Political Parties and Presidential Candidates

Year	Candidate	Party	Outcome
1900	William McKinley	Republican	President
	William J. Bryan	Democratic, Populists
	Eugene V.Debs	Social Democratic
1904	Theodore Roosevelt	Republican	President
	Alton B. Parker	Democratic
	Eugene V. Debs	Socialist
1908	William H. Taft	Republican	President
	William J. Bryan	Democratic
	Eugene V. Debs	Socialist
1912	Woodrow Wilson	Democratic	President
	Theodore Roosevelt	Progressive
	William H. Taft	Republican
	Eugene V. Debs	Socialist
1916	Woodrow Wilson	Democratic	President
	Charles E. Hughes	Republican
	A. L. Benson	Socialist
1920	Warren G. Harding	Republican	President
	James M. Cox	Democratic
	Eugene V. Debs	Socialist
1924	Calvin Coolidge	Republican	President
	John W. Davis	Democratic
	Robert M. LaFallette	Progressive, Socialist
1928	Herbert Hoover	Republican	President
	Alfred E. Smith	Democratic
	Norman Thomas	Socialist
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Democratic	President
	Herbert Hoover	Republican
	Norman Thomas	Socialist
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Democratic	President
	Alfred M. Landon	Republican
	Norman Thomas	Socialist
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Democratic	President
	Wendell L. Wilkie	Republican
	Norman Thomas	Socialist
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Democratic	President
	Thomas E. Dewey	Republican
	Norman Thomas	Socialist
1948	Harry S. Truman	Democratic	President
	Thomas E. Dewey	Republican
	J. Strom Thurmond	States' Rights Dem.
	Henry A. Wallace	Progressive
	Norman Thomas	Socialist
1952	Dwight D. Eisenhower	Republican	President
	Adlai E. Stevenson	Democratic
1956	Dwight D. Eisenhower	Republican	President
	Adlai E. Stevenson	Democratic
1960	John F. Kennedy	Democratic	President
	Richard M. Nixon	Republican
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson	Democratic	President
	Barry M. Goldwater	Republican
1968	Richard M. Nixon	Republican	President
	Herbert Humphrey	Democratic
	George C. Wallace	American Independent
1972	Richard M. Nixon	Republican	President
	George McGovern	Democratic
	John G. Schmitz	American
1976	Jimmy Carter	Democratic	President
	Gerald R. Ford	Republican
	Eugene J. McCarthy	Independent
1980	Ronald Reagan	Republican	President
	Jimmy Carter	Democratic
	John B. Anderson	Independent
1984	Ronald Reagan	Republican	President
	Walter F. Mondale	Democratic
1988	George H. Bush	Republican	President
	Michael S. Dukakis	Democratic
1992	William J. Clinton	Democratic	President
	George H. Bush	Republican
	H. Ross Perot	Independent
1996	William J. Clinton	Democratic	President
	Robert J. Dole	Republican
	H. Ross Perot	Reform Part
2000	George W. Bush	Republican	President
	Albert A Gore	Democratic
	Ralph Nader	Green Party
2004	George W. Bush	Republican	President
	John F. Kerry	Democratic

Presidents, Legislation, and Significant Events

Year	Candidate	Significant Event During Administration
1900	William McKinley	Tariff of 1890
		100 Day War
		Annexation of Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico
1904	Theodore Roosevelt	"Trust buster"
		National Parks
		Panama Canal
1908	William H. Taft	Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act
		Federal income tax
		Postal savings system and railroad rates
1912	Woodrow Wilson	American entrance into World War I
		Underwood Act
		Federal Reserve Act
		Federal Trade Commission
1916	Woodrow Wilson	Child labor laws
		Eight-hour work day
		Versailles Treaty and the League of Nations
1920	Warren G. Harding	Eliminated wartime controls and slashed taxes
		Established a Federal budget and restored high protective tariffs
		Placed tight limitations on immigration
1924	Calvin Coolidge	Refused to allow Federal economic power to control industry
		Vetoed farm relief bills
		Stopped a plan for cheap Federal electricity
1928	Herbert Hoover	Hoover Moratorium
		Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act
		Emergency Relief and Construction Act
		Stock market crash
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Tennessee Valley Authority
		New Deal
		Social Security
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Increased power of Federal government to regulate the economy
		Foreign aid to Britain during WWII
		Built up the military
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Military draft instituted
		US entered WWII
		Declaration of the United Nations
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Died four months into fourth term
		Vice President Truman became president
1948	Harry S. Truman	Ordered atomic bombs dropped on Japan
		US joined United Nations and established NATO
		Expanded Social Security
		Fair Employment Practices Act
		Truman Doctrine
1952	Dwight D. Eisenhower	Truce with Korea
		Geneva Accords
1956	Dwight D. Eisenhower	Federal Highway legislation
		Sent troops to Little Rock, Arkansas - desegregation of schools
		Desegregation the military
1960	John F. Kennedy	Peace Corps
		Cuban Missile Crisis
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson	1965 Medicare amendment to Social Security Act
		Civil Rights Act
		Vietnam War protests
1968	Richard M. Nixon	Ended Vietnam War
		Anticrime laws
		"Opened China"
1972	Richard M. Nixon	Watergate
		Environmental Protection Agency
1976	Jimmy Carter	Created Department of Education
		High Inflation and interest rates
		Camp David agreement of 1978
1980	Ronald Reagan	Reaganomics
		Tax Equity & Fiscal Responsibility Act
		Excellence in Education Campaign
1984	Ronald Reagan	US-Soviet Geneva Summit
		Stock market crash
1988	George H. Bush	End of Soviet Union
		First Gulf War
1992	William J. Clinton	NAFTA
		"Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy
		Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993
1996	William J. Clinton	Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act
		Impeachment
		Brady Bill
2000	George W. Bush	September 11th
		War with Iraq
		No Child Left Behind
2004	George W. Bush	Hurricane Katrina
		Bankruptcy Reform Act

