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It was controversial because he wasn't elected US President UNTIL 1980!
The outcome of the 1796 presidential election was controversial because it resulted in the first contested election in American history. The Federalist candidate John Adams narrowly defeated the Democratic-Republican candidate Thomas Jefferson, but Adams's vice president was Jefferson's political rival, Thomas Pinckney. This created tension and a sense of political instability, as the president and vice president were from opposing parties.
It was the most controversial election in American History, later quoted by Washington, "the Corrupt Bargain."
Yes, he won the election and became the first African-American president of the US.
This was the election which set stage for the American Civil War. Abraham Lincoln was the president-elect from the 1860 election.
Because it was the first election of an American president.
(Stephen) Grover Cleavland. As an incumbant president, he lost the 1888 election to Benjamin Harrison, but defeated Harrison in the 1892 election.
The election of 1860 included the following candidates: Abraham Lincoln John Bell John Breckenrige Stephen Douglas The election of 1860 was mostly over the controversial issue of slavery. Abraham Lincoln won a bitter election
President Warren Harding was the first American president to be elected with the support of female voters. The election was in 1920. Harding was the Republican representative in the presidential election for that term.
The only person currently (2012) running who is an African-American is the incumbent president, Barack Obama, who is running for re-election.
Richard Nixon