How would you have voted?: United States Presidential Elections

[Paul Kemp]

Trying to do this without hindsight:

2008: Obama
2004: GWB
2000: GWB
1996: Clinton
1992: Clinton
1988: Bush
1984: Reagan
1980: John Anderson
1976: Ford
1972: Nixon
1968: Nixon
1964: LBJ
1960: Kennedy
1956: Eisenhower
1952: Eisenhower
1948: Dewey

[stegosaurus]

1789: George Washington (Independent)
1792: George Washington (Independent)
1796: John Adams (Federalist)
1800: John Adams (Federalist)
1804: Charles Pinckney (Federalist)
1808: James Madison (Democratic-Republican)
1812: James Madison (Democratic-Republican)
1816: James Monroe (Democratic-Republican)
1820: James Monroe (Democratic-Republican)
1824: John Quincy Adams (Democratic-Republican)
1828: John Quincy Adams (National Republican)
1832: Henry Clay (National Republican)
1836: William Henry Harrison (Whig)
1840: William Henry Harrison (Whig)
1844: James K. Polk (Democrat)
1848: Zachary Taylor (Whig)
1852: Winfield Scott (Whig)
1856: John C. Fremont (Republican)
1860: Abraham Lincoln (Republican)
1864: Abraham Lincoln (National Union)
1868: Horatio Seymour (Democratic)
1872: Ulysses S. Grant (Republican)
1876: Samuel J. Tilden (Democrat)
1880: James A. Garfield (Republican)
1884: Grover Cleveland (Democrat)
1888: Grover Cleveland (Democrat)
1892: Grover Cleveland (Democrat)
1896: William McKinley (Republican)
1900: William McKinley (Republican)
1904: Theodore Roosevelt (Republican)
1908: William Howard Taft (Republican)
1912: William Howard Taft (Republican)
1916: Charles Evans Hughes (Republican)
1920: Warren G. Harding (Republican)
1924: Calvin Coolidge (Republican)
1928: Al Smith (Democrat)
1932: no vote.
1936: Alfred Landon (Republican)
1940: Wendell Willkie (Republican)
1944: Thomas Dewey (Republican)
1948: Harry Truman (Democratic)
1952: Dwight Eisenhower (Republican)
1956: Dwight Eisenhower (Republican)
1960: Richard Nixon (Republican)
1964: Barry Goldwater (Republican)
1968: Richard Nixon (Republican)
1972: Richard Nixon (Republican)
1976: Gerald Ford (Republican)
1980: Ronald Reagan (Republican)
1984: Ronald Reagan (Republican)
1988: George H.W. Bush (Republican)
1992: George H.W. Bush (Republican)
1996: Bob Dole (Republican)
2000: George W. Bush (Republican)
2004: George W. Bush (Republican)
2008: John McCain (Republican)

[NVGonzalez]

1900: McKinley
1904: Roosevelt
1908: Taft
1912: Roosevelt
1916: Wilson
1920: Cox
1924: La Follete
1928: Smith
1932-1944: FDR
1948: Truman
1952: Stevenson
1956: Eisenhower
1960: Kennedy
1964: Johnson
1968: Humphrey
1972: McGovern
1976: Carter
1980: Carter
1984: Mondale
1988: Dukakis
1992: Clinton
1996: Clinton
2000: Gore
2004: Kerry
2008: Obama

Primaries:
1960: Kennedy
1964: Johnson
1968: Kennedy
1972: Muskie
1976: Carter
1980: Kennedy
1984: Hart (hey he was a good guy before 87 lol)
1988: Biden
1992: Clinton
1996: Clinton
2000: Bradley
2004: Dean
2008: Obama

[Misoir]

General:
1904 – Alton Parker (D)
1908 – William Taft (R)
1912 – William Taft (R)
1916 – Charles Hughes (R)
1920 – Warren Harding (R)
1924 – Calvin Coolidge (R)
1928 – Herbert Hoover (R)
1932 – Herbert Hoover (R)
1936 – Alfred Landon (R)
1940 – Wendell Willkie (R)
1944 – Thomas Dewey (R)
1948 – Thomas Dewey (R)
1952 – Dwight Eisenhower (R)
1956 – Dwight Eisenhower (R)
1960 – Richard Nixon (R)
1964 – Barry Goldwater (R)
1968 – Richard Nixon (R)
1972 – No Vote
1976 – Gerald Ford (R)
1980 – Ronald Reagan (R)
1984 – Ronald Reagan (R)
1988 – George Bush (R)
1992 – Ross Perot (I)
1996 – Ross Perot (I)
2000 – George Bush (R)
2004 – No Vote
2008 – No Vote

