Is Trump the first incumbent to lose reelection despite gaining votes?

[Bootes Void]

It's seems since the 20th century he has, and the first one to do so.

[Fmr. Gov. NickG]

Seems like this was true of Martin van Buren and Grover Cleveland.  Technically also true of John Quincy Adams, though the popular vote was pretty meaningless in 1824.

[TheElectoralBoobyPrize]

Looks like he’s the only Republican ever to do it.

[Mr.Bakari-Sellers]

He is the third R to lose the House in the midterm and lose reelection Taft and Hoover likewise did it and he will be in the History books for that

[Motorcity]

No, John Quincy Adams got 115,000 votes in 1824 but got 500,000 in 1828 when he lost re-election

But to be fair, those 4 years saw the right to vote from just men who own property to all white men. Biggest expansion of the electorate until 1920. Also, it when from a four man race to just two

To be fair, Carter lost in a landslide. A closer race means he probably wins more votes than 1976. Without Perot, HW Bush might have won more.

[Trends Are Fake]

Looks like he's the first incumbent since JQA to lose the presidency while getting a higher percentage of the vote than when first elected.

[Pope Emoviolence Fluttershy II]

No, John Quincy Adams got 115,000 votes in 1824 but got 500,000 in 1828 when he lost re-election

But to be fair, those 4 years saw the right to vote from just men who own property to all white men. Biggest expansion of the electorate until 1920. Also, it when from a four man race to just two

To be fair, Carter lost in a landslide. A closer race means he probably wins more votes than 1976. Without Perot, HW Bush might have won more.

What about non-white northerners?

[DINGO Joe]

No, John Quincy Adams got 115,000 votes in 1824 but got 500,000 in 1828 when he lost re-election

But to be fair, those 4 years saw the right to vote from just men who own property to all white men. Biggest expansion of the electorate until 1920. Also, it when from a four man race to just two

To be fair, Carter lost in a landslide. A closer race means he probably wins more votes than 1976. Without Perot, HW Bush might have won more.

What about non-white northerners?

What about them?

[Motorcity]

No, John Quincy Adams got 115,000 votes in 1824 but got 500,000 in 1828 when he lost re-election

But to be fair, those 4 years saw the right to vote from just men who own property to all white men. Biggest expansion of the electorate until 1920. Also, it when from a four man race to just two

To be fair, Carter lost in a landslide. A closer race means he probably wins more votes than 1976. Without Perot, HW Bush might have won more.

What about non-white northerners?

I'm not sure. How easy/hard was it for northern blacks to vote from 1865-1964?