Andrew Jackson, Ulysses S. Grant, William McKinley, FDR, Eisenhower, Reagan & Barack Obama

[One of the 99]

The only men to win over 50% of the popular vote in two Presidential elections.

[Kolesar]

1. Today's "civics update" by One of the 99

[dsc]

2. What about

George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and, James Monroe?

[MarianJack]

3. Didn't they serve when there was no voting for President...

...done by average citizens?

PEACE!

[dsc]

5. No

You can say Washington was a different story since he was unopposed, but the property requirement was slowly removed during those times.

[MarianJack]

6. However,...

...didn't many state legislatures simply vote for the electors without an election among the people?

PEACE!

[NYC Liberal]

7. Some did have a popular vote:

6 of 10 states in 1788 (Washington won 92.4%)
6 of 15 in 1792 (Washington won 71%)
6 of 16 in 1800 (Jefferson won 61.4%)
11 of 17 in 1804 (Jefferson won 72.8%)
10 of 19 in 1816 (Monroe won 68.2%)
15 of 24 in 1820 (Monroe won 80.6%)

Like you said, many states had no popular vote, and the ones that did had many restrictions on who could vote.

IF you count the popular vote in those elections, then that's what they are.

[dsc]

8. I don't think all states had switched by 1828 though

meaning Jackson wouldn't count either.

[NYC Liberal]

10. Only 2 hadn't by then:

http://uselectionatlas.org/USPRESIDENT/GENERAL/pe1828.html

But between that, the restrictions on who could vote, and the debatable accuracy of the counts...I wouldn't put too much stock in the "popular vote" in those early elections.

[Ken Burch]

4. And they're ALL buried in Grant's Tomb!

Oh...wait a minute...

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

9. I'm pretty sure that Andrew Jackson was an athiest muslim...

Google it if you don't believe me.