Political Parties and Beliefs

1900	Political Party	For	Against
	Republican	Industry and Banking	Free Silver
	Democratic, Populists	Free Silver	Imperialism
	Social Democratic	Working Class	Industrialists
1904	Republican	Progressive Movement	Industrial Power
	Democratic	Industry and Banking	Gold Standard
	Socialist	Working Class	Industrialists
1908	Republican	Civil service	War
	Democratic	Progressive ideas	Trusts and Big Banks
	Socialist	Working Class	Industrialists
1912	Democratic	Anti-trusts	Industrialists
	Progressive	Social Welfare Programs	Industrialists
	Republican	Industrialists	Organized labor
	Socialist	Working Class	Industrialists
1916	Democratic	Women's suffrage	Entering WWI
	Republican	War mobilization	Organized labor
	Socialist	Working Class	Industrialists
1920	Republican	Internationalism	League of Nations
	Democratic	League of Nations	Internationalism
	Socialist	Labor	War
1924	Republican	Free markets	Federalism in industry
	Democratic	Anti-trusts	Ku Klux Klan
	Progressive, Socialist	Workers	Bossism
1928	Republican	Prosperity	Poverty
	Democratic	Civil liberties	Prohibition
	Socialist	Civil liberties	Big Business
1932	Democratic	New Deal	Prohibition
	Republican	Prosperity	Poverty
	Socialist	Civil liberties	Big Business
1936	Democratic	New Deal	Industrialists
	Republican	New Deal and Business	Executive power
	Socialist	Civil liberties	Big Business
1940	Democratic	New Deal	War
	Republican	Military Preparedness	New Deal
	Socialist	Civil liberties	Big Business
1944	Democratic	Internationalist	Isolationism
	Republican	Internationalist	Big Government
	Socialist	Civil liberties	Big Business
1948	Democratic	Fair Deal	Taft-Hartley Act
	Republican	Internationalist	Big government
	States' Rights Dem.	Segregation	Civil rights
	Progressive	Workers	Big business
	Socialist	Civil liberties	Big business
1952	Republican	Korean War	Communism
	Democratic	Civil Liberties	Korean War
1956	Republican	Vietnam War	Communism
	Democratic	Civil Liberties	Nuclear Testing
1960	Democratic	Civil Rights	Troop withdrawal
	Republican	Capitalism	Communism
1964	Democratic	Civil Rights	Poverty
	Republican	Nuclear testing
1968	Republican	Nixon Doctrine	Hippies
	Democratic	Civil Rights	Vietnam War
	American Independent	Segregation	Desegregation
1972	Republican	Opening China	Hippies
	Democratic	McGovern-Hatfield Act	Vietnam War
	American Independent	Guns	Sex Education
1976	Democratic	Government reorganization	Malaise
	Republican	Tax reduction	Inflation
1980	Republican	Supply- side economics	Welfare state
	Democratic	Military draft	Malaise
	Independent	Progressivism	Political centrists
1984	Republican	Supply- side economics	Welfare state
	Democratic	Equal Rights Amendment	Budget deficits
1988	Republican	Start I and II	Trade restrictions
	Democratic	ACLU	Death penalty
1992	Democratic	Education spending	Lower taxes for wealthy
	Republican	Lower taxes	Abortion
	Independent	Deficit reduction	NAFTA
1996	Democratic	Education spending	Lower taxes for wealthy
	Republican	Tax reductions	Welfare system
	Reform Party	Deficit reduction	NAFTA
2000	Republican	Lower taxes	Abortion
	Democratic	Social and Environmental Responsibility	Iraq War
	Green Party	Environmental and Consumer Rights	Corporate power
2004	Republican	War in Iraq	Gay rights
	Democratic	Abortion rights	War