UNITED STATES PRESIDENTS

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VA George Washington, 1789-1797
MA John Adams, 1797-1801
VA Thomas Jefferson, 1801-1809
VA James Madison, 1809-1817
VA James Monroe, 1817-1825
MA John Quincy Adams, 1825-1829
TN Andrew Jackson, 1829-1837
NY Martin Van Buren, 1837-1841
OH William Henry Harrison, 1841*
VA John Tyler, 1841-1845
TN James Knox Polk, 1845-1849
LA Zachary Taylor, 1849-1850*
NY Millard Fillmore, 1850-1853
NH Franklin Pierce, 1853-1857
PA James Buchanan, 1857-1861
IL Abraham Lincoln, 1861-1865**
TN Andrew Johnson, 1865-1869
IL Ulysses Simpson Grant, 1869-1877
OH Rutherford Birchard Hayes, 1877-1881
OH James Abram Garfield, 1881**
NY Chester Alan Arthur, 1881-1885
NY Grover Cleveland, 1885-1889
IN Benjamin Harrison, 1889-1893
NY Grover Cleveland, 1893-1897
OH William McKinley, 1897-1901**

* Died April 4, 1841
* Died July 9, 1850
** Died April 15, 1865 (Assassinated)
** Died September 19, 1881 (Assassinated)
** Died September 14, 1901 (Assassinated)
* Died August 2, 1923
* Died April 12, 1945
** Died November 22, 1963 (Assassinated)
* Resigned August 9, 1974

NY Theodore Roosevelt, 1901-1909
OH William Howard Taft, 1909-1913
NJ Woodrow Wilson, 1913-1921
OH Warren Gamaliel Harding, 1921-1923*
MA Calvin Coolidge, 1923-1929
CA Herbert Clark Hoover, 1929-1933
NY Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 1933-1945*
MO Harry S. Truman, 1945-1953
NY Dwight David Eisenhower 1953-1961
MA John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 1961-1963**
TX Lyndon Baines Johnson, 1963-1969
CA Richard Milhous Nixon, 1969-1974*
MI Gerald Rudolph Ford, 1974-1977
GA James Earl Carter, Jr., 1977-1981
CA Ronald Wilson Reagan, 1981-1989
TX George Herbert Walker Bush, 1989-1993
AR William Jefferson Clinton, 1993-2001
TX George W Bush, 2001-2008

ELECTORAL COLLEGE VOTES 1960-2000
TOTAL = 538; MAJORITY = 270

PRES	JFK		LBJ	Nix		Nix/Fd	Carter	RR	RR	Bush	BillC	BillC	Bush	Bush
VEEP	LBJ		HHH	Spiro		Fd/R	WM	Bush	Bush	DanQ	Gore	Gore	Dick	Dick

	1960		1964	1968		1972	1976	1980	1984	1988	1992	1996	2000	2004
AL	5	6	10	10		9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
AK	3		3	3		3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
AZ	4		5	5		6	6	6	7	7	8	8	8	10
AR	8		6	6		6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
CA	32		40	40		45	45	45	47	47	54	54	54	55
CO	6		6	6		7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	9
CT	8		8	8		8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7
DE	3		3	3		3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
DC	n.a.		3	3		3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2*	3
FL	10		14	14		17	17	17	21	21	25	25	25	27
GA	12		12	12		12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	15
HI	3		4	4		4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
ID	4		4	4		4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
IL	27		26	26		26	26	26	24	24	22	22	22	21
IN	13		13	13		13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11
IA	10		9	9		8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7
KS	8		7	7		7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6
KY	10		9	9		9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8
LA	10		10	10		10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9
ME	5		4	4		4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
MD	9		10	10		10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
MA	16		14	14		14	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12
MI	20		21	21		21	21	21	20	20	18	18	18	17
MN	11		10	10		10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
MS	8		7	7		7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6
MO	13		12	12		12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11
MT	4		4	4		4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3
NE	6		5	5		5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
NV	3		3	3		3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	5
NH	4		4	4		4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
NJ	16		17	17		17	17	17	16	16	15	15	15	15
NM	4		4	4		4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5
NY	45		43	43		41	41	41	36	36	33	33	33	31
NC	14		13	12	1	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	15
ND	4		4	4		3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
OH	25		26	26		25	25	25	23	23	21	21	21	20
OK	7	1	8	8		8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7
OR	6		6	6		6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7
PA	32		29	29		27	27	27	25	25	23	23	23	21
RI	4		4	4		4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
SC	8		8	8		8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
SD	4		4	4		4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3
TN	11		11	11		10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11
TX	24		25	25		26	26	26	29	29	32	32	32	34
UT	4		4	4		4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5
VT	3		3	3		3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
VA	12		12	12		11*	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13
WA	9		9	9		9	8*	9	10	10	11	11	11	11
WV	8		7	7		6	6	6	6	5*	5	5	5	5
WI	12		12	12		11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10
WY	3		3	3		3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

