In 1896, President William McKinley defeated the Democratic candidate, William Jennings Bryan. In 1900, he defeated William Jennings Bryan again.
William Jennings Bryan, the same opponent as in 1896
In the 1828 US presidential election, Andrew Jackson's main opponent was the sitting President John Quincy Adams. He won by a wide margin.
In the United States, there was no election in 2009. There was a presidential election in 2008, when the current president Barack Obama claimed victory over his opponent John McCain.
DeWitt Clinton (James Madison's opponent in the presidential election of 1812)
Republican Alf Landon was the challenger in the 1936 presidential election.
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In the 1912 election, as an incumbent he ran against former President Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson. In the 1908 election which he won, his opponent was William J. Bryan.
Alf Landon
His opponent was James G. Blaine. Grover Cleaveland won the election.
Nixonâ??s opponent in the 1960 Presidential Election was John F. Kennedy. Nixon lost the election when he only received the 219 electoral votes from the states.
In the 1844 presidential election, Henry Clay lost to James K. Polk.
In the U. S. Presidential Election of 1872, President Grant's major opponent was Horace Greeley, who died in November of 1872, after the casting of the popular votes but before the casting of the electoral votes. However, based on the Election Day voting Grant was the clear winner anyway.
Alfred E. Smith