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Originally Posted by garinda
There were actually five Presidents who defeated incumbents in the twentieth century.
Woodrow Wilson - defeated Howard Taft in 1912.
Franklin Roosevelt - defeated Herbert Hoover in 1932.
Jimmy Carter - defeated Gerald Ford in 1976.
Ronald Reagan - defeated Jimmy Carter in 1980.
Bill Clinton - defeated George Bush in 1992.
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Exactly. Except I could not be bothered with the first part of the 20th century. Anyway, Ford only partially counts because he was never elected in the first instance.