[Jackson]

1788-George Washington-(I)
1792-George Washington-(I)
1796-Thomas Jefferson-(D-R)
1800-Thomas Jefferson-(D-R)
1804-Thomas Jefferson-(D-R)
1808-James Madison-(D-R)
1812-DeWitt Clinton-(F)
1816-James Monroe-(D-R)
1820-James Monroe-(D-R)
1824-Andrew Jackson-(D-R)
1828-Andrew Jackson-(D)
1832-Andrew Jackson-(D)
1836-Martin Van Buren-(D)
1840-Martin Van Buren-(D)
1844-James K. Polk-(D)
1848-Martin Van Buren-(Free Soil)
1852-John P. Hale-(Free Soil)
1856-John C. Frémont-(R)
1860-Abraham Lincoln-(R)
1864-Abraham Lincoln-(R)
1868-Ulysses S. Grant-(R)
1872-Ulysses S. Grant-(R)
1876-Rutherford B. Hayes-(R)
1880-James A. Garfield-(R)
1884-Grover Cleveland-(D)
1888-Benjamin Harrison-(R)
1892-James P. Weaver-(Populist)
1896-William J. Bryan-(D)
1900-William J. Bryan-(D)
1904-Eugene Debs-(S)
1908-William J. Bryan-(D)
1912-Eugene V. Debs-(S)
1916-Allan Benson-(S)
1920-Eugene V. Debs-(S)
1924-Robert La Follette-(Progressive/Socialist)
1928-Norman Thomas-(S)
1932-Norman Thomas-(S)
1936-Franklin D. Roosevelt-(D)
1940-Franklin D. Roosevelt-(D)
1944-Franklin D. Roosevelt-(D)
1948-Henry Wallace-(Progressive/American Labor)
1952-Adlai Stevenson-(D)
1956-Adlai Stevenson-(D)
1960-John F. Kennedy-(D)
1964-Lyndon B. Johnson-(D)
1968-Hubert Humphrey-(D)
1972-George McGovern-(D)
1976-Gerald Ford-(R)
1980-John Anderson-(I)
1984-Walter Mondale-(D)
1988-Michael Dukakis-(D)
1992-Bill Clinton-(D)
1996-Bill Clinton-(D)
2000-Al Gore-(D)
2004-John Kerry-(D)
2008-Barack Obama(D)

[tpfkaw]

1789/1792: N/A
1796/1800/1804: Thomas Jefferson
1808: James Madison
1812: DeWitt Clinton
1816: James Monroe
1820: N/A
1824: William Crawford
1828: Andrew Jackson
1832: William Wirt
1836: Daniel Webster (tempted to change this to Van Buren due to monetary policy, but I'll leave him be for now b/c of Van Buren's Indian policy)
1840: Martin Van Buren
1844: James Birney
1848: Martin Van Buren
1852: John Hale
1856: John Frémont 1856: James Buchanan (better him than a murderer)
1860: John Bell
1864: George McClellan
1868: Horatio Seymour
1872: Horace Greeley
1876: Samuel Tilden
1880: Winfield Hancock
1884/1888/1892: Grover Cleveland
1896: John Palmer
1900: Eugene Debs
1904: Alton Parker
1908/1912: William Taft
1916: Charles Hughes
1920: Warren Harding
1924: Calvin Coolidge
1928: Al Smith
1932: Herbert Hoover
1936: Alf Landon
1940: Wendell Willkie
1944/1948: Thomas Dewey
1936/1940/1944/1948: Robert Taft (write-in) (I'm growing increasingly less comfortable with choosing "lesser evils")
1952/1956: Dwight Eisenhower
1960: Richard Nixon 1960: Barry Goldwater (write-in) (can't bring myself to vote for Nixon)
1964: Barry Goldwater
1968: Eugene McCarthy (write-in) 1968: George Wallace (didn't previously know that he opposed Vietnam)
1972: George McGovern
1976/1980: Jimmy Carter
1980/1984: Ronald Reagan (Carter's far superior position re the War on Drugs was the catalyst for this change, also the conservative movement might've turned out better had Reagan lost in '80).
1988: Ron Paul
1992: Andre Marrou
1996: Bob Dole
2000: Harry Browne
2004: Michael Badnarik
2008: Ron Paul (write-in)

[Yelnoc]

S'pose I should do this again, since my views have changed a bit.

