The first president from the original Democratic-Republican Party was Thomas Jefferson. He was elected in 1802 and took office in 1803.
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The first president to be elected in the 20th century was assassinated in 1901, so it is not possible for him to have been president in 1968.
?? I believe it was President Dwight D. Eisenhower
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John Adams. In the presidential election of 1796, John Adams finished first and Thomas Jefferson second and became his vice president. Jefferson resigned later on and in 1800 ran against Adams and beat him for the presidency.
George Washington was the first president to be chosen by the electoral college, but John Adams was the first president to receive the popular vote of the American people. Not sure if you would need to know this, but there were 14 presidents before Washington who were elected by the Continental Congress under The Articles of Confederation.