No, I think he was never defeated . He won a race for Congress over James Monroe. He had to fight to get the Presidential nomination against Monroe and others, but prevailed.
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James Madison defeated Federalists Charles Cotesworth in the election!
In 1832 Lincoln ran for the Illinois Legislature and lost.
William Jennings Bryan was 36 years and 229 days old on Election Day, 1896.
Eisenhower did not lose his re-election, he served two full terms. He actually had a record win with 58% popular vote and he won over 41 states.
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United states Presidential election, 1808.
yes, in 1979 the conservatives won the election and had a minority government so he resigned from politics but shortly after he was given another shot with a majority government.
DeWitt Clinton (James Madison's opponent in the presidential election of 1812)
No, James Madison had two fulls terms as president and decided to retire from politics. The 1816 election was between Monroe and New York Senator Rufus King, in which Monroe won in a landslide winning all but three states.
As president John Kennedy won the 1960 election, and was assassinated during his first term in office the question of Kennedy loosing an election does not rise.
He lost the election.