What president received about 40% of the vote in 1860 and won?
The split in the Democratic party is sometimes held responsible for Lincoln’s victory despite the fact that Lincoln won the election with less than 40% of the popular vote, as much of the anti-Republican vote was “wasted” in Southern states in which no ballots for Lincoln were circulated.
Who lost the first election?
United States presidential election, 1796
| Presidential candidate | Party | Popular vote |
|---|---|---|
| Percentage | ||
| John Adams | Federalist | 53.4% |
| Thomas Jefferson | Democratic-Republican | 46.6% |
| Thomas Pinckney | Federalist | — |
What president lost the election?
List
| Term in office | President | Lost election |
|---|---|---|
| 1889–1893 | Benjamin Harrison | 1892 United States presidential election |
| 1909–1913 | William Howard Taft | 1912 United States presidential election |
| 1929–1933 | Herbert Hoover | 1932 United States presidential election |
| 1931–1937 | Pehr Evind Svinhufvud | 1937 Finnish presidential election |
What President was married in the White House?
“I must go to dinner,” he wrote a friend, “but I wish it was to eat a pickled herring a Swiss cheese and a chop at Louis’ instead of the French stuff I shall find.” In June 1886 Cleveland married 21-year-old Frances Folsom; he was the only President married in the White House.
What President served 2 terms not consecutively?
The first Democrat elected after the Civil War in 1885, our 22nd and 24th President Grover Cleveland was the only President to leave the White House and return for a second term four years later (1885-1889 and 1893-1897).
How many presidents have had 2 terms?
There have been twenty-one U.S. presidents who have served a second term, each of whom has faced difficulties attributed to the curse. The legend behind the second-term curse is that after Franklin D.