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U. S. Presidents, Military Service, and the Electorate — Table 2
U. S. Presidential Elections 1789-1992
(Winner listed first—military veterans in capital letters)
| 1789 | GEORGE WASHINGTON | John Adams | |||
| 1792 | GEORGE WASHINGTON | John Adams | GEORGE CLINTON | ||
| 1796 | John Adams | Thomas Jefferson | Thomas Pinckney | AARON BURR | |
| 1800 | Thomas Jefferson | John Adams | AARON BURR | CHARLES C. PINCKNEY | |
| 1804 | Thomas Jefferson | CHARLES C. PINCKNEY | |||
| 1808 | James Madison | CHARLES C. PINCKNEY | |||
| 1812 | James Madison | DeWitt Clinton | |||
| 1816 | JAMES MONROE | RUFUS KING | |||
| 1820 | JAMES MONROE | John Q. Adams | |||
| 1824 | John Q. Adams | ANDREW JACKSON | Henry Clay | William H. Crawford | |
| 1828 | ANDREW JACKSON | John Q. Adams | |||
| 1832 | ANDREW JACKSON | Henry Clay | WILLIAM WIRT | ||
| 1836 | Martin Van Buren | WILLIAM H. HARRISON | HUGH L. WHITE | Daniel Webster | |
| 1840 | WILLIAM H. HARRISON | Martin Van Buren | |||
| 1844 | James K. Polk | Henry Clay | |||
| 1848 | ZACHARY TAYLOR | LEWIS CASS | Martin Van Buren | ||
| 1852 | Franklin Pierce | WINFIELD SCOTT | |||
| 1856 | JAMES BUCHANAN | JOHN C. FREMONT | Millard Fillmore | ||
| 1860 | ABRAHAM LINCOLN | Stephen A. Douglas | JOHN C. BRECKENRIDGE | John Bell | |
| 1864 | ABRAHAM LINCOLN | GEORGE B. MCCLELLAN | |||
| 1868 | ULYSSES S. GRANT | Horatio Seymour | |||
| 1872 | ULYSSES S. GRANT | Horace Greeley | |||
| 1876 | RUTHERFORD B. HAYES | Samuel J. Tilden | |||
| 1880 | JAMES A. GARFIELD | WINFIELD S. HANCOCK | |||
| 1884 | Grover Cleveland | James G. Blaine | |||
| 1888 | BENJAMIN HARRISON | Grover Cleveland | |||
| 1892 | Grover Cleveland | BENJAMIN HARRISON | JAMES B. WEAVER | ||
| 1896 | WILLIAM MCKINLEY | WILLIAM J. BRYAN | |||
| 1900 | WILLIAM MCKINLEY | WILLIAM J. BRYAN | |||
| 1904 | THEODORE ROOSEVELT | Alton B. Parker | Eugene V. Debs | ||
| 1908 | William H. Taft | WILLIAM J. BRYAN | Eugene V. Debs | ||
| 1912 | Woodrow Wilson | THEODORE ROOSEVELT | William H. Taft | Eugene V. Debs | |
| 1916 | Woodrow Wilson | Charles E. Hughes | |||
| 1920 | Warren G. Harding | James M. Cox | Eugene V. Debs | ||
| 1924 | Calvin Coolidge | John W. Davis | Robert M. La Follette | ||
| 1928 | Herbert C. Hoover | Alfred E. Smith | |||
| 1932 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Herbert C. Hoover | |||
| 1936 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Alfred M. Landon | |||
| 1940 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | WENDELL L. WILLKIE | |||
| 1944 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Thomas E. Dewey | |||
| 1948 | HARRY S TRUMAN | Thomas E. Dewey | J. STROM THURMOND | Henry A. Wallace | |
| 1952 | DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER | Adlai E. Stevenson | |||
| 1956 | DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER | Adlai E. Stevenson | |||
| 1960 | JOHN F. KENNEDY | RICHARD M. NIXON | |||
| 1964 | LYNDON B. JOHNSON | BARRY M. GOLDWATER | |||
| 1968 | RICHARD M. NIXON | Hubert H. Humphrey | GEORGE C. WALLACE | ||
| 1972 | RICHARD M. NIXON | George S. McGovern | |||
| 1976 | JIMMY CARTER | GERALD R. FORD | |||
| 1980 | RONALD W. REAGAN | JIMMY CARTER | John B. Anderson | ||
| 1984 | RONALD W. REAGAN | WALTER F. MONDALE | |||
| 1988 | GEORGE H. W. BUSH | MICHAEL S. DUKAKIS | |||
| 1992 | William J. Clinton | GEORGE H. W. BUSH | H. ROSS PEROT |