1789-George Washington-(I)
1792-George Washington-(I)
1796-Thomas Jefferson-(D-R)
1800-Thomas Jefferson-(D-R)
1804-Thomas Jefferson-(D-R)
1808-James Madison-(D-R)
1812-James Madison-(D-R)
1816-James Monroe-(D-R)
1820-James Monroe-(D-R)
1824-Henry Clay-(D-R)
1828-John Q. Adams-(NR)
1832-Henry Clay-(NR)
1836-Daniel Webster-(W)
1840-James Birney-(L)
1844-James K. Polk-(D)
1848-Zachary Taylor-(W)
1852-Winfield Scott-(W)
1856-John C. Frémont-(R)
1860-Abraham Lincoln-(R)
1864-Abraham Lincoln-(R)
1868-Ulysses S. Grant-(R)
1872-Horace Greeley-(LR/D)
1876-Rutherford B. Hayes-(R)
1880-James A. Garfield-(R)
1884-Grover Cleveland-(D)
1888-Grover Cleveland-(D)
1892-Grover Cleveland-(D)
1896-John Palmer-(ND)
1900-William McKinley-(R)
1904-Theodore Roosevelt-(R)
1908-William Taft-(R)
1912-Theodore Roosevelt-(R)
1916-Charles Hughes-(R)
1920-Parley Christensen-(FL)
1924-Robert La Follette-(P)
1928-Herbert Hoover-(R)
1932-Franklin D. Roosevelt-(S)
1936-Franklin D. Roosevelt-(D)
1940-Franklin D. Roosevelt-(D)
1944-Thomas Dewey-(R)
1948-Thomas Dewey-(R)
1952-Dwight Eisenhower-(R)
1956-Dwight Eisenhower-(R)
1960-John F. Kennedy-(D)
1964-Lyndon B. Johnson-(D)
1968-Hubert Humphrey-(D)
1972-Richard Nixon-(R)
1976-Gerald Ford-(R)
1980-John Anderson-(I)
1984-NOTA
1988-Michael Dukakis-(D)
1992-Ross Perot-(I)
1996-William Clinton-(D)
2000-Al Gore-(D)
2004-George W. Bush-(R)
2008-John McCain-(R)

[hcallega]

New List
1789: George Washington (I)
1792: George Washington (I)
1796: Thomas Jefferson (DR)
1800: Thomas Jefferson (DR)
1804: Thomas Jefferson (DR)
1808: James Madison (DR)
1812: James Madison (DR)
1816: James Monroe (DR)
1820: James Monroe (DR)
1824: Andrew Jackson (DR)
1828: Andrew Jackson (D)
1832: Andrew Jackson/Andrew Jackson (D)
1836: Martin Van Buren/Martin Van Buren (D)
1840: Martin Van Buren/Martin Van Buren (D)
1844: Martin Van Buren/James Polk (D)
1848: Martin Van Buren/Martin Van Buren (FS)
1852: John Hale/John Hale (FS)
1856: Charles Sumner/John C. Fremont (R)
1860: Salmon Chase/Abraham Lincoln (R)
1864: Abraham Lincoln/Abraham Lincoln (NU)
1868: Ulysses S. Grant/Ulysses S. Grant (R)
1872: Lyman Trumbull/Horace Greeley (LR)
1876: Samuel J. Tilden/Samuel J. Tilden (D)
1880: Winfield Scott Hancock/Winfield Scott Hancock (D)
1884: Grover Cleveland/Grover Cleveland (D)
1888: Grover Cleveland/Grover Cleveland (D)
1892: Grover Cleveland/Grover Cleveland (D)
1896: Robert E. Pattsion/William McKinley (R)
1900: William McKinley/William McKinley (R)
1904: Theodore Roosevelt/Theodore Roosevelt (R)
1908: Robert M. LaFollette, Sr./William Howard Taft (R)
1912: Woodrow Wilson/Woodrow Wilson (D)
1916: Woodrow Wilson/Woodrow Wilson (D)
1920: James M. Cox/James M. Cox (D)
1924: Al Smith/Robert LaFollette, Sr. (P)
1928: Al Smith/Al Smith (D)
1932: Al Smith/Franklin Roosevelt (D)
1936: Franklin Roosevelt/Franklin Roosevelt (D)
1940: Franklin Roosevelt/Franklin Roosevelt (D)
1944: Franklin Roosevelt/Franklin Roosevelt (D)
1948: Harry Truman/Harry Truman (D)
1952: W. Averell Harriman/Dwight Eisenhower (R)
1956: W. Averell Harriman/Dwight Eisenhower (R)
1960: John F. Kennedy/John F. Kennedy (D)
1964: Lyndon Johnson/Lyndon Johnson (D)
1968: Robert F. Kennedy/Hubert Humphrey (D)
1972: Terry Sanford/Richard Nixon (R)
1976: Mo Udall/Jimmy Carter (D)
1980: Ted Kennedy/John Anderson (I)
1984: Gary Hart/Ronald Reagan (R)
1988: Gary Hart/Michael Dukakis (D)
1992: Bill Clinton/Bill Clinton (D)
1996: Bill Clinton/Bill Clinton (D)
2000: Bill Bradley/George Bush (R)
2004: Howard Dean/John Kerry (D)
2008: Barack Obama/Barack Obama (D)
2012: Barack Obama/Barack Obama (D)



