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List of Republican presidential tickets

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1856

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Presidential
Nominee
1856 (lost) Vice Presidential
Nominee
John Frémont of CA
(1813–1890)
Prior public experience
Higher education
Prior public experience
Higher education
William Dayton of NJ
(1807–1864)
Opponent(s)
James Buchanan (Democratic)
Millard Fillmore (Know Nothing)
Electoral vote
  • Buchanan/Breckinridge: 174 (58.8%)
  • Frémont/Dayton: 114 (38.5%)
  • Fillmore/Donelson: 8 (2.7%)
Popular vote
  • Buchanan/Breckinridge: 1,836,072 (45.3%)
  • Frémont/Dayton: 1,342,345 (33.1%)
  • Fillmore/Donelson: 873,053 (21.5%)
Opponent(s)
John Breckinridge (Democratic)
Andrew Donelson (Know Nothing)

1860, 1864

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Presidential
Nominee
1860 (won), 1864 (won) Vice Presidential
Nominee
Abraham Lincoln of IL
(1809–1865)
Prior public experience
Higher education
  • None
Prior public experience
Higher education
  • None
Hannibal Hamlin of ME
(1809–1891)
Prior public experience
Higher education
  • None
Andrew Johnson of TN
(1808–1875)
Opponent(s)
Stephen Douglas (Democratic)
John Breckinridge (Southern Democrats)
John Bell (Constitutional Union)
Electoral vote
  • Lincoln/Hamlin: 180 (59.4%)
  • Breckinridge/Lane: 72 (23.8%)
  • Bell/Everett: 39 (12.9%)
  • Douglas/Johnson: 12 (4.0%)
Popular vote
  • Lincoln/Hamlin: 1,865,908 (39.7%)
  • Douglas/Johnson: 1,380,202 (29.5%)
  • Breckinridge/Lane: 848,019 (18.2%)
  • Bell/Everett: 590,901 (12.7%)
Opponent(s)
Herschel Johnson (Democratic)
Joe Lane (Southern Democrats)
Edward Everett (Constitutional Union)
Opponent(s)
George McClellan (Democratic)
Electoral vote
  • Lincoln/Johnson: 212 (91.0%)[1]
  • McClellan/Pendleton: 21 (9.0%)[2]
Popular vote
  • Lincoln/Johnson: 2,218,388 (55.0%)
  • McClellan/Pendleton: 1,812,807 (45.0%)
Opponent(s)
George Pendleton (Democratic)

1868, 1872

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Presidential
Nominee
1868 (won), 1872 (won) Vice Presidential
Nominee
Ulysses Grant of OH
(1822–1885)
Prior public experience
Higher education
Prior public experience
Higher education
  • None
Schuyler Colfax of IN
(1823–1885)
Prior public experience
Higher education
  • None
Henry Wilson of MA
(1812–1875)
Opponent(s)
Horatio Seymour (Democratic)
Electoral vote
  • Grant/Colfax: 214 (72.8%)
  • Seymour/Blair: 80 (27.2%)
Popular vote
  • Grant/Colfax: 3,013,421 (52.7%)
  • Seymour/Blair: 2,706,829 (47.3%)
Opponent(s)
Francis Blair (Democratic)
Opponent(s)
Horace Greeley (Democratic)
Electoral vote
  • Grant/Wilson: 286 (81.3%)[3]
  • Greeley/Brown: 66 (18.8%)*[4][5]
Popular vote
  • Grant/Wilson: 3,598,235 (55.6%)
  • Greely/Brown: 2,834,761 (43.8%)
Opponent(s)
Gratz Brown (Democratic)

1876

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Presidential
Nominee
1876 (won) Vice Presidential
Nominee
Rutherford Hayes of OH
(1822–1893)
Prior public experience
Higher education
Prior public experience
Higher education
William Wheeler of NY
(1819–1887)
Opponent(s)
Samuel Tilden (Democratic)
Electoral vote
  • Hayes/Wheeler: 185 (50.1%)
  • Tilden/Hendricks: 184 (49.9%)
Popular vote
  • Tilden/Hendricks: 4,288,546 (50.9%)
  • Hayes/Wheeler: 4,034,311 (47.9%)
Opponent(s)
Thomas Hendricks (Democratic)

1880

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Presidential
Nominee
1880 (won) Vice Presidential
Nominee
James Garfield of OH
(1831–1881)
Prior public experience
Higher education
Prior public experience
Higher education
Chester Arthur of NY
(1829–1886)
Opponent(s)
Winfield Hancock (Democratic)
Electoral vote
  • Garfield/Arthur: 214 (58.0%)
  • Hancock/English: 155 (42.0%)
Popular vote
  • Garfield/Arthur: 4,446,158 (48.3%)
  • Hancock/English: 4,444,260 (48.2%)
Opponent(s)
William English (Democratic)

1884

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Presidential
Nominee
1884 (lost) Vice Presidential
Nominee
James Blaine of ME
(1830–1893)
Prior public experience
Higher education
Prior public experience
Higher education
John Logan of IL
(1826–1886)
Opponent(s)
Grover Cleveland (Democratic)
Electoral vote
  • Cleveland/Hendricks: 219 (54.6%)
  • Blaine/Logan: 182 (45.4%)
Popular vote
  • Cleveland/Hendricks: 4,914,482 (48.9%)
  • Blaine/Logan: 4,856,905 (48.3%)
Opponent(s)
Thomas Hendricks (Democratic)

1888, 1892

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Presidential
Nominee
1888 (won), 1892 (lost) Vice Presidential
Nominee
Benjamin Harrison of IN
(1833–1901)
Prior public experience
Higher education
Prior public experience
Higher education
  • None
Levi Morton of NY
(1824–1920)
Prior public experience
Higher education
  • None
Whitelaw Reid of NY
(1837–1912)
Opponent(s)
Grover Cleveland (Democratic)
Electoral vote
  • Harrison/Morton: 233 (58.1%)
  • Cleveland/Thurman: 168 (41.9%)
Popular vote
  • Cleveland/Thurman: 5,534,488 (48.6%)
  • Harrison/Morton: 5,443,892 (47.8%)
Opponent(s)
Allen Thurman (Democratic)
Opponent(s)
Grover Cleveland (Democratic)
James Weaver (Populist)
Electoral vote
  • Cleveland/Stevenson: 277 (62.4%)
  • Harrison/Reid: 145 (32.7%)
  • Weaver/Field: 22 (5.0%)
Popular vote
  • Cleveland/Stevenson: 5,556,918 (46.0%)
  • Harrison/Reid: 5,176,108 (43.0%)
  • Weaver/Field: 1,041,028 (8.5%)
Opponent(s)
Adlai Stevenson (Democratic)
James Field (Populist)

1896, 1900

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Presidential
Nominee
1896 (won), 1900 (won) Vice Presidential
Nominee
William McKinley of OH
(1843–1901)
Prior public experience
Higher education
Prior public experience
Higher education
Garret Hobart of NJ
(1844–1899)
Prior public experience
Higher education
Theodore Roosevelt of NY
(1858–1919)
Opponent(s)
William Jennings Bryan (Democratic, Populist)
Electoral vote (President)
  • McKinley: 271 (60.6%)
  • Bryan: 176 (39.4%)
Electoral vote (Vice President)
  • Hobart: 271 (60.6%)
  • Sewall: 149 (33.3%)
  • Watson: 27 (6.0%)
Popular vote
  • McKinley/Hobart: 7,102,246 (51.0%)
  • Bryan/Sewall-Watson: 6,492,559 (46.7%)
Opponent(s)
Arthur Sewall (Democratic)
Tom Watson (Populist)
Electoral vote
  • McKinley/Roosevelt: 292 (65.3%)
  • Bryan/Stevenson: 155 (34.7%)
Popular vote
  • McKinley/Roosevelt: 7,228,864 (51.6%)
  • Bryan/Stevenson: 6,370,932 (45.5%)
Opponent(s)
Adlai Stevenson (Democratic)

