A presidential election is won by the candidate who receives a majority of the electoral votes in the U.S. Electoral College.
Grover Cleveland defeated James Blaine in 1884.
Garfield 1880, Cleveland 1884, Wilson 1912, Kennedy 1960, Carter 1976, GW Bush 2000 and 2004.
His opponent was James G. Blaine. Grover Cleaveland won the election.
But still lost the election. Your welcome.
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John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. Adams won.
Richard Nixon, Hubert Humphrey, and George Wallace were the presidential candidates in 1968. Republican candidate Richard Nixon won the election.
Incumbent President George W. Bush won reelection in the 2004 presidential election defeating John Kerry.
He won de facto. The other candidates weren't born yet in 1012.
The two main candidates in the presidential election of 2004 were incumbent President George W. Bush, who ran as the Republican candidate, and Senator John Kerry, who ran as the Democratic candidate.
The 1896 United States presidential election was a contest between William McKinley, representing the Republican Party, and William J. Bryan, representing the Democratic Party. McKinley won the election.