The first presidential election was in 1788 and George Washington won and became the president of the United States. He ran unopposed.
George Washington and John Adams. Obviously George won... and the runner up in the election back then would be the vice-president.
President Lincoln won the election of 1860. ---- -Buslog
Yes- Benjamin Harrison who lived in Indianapolis , Indiana, ran for President in 1888 and won the election.
The US vice president Joe Biden, ran for re-election this year and won.
In 1824 he ran ran for president. Sadly he did not win. John Adams one. But in 1829 he ran for president again. He won! He served from 1829-1837
No. The first time he ran was 1904, and he won.
How can you run for RE-election when you were never Elected, in the first place, for the office you are holding. You should be considered as running for Election not Re-election. Yet historical accounts always seem to indicate that Gerald Ford ran for Re-election not, in fact, for Election.
He ran for president in 1824, 1828 , and 1832. He won the election the last 2 times.
Barack Obama first ran for president in the 2008 election cycle. (He announced his intention to run in 2007, while he was still serving in the U.S. Senate.) In the 2008 election, Mr. Obama defeated his opponent, Senator John McCain, and was elected president. He assumed office in January 2009. He was then re-elected in November 2012, and began serving his second term in January 2013.
Mccain ran against Bush in 2000 to be the republican canidate, but he lost. He ran in 2008 as well, he won republican canidate, but lost the election for president to Barack Obama.
Adlai Stevenson ran against Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1952. Eisenhower won the election and became the 34th President of the United States.