1904

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Presidential
Nominee
1904 (won) Vice Presidential
Nominee
Theodore Roosevelt of NY
(1858–1919)
Prior public experience
Higher education
Prior public experience
Higher education
Charles Fairbanks of IN
(1852–1918)
Opponent(s)
Alton Parker (Democratic)
Electoral vote
  • Roosevelt/Fairbanks: 336 (70.6%)
  • Parker/Davis: 140 (29.4%)
Popular vote
  • Roosevelt/Fairbanks: 7,630,457 (56.4%)
  • Parker/Davis: 5,083,880 (37.6%)
Opponent(s)
Henry Davis (Democratic)

1908, 1912

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Presidential
Nominee
1908 (won), 1912 (lost) Vice Presidential
Nominee
William Taft of OH
(1857–1930)
Prior public experience
Higher education
Prior public experience
Higher education
Jim Sherman of NY[6]
(1855–1912)
Prior public experience
  • None
Higher education
Nicholas Butler of NY[6]
(1862–1947)
Opponent(s)
William Jennings Bryan (Democratic)
Electoral vote
  • Taft/Sherman: 321 (66.5%)
  • Bryan/Kern: 162 (33.5%)
Popular vote
  • Taft/Sherman: 7,678,395 (51.5%)
  • Bryan/Kern: 6,408,984 (43.0%)
Opponent(s)
John Kern (Democratic)
Opponent(s)
Woodrow Wilson (Democratic)
Theodore Roosevelt (Progressive)
Eugene Debs (Socialist)
Electoral vote
  • Wilson/Marshall: 435 (81.9%)
  • Roosevelt/Johnson: 88 (16.6%)
  • Taft/Butler: 8 (1.5%)
Popular vote
  • Wilson/Marshall: 6,296,284 (41.8%)
  • Roosevelt/Johnson: 4,122,721 (24.7%)
  • Taft/Butler: 3,486,242 (23.2%)
  • Debs/Seidel: 901,551 (6.0%)
Opponent(s)
Thomas Marshall (Democratic)
Hiram Johnson (Progressive)
Emil Seidel (Socialist)

1916

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Presidential
Nominee
1916 (lost) Vice Presidential
Nominee
Charles Hughes of NY
(1862–1948)
Prior public experience
Higher education
Prior public experience
Higher education
Charles Fairbanks of IN
(1852–1918)
Opponent(s)
Woodrow Wilson (Democratic)
Electoral vote
  • Wilson/Marshall: 277 (52.2%)
  • Hughes/Fairbanks: 254 (47.8%)
Popular vote
  • Wilson/Marshall: (49.2%)
  • Hughes/Fairbanks: 8,548,728 (46.1%)
Opponent(s)
Thomas Marshall (Democratic)

1920

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Presidential
Nominee
1920 (won) Vice Presidential
Nominee
Warren G. Harding of OH
(1865–1923)
Prior public experience
Higher education
Prior public experience
Higher education
Calvin Coolidge of MA
(1872–1933)
Opponent(s)
James Cox (Democratic)
Electoral vote
  • Harding/Coolidge: 404 (76.1%)
  • Cox/Roosevelt: 127 (23.9%)
Popular vote
  • Harding/Coolidge: 16,144,093 (60.3%)
  • Cox/Roosevelt: 9,139,661 (34.2%)
Opponent(s)
Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)

1924

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Presidential
Nominee
1924 (won) Vice Presidential
Nominee
Calvin Coolidge of MA
(1872–1933)
Prior public experience
Higher education
Prior public experience
Higher education
Charles Dawes of IL
(1865–1951)
Opponent(s)
John Davis (Democratic)
Bob La Follette (Progressive)
Electoral vote
  • Coolidge/Dawes: 382 (71.9%)
  • Davis/Bryan: 136 (25.6%)
  • La Follette/Wheeler: 13 (2.4%)
Popular vote
  • Coolidge/Dawes: 15,723,789 (54.0%)
  • Davis/Bryan: 8,386,242 (28.8%)
  • La Follette/Wheeler: 4,831,706 (16.6%)
Opponent(s)
Charles Bryan (Democratic)
Burton Wheeler (Progressive)

1928, 1932

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Presidential
Nominee
1928 (won), 1932 (lost) Vice Presidential
Nominee
Herbert Hoover of CA
(1874–1964)
Prior public experience
Higher education
Prior public experience
Higher education
  • None
Charles Curtis of KS
(1860–1936)
Opponent(s)
Al Smith (Democratic)
Electoral vote
  • Hoover/Curtis: 444 (83.6%)
  • Smith/Robinson: 87 (16.4%)
Popular vote
  • Hoover/Curtis: 21,427,123: (58.2%)
  • Smith/Robinson: 15,015,464 (40.8%)
Opponent(s)
Joe Robinson (Democratic)
Opponent(s)
Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
Electoral vote
  • Roosevelt/Garner: 472 (88.9%)
  • Hoover/Curtis: 59 (11.1%)
Popular vote
  • Roosevelt/Garner: 22,821,277 (57.4%)
  • Hoover/Curtis: 15,761,254 (39.7%)
Opponent(s)
Jack Garner (Democratic)

1936

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Presidential
Nominee
1936 (lost) Vice Presidential
Nominee
Alf Landon of KS
(1887–1987)
Prior public experience
Higher education
Prior public experience
  • None
Higher education
Frank Knox of IL
(1874–1944)
Opponent(s)
Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
Electoral vote
  • Roosevelt/Garner: 523 (98.5%)
  • Landon/Knox: 8 (1.5%)
Popular vote
  • Roosevelt/Garner: 27,752,648 (60.8%)
  • Landon/Knox: 16,681,862 (36.5%)
Opponent(s)
Jack Garner (Democratic)

1940

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Presidential
Nominee
1940 (lost) Vice Presidential
Nominee
Wendell Willkie of NY
(1892–1944)
Prior public experience
  • None
Higher education
Prior public experience
Higher education
Charles McNary of OR
(1874–1944)
Opponent(s)
Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
Electoral vote
  • Roosevelt/Wallace: 449 (84.6%)
  • Willkie/McNary: 82 (15.4%)
Popular vote
  • Roosevelt/Wallace 27,313,945: (54.7%)
  • Willkie/McNary: (44.8%)
Opponent(s)
Henry Wallace (Democratic)

1944, 1948

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Presidential
Nominee
1944 (lost), 1948 (lost) Vice Presidential
Nominee
Thomas Dewey of NY
(1902–1971)
Prior public experience
Higher education
Prior public experience
Higher education
John Bricker of OH
(1893–1986)
Prior public experience
Higher education
Earl Warren of CA
(1891–1974)
Opponent(s)
Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
Electoral vote
  • Roosevelt/Truman: 432 (81.4%)
  • Dewey/Bicker: 99 (18.6%)
Popular vote
  • Roosevelt/Truman: 25,612,916 (53.4%)
  • Dewey/Bicker: 22,017,929 (45.3%)
Opponent(s)
Harry S. Truman (Democratic)
Opponent(s)
Harry S. Truman (Democratic)
Strom Thurmond (Dixiecrat)
Henry Wallace (Progressive)
Electoral vote
  • Truman/Barkley: 303 (57.1%)
  • Dewey/Warren: 189 (35.6%)
  • Thurmond/Wright: 39 (7.3%)
Popular vote
  • Truman/Barkley: 24,179,347 (49.6%)
  • Dewey/Warren: 21,991,292 (45.1%)
  • Thurmond/Wright: 1,175,930 (2.4%)
  • Wallace/Taylor: 1,157,328 (2.3%)
Opponent(s)
Alben Barkley (Democratic)
Fielding Wright (Dixiecrat)
Glen Taylor (Progressive)

