent President) defeated George McGovern (D, Senator of South Dakota)
1976:
Jimmy Carter (D, Governor of Georgia) defeated Gerald Ford (R, incumbent President, former Representative of Michigan)
1980:
Ronald Reagan (R, former Governor of California) defeated Jimmy Carter (D, incumbent President) and John B. Anderson (independent, Representative of Illinois)
1984:
Ronald Reagan (R, incumbent President) defeated Walter Mondale (D, former Vice President and Senator of Minnesota)
1988:
George H. W. Bush (R, incumbent Vice President and former Representative of Texas) defeated Michael Dukakis (Governor of Massachusetts)
1992:
Bill Clinton (D, Governor of Arkansas) defeated George H. W. Bush (R, incumbent President) and Ross Perot (independent, businessman)
1996:
Bill Clinton (D, incumbent President) defeated Bob Dole (R, Senator of Kansas) and Ross Perot (Reform Party, businessman)
2000:
George W. Bush (R, Governor of Texas) defeated Al Gore (D, incumbent Vice President and former Senator of Tennessee). Gore won the popular vote, but not the electoral vote
2004:
George W. Bush (R, incumbent President) defeated John Kerry (D, Senator of Massachusetts)
2008:
Barack Obama (D, Senator of Illinois) defeated John McCain (R, Senator of Arizona)
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