True, but from 1865 to 1932, Republicans dominated, ESP in the presidency. Although a couple of elections were close (1877, 1896, 1888) the only Dem to win the presidency was Wilson with a third party TR splitting the vote. And Nixon came within a few votes of winning in 1960.
Not exactly. Johnson was more a Democrat than anything else, though admittedly he was not elected President.
But Grover Cleveland was, twice. Non-sequentially, the only President to achieve that feat.
In the interval between Buchanan and present, the Democrats also had Grover Cleveland do his win, lose, win thing (iow, two full terms, but didn’t succeed himself); he was the veto king I believe, until FDR hogged the office, and GC loved the so-called Robber Barons, leading to the Pubbies’ Progressive era.
...and thank you, L, for the thoughtful reply.