1952, 1956

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Presidential
Nominee
1952 (won), 1956 (won) Vice Presidential
Nominee
Dwight D. Eisenhower of NY
(1952), PA (1956)
(1890–1969)
Prior public experience
Higher education
Prior public experience
Higher education
Richard Nixon of CA
(1913–1994)
Opponent(s)
Adlai Stevenson (Democratic)
Electoral vote
  • Eisenhower/Nixon: 442 (83.2%)
  • Stevenson/Sparkman: 89 (16.8%)
Popular vote
  • Eisenhower/Nixon: 34,075,529 (55.2%)
  • Stevenson/Sparkman: 27,375,090 (44.2%)
Opponent(s)
John Sparkman (Democratic)
Electoral vote
  • Eisenhower/Nixon: 457 (86.1%)[7]
  • Stevenson/Kefauver: 73 (13.7%)
  • Jones/Talmadge: 1 (0.2%)
Popular vote
  • Eisenhower/Nixon: 35,579,180 (57.4%)
  • Stevenson/Kefauver: 26,028,028 (42.0%)
Opponent(s)
Estes Kefauver (Democratic)

1960

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Presidential
Nominee
1960 (lost) Vice Presidential
Nominee
Richard Nixon of CA
(1913–1994)
Prior public experience
Higher education
Prior public experience
Higher education
Henry Cabot Lodge of MA
(1902–1985)
Opponent(s)
John F. Kennedy (Democratic)
Harry Byrd (Southern
Democrats
)
Electoral vote (President)
  • Kennedy: 303 (56.4%)
  • Nixon: 219 (40.8%)
  • Byrd: 15 (2.8%)
Electoral vote (Vice President)
  • Johnson: 303 (56.4%)
  • Lodge: 219 (40.8%)
  • Thurmond: 14 (2.6%)
  • Goldwater: 1 (0.2%)
Popular vote
  • Kennedy/Johnson: 34,220,984 (49.7%)
  • Nixon/Lodge: 34,108,157 (49.6%)
  • Byrd/Thurmond: 116,248 (0.17%)
Opponent(s)
Lyndon Johnson (Democratic)
Strom Thurmond (Southern
Democrats
)

1964

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Presidential
Nominee
1964 (lost) Vice Presidential
Nominee
Barry Goldwater of AZ
(1909–1998)
Prior public experience
Higher education
Prior public experience
Higher education
William Miller of NY
(1914–1983)
Opponent(s)
Lyndon Johnson (Democratic)
Electoral vote
  • Johnson/Humphrey: 486 (90.3%)
  • Goldwater/Miller: 52 (9.7%)
Popular vote
  • Johnson/Humphrey: 43,127,041 (61.1%)
  • Goldwater/Miller: 27,175,754 (38.5%)
Opponent(s)
Hubert Humphrey (Democratic)

1968, 1972

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Presidential
Nominee
1968 (won), 1972 (won) Vice Presidential
Nominee
Richard Nixon of NY (1968),
CA (1972)
(1913–1994)
Prior public experience
Higher education
Prior public experience
Higher education
Spiro Agnew of MD
(1918–1996)
Opponent(s)
Hubert Humphrey (Democratic)
George Wallace (American
Independent
)
Electoral vote
  • Nixon/Agnew: 301 (55.9%)
  • Humphrey/Muskie: 191 (35.5%)
  • Wallace/LeMay: 46 (8.6%)
Popular vote
  • Nixon/Agnew: 31,783,783 (43.4%)
  • Humphrey/Muskie: 31,271,839 (42.7%)
  • Wallace/LeMay: 9,901,118 (14.5%)
Opponent(s)
Ed Muskie (Democratic)
Curtis LeMay (American
Independent
)
Opponent(s)
George McGovern (Democratic)
Electoral vote
Popular vote
  • Nixon/Agnew: 47,168,710 (60.6%)
  • McGovern/Shriver 29,173,222 (37.5%)
Opponent(s)
Sargent Shriver (Democratic)

1976

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Presidential
Nominee
1976 (lost) Vice Presidential
Nominee
Gerald Ford of MI
(1913–2006)
Prior public experience
Higher education
Prior public experience
Higher education
Bob Dole of KS
(1923–present)
Opponent(s)
Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
Electoral vote (President)
  • Carter: 297 (55.2%)
  • Ford: 240 (44.6%)[9]
  • Reagan: 1 (0.2%)
Electoral vote (Vice President)
  • Mondale: 297 (55.2%)
  • Dole: 241 (44.8%)
Popular vote
  • Carter/Mondale: 40,831,881 (50.1%)
  • Ford/Dole: 39,148,634 (48.0%)
Opponent(s)
Walter Mondale (Democratic)

1980, 1984

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Presidential
Nominee
1980 (won), 1984 (won) Vice Presidential
Nominee
Ronald Reagan of CA
(1911–2004)
Prior public experience
Higher education
Prior public experience
Higher education
George H. W. Bush of TX
(1924–2018)
Opponent(s)
Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
John Anderson (Independent)
Ed Clark (Libertarian)
Electoral vote
  • Reagan/Bush: 489 (90.9%)
  • Carter/Mondale: 49 (9.1%)
Popular vote
  • Reagan/Bush: 43,903,230 (50.8%)
  • Carter/Mondale: 35,480,115 (41.0%)
  • Anderson/Lucey: 5,719,850 (6.6%)
  • Clark/Koch: 921,128 (1.06%)
Opponent(s)
Walter Mondale (Democratic)
Patrick Lucey (Independent)
David Koch (Libertarian)
Opponent(s)
Walter Mondale (Democratic)
Electoral vote
  • Reagan/Bush: 525 (97.6%)
  • Mondale/Ferraro: 13 (2.4%)
Popular vote
  • Reagan/Bush: 54,455,472 (58.8%)
  • Mondale/Ferraro: 37,577,352 (40.6%)
Opponent(s)
Geraldine Ferraro (Democratic)

1988, 1992

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Presidential
Nominee
1988 (won), 1992 (lost) Vice Presidential
Nominee
George H. W. Bush of TX
(1924–2018)
Prior public experience
Higher education
Prior public experience
Higher education
Dan Quayle of IN
(1947–present)
Opponent(s)
Michael Dukakis (Democratic)
Electoral vote (President)
  • Bush: 426 (79.2%)
  • Dukakis: 111 (20.6%)[10]
  • Bentsen: 1 (0.2%)
Electoral vote (Vice President)
  • Quayle: 426 (79.2%)
  • Bentsen: 111 (20.6%)[10]
  • Dukakis: 1 (0.2%)
Popular vote
  • Bush/Quayle: 48,886,097 (53.4%)
  • Dukakis/Bentsen: 41,809,074 (45.7%)
Opponent(s)
Lloyd Bentsen (Democratic)
Opponent(s)
Bill Clinton (Democratic)
Ross Perot (Independent)
Electoral vote
  • Clinton/Gore: 370 (68.8%)
  • Bush/Quayle: 168 (31.2%)
Popular vote
  • Clinton/Gore: 44,909,806 (43.0%)
  • Bush/Quayle: 39,104,550 (37.5%)
  • Perot/Stockdale: 19,743,821 (18.9%)
Opponent(s)
Al Gore (Democratic)
James Stockdale (Independent)

1996

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Presidential
Nominee
1996 (lost) Vice Presidential
Nominee
Bob Dole of KS
(1923–present)
Prior public experience
Higher education
Prior public experience
Higher education
Jack Kemp of NY
(1935–2009)
Opponent(s)
Bill Clinton (Democratic)
Ross Perot (Reform)
Electoral vote
  • Clinton/Gore: 379 (70.4%)
  • Dole/Kemp: 159 (29.6%)
Popular vote
  • Clinton/Gore: 47,401,185 (49.2%)
  • Dole/Kemp: 39,197,469 (40.7%)
  • Perot/Choate: 8,085,294 (8.4%)
Opponent(s)
Al Gore (Democratic)
Pat Choate (Reform)