Party Registration
Democratic-Republican: 1796-1828
Democrat: 1828-1848
Free-Soil: 1848-1854
Republican: 1854-1872
Liberal Republican: 1872-1874
Democrat: 1874-1900
Republican: 1900-1912
Democrat: 1912-Present

[tpfkaw]

Screw it, I'm voting my conscience.

1789/1792: N/A
1796/1800/1804: Thomas Jefferson
1808: James Madison
1812: DeWitt Clinton
1816: James Monroe
1820: N/A
1824: William Crawford
1828: Andrew Jackson
1832: William Wirt
1836: Daniel Webster
1840: Martin Van Buren
1844: James Birney
1848: Martin Van Buren
1852: John Hale
1856: James Buchanan (better him than a murderer)
1860: John Bell
1864: George McClellan
1868: Horatio Seymour
1872: Horace Greeley
1876: Samuel Tilden
1880: Winfield Hancock
1884/1888/1892: Grover Cleveland
1896: John Palmer
1900: Eugene Debs
1904: Alton Parker
1908/1912: William Taft
1916: Charles Hughes
1920: Warren Harding
1924: Calvin Coolidge
1928: Al Smith
1932/1936/1940: H.L. Mencken (write-in)
1944/1948: Howard Buffett (write-in)
1952: Douglas MacArthur (write-in)
1956: T. Coleman Andrews (write-in)
1960: Howard Buffett (write-in)
1964: Joseph Lightburn (write-in)
1968: Eugene McCarthy (write-in)
1972: John Hospers (write-in)
1976: Roger MacBride (write-in)
1980: Percy Greaves, Jr. (write-in)
1984: David Bergland (write-in)
1988: Ron Paul
1992: Andre Marrou
1996/2000: Harry Browne
2004: Michael Badnarik
2008: Ron Paul (write-in)

[labred82]

1932/1936/1940/1944: Franklin D. Roosevelt
1948: Harry Truman
1952: Adlai Stevenson
1956: Dwight Eisenhower
1960: John F. Kennedy
1964: Lyndon Johnson
1968: Hubert Humphrey
1972: Richard Nixon
1976: Jimmy Carter
1980: Jimmy Carter
1984: Walter Mondale
1988: Michael Dukakis
1992: Bill Clinton
1996: Bill Clinton
2000: Al Gore
2004: George W. Bush
2008: Write-in: Hillary Clinton

[mondale84]

1932/1936/1940/1944: Franklin D. Roosevelt
1948: Harry Truman
1952: Adlai Stevenson
1956: Adlai Stevenson
1960: John F. Kennedy
1964: Lyndon Johnson
1968: Hubert Humphrey
1972: George McGovern
1976: Jimmy Carter
1980: Jimmy Carter
1984: Walter Mondale
1988: Michael Dukakis
1992: Bill Clinton
1996: Bill Clinton
2000: Al Gore
2004: John Kerry
2008: Barack Obama

[Pingvin]

1952: Eisenhower/Nixon
1956: Eisenhower/Nixon
1960: Nixon/Lodge
1964: Goldwater/Miller
1968: Wallace/LeMay (Reagan in R primaries)
1972: Nixon/Agnew
1976: Ford/Dole
1980: Anderson/Lucey
1984: Reagan/Bush
1988: Bush/Quayle
1992: Perot/Stockdale
1996: Perot/Choate (Buchanan in R)
2000: Bush/Cheney (Keyes in R)
2004: Bush/Cheney
2008: McCain/Palin (Paul in R)

[Rochambeau jk I'm Hamilton]

I'll only do 1972-Current.


1972: McGovern
1976: Ford
1980: Reagan
1984: Reagan
1988: Kemp in Primary ; Bush in General
1992: Perot
1996: Brown
2000: Buchanan
2004: Bush (only time i remember caring about foreign policy)
2008: Barr *

* I cast my first vote ever for  that d-bag Bob Barr (Very unfortunate, I know.)

