Draft:List of United States presidential rematches

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While most elections in American history feature different candidates from elections prior, there are notable exceptions to this rule. Incumbent presidents are often re-nominated by their party in the subsequent election, while nominees that have lost in the past are seldom re-nominated. As such, at least one major party nominee will often be different from the previous election. In seven distinct presidential elections, however, the major nominees from the prior election "rematched" in the subsequent election, whether by direct re-nomination or the founding of third parties.

John Adams vs. Thomas Jefferson

John Quincy Adams vs. Andrew Jackson

Martin Van Buren vs. William Henry Harrison

Grover Cleveland vs. Benjamin Harrison

William McKinley vs. William Jennings Bryan

Dwight D. Eisenhower vs. Adlai Stevenson

Joe Biden vs. Donald Trump

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