2000, 2004

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Presidential
Nominee
2000 (won), 2004 (won) Vice Presidential
Nominee
George W. Bush of TX
(1946–present)
Prior public experience
Higher education
Prior public experience
Higher education
Dick Cheney of WY
(1941–present)
Opponent(s)
Al Gore (Democratic)
Ralph Nader (Green)
Electoral vote
  • Bush/Cheney: 271 (50.4%)
  • Gore/Lieberman: 266 (49.4%)
Popular vote
  • Gore/Lieberman: 50,999,897 (48.4%)
  • Bush/Cheney: 50,456,002 (47.9%)
  • Nader/LaDuke: 2,882,955 (2.74%)
Opponent(s)
Joe Lieberman (Democratic)
Winona LaDuke (Green)
Opponent(s)
John Kerry (Democratic)
Electoral vote (President)
  • Bush: 286 (53.2%)
  • Kerry: 251 (46.7%)[11]
  • Edwards: 1 (0.2%)
Electoral vote (Vice President)
  • Cheney: 286 (53.2%)
  • Edwards: 252 (46.8%)
Popular vote
  • Bush/Cheney: 62,040,610 (50.7%)
  • Kerry/Edwards: 59,028,444 (48.3%)
Opponent(s)
John Edwards (Democratic)

2008

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Presidential
Nominee
2008 (lost) Vice Presidential
Nominee
John McCain of AZ
(1936–2018)
Prior public experience
Higher education
Prior public experience
Higher education
Sarah Palin of AK
(1964–present)
Opponent(s)
Barack Obama (Democratic)
Electoral vote
  • Obama/Biden: 365 (67.8%)
  • McCain/Palin: 173 (32.2%)
Popular vote
  • Obama/Biden: 69,498,516 (52.9%)
  • McCain/Palin: 59,948,323 (45.7%)
Opponent(s)
Joe Biden (Democratic)

2012

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Presidential
Nominee
2012 (lost) Vice Presidential
Nominee
Mitt Romney of MA
(1947–present)
Prior public experience
Higher education
Prior public experience
Higher education
Paul Ryan of WI
(1970–present)
Opponent(s)
Barack Obama (Democratic)
Electoral vote
  • Obama/Biden: 332 (61.7%)
  • Romney/Ryan: 206 (38.3%)
Popular vote
  • Obama/Biden: 65,915,796 (51.1%)
  • Romney/Ryan: 60,933,500 (47.2%)
Opponent(s)
Joe Biden (Democratic)

2016, 2020

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Presidential
Nominee
2016 (won), 2020 (pending) Vice Presidential
Nominee
Donald Trump of NY (2016),
FL (2020)
(1946–present)
Prior public experience
Higher education
Prior public experience
Higher education
Mike Pence of IN
(1959–present)
Opponent(s)
Hillary Clinton (Democratic)
Gary Johnson (Libertarian)
Jill Stein (Green)
Electoral vote (President)[12]
Electoral vote (Vice President)
Popular vote
  • Clinton/Kaine: 65,853,516 (48.2%)
  • Trump/Pence: 62,984,825 (46.1%)
  • Johnson/Weld: 4,489,341 (3.28%)
  • Stein/Baraka: 1,457,216 (1.07%)
Opponent(s)
Tim Kaine (Democratic)
Bill Weld (Libertarian)
Ajamu Baraka (Green)
Opponent(s)
Joe Biden (Democratic)
Electoral vote
  • Pending
Popular vote
  • Pending
Opponent(s)
Kamala Harris (Democratic)

19th century

[edit]

1828, 1832

[edit]
Presidential
Nominee
1828 (won), 1832 (won) Vice Presidential
Nominee
Andrew Jackson of TN
(1767–1845)
Prior public experience
Higher education
  • None
Prior public experience
Higher education
John C. Calhoun of SC
(1782–1850)
Prior public experience
Higher education
  • None
Martin Van Buren of NY
(1782–1862)
Opponent(s)
John Quincy Adams (National Republican)
Electoral vote (President)
  • Jackson: 178 (68.2%)
  • Adams: 83 (31.8%)
Electoral vote (Vice President)[13]
  • Calhoun: 171 (65.5%)
  • Rush: 83 (31.8%)
  • Smith: 7 (2.7%)
Popular vote
  • Jackson/Calhoun: 642,553 (55.9%)
  • Adams/Rush: 500,897 (43.7%)
Opponent(s)
Richard Rush (National Republican)
Opponent(s)
Henry Clay (Whig)
William Wirt (Anti-Masonic)
Electoral vote (President)[14]
  • Jackson: 219 (76.0%)
  • Clay: 49 (17.0%)
  • Floyd: 11 (3.8%)
  • Wirt: 7 (2.4%)
  • None: 2 (0.7%)
Electoral vote (Vice President)
  • Van Buren: 189 (65.6%)
  • Sargent: 49 (17.0%)
  • Wilkins: 30 (10.4%)
  • Lee: 11 (3.8%)
  • Ellmaker: 7 (2.4%)
  • None: 2 (0.7%)
Popular vote
  • Jackson/Van Buren: 701,780 (54.7%)
  • Clay/Sargent: 484,205 (36.9%)
  • Wirt/Ellmaker: 100,715 (7.8%)
Opponent(s)
John Sergeant (Whig)
Amos Ellmaker (Anti-Masonic)

1836, 1840

[edit]
Presidential
Nominee
1836 (won), 1840 (lost) Vice Presidential
Nominee
Martin Van Buren of NY
(1782–1862)
Prior public experience
Higher education
  • None
Prior public experience
Higher education
Richard Johnson of KY
(1780–1850)
Opponent(s)
William Harrison (Northern Whig)
Hugh White (Southern Whig)
Electoral vote (President)[15]
  • Van Buren: 170 (57.8%)
  • Harrison: 73 (24.8%)
  • White: 26 (8.8%)
  • Webster: 14 (4.8%)
  • Magnum: 11 (3.7%)
Electoral vote (Vice President)
  • Johnson 147 (50.0%)
  • Granger: 77 (26.2%)
  • Tyler: 47 (16.0%)
  • Smith: 23 (7.8%)
Popular vote
  • Van Buren/Johnson: 764,176 (50.8%)
  • Harrison/Granger: 550,816 (36.6%)
  • White/Tyler: 146,109 (9.7%)
  • Webster/Granger: 41,201 (2.7%)
Opponent(s)
Francis Granger (Northern Whig)
John Tyler (Southern Whig)
Opponent(s)
William Harrison (Whig)
Electoral vote
  • Harrison/Tyler: 234 (79.6%)
  • Van Buren/Johnson: 60 (20.4%)
Popular vote
  • Harrison/Tyler: 1,275,390 (52.9%)
  • Van Buren/Johnson: 1,128,854 (46.8%)
Opponent(s)
John Tyler (Whig)

1844

[edit]
Presidential
Nominee
1844 (won) Vice Presidential
Nominee
James Polk of TN
(1795–1849)
Prior public experience
Higher education
Prior public experience
Higher education
George Dallas of PA
(1792–1864)
Opponent(s)
Henry Clay (Whig)
Electoral vote
  • Polk/Dallas: 170 (61.8%)
  • Clay/Frelinghuysen: 105 (38.2%)
Popular vote
  • Polk/Dallas: 1,339,494 (49.5%)
  • Clay/Frelinghuysen: 1,300,004 (49.1%)
Opponent(s)
Theodore Frelinghuysen (Whig)

1848

[edit]
Presidential
Nominee
1848 (lost) Vice Presidential
Nominee
Lewis Cass of MI
(1782–1866)
Prior public experience
Higher education
  • None
Prior public experience
Higher education
William Butler of KY
(1791–1880)
Opponent(s)
Zachary Taylor (Whig)
Martin Van Buren (Free Soil)
Electoral vote
  • Taylor/Fillmore: 163 (56.2%)
  • Cass/Butler: 127 (43.8%)
Popular vote
  • Taylor/Fillmore: 1,361,393 (47.1%)
  • Cass/Butler: 1,223,460 (42.5%)
  • Van Buren/Adams 291,501 (10.1%)
Opponent(s)
Millard Fillmore (Whig)
Charles Adams (Free Soil)