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

1789: George Washington (I)
1792: George Washington (I)
1796: Thomas Jefferson (DR)
1800: Thomas Jefferson (DR)
1804: Thomas Jefferson (DR)
1808: James Madison (DR)
1812: James Madison (DR)
1816: James Monroe (DR)
1820: James Monroe (DR)
1824: Henry Clay (DR)
1828: John Q. Adams (NR)
1832: Henry Clay (NR)
1836: Daniel Webster (W)
1840: William Harrison (W)
1844: Henry Clay (W)
1848: Martin van Buren (FS)
1852: Winfield Scott (W)
1856: John Fremont (R)
1860: Abraham Linclon (R)
1864: Abraham Lincoln (NU)
1868: Ulysses S. Grant (R)
1872: Horace Greeley (LR)
1876: Rutherford Hayes (R)
1880: Winfield Scott Hancock (D)
1884: James G. Blaine (R)
1888: Benjamin Harrison (R)
1892: James Weaver (P)
1896: William J. Bryan (D)
1900: William J. Bryan (D)
1904: Theodore Roosevelt (R)
1908: William J. Bryan (D)
1912: Theodore Roosevelt (P)
1916: Charles E. Hughes (R)
1920: Eugene Debs (S)
1924: Robert M. La Follette (P)
1928: Al Smith (D)
1932: Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)
1936: Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)
1940: Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)
1944: Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)
1948: Harry Truman (D)
1952: Dwight Eisenhower (R)
1956: Dwight Eisenhowe (R)
1960: John F. Kennedy (D)
1964: Lyndon B. Johnson (D)
1968: Hubert H. Humphrey (D)
1972: George McGovern (D)
1976: Jimmy Carter (D)
1980: Jimmy Carter (D)
1984: Walter Mondale (D)
1988: Michael Dukakis (D)
1992: Bill Clinton (D)
1996: Bill Clinton (D)
2000: Al Gore (D)
2004: John Kerry (D)
2008: Barack Obama (D)

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

Primarily without hindsight I suppose...

1789: General George Washington (Unaffiliated-Virginia)
1792: President George Washington (Unaffiliated-Virginia)
1796: Vice-President John Adams (Federalist-Massachusetts)
1800: Vice-President Thomas Jefferson (Democratic Republican-Virginia)
1804: President Thomas Jefferson (Democratic Republican-Virginia)
1808: Secretary of State James Madison (Democratic Republican-Virginia)
1812: President James Madison (Democratic Republican-Virginia)
1816: Secretary of States James Monroe (Democratic Republican-Virginia)
1820: President James Monroe (Democratic Republican-Virginia)
1824: Secretary of State John Quincy Adams (Democratic Republican-Massachusetts)
1828: Former Senator Andrew Jackson (Democrat-Tennessee)
1832: Former Attorney General William Wirt (Anti-Masonic-Maryland)
1836: Vice-President Martin Van Buren (Democrat-New York)
1840: Former Ambassador William Henry Harrison (Whig-Ohio)
1844: Former Governor James Knox Polk (Democrat-Tennessee)
1848: General Zachary Taylor (Whig-Louisiana) (If not him, then definitely Free Soil)
1852: General Winfield Scott (Whig-New Jersey)
1856: Former Ambassador James Buchanan (Democrat-Pennsylvania)
1860: Former Congressman Abraham Lincoln (Republican-Illinois)
1864: President Abraham Lincoln (Republican/National Unity-Illinois)
1868: General Ulysses S. Grant (Republican-Illinois)
1872: President Ulysses S. Grant (Republican-Illinois)
1876: Governor Samuel J. Tilden (Democrat-New York)
1880: General Winfield Scott Hancock  (Democrat-Pennsylvania)
1884: Governor Grover Cleveland (Democrat-New York)
1888: President Grover Cleveland (Democrat-New York)
1892: Former President Grover Cleveland (Democrat-New York)
1896: Governor William McKinley (Republican-Ohio)
1900: President William McKinley (Republican-Ohio)
1904: Judge Alton Brooks Parker (Democrat-New York)
1908: War Secretary William Howard Taft (Republican-Ohio)
1912: President William Howard Taft (Republican-Ohio)
1916: Associate Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Evan Hughes (Republican-New York)
1920: Senator Warren G. Harding (Republican-Ohio)
1924: President John Calvin Coolidge (Republican-Massachusetts)
1928: Governor Alfred E. Smith (Democrat-New York) Can't pass up my chance to vote for the first Catholic candidate. In 1928, as far as I'm concerned, this chance may never come again.
1932: Governor Franklin Delano Roosevelt (Democrat-New York)
1936: Governor Alfred E. Landon (Republican-Kansas)
1940: Businessman Wendell Willkie (Republican-New York)
1944: President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (Democrat-New York)
1948: Governor Thomas Dewey (Republican-New York) As much as Truman may seem better in retrospect, and I personally like him more than Dewey, in 1948 this is the Republicans' best chance to end sixteen years of Democratic rule.
1952: General Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican-New York)
1956: President Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican-New York)

1960: Tricky one for me. I like both of the candidates, and like 1928, it would be a difficult choice without retrospect, or even with retrospect. On one hand, like in 1928, you have "Peace, Progress, and Prosperity" and a Vice-President I would've grown to like. On the other hand, you have the Catholic candidate who is in fact running to Nixon's right on foreign policy of all things. Two of my favorite candidates in one election. I'll pass on this one.

