Collaborative Presidential Elections - New

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2008

Senator Mark Warner (D-VA)/Senator Barack Obama (D-IL): 390: 53.9%
President Trent Lott (R-MS)/Vice-President Lincoln Chaffee (R-RI): 148: 43.7%
Representative Bob Barr (L-GA)/Mr Wayne Allen Root (L-TX): 0: 1.5%

After a tough primary race against Governor Bill Richardson, Mark Warner made the Democratic ticket. Trent Lott successfully defeated a challenge by Governor Jon Huntsman of Utah. The quagmire in Afghanistan and Iraq, coupled with both Warner's moderation and a deteriorating economy, led to a landslide defeat for the GOP.

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1864

McClellan/Seymour: Democratic: 126: 54.0%
Seward/Sumner: Republican: 107: 46.0%

Abraham Lincoln was assassinated at the Gettysburg Addres in 1863. His Vice President, Seward, since the death of Hannibal Hamlin in 1862, pushed through a series of controversial equal rights reforms for blacks in the north. With reverses in war, McClellan's ticket became very popular and was able to overcome Seward in the General Election.

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Aw come on! Nobodies interested?

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1872

Seymour/Hendricks: Democratic: 171: 48.7%
Grant/Conkling: Republican: 88: 41.0%
Chase/Davis: Liberal-Republican: 0: 9.1%

President McClellan presideded over a booming economy, and was popular by the end of his term. His Vice-President Horatio Seymour pledged to continue the work of the McClellan administration, and to make civil-service reform his number 1 priority. Meanwhile there was a split in the Republican Party between the "old" Republicans, opposed to civil service reform and supporting higher tariffs, and the "Liberal" Republicans, supporting the opposite positions. The old Republicans drafted the party platform, and many Liberal-Republicans bolted to support Salmon P. Chase. The Liberal-Republicans were able to take enough votes away fro, the Republicans in key states such as New York and Illinois to help the Democrats win the election.

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1884

President John Sherman/Vice President Chester A. Arthur: Republican: 233: 55.4%
Former Vice President Winfield Scott Hancock/Senator Thomas F. Bayard: Democratic: 48: 42.5%:

The economy improved mildly in the years following the election of President Sherman. However Sherman faced a crisis in late 1883, when a border incident between Confederate and Union troops plunged both nations into war again. The war boosted the economy, and early offensives made by Union troops into Kentucky and Virginia were successful. The Greenbacks also decided to endorse the Republican ticket. The Democrats ran on a peace platform, however this was unpopular in most states, and the ticket went down to a heavy defeat in the fall.

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1892
President Arthur's term was miserable. The "Panic of 1890" led to the collapse of the stock market and a painful recession. This generated great stress for Arthur, who suffered a heart attack on April 18th 1891. Thus Vice-President Robert Lincoln, son of former President Abraham Lincoln, became President. There was unrest on the prairies, as farmers demanded a shift away from bimetallism towards the Silver Standard. "Silver and Silver alone" became a popular rallying cry in the 1890's. The Populist Party, formed out of the ashes of the Greenback Party, with support from both Democrats and Republicans, nominated Democratic Congressman Richard P. Bland of Nevada, and Senator James H. Kyle of South Dakota as his running mate.

Following the nomination of Robert Lincoln, with Senator Benjamin Harrison of Indiana as his running mate, the Democrats decided to nominate Dark Horse Isaac P. Gray of Indiana, with Governor David B. Hill of New York as his running mate. The Populist Party harmed the Republicans more than the Democrats, taking away vital western votes. Gray in the end emerged victorious.

Senator Isaac P. Gray/Governor David B. Hill: Democratic: 201: 48.5%
President Robert Lincoln/Senator Benjamin Harrison: Republican: 91: 39.8%
Representative  Richard P. Bland/Senator James H. Kyle: Populist: 27: 10.9%

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1904
During the second term of President Allison, the economy continued to grow. The Pensions Act of 1903 was also highly popular. The Republicans held heavy majorities in both chambers. However, measures to lower the tariff ecountered hostility from some Republicans, including Senator Joseph Foraker.

The Republicans nominated Vice President Bryan over Foraker, who challenged him at the convention. Nominated for Vice-President was Governor of New York, Theodore Roosevelt. The Democrats, desperate to find a popular candidate to defeat Bryan, settled upon Admiral George Dewey, who was easily nominated. The convention selected former Vice-President and Senator David B. Hill to be Dewey's running mate. However, on the campaign trail, Dewey was lackluster, and could not compete with the charismatic duo of Bryan and Roosevelt. Despite tentative backing from big business, Dewey was heavily defeated by Bryan.

Vice-President William J. Bryan (R-NE)/Governor Theodore Roosevelt (R-NY): Republican: 301: 56.0%
Admiral George Dewey (D-VT)/Senator David B. Hill(D-NY): Democratic: 42: 42.8%

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1924

However, the election victory turned out to be somewhat of a poisoned chalice for the Republicans. A severe recession followed the war, and LaFollette's interventionist policies failed to do much to remedy the economic problems. The stock market plummeted, and several banks went bust. The loss of trade after the World War was highly damaging to the economy. Following catastrophic losses, particularly in New England and the Mid-West, in the 1922 elections, the Democrats stymied attempts at intervention in the economy by LaFollette. They also attacked him for being soft on communism.

The Democrats nominated fiscally conservative New York Governor Al Smith for President, and West Virginian Senator John W. Davis for Vice-President. The Republicans endured a bruising convention battle between the incumbent President, LaFollette, and conservative former Massachusetts Governor Calvin Coolidge. LaFollette survived, but Coolidge came out in support of the Smith/Davis ticket during the election. The unpopular LaFollette never really stood a chance, and was comfortably defeated.

Governor Al Smith (D-NY)/Senator John W. Davis (D-WV): Democratic: 266: 53.8%
President Robert LaFollette (R-WI)/Vice-President Frank Lowden (R-IL): 126: 44.3%