1852

[edit]
Presidential
Nominee
1852 (won) Vice Presidential
Nominee
Franklin Pierce of NH
(1804–1869)
Prior public experience
Higher education
Prior public experience
Higher education
William King of AL
(1786–1853)
Opponent(s)
Winfield Scott (Whig)
John Hale (Free Soil)
Electoral vote
  • Pierce/King: 254 (85.8%)
  • Scott/Graham: 42 (14.2%)
Popular vote
  • Pierce/King: 1,607,510 (50.8%)
  • Scott/Graham: 1,386,942 (43.9%)
  • Hale/Julian: 155,210 (4.9%)
Opponent(s)
William Graham (Whig)
George Julian (Free Soil)

1856

[edit]
Presidential
Nominee
1856 (won) Vice Presidential
Nominee
James Buchanan of PA
(1791–1868)
Prior public experience
Higher education
Prior public experience
Higher education
John Breckinridge of KY
(1821–1875)
Opponent(s)
John Frémont (Republican)
Millard Fillmore (Know Nothing)
Electoral vote
  • Buchanan/Breckinridge: 174 (58.8%)
  • Frémont/Dayton: 114 (38.5%)
  • Fillmore/Donelson: 8 (2.7%)
Popular vote
  • Buchanan/Breckinridge: 1,836,072 (45.3%)
  • Frémont/Dayton: 1,342,345 (33.1%)
  • Fillmore/Donelson: 873,053 (21.5%)
Opponent(s)
William Dayton (Republican)
Andrew Donelson (Know Nothing)

1860

[edit]
Presidential
Nominee
1860 (lost)[16] Vice Presidential
Nominee
Stephen Douglas of IL
(1813–1861)
Prior public experience
Higher education
  • None
Prior public experience
Higher education
Herschel Johnson of GA
(1812–1880)
Opponent(s)
Abraham Lincoln (Republican)
John Breckinridge (Southern Democrats)
John Bell (Constitutional Union)
Electoral vote
  • Lincoln/Hamlin: 180 (59.4%)
  • Breckinridge/Lane: 72 (23.8%)
  • Bell/Everett: 39 (12.9%)
  • Douglas/Johnson: 12 (4.0%)
Popular vote
  • Lincoln/Hamlin: 1,865,908 (39.7%)
  • Douglas/Johnson: 1,380,202 (29.5%)
  • Breckinridge/Lane: 848,019 (18.2%)
  • Bell/Everett: 590,901 (12.7%)
Opponent(s)
Hannibal Hamlin (Republican)
Joe Lane (Southern Democrats)
Edward Everett (Constitutional Union)

1864

[edit]
Presidential
Nominee
1864 (lost) Vice Presidential
Nominee
George McClellan of NJ
(1826–1885)
Prior public experience
Higher education
Prior public experience
Higher education
George Pendleton of OH
(1825–1889)
|
Opponent(s)
Abraham Lincoln (Republican)
Electoral vote
  • Lincoln/Johnson: 212 (91.0%)[1]
  • McClellan/Pendleton: 21 (9.0%)[2]
Popular vote
  • Lincoln/Johnson: 2,218,388 (55.0%)
  • McClellan/Pendleton: 1,812,807 (45.0%)
Opponent(s)
Andrew Johnson (Republican)

1868

[edit]
Presidential
Nominee
1868 (lost) Vice Presidential
Nominee
Horatio Seymour of NY
(1810–1886)
Prior public experience
Higher education
Prior public experience
Higher education
Francis Blair of MO
(1821–1875)
|
Opponent(s)
Ulysses S. Grant (Republican)
Electoral vote
  • Grant/Colfax: 214 (72.8%)
  • Seymour/Blair: 80 (27.2%)
Popular vote
  • Grant/Colfax: 3,013,421 (52.7%)
  • Seymour/Blair: 2,706,829 (47.3%)
Opponent(s)
Schuyler Colfax (Republican)

1872

[edit]
Presidential
Nominee
1872 (lost) Vice Presidential
Nominee
Horace Greeley of NY
(1811–1872)
Prior public experience
Higher education
  • None
Prior public experience
Higher education
Gratz Brown of MO
(1826–1885)
Opponent(s)
Ulysses S. Grant (Republican)
Electoral vote
  • Grant/Wilson: 286 (81.3%)[3]
  • Greeley/Brown: 66 (18.8%)*[4][5]
Popular vote
  • Grant/Wilson: 3,598,235 (55.6%)
  • Greely/Brown: 2,834,761 (43.8%)
Opponent(s)
Henry Wilson (Republican)

1876

[edit]
Presidential
Nominee
1876 (lost) Vice Presidential
Nominee
Samuel Tilden of NY
(1814–1886)
Prior public experience
Higher education
Prior public experience
Higher education
Thomas Hendricks of IN
(1819–1885)
Opponent(s)
Rutherford Hayes (Republican)
Electoral vote
  • Hayes/Wheeler: 185 (50.1%)
  • Tilden/Hendricks: 184 (49.9%)
Popular vote
  • Tilden/Hendricks: 4,288,546 (50.9%)
  • Hayes/Wheeler: 4,034,311 (47.9%)
Opponent(s)
William Wheeler (Republican)

1880

[edit]
Presidential
Nominee
1880 (lost) Vice Presidential
Nominee
Winfield Hancock of PA
(1824–1886)
Prior public experience
Higher education
Prior public experience
Higher education
William English of IN
(1822–1896)
Opponent(s)
James Garfield (Democratic)
Electoral vote
  • Garfield/Arthur: 214 (58.0%)
  • Hancock/English: 155 (42.0%)
Popular vote
  • Garfield/Arthur: 4,446,158 (48.3%)
  • Hancock/English: 4,444,260 (48.2%)
Opponent(s)
Chester Arthur (Democratic)

1884, 1888, 1892

[edit]
Presidential
Nominee
1884 (won), 1888 (lost), 1892 (won) Vice Presidential
Nominee
Grover Cleveland of NY
(1837–1908)
Prior public experience
Higher education
  • None
Prior public experience
Higher education
Thomas Hendricks of IN
(1819–1885)
Prior public experience
Higher education
  • None
Allen Thurman of OH
(1813–1895)
Prior public experience
Higher education
Adlai Stevenson of IL
(1835–1914)
Opponent(s)
James Blaine (Republican)
Electoral vote
  • Cleveland/Hendricks: 219 (54.6%)
  • Blaine/Logan: 182 (45.4%)
Popular vote
  • Cleveland/Hendricks: 4,914,482 (48.9%)
  • Blaine/Logan: 4,856,905 (48.3%)
Opponent(s)
John Logan (Republican)
Opponent(s)
Benjamin Harrison (Republican)
Electoral vote
  • Harrison/Morton: 233 (58.1%)
  • Cleveland/Thurman: 168 (41.9%)
Popular vote
  • Cleveland/Thurman: 5,534,488 (48.6%)
  • Harrison/Morton: 5,443,892 (47.8%)
Opponent(s)
Levi Morton (Republican)
Opponent(s)
Benjamin Harrison (Republican)
James Weaver (Populist)
Electoral vote
  • Cleveland/Stevenson: 277 (62.4%)
  • Harrison/Reid: 145 (32.7%)
  • Weaver/Field: 22 (5.0%)
Popular vote
  • Cleveland/Stevenson: 5,556,918 (46.0%)
  • Harrison/Reid: 5,176,108 (43.0%)
  • Weaver/Field: 1,041,028 (8.5%)
Opponent(s)
Whitelaw Reid (Republican)
James Field (Populist)