1964: Senator Barry M. Goldwater (Republican-Arizona)
1968: Former Vice-President Richard M. Nixon (Republican-New York)
1972: President Richard M. Nixon (Republican-New York)
1976: President Gerald R. Ford (Republican-Michigan)
1980: Former Governor Ronald W. Reagan (Republican-California)
1984: President Ronald W. Reagan (Republican-California)
1988: Vice-President George H.W. Bush (Republican-Texas)
1992: Businessman H. Ross Perot (Independent-Texas)
1996: Former Senate Majority Leader Robert S. Dole (Republican-Kansas)
2000: Governor George W. Bush (Republican-Texas)
2004: President George W. Bush (Republican-Texas)
2008: Senator John S. McCain (Republican-Arizona)

[#CriminalizeSobriety]

1900: Debs
1904: Parker
1908: Taft
1912: Taft
1916: Hughes
1920: Harding
1924: Coolidge
1928: Smith
1932: Roosevelt
1936: Landon
1940: Willkie
1944: Dewey
1948: Dewey
1952: Eisenhower
1956: Eisenhower
1960: Nixon
1964: Goldwater
1968: Nixon
1972: McGovern
1976: Ford
1980: Anderson
1984: Bergland
1988: Paul
1992: Perot
1996: Dole
2000: Browne
2004: Badnarik
2008: Baldwin

[NY Jew]

1789-George Washington
1792-George Washington
1796-?
1800-?
1804-?
1808-?
1812-?
1816-?
1820-?
1824-?
1828-?
1832-Martin Van Buren
1836-Martin Van Buren
1840-Martin Van Buren
1844-?James K. Polk?
1848-Martin Van Buren
1852-?Franklin Pierce?
1856-?Millard Fillmore?
1860-Abraham Lincoln
1864-Abraham Lincoln
1868-Horatio Seymour
1872-Horace Greeley (a dead man couldn't be worse then Grant)
1876-?
1880-?
1884-?
1888-?
1892-?
1896-?
1900-?
1904-Theodore Roosevelt
1908-?William Taft ?
1912-?Theodore Roosevelt?
1916-?Woodrow Wilson?
1920-?Woodrow Wilson?
1924-John W. Davis
1928-?Al Smith?
1932-Herbert Hoover
1936-Alfred Landon
1940-?Wendell Willkie?
1944-?Thomas Dewey? (though knowing that Roosevelt would die I possibly would vote for Roosevelt assuming he did any damage in his short lived term)
1948-Harry Truman
1952-?Dwight D. Eisenhower?
1956-?Adlai Stevenson?
1960-Richard Nixon
1964-Lyndon B. Johnson
1968-Richard Nixon
1972-Richard Nixon
1976-Gerald Ford
1980-Ronald Reagan
1984-Ronald Reagan
1988-?Earl Dodge (protest vote)?
1992-?Earl Dodge (protest vote)?
1996-Bob Dole
2000-George W. Bush
2004-George W. Bush
2008-John McCain

[traininthedistance]

This is with the benefit of hindsight: I find it hard to think about these elections any other way, and the only case where I'm sure it would have been different was 2000, when I was young and stupid and not yet old enough to vote and would have been tempted by Nader.