WINNER	303		486	301		520	297	489	525	426	370	379	271	286

NOTES:-
RED = Republican
BLUE = Democrat
GREEN = Independent
1960 includes 15 electoral votes for Harry F. Byrd as follows: AL 6, MS 8 and OK 1
1964 DC awarded 3 electoral college votes after passage of the 23rd Amendment to the Constitution
1968 includes 46 electoral votes cast for American Independent George C. Wallace as follows: AL 10, AR 6, GA 12, LA 10, MS 7, and NC 1
1972 excludes one electoral vote cast for Libertarian John Hospers in Virginia
1976 excludes one electoral vote cast for Ronald Reagan in Washington
1988 excludes one electoral vote cast for Lloyd Bentsen for President in West Virginia
2000 excludes one blank electoral vote (protest) cast in the District of Columbia

APPORTIONMENT OF THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE 108th CONGRESS

DECEMBER 13, 2000; WASHINGTON (AP) -- After start-and-stop recounts and bitter court divisions, Al Gore gracefully bowed to George W. Bush, the man who won fewer votes in the Nov. 7 election.

In defeat, Gore delivered one of the best addresses of his political career, the kind that might have helped his campaign if he had been able to speak so convincingly while he still was running. Famously wooden while pleading for votes, Gore was remarkably at ease in ceding victory to Bush.

In victory, less than an hour later, Bush promised to begin the work of healing the nation's partisan wounds. "I know America wants reconciliation and unity,'' Bush said. "I know Americans want progress.''

Bush said it was time to find common ground on issues such as Social Security, schools, tax relief and health insurance.

However, common ground may be hard to find in America these days. The voters were split, the courts were divided, the Senate was fractured 50-50 between Republicans and Democrats, and the House was splintered almost as closely.

History will remember this White House race for the odd outcome that held the nation in doubt for five suspenseful weeks. Add to that the fact that Gore, the winner of the popular vote (by 540,520 votes), lost the election. That's only happened three times before and the last time 112 years ago, before the Information Age and high-speed computers were supposed to produce quick, accurate results.

Instead, the country got erroneous victory declarations by television networks, a retracted concession by Gore and a strange odyssey into the world of dimpled, hanging, swinging and pregnant chads.

Gore didn't hide his disagreement with the Supreme Court's 5-4 decision that effectively handed the election to Bush. Yet, he said "I accept it.'' Rather than grouse, he said the election had been settled by "the honored institutions of our democracy.'' Those words were intended to cool the tempers of Democrats who say Bush stole the election and assert they will not support him as president.

Gore insisted for weeks that he won a majority in Florida, the state whose 25 electoral votes were decisive. The Florida Supreme Court twice ordered the recounts he requested but the Supreme Court shut down the process and effectively handed the election to Bush.

In the end it was only one vote that counted, the one-vote margin on the nation's highest court.

Many Democrats believe the decision put the wrong man in the White House. "There is no question there is scar tissue,'' Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., said.

Gore said he did not know what he would do now, but a group of supporters waiting outside chanted "Gore in four!'' as his limousine left the White House compound. Gore did not foreclose of the possibility of trying again.

Indeed, even as he left behind the 2000 race, a new poll appeared. Americans were asked, "If the election were being held today, who would you vote for?'' Their answer: Gore 47 percent, Bush 44 percent.

Text of Vice President Gore's Concession Speech

Good evening.

Just moments ago, I spoke with George W. Bush and congratulated him on becoming the 43rd president of the United States, and I promised him that I wouldn't call him back this time.