1896, 1900

[edit]
Presidential
Nominee
1896 (lost), 1900 (lost) Vice Presidential
Nominee
William Jennings Bryan of NE
(1860–1925)
Prior public experience
Higher education
Prior public experience
  • None
Higher education
  • None
Arthur Sewall of ME
(1835–1900)
Prior public experience
Higher education
Adlai Stevenson of IL
(1835–1914)
Opponent(s)
William McKinley (Republican)
Electoral vote (President)
  • McKinley: 271 (60.6%)
  • Bryan: 176 (39.4%)
Electoral vote (Vice President)
  • Hobart: 271 (60.6%)
  • Sewall: 149 (33.3%)
  • Watson: 27 (6.0%)
Popular vote
  • McKinley/Hobart: 7,102,246 (51.0%)
  • Bryan/Sewall-Watson: 6,492,559 (46.7%)
Opponent(s)
Garret Hobart (Republican)
Tom Watson (Populist)
Electoral vote
  • McKinley/Roosevelt: 292 (65.3%)
  • Bryan/Stevenson: 155 (34.7%)
Popular vote
  • McKinley/Roosevelt: 7,228,864 (51.6%)
  • Bryan/Stevenson: 6,370,932 (45.5%)
Opponent(s)
Theodore Roosevelt (Republican)

20th century

[edit]

1904

[edit]
Presidential
Nominee
1904 (lost) Vice Presidential
Nominee
Alton Parker of NY
(1852–1926)
Prior public experience
Higher education
Prior public experience
Higher education
  • None
Henry Davis of WV
(1823–1916)
Opponent(s)
Theodore Roosevelt (Republican)
Electoral vote
  • Roosevelt/Fairbanks: 336 (70.6%)
  • Parker/Davis: 140 (29.4%)
Popular vote
  • Roosevelt/Fairbanks: 7,630,457 (56.4%)
  • Parker/Davis: 5,083,880 (37.6%)
Opponent(s)
Charles Fairbanks (Republican)

1908

[edit]
Presidential
Nominee
1908 (lost) Vice Presidential
Nominee
William Jennings Bryan of NE
(1860–1925)
Prior public experience
Higher education
Prior public experience
Higher education
John Kern of IN
(1849–1917)
Opponent(s)
William Taft (Republican)
Electoral vote
  • Roosevelt/Fairbanks: 336 (70.6%)
  • Parker/Davis: 140 (29.4%)
Popular vote
  • Roosevelt/Fairbanks: 7,630,457 (56.4%)
  • Parker/Davis: 5,083,880 (37.6%)
Opponent(s)
Jim Sherman (Republican)

1912, 1916

[edit]
Presidential
Nominee
1912 (won), 1916 (won) Vice Presidential
Nominee
Woodrow Wilson of NJ
(1856–1924)
Prior public experience
Higher education
Prior public experience
Higher education
Thomas Marshall of IN
(1854–1925)
Opponent(s)
Nicholas Butler (Republican)
Theodore Roosevelt (Progressive)
Eugene Debs (Socialist)
Electoral vote
  • Wilson/Marshall: 435 (81.9%)
  • Roosevelt/Johnson: 88 (16.6%)
  • Taft/Butler: 8 (1.5%)
Popular vote
  • Wilson/Marshall: 6,296,284 (41.8%)
  • Roosevelt/Johnson: 4,122,721 (24.7%)
  • Taft/Butler: 3,486,242 (23.2%)
  • Debs/Seidel: 901,551 (6.0%)
Opponent(s)
William Taft (Republican)
Hiram Johnson (Progressive)
Emil Seidel (Socialist)
Opponent(s)
Charles Hughes (Republican)
Electoral vote
  • Wilson/Marshall: 277 (52.2%)
  • Hughes/Fairbanks: 254 (47.8%)
Popular vote
  • Wilson/Marshall: (49.2%)
  • Hughes/Fairbanks: 8,548,728 (46.1%)
Opponent(s)
Charles Fairbanks (Republican)

1920

[edit]
Presidential
Nominee
1920 (lost) Vice Presidential
Nominee
James Cox of OH
(1870–1957)
Prior public experience
Higher education
  • None
Prior public experience
Higher education
Franklin D. Roosevelt of NY
(1882–1945)
Opponent(s)
Warren G. Harding (Republican)
Electoral vote
  • Harding/Coolidge: 404 (76.1%)
  • Cox/Roosevelt: 127 (23.9%)
Popular vote
  • Harding/Coolidge: 16,144,093 (60.3%)
  • Cox/Roosevelt: 9,139,661 (34.2%)
Opponent(s)
Calvin Coolidge (Republican)

1924

[edit]
Presidential
Nominee
1924 (lost) Vice Presidential
Nominee
John Davis of WV
(1873–1955)
Prior public experience
Higher education
Prior public experience
Higher education
Charles Bryan of NE
(1867–1945)
Opponent(s)
Calvin Coolidge (Republican)
Burton Wheeler (Progressive)
Electoral vote
  • Coolidge/Dawes: 382 (71.9%)
  • Davis/Bryan: 136 (25.6%)
  • La Follette/Wheeler: 13 (2.4%)
Popular vote
  • Coolidge/Dawes: 15,723,789 (54.0%)
  • Davis/Bryan: 8,386,242 (28.8%)
  • La Follette/Wheeler: 4,831,706 (16.6%)
Opponent(s)
Charles Dawes (Republican)
Burton Wheeler (Progressive)

1928

[edit]
Presidential
Nominee
1928 (lost) Vice Presidential
Nominee
Al Smith of NY
(1873–1944)
Prior public experience
Higher education
  • None
Prior public experience
Higher education
Joe Robinson of AR
(1872–1937)
Opponent(s)
Herbert Hoover (Republican)
Electoral vote
  • Hoover/Curtis: 444 (83.6%)
  • Smith/Robinson: 87 (16.4%)
Popular vote
  • Hoover/Curtis: 21,427,123: (58.2%)
  • Smith/Robinson: 15,015,464 (40.8%)
Opponent(s)
Charles Curtis (Republican)

1932, 1936, 1940, 1944

[edit]
Presidential
Nominee
1932 (won), 1936 (won), 1940 (won), 1944 (won) Vice Presidential
Nominee
Franklin D. Roosevelt of NY
(1882–1945)
Prior public experience
Higher education
Prior public experience
Higher education
Jack Garner of TX
(1868–1967)
Prior public experience
Higher education
Henry Wallace of IA
(1888–1965)
Prior public experience
Higher education
Harry S. Truman of MO
(1884–1972)
Opponent(s)
Herbert Hoover (Republican)
Electoral vote
  • Roosevelt/Garner: 472 (88.9%)
  • Hoover/Curtis: 59 (11.1%)
Popular vote
  • Roosevelt/Garner: 22,821,277 (57.4%)
  • Hoover/Curtis: 15,761,254 (39.7%)
Opponent(s)
Charles Curtis (Republican)
Opponent(s)
Alf Landon (Republican)
Electoral vote
  • Roosevelt/Garner: 523 (98.5%)
  • Landon/Knox: 8 (1.5%)
Popular vote
  • Roosevelt/Garner: 27,752,648 (60.8%)
  • Landon/Knox: 16,681,862 (36.5%)
Opponent(s)
Frank Knox (Republican)
Opponent(s)
Wendell Willkie (Republican)
Electoral vote
  • Roosevelt/Wallace: 449 (84.6%)
  • Willkie/McNary: 82 (15.4%)
Popular vote
  • Roosevelt/Wallace 27,313,945: (54.7%)
  • Willkie/McNary: (44.8%)
Opponent(s)
Charles McNary (Republican)
Opponent(s)
Thomas Dewey (Republican)
Electoral vote
  • Roosevelt/Truman: 432 (81.4%)
  • Dewey/Bicker: 99 (18.6%)
Popular vote
  • Roosevelt/Truman: 25,612,916 (53.4%)
  • Dewey/Bicker: 22,017,929 (45.3%)
Opponent(s)
John Bricker (Republican)