1789: George Washington (unaffiliated)
1792: George Washington (unaffiliated)
1796: John Adams (F)
1800: Thomas Jefferson (D-R)
1804: Thomas Jefferson (D-R)
1808: James Madison (D-R)
1812: DeWitt Clinton (F)
1816: James Monroe (D-R)
1820: James Monroe (D-R)
1824: John Quincy Adams (D-R)
1828: John Quncy Adams (NR)
1832: Henry Clay (NR)
1836: Daniel Webster (W)
1840: William Henry Harrison (W)
1844: James Birney (L)
1848: Martin van Buren (FS)
1852: Winfield Scott (W)
1856: John Fremont (R)
1860: Abraham Linclon (R)
1864: Abraham Lincoln (NU)
1868: Ulysses S. Grant (R)
1872: Horace Greeley (LR)
1876: Rutherford Hayes (R)
1880: James Weaver (G)
1884: Grover Cleveland (D)
1888: Benjamin Harrison (R)
1892: James Weaver (P)
1896: William J. Bryan (D)
1900: William McKinley (R)
1904: Theodore Roosevelt (R)
1908: William Taft (R)
1912: Theodore Roosevelt (P)
1916: Charles E. Hughes (R)
1920: Eugene Debs (S)
1924: Robert M. La Follette (P)
1928: Al Smith (D)
1932: Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)
1936: Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)
1940: Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)
1944: Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)
1948: Harry Truman (D)
1952: Dwight Eisenhower (R)
1956: Dwight Eisenhower (R)
1960: John F. Kennedy (D)
1964: Lyndon B. Johnson (D)
1968: Richard Nixon (R)
1972: George McGovern (D)
1976: Jimmy Carter (D)
1980: Jimmy Carter (D)
1984: Walter Mondale (D)
1988: Michael Dukakis (D)
1992: Bill Clinton (D)
1996: Bill Clinton (D)
2000: Al Gore (D)
2004: John Kerry (D)
2008: Barack Obama (D)

Some of these are pretty close: 1988 is the last election where I would seriously have considered voting Republican (Bush the Elder was pretty good all things considered), a younger, more ignorant me was in fact attracted to both Perot and Nader, and many of the older elections featured no good options, or issues where I'm not sure I'd stand in context.

[NHI]

1932 on:

1932: FDR
1936: FDR
1940: FDR
1944: FDR
1948: Truman
1952: Eisenhower
1956: Eisenhower
1960: Kennedy
1964: Goldwater
1968: Nixon
1972: Nixon
1976: Ford
1980: Reagan
1984: Reagan
1988: Bush
1992: Clinton
1996: Clinton
2000: ?
2004: Bush
2008: McCain

[TJ in Oregon]

1789: George Washington (Unaffiliated-Virginia)
1792: George Washington (Unaffiliated-Virginia)
1796: John Adams (Federalist-Massachusetts)
1800: John Adams (Federalist-Massachusetts)
1804: Charles Pinckney(Federalist-South Carolina)
1808: Charles Pinckney(Federalist-South Carolina)
1812: James Madison (Democratic Republican-Virginia)
1816: James Monroe (Democratic Republican-Virginia)
1820: James Monroe (Democratic Republican-Virginia)
1824: John Quincy Adams (Democratic Republican-Massachusetts)
1828: John Quincy Adams (National Republican-Massachusetts)
1832: Henry Clay (National Republican-Massachusetts)
1836: William Henry Harrison (Whig-Ohio)
1840: William Henry Harrison (Whig-Ohio)
1844: Henry Clay (Whig-Kentucky)
1848: Zachary Taylor (Whig-Louisiana)
1852: Franklin Pierce (Democrat-New Hampshire)[/color
1856: John C. Fremont (Republican-California
1860: Abraham Lincoln (Republican-Illinois)
1864: Abraham Lincoln (Republican -Illinois)
1868: Ulysses S. Grant (Republican-Illinois)
1872: Ulysses S. Grant (Republican-Illinois)
1876: Rutherford B. Hayes (Republican-Ohio)
1880: James Garfield (Republican-Ohio)
1884: Governor Grover Cleveland (Democrat-New York)
1888: Benjamin Harrison(Republican-Ohio)
1892: Benjamin Harrison(Republican-Ohio)
1896: William McKinley (Republican-Ohio)
1900: President William McKinley (Republican-Ohio)
1904: Alton Brooks Parker (Democrat-New York)
1908: William Jennings Bryan (Democrat-Nebraska)
1912: Woodrow Wilson (Democrat-New Jersey)
1916: Woodrow Wilson (Democrat-New Jersey)
1920: James Cox (Democrat-Ohio)
1924: John Davis (Democrat-West Virginia)
1928: Al Smith (Democrat-West Virginia)
1932: Herbert Hoover (Republican-Iowa)
1936: Alfred E. Landon (Republican-Kansas)
1940: Wendell Willkie (Republican-New York)
1944: Thomas Dewey (Republican-New York)
1948: Harry S Truman (Democrat-Missouri)
 1952: Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican-New York)
1956: Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican-New York)
1960: Richard Nixon (Republican-New York)
1964: Lyndon B. Johnson (Democrat-Texas)
1968: Richard Nixon (Republican-New York)
1972: Richard Nixon (Republican-New York)
1976: Jimmy Carter (Democrat-Georgia)
1980: Ronald Reagan (Republican-California)
1984: Ronald Reagan (Republican-California)
1988: George H.W. Bush (Republican-Texas)
1992: George H.W. Bush (Republican-Texas)
1996: Robert Dole (Republican-Kansas)
2000: George W. Bush (Republican-Texas)
2004: George W. Bush (Republican-Texas)
2008: John McCain (Republican-Arizona)

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

TJ, that was pretty unsurprising until the 20th century. You seem like you'd be a WHTaft/Hughes type.

