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Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 5, 1996. Incumbent Democratic President Bill Clinton and his running mate, incumbent Democratic Vice President Al Gore were re-elected to a second and final term, defeating the Republican ticket of former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole and former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Jack Kemp and the Reform ticket of ...
The incumbent president is Donald Trump, who assumed office on January 20, 2025. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Since the office was established in 1789, 45 men have served in 47 presidencies; the discrepancy arises from two individuals elected to non-consecutive terms: Grover Cleveland is counted as the 22nd and 24th president of the United States, while Donald ...
Elections were held on November 5, 1996. Democratic President Bill Clinton won re-election, while the Republicans maintained their majorities in both houses of the United States Congress. Clinton defeated Republican nominee Bob Dole and independent candidate Ross Perot in the presidential election, taking 379 of the 538 electoral votes.
October 9 – Clinton signs the Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act of 1996, following the death of Jessica Dubroff. [24] October 16 – Clinton and former Senator Bob Dole participate in the second and final presidential debate at University of San Diego in San Diego, California in a town hall format moderated by Jim Lehrer of PBS.
This article is a list of United States presidential candidates. The first U.S. presidential election was held in 1788–1789, followed by the second in 1792. Presidential elections have been held every four years thereafter. Presidential candidates win the election by winning a majority of the electoral vote.
April 9 – President Bill Clinton signs the Line Item Veto Act of 1996, granting the U.S. president line-item veto power. Just over two years later, in the case of Clinton v. City of New York, 524 U.S. 417 (1998), the Supreme Court of the United States would rule that the law is unconstitutional.
The 1996 presidential campaign of Bill Clinton, the 42nd president of the United States, announced his candidacy for re-election as president on April 14, 1995. On August 29, 1996 , he again became the nominee of the Democratic Party for the 1996 presidential election .
This day in 1996, Nelson Mandela historically stepped down as President of South Africa. According to South African History Online, On 7 July 1996,in a television broadcast President Nelson ...