1948

[edit]
Presidential
Nominee
1948 (won) Vice Presidential
Nominee
Harry S. Truman of MO
(1884–1972)
Prior public experience
Higher education
Prior public experience
Higher education
Alben Barkley of KY
(1877–1956)
Opponent(s)
Thomas Dewey (Republican)
Fielding Wright (Dixiecrat)
Glen Taylor (Progressive)
Electoral vote
  • Truman/Barkley: 303 (57.1%)
  • Dewey/Warren: 189 (35.6%)
  • Thurmond/Wright: 39 (7.3%)
Popular vote
  • Truman/Barkley: 24,179,347 (49.6%)
  • Dewey/Warren: 21,991,292 (45.1%)
  • Thurmond/Wright: 1,175,930 (2.4%)
  • Wallace/Taylor: 1,157,328 (2.3%)
Opponent(s)
Earl Warren (Republican)
Fielding Wright (Dixiecrat)
Glen Taylor (Progressive)

1952, 1956

[edit]
Presidential
Nominee
1952 (lost), 1956 (lost) Vice Presidential
Nominee
Adlai Stevenson of IL
(1900–1965)
Prior public experience
Higher education
Prior public experience
Higher education
John Sparkman of AL
(1899–1985)
Prior public experience
Higher education
Estes Kefauver of TN
(1903–1963)
Opponent(s)
Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)
Electoral vote
  • Eisenhower/Nixon: 442 (83.2%)
  • Stevenson/Sparkman: 89 (16.8%)
Popular vote
  • Eisenhower/Nixon: 34,075,529 (55.2%)
  • Stevenson/Sparkman: 27,375,090 (44.2%)
Opponent(s)
Richard Nixon (Republican)
Electoral vote
  • Eisenhower/Nixon: 457 (86.1%)[7]
  • Stevenson/Kefauver: 73 (13.7%)
  • Jones/Talmadge: 1 (0.2%)
Popular vote
  • Eisenhower/Nixon: 35,579,180 (57.4%)
  • Stevenson/Kefauver: 26,028,028 (42.0%)

1960

[edit]
Presidential
Nominee
1960 (won) Vice Presidential
Nominee
John F. Kennedy of MA
(1917–1963)
Prior public experience
Higher education
Prior public experience
Higher education
Lyndon Johnson of TX
(1908–1973)
Opponent(s)
Richard Nixon (Republican)
Harry Byrd (Southern
Democrats
)
Electoral vote (President)
  • Kennedy: 303 (56.4%)
  • Nixon: 219 (40.8%)
  • Byrd: 15 (2.8%)
Electoral vote (Vice President)
  • Johnson: 303 (56.4%)
  • Lodge: 219 (40.8%)
  • Thurmond: 14 (2.6%)
  • Goldwater: 1 (0.2%)
Popular vote
  • Kennedy/Johnson: 34,220,984 (49.7%)
  • Nixon/Lodge: 34,108,157 (49.6%)
  • Byrd/Thurmond: 116,248 (0.17%)
Opponent(s)
Henry Cabot Lodge (Republican)
Harry Byrd (Southern
Democrats
)

1964

[edit]
Presidential
Nominee
1964 (won) Vice Presidential
Nominee
Lyndon Johnson of TX
(1908–1973)
Prior public experience
Higher education
Prior public experience
Higher education
Hubert Humphrey of MN
(1911–1978)
Opponent(s)
Barry Goldwater (Republican)
Electoral vote
  • Johnson/Humphrey: 486 (90.3%)
  • Goldwater/Miller: 52 (9.7%)
Popular vote
  • Johnson/Humphrey: 43,127,041 (61.1%)
  • Goldwater/Miller: 27,175,754 (38.5%)
Opponent(s)
William Miller (Republican)

1968

[edit]
Presidential
Nominee
1968 (lost) Vice Presidential
Nominee
Hubert Humphrey of MN
(1911–1978)
Prior public experience
Higher education
Prior public experience
Higher education
Ed Muskie of ME
(1914–1996)
Opponent(s)
Richard Nixon (Republican)
George Wallace (American
Independent
)
Electoral vote
  • Nixon/Agnew: 301 (55.9%)
  • Humphrey/Muskie: 191 (35.5%)
  • Wallace/LeMay: 46 (8.6%)
Popular vote
  • Nixon/Agnew: 31,783,783 (43.4%)
  • Humphrey/Muskie: 31,271,839 (42.7%)
  • Wallace/LeMay: 9,901,118 (14.5%)
Opponent(s)
Spiro Agnew (Republican)
George Wallace (American
Independent
)

1972

[edit]
Presidential
Nominee
1972 (lost) Vice Presidential
Nominee
George McGovern of SD
(1922–2012)
Prior public experience
Higher education
Prior public experience
Higher education
Tom Eagleton of MO[17]
(1929–2007)
Prior public experience
Higher education
Sargent Shriver of MD
(1915–2011)
Opponent(s)
Richard Nixon (Republican)
Electoral vote
Popular vote
  • Nixon/Agnew: 47,168,710 (60.6%)
  • McGovern/Shriver 29,173,222 (37.5%)
Opponent(s)
Spiro Agnew (Republican)

1976, 1980

[edit]
Presidential
Nominee
1976 (won), 1980 (lost) Vice Presidential
Nominee
Jimmy Carter of GA
(1924–present)
Prior public experience
Higher education
Prior public experience
Higher education
Walter Mondale of MN
(1928–present)
Opponent(s)
Gerald Ford (Republican)
Electoral vote (President)
  • Carter: 297 (55.2%)
  • Ford: 240 (44.6%)[9]
  • Reagan: 1 (0.2%)
Electoral vote (Vice President)
  • Mondale: 297 (55.2%)
  • Dole: 241 (44.8%)
Popular vote
  • Carter/Mondale: 40,831,881 (50.1%)
  • Ford/Dole: 39,148,634 (48.0%)
Opponent(s)
Bob Dole (Republican)
Opponent(s)
Ronald Reagan (Republican)
John Anderson (Independent)
Ed Clark (Libertarian)
Electoral vote
  • Reagan/Bush: 489 (90.9%)
  • Carter/Mondale: 49 (9.1%)
Popular vote
  • Reagan/Bush: 43,903,230 (50.8%)
  • Carter/Mondale: 35,480,115 (41.0%)
  • Anderson/Lucey: 5,719,850 (6.6%)
  • Clark/Koch: 921,128 (1.06%)
Opponent(s)
George H. W. Bush (Republican)
Patrick Lucey (Independent)
David Koch (Libertarian)

1984

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Presidential
Nominee
1984 (lost) Vice Presidential
Nominee
Walter Mondale of MN
(1928–present)
Prior public experience
Higher education
Prior public experience
Higher education
Geraldine Ferraro of NY
(1935–2011)
Opponent(s)
Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Electoral vote
  • Reagan/Bush: 525 (97.6%)
  • Mondale/Ferraro: 13 (2.4%)
Popular vote
  • Reagan/Bush: 54,455,472 (58.8%)
  • Mondale/Ferraro: 37,577,352 (40.6%)
Opponent(s)
George H. W. Bush (Republican)

1988

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Presidential
Nominee
1988 (lost) Vice Presidential
Nominee
Michael Dukakis of MA
(1933–present)
Prior public experience
Higher education
Prior public experience
Higher education
Lloyd Bentsen of TX
(1921–2006)
Opponent(s)
George H. W. Bush (Republican)
Electoral vote (President)
  • Bush: 426 (79.2%)
  • Dukakis: 111 (20.6%)[10]
  • Bentsen: 1 (0.2%)
Electoral vote (Vice President)
  • Quayle: 426 (79.2%)
  • Bentsen: 111 (20.6%)[10]
  • Dukakis: 1 (0.2%)
Popular vote
  • Bush/Quayle: 48,886,097 (53.4%)
  • Dukakis/Bentsen: 41,809,074 (45.7%)
Opponent(s)
Dan Quayle (Republican)