[TJ in Oregon]

TJ, that was pretty unsurprising until the 20th century. You seem like you'd be a WHTaft/Hughes type.

That's another possibility. I was sort of debating about whether I'd love William Jennings Bryan or hate him and couldn't make up my mind, so I decided to have myself voting for him the last time he ran but none of the others. I'm also not sure what I would have thought of Teddy Roosevelt at the time either. Maybe I would have been a Taft fan though. I do think I would have been a Democrat during the 1920s and likely would have supported Woodrow Wilson. My great grandfather passionately hated FDR, so I'm going with that as for the reason why I wouldn't have voted for him.

In general, part of my conflict about this is because my modern day self wants to pick more conservative politicians, but if I were alive 100 years ago, since I am Catholic I would have been dirt poor. I can't imagine voting for as many Republicans as I would at first instict say I would. But then again, I could also see myself as the one random voter who goes against what everyone around me in socioeconomic status is doing. Still, someone like Calvin Coolidge might be too tall an order.

[tpfkaw]

TJ, that was pretty unsurprising until the 20th century. You seem like you'd be a WHTaft/Hughes type.

That's another possibility. I was sort of debating about whether I'd love William Jennings Bryan or hate him and couldn't make up my mind, so I decided to have myself voting for him the last time he ran but none of the others. I'm also not sure what I would have thought of Teddy Roosevelt at the time either. Maybe I would have been a Taft fan though. I do think I would have been a Democrat during the 1920s and likely would have supported Woodrow Wilson. My great grandfather passionately hated FDR, so I'm going with that as for the reason why I wouldn't have voted for him.

In general, part of my conflict about this is because my modern day self wants to pick more conservative politicians, but if I were alive 100 years ago, since I am Catholic I would have been dirt poor. I can't imagine voting for as many Republicans as I would at first instict say I would. But then again, I could also see myself as the one random voter who goes against what everyone around me in socioeconomic status is doing. Still, someone like Calvin Coolidge might be too tall an order.

You're Catholic?  Then your entire 19th-century is laughable, since the Republican platform was all about how Catholics are subhuman until about 1936 or so (though Harding did successfully reach out to Catholics, winning a majority of their votes for the first time as a Republican).

[Del Tachi]

Going back to 1896...

1896--William McKinley
1900--William McKinley
1904--Alton Parker
1908--W.H. Taft
1912--Woodrow Wilson
1916--Charles Hughes
1920--Warren Harding
1924--John W. Davis
1928--Al Smith
1932--FDR
1936--FDR
1940--FDR
1944--FDR
1948--Strom Thurmond
1952--Adlai Stevenson
1956--Dwight Eisenhower
1960--Richard Nixon
1964--Barry Goldwater
1968--George Wallace
1972--Richard Nixon
1976--Jimmy Carter
1980--Ronald Reagan
1984--Ronald Reagan
1988--George H.W. Bush
1992--George H.W.Bush
1996--Bill Clinton
2000--George W. Bush
2004--George W. Bush
2008--John McCain

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

TJ, that was pretty unsurprising until the 20th century. You seem like you'd be a WHTaft/Hughes type.

That's another possibility. I was sort of debating about whether I'd love William Jennings Bryan or hate him and couldn't make up my mind, so I decided to have myself voting for him the last time he ran but none of the others. I'm also not sure what I would have thought of Teddy Roosevelt at the time either. Maybe I would have been a Taft fan though. I do think I would have been a Democrat during the 1920s and likely would have supported Woodrow Wilson. My great grandfather passionately hated FDR, so I'm going with that as for the reason why I wouldn't have voted for him.

In general, part of my conflict about this is because my modern day self wants to pick more conservative politicians, but if I were alive 100 years ago, since I am Catholic I would have been dirt poor. I can't imagine voting for as many Republicans as I would at first instict say I would. But then again, I could also see myself as the one random voter who goes against what everyone around me in socioeconomic status is doing. Still, someone like Calvin Coolidge might be too tall an order.

You're Catholic?  Then your entire 19th-century is laughable, since the Republican platform was all about how Catholics are subhuman until about 1936 or so (though Harding did successfully reach out to Catholics, winning a majority of their votes for the first time as a Republican).

I'd even say if you're German Catholic, a vote for Cox isn't that likely - consider Wilson's wartime policies and then look at the vote totals in the Upper Midwest states.