John Adams of the Federalist Party, the incumbent vice president, defeated Thomas Jefferson of the Democratic-Republican Party, a former secretary of state.
Democratic-Republican candidate James Madison decisively defeated Federalist candidate Charles Cotesworth Pinckney in the 1808 United States presidential election.
Incumbent Democratic-Republican President James Madison defeated DeWitt Clinton, the lieutenant governor of New York and mayor of New York City, in the 1812 presidential election.
Democratic-Republican candidate James Monroe defeated Federalist Rufus King in the 1816 US Presidential Election, the eighth quadrennial presidential election.
