Elections

Lincoln, of course, was elected President in 1860. Whom did he defeat when he won re-election in 1864?

• General McClellan

• General Burnside

• General Meade

• General Rosencrantz

Rutherford B. Hayes won a controversial election in 1876. Who was the unsuccessful candidate?

• Samuel Tilden

• Robert Lincoln

• DeWitt Clinton

• Charles Summer

Adlai E. Stevenson lost two elections to the same man. Name that man

• Eisenhower

• Coolidge

• Nixon

• Harding

James Polk became President by defeating this candidate

• Daniel Webster

• Davy Crockett

• Henry Clay

• William Seward

How many times did William Jennings Bryan unsuccessfully run for President?

• One

• Two

• Three

• Four

Winfield Scott was one war hero who ran for President - and lost. Who won?

• Andrew Jackson

• Millard Fillmore

• William H. Harrison

• Franklin Pierce

Wendell Wilkie was an unsuccessful Presidential candidate when he ran against which man?

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

• Harry S Truman

• James Garfield

Harry Truman confounded the experts when he won his election against this individual

• Henry Cabot Lodge

• Thomas Dewey

• Alfred Smith

• Charles Evan Hughes

Who did FDR defeat to become President for the first time?

• Arthur

• Taft

• Cleveland

• Hoover

Who was the last sitting Vice President to be elected president?

• George H.W. Bush

• George W. Bush

• Bill Clinton

• Richard Nixon