I offered to meet with him as soon as possible so that we can start to heal the divisions of the campaign and the contest through which we just passed.

Almost a century and a half ago, Senator Stephen Douglas told Abraham Lincoln, who had just defeated him for the presidency, "Partisan feeling must yield to patriotism. I'm with you, Mr. President, and God bless you."

Well, in that same spirit, I say to President-elect Bush that what remains of partisan rancor must now be put aside, and may God bless his stewardship of this country.

Neither he nor I anticipated this long and difficult road. Certainly neither of us wanted it to happen. Yet it came, and now it has ended, resolved, as it must be resolved, through the honored institutions of our democracy.

Over the library of one of our great law schools is inscribed the motto, "Not under man but under God and law." That's the ruling principle of American freedom, the source of our democratic liberties. I've tried to make it my guide throughout this contest as it has guided America's deliberations of all the complex issues of the past five weeks.

Now the U.S. Supreme Court has spoken. Let there be no doubt, while I strongly disagree with the court's decision, I accept it. I accept the finality of this outcome which will be ratified next Monday in the Electoral College. And tonight, for the sake of our unity of the people and the strength of our democracy, I offer my concession.

I also accept my responsibility, which I will discharge unconditionally, to honor the new president elect and do everything possible to help him bring Americans together in fulfillment of the great vision that our Declaration of Independence defines and that our Constitution affirms and defends.

Let me say how grateful I am to all those who supported me and supported the cause for which we have fought. Tipper and I feel a deep gratitude to Joe and Hadassah Lieberman who brought passion and high purpose to our partnership and opened new doors, not just for our campaign but for our country.

This has been an extraordinary election. But in one of God's unforeseen paths, this belatedly broken impasse can point us all to a new common ground, for its very closeness can serve to remind us that we are one people with a shared history and a shared destiny.

Indeed, that history gives us many examples of contests as hotly debated, as fiercely fought, with their own challenges to the popular will.

Other disputes have dragged on for weeks before reaching resolution. And each time, both the victor and the vanquished have accepted the result peacefully and in the spirit of reconciliation.

So let it be with us.

I know that many of my supporters are disappointed. I am too. But our disappointment must be overcome by our love of country.

And I say to our fellow members of the world community, let no one see this contest as a sign of American weakness. The strength of American democracy is shown most clearly through the difficulties it can overcome.

Some have expressed concern that the unusual nature of this election might hamper the next president in the conduct of his office. I do not believe it need be so.

President-elect Bush inherits a nation whose citizens will be ready to assist him in the conduct of his large responsibilities.

I personally will be at his disposal, and I call on all Americans -- I particularly urge all who stood with us to unite behind our next president. This is America. Just as we fight hard when the stakes are high, we close ranks and come together when the contest is done.

And while there will be time enough to debate our continuing differences, now is the time to recognize that that which unites us is greater than that which divides us.

While we yet hold and do not yield our opposing beliefs, there is a higher duty than the one we owe to political party. This is America and we put country before party. We will stand together behind our new president.

As for what I'll do next, I don't know the answer to that one yet. Like many of you, I'm looking forward to spending the holidays with family and old friends. I know I'll spend time in Tennessee and mend some fences, literally and figuratively.

Some have asked whether I have any regrets and I do have one regret: that I didn't get the chance to stay and fight for the American people over the next four years, especially for those who need burdens lifted and barriers removed, especially for those who feel their voices have not been heard. I heard you and I will not forget.

I've seen America in this campaign and I like what I see. It's worth fighting for and that's a fight I'll never stop.

As for the battle that ends tonight, I do believe as my father once said, that no matter how hard the loss, defeat might serve as well as victory to shape the soul and let the glory out.

So for me this campaign ends as it began: with the love of Tipper and our family; with faith in God and in the country I have been so proud to serve, from Vietnam to the vice presidency; and with gratitude to our truly tireless campaign staff and volunteers, including all those who worked so hard in Florida for the last 36 days.

Now the political struggle is over and we turn again to the unending struggle for the common good of all Americans and for those multitudes around the world who look to us for leadership in the cause of freedom.

In the words of our great hymn, "America, America": "Let us crown thy good with brotherhood, from sea to shining sea."

And now, my friends, in a phrase I once addressed to others, it's time for me to go.

Thank you and good night, and God bless America.