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Former President Theodore Roosevelt created the Progressive Party (nicknamed the "Bull Moose Party") after he failed to receive the Republic nomination in the 1912 presidential election. Democratic Party candidate Woodrow Wilson benefitted from the 1912 split in the Republican Party. Woodrow Wilson won the 1912 presidential election defeating Progressive Party candidate Theodore Roosevelt and Republican Party candidate incumbent President William Taft. In the 1912 presidential election Woodrow Wilson received 435 electoral votes, Theodore Roosevelt received 88 electoral votes, and William Taft received 8 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Wilson 6,293,152 (42%), Roosevelt 4,119,207 (27%), and Taft 3,483,922 (23%). Socialist Party candidate Eugene Debs received 901,551 (6%) popular votes and no electoral votes.
James K. Polk won in 1844. His Whig opponent, Henry Clay came out against the annexation of Texas. This angered the Southern states as being anti-slavery but did not help him in the North since a third party candidate was an abolitionist. Clay also had been in a fight with the Tyler administration and made some enemies. Polk was relatively unknown outside of Tennessee.
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In the 2008 US presidential election Barak Obama won the election. He ran as a Democrat.
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There was no U.S. presidential election in 1866. Incumbent President Abraham Lincoln won reelection in the 1864 presidential election defeating George McClellan. Ulysses S. Grant won the 1868 presidential election defeating Horatio Seymour.
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Ronald Reagan
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President Barack Obama
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Of course. The US was at war with itself and had an election (Abraham Lincoln won).
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Billy Bob McDonald
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George W Bush.
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In 1852, Franklin Pierce won the election to be the 14th US President. In 1856 James Buchanan was elected to be the 15th US President. Therefore, there was no presidential election in 1854.
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James Monroe won the US presidential election in which Rufus King was a contender. This election was held in 1816.
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In the US presidential election of 1848, Zachary Taylor of the Whig Party won the election. Even though he was a slave owner himself, he did not want to expand the practice further into the West.
Who won the US Presidential election of 1808?
James Madison was the winner in 1808.
Who won the US presidential election 2013?
There was not an election in 2013, it was in 2012. Barack Obama retained the presidential office with Vice president Joe Biden
