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Preface vii
1. 1789-Starting Off: George Washington 3
2. 1792-Washington Again 5
3. 1796-Federalist Succession: John Adams 7
4. 1800-Republican Takeover: Jefferson's Revolution 10
5. 1804-Jefferson's Landslide 19
6. 1808-Madison and the Dambargo 22
7. 1812-Madison's Wartime Re-election 26
8. 1816-Monroe: Another Virginia Victory 29
9. 1820-Monroe's Quiet Re-election 31
10. 1824-John Quincy Adams and the "Corrupt Bargain" 33
11. 1828-Jackson vs. Adams 42
12. 1832-Jackson, Clay, and the Bank War 53
13. 1836-Van Buren's Victory Over Three Whigs 60
14. 1840-Tippecanoe and Tyler Too 65
15. 1844-Polk and Manifest Destiny 78
16. 1848-Old Zach and the Michigander 84
17. 1852-Frank Pierce and Old Fuss and Feathers 88
18. 1856-Buchanan and Bleeding Kansas 91
19. 1860-Lincoln and the Sectional Crisis 99
20. 1864-Lincoln and the War Crisis 115
21. 1868-Grant and Reconstruction 123
22. 1872-Grant and the Liberal Republicans 127
23. 1876-The Hayes-Tilden Disputed Election 133
24. 1880-The Triumph of "Boatman Jim" Garfield 142
25. 1884-The Cleveland-Blaine Contest 146
26. 1888-Harrison, Cleveland, and the Tariff 157
27. 1892-Cleveland's Return to Power 162
28. 1896-McKinley, Bryan, and Free Silver 167
29. 1900-The McKinley-Roosevelt Triumph 179
30. 1904-T.R.'s Smashing Victory 183
31. 1908-Taft's Big Victory Over Bryan 187
32. 1912-The High Tide of Progressivism: Wilson, Roosevelt,
and Taft 191
33. 1916-Wilson and the Great War 202
34. 1920-Harding, Nostrums, and Normalcy 212
35. 1924-Keeping Cool with Coolidge 218
36. 1928-Hoover, Smith, and the Catholic Issue 223
37. 1932-Roosevelt, Hoover, and the Great Depression 231
38. 1936-Roosevelt and the New Deal 240
39. 1940-Roosevelt, Willkie, and the War in Europe 250
40. 1944-Roosevelt's Wartime Mandate 259
41. 1948-The Great Truman Surprise 268
42. 1952-The Eisenhower Landslide 280
43. 1956-Another Eisenhower Landslide 291
44. 1960-Kennedy and the New Frontier 296
45. 1964-LyndonJohnson and the Great Society 308
46. 1968-Nixon, Humphrey, and the Vietnam War 320
47. 1972-Another Nixon Triumph 333
48. 1976-The Triumph of an Outsider: Jimmy Carter 342
49. 1980-The Reagan Victory 354
50. 1984-Another Reagan Sweep 369
51. 1988-Trivial Pursuit: Bush vs. Dukakis 378
52. 1992-Clinton and the Call for Change 387
53. 1996-Bill Clinton and the Vital Center 400
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication: Presidents United States Election History Anecdotes, United States Politics and government Anecdotes