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Following is a table of United States presidential elections in Texas, ordered by year.Since its admission to statehood in 1845, Texas has participated in every U.S. presidential election except the 1864 election during the American Civil War, when the state had seceded to join the Confederacy, and the 1868 election, when the state was undergoing Reconstruction.
The Republican standard-bearer was further weakened when the Conkling faction and President Chester Arthur refused to give Blaine their strong support. [86] Democratic party leaders believed the Republicans' choice gave them an opportunity to win the White House for the first time since 1856 if the right candidate could be found.
Below is a list of major party United States presidential candidates who lost their birth or resident states. While many successful candidates have won the presidency without winning their birth state, only four ( James K. Polk , Woodrow Wilson , Richard Nixon and Donald Trump ) have won election despite losing their state of residence.
Only former president to ever run for an office outside the United States. Andrew Johnson: 1865–1869: Denied nomination by his party: 1872: U.S. House of Representatives: Lost: Ran as an Independent and finished 3rd in the general election. [13] 1874: U.S. Senate: Won: Only former president to serve in the Senate, served until his 1875 death ...
The Democrats won the presidency and both houses of Congress for the first time since 1856. President Harrison's re-election bid was a decisive loss in both the popular and electoral count, unlike President Cleveland's re-election bid four years earlier, in which he won the popular vote, but lost the electoral vote.
In 1845, it was admitted to the United States as the state of Texas, and has been a participant in every presidential election since, except for 1864 and 1868. Texas did not participate in these due to its secession from the United States to join the Confederate States of America on February 1, 1861, and its status as an unreconstructed state ...
How Trump Won, and How Harris Lost. ... This is the first time this has ever happened in almost 120 years of records. ... becoming the first former president in more than a century to win a second ...
Megawati was a vice president elected by indirect votes. She then elected as President after her predecessor removed from the office. In 2004, she seek for reelection in the first direct presidential elections but lost by her former minister. 1999–2004: Rudolf Schuster Slovakia: 2004 Slovak presidential election: Ivan Gašparovič [8] 2001–2006