1992, 1996

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Presidential
Nominee
1992 (won), 1996 (won) Vice Presidential
Nominee
Bill Clinton of AR
(1946–present)
Prior public experience
Higher education
Prior public experience
Higher education
Al Gore of TN
(1948–present)
Opponent(s)
George H. W. Bush (Republican)
Ross Perot (Independent)
Electoral vote
  • Clinton/Gore: 370 (68.8%)
  • Bush/Quayle: 168 (31.2%)
Popular vote
  • Clinton/Gore: 44,909,806 (43.0%)
  • Bush/Quayle: 39,104,550 (37.5%)
  • Perot/Stockdale: 19,743,821 (18.9%)
Opponent(s)
Dan Quayle (Republican)
James Stockdale (Independent)
Opponent(s)
Bob Dole (Republican)
Ross Perot (Reform)
Electoral vote
  • Clinton/Gore: 379 (70.4%)
  • Dole/Kemp: 159 (29.6%)
Popular vote
  • Clinton/Gore: 47,401,185 (49.2%)
  • Dole/Kemp: 39,197,469 (40.7%)
  • Perot/Choate: 8,085,294 (8.4%)
Opponent(s)
Jack Kemp (Republican)
Pat Choate (Reform)

21st century

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2000

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Presidential
Nominee
2000 (lost) Vice Presidential
Nominee
Al Gore of TN
(1948–present)
Prior public experience
Higher education
Prior public experience
Higher education
Joe Lieberman of CT
(1942–present)
Opponent(s)
George W. Bush (Republican)
Ralph Nader (Green)
Electoral vote
  • Bush/Cheney: 271 (50.4%)
  • Gore/Lieberman: 266 (49.4%)
Popular vote
  • Gore/Lieberman: 50,999,897 (48.4%)
  • Bush/Cheney: 50,456,002 (47.9%)
  • Nader/LaDuke: 2,882,955 (2.74%)
Opponent(s)
Dick Cheney (Republican)
Winona LaDuke (Green)

2004

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Presidential
Nominee
2004 (lost) Vice Presidential
Nominee
John Kerry of MA
(1943–present)
Prior public experience
Higher education
Prior public experience
Higher education
John Edwards of NC
(1953–present)
Opponent(s)
George W. Bush (Republican)
Electoral vote (President)
  • Bush: 286 (53.2%)
  • Kerry: 251 (46.7%)[11]
  • Edwards: 1 (0.2%)
Electoral vote (Vice President)
  • Cheney: 286 (53.2%)
  • Edwards: 252 (46.8%)
Popular vote
  • Bush/Cheney: 62,040,610 (50.7%)
  • Kerry/Edwards: 59,028,444 (48.3%)
Opponent(s)
Dick Cheney (Republican)

2008, 2012

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Presidential
Nominee
2008 (won), 2012 (won) Vice Presidential
Nominee
Barack Obama of IL
(1961–present)
Prior public experience
Higher education
Prior public experience
Higher education
Joe Biden of DE
(1942–present)
Opponent(s)
John McCain (Republican)
Electoral vote
  • Obama/Biden: 365 (67.8%)
  • McCain/Palin: 173 (32.2%)
Popular vote
  • Obama/Biden: 69,498,516 (52.9%)
  • McCain/Palin: 59,948,323 (45.7%)
Opponent(s)
Sarah Palin (Democratic)
Opponent(s)
Mitt Romney (Republican)
Electoral vote
  • Obama/Biden: 332 (61.7%)
  • Romney/Ryan: 206 (38.3%)
Popular vote
  • Obama/Biden: 65,915,796 (51.1%)
  • Romney/Ryan: 60,933,500 (47.2%)
Opponent(s)
Paul Ryan (Republican)

2016

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Presidential
Nominee
2016 (lost) Vice Presidential
Nominee
Hillary Clinton of NY
(1947–present)
Prior public experience
Higher education
Prior public experience
Higher education
Tim Kaine of VA
(1958–present)
Opponent(s)
Donald Trump (Republican)
Gary Johnson (Libertarian)
Jill Stein (Green)
Electoral vote (President)[12]
Electoral vote (Vice President)
Popular vote
  • Clinton/Kaine: 65,853,516 (48.2%)
  • Trump/Pence: 62,984,825 (46.1%)
  • Johnson/Weld: 4,489,341 (3.28%)
  • Stein/Baraka: 1,457,216 (1.07%)
Opponent(s)
Mike Pence (Republican)
Bill Weld (Libertarian)
Ajamu Baraka (Green)

2020

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Presidential
Nominee
2020 (pending) Vice Presidential
Nominee
Joe Biden of DE
(1942–present)
Prior public experience
Higher education
Prior public experience
Higher education
Kamala Harris of CA
(1964–present)
Opponent(s)
Donald Trump (Republican)
Presumptive
Electoral vote
  • Pending
Popular vote
  • Pending
Opponent(s)
Mike Pence (Republican)
Presumptive

References

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  1. ^ a b If not for am unpledged elector and 17 invalidated electors from Union-occupied Louisiana and Texas, Lincoln and Johnson would have won 213 (91.0%) or 230 (91.6%) votes.
  2. ^ a b If not for the 17 invalidated electors from Union-occupied Louisiana and Texas, McClellan and Pendleton would have won 8.4% of votes.
  3. ^ a b If not for the 14 invalidated electors from voting irregularities in Arkansas and Louisiana, Grant and Wilson would have won 300 (82.0%) votes.
  4. ^ a b Greeley died after the election but before the Electoral College convened, and was not replaced for the vote. The ticket's intended delegates were scattered.
  5. ^ a b If not for the 14 invalidated electors for Grant and Wilson from voting irregularities in Arkansas and Louisiana, Greeley and Brown's 66 votes would have been 18.0%.
  6. ^ a b Sherman died before the 1912 election and Butler was declared the running mate after the election to receive his Electoral College votes.
  7. ^ a b If not for a faithless elector, Eisenhower and Nixon would have won 458 (86.3%) in 1956.
  8. ^ a b c d If not for a faithless elector, Nixon and Agnew would have won 521 (96.8%) Electoral College votes.
  9. ^ a b If not for a faithless elector, Ford would have won 241 (44.8%) votes.
  10. ^ a b c d A faithless elector swapped their votes for President and Vice President in the Electoral College, otherwise the Dukakis/Bentsen ticket would have won 112 (20.8%) votes.
  11. ^ a b A faithless elector voted Edwards for President and Vice President in the Electoral College, otherwise Kerry would have won 252 (46.8%) votes.
  12. ^ a b If not for faithless electors, Trump and Pence would have won 306 (56.9%) Electoral College votes each, while Clinton and Kaine would have won 232 (43.1%) votes.
  13. ^ If not for unpledged electors, Rush would have won 178 (68.2%) votes.
  14. ^ South Carolina's delegates were selected by the state legislature and not by popular vote, which went to the Nullifier ticket of Floyd/Lee, which did not campaign, while 30 Pennsylvania delegates voted Wilkins for Vice President. Two Maryland delegates did not cast votes.
  15. ^ The Whig Party ran regional candidates in 1836. William H. Harrison and Francis Granger ran in Northern states, while Hugh Lawson White and John Tyler ran in Southern states. Daniel Webster was on the ballot in Massachusetts and Willie Person Mangum received votes from the Electoral College without being on the ballot.
  16. ^ Douglas and Johnson were chosen at the national nominating convention after most of the Southern delegations walked out, who held a separate national nominating convention to nominate Breckinridge and Lane.
  17. ^ Eagleton withdrew from the ticket and was replaced by Shriver.