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Alf Landon was an American politician who served as the 26th governor of Kansas from 1933-1937. He was best known for being the Repuhttp://wiki.answers.com/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)'s nominee for President_of_the_United_Statesof America. He was defeated in a landslide by Franklin_D._Rooseveltin the United_States_presidential_election,_1936.

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What was the most lopsided presidential election?

In terms of electoral college numbers, the most lopsided victory in a United States presidential election was in 1936. Democrat Franklin Roosevelt defeated Republican challenger Alf Landon by a margin of 523 electoral votes to 8 electoral votes. Roosevelt won every state except Maine and Vermont. He also won over 98% of the electorate. In terms of most electoral votes, Republican President Ronald Reagan defeated challenger Democrat Walter Mondale by a margin of 525 electoral votes to 13 electoral votes. Reagan won every state except Minnesota and Washington D.C. He also won over 97% of the electorate in the 1984 election.


Who were important leaders of the Plymouth colony?

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Which candidate earned the republican nomnation of 1912?

The Republican Party's nominees for U.S. President were...1856 : John C. Fremont (lost)1860 : Abraham Lincoln (won)1864 : Abraham Lincoln (won)1868 : Ulysses S. Grant (won)1872 : Ulysses S. Grant (won)1876 : Rutherford B. Hayes (won)1880 : James A. Garfield (won)1884 : James G. Blaine (lost)1888 : Benjamin Harrison (won)1892 : Benjamin Harrison (lost)1896 : William McKinley (won)1900 : William McKinley (won)1904 : Theodore Roosevelt (won)1908 : William Howard Taft (won)1912 : William Howard Taft (lost)1916 : Charles Evans Hughes (lost)1920 : Warren G. Harding (won)1924 : Calvin Coolidge (won)1928 : Herbert Hoover (won)1932 : Herbert Hoover (lost)1936 : Alf Landon (lost)1940 : Wendell Willkie (lost)1944 : Thomas E. Dewey (lost)1948 : Thomas E. Dewey (lost)1952 : Dwight D. Eisenhower (won)1956 : Dwight D. Eisenhower (won)1960 : Richard M. Nixon (lost)1964 : Barry Goldwater (lost)1968 : Richard M. Nixon (won)1972 : Richard M. Nixon (won)1976 : Gerald R. Ford (lost)1980 : Ronald Reagan (won)1984 : Ronald Reagan (won)1988 : George H. W. Bush (won)1992 : George H. W. Bush (lost)1996 : Bob Dole (lost)2000 : George W. Bush (won)2004 : George W. Bush (won)2008 : John McCain (lost)2012 : Mitt Romney (lost)2016 : Donald Trump (won)