List of United States Democratic Party presidential tickets

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This is a list of American electoral candidates for the offices of President of the United States and Vice President of the United States of the modern Democratic Party, either duly preselected and nominated, or the presumptive nominees of a future preselection and election. Opponents who received over one percent of the popular vote or ran an official campaign that received Electoral College votes are listed. Offices held prior to Election Day are included, and those held on Election Day have an italicized end date.

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19th century

1828, 1832

Presidential
nominee
1828 (won), 1832 (won) Vice Presidential
nominee
Andrew Jackson of TN
(1767–1845)
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Prior public experience
Higher education
  • None
Prior public experience
Higher education
John C. Calhoun of SC
(1782–1850)
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Prior public experience
Higher education
  • None
Martin Van Buren of NY
(1782–1862)
Francis Alexander - Martin Van Buren - Google Art Project.jpg
Opponent(s)
John Quincy Adams (National Republican)
Electoral vote (President)
  • Jackson: 178 (68.2%)
  • Adams: 83 (31.8%)
Electoral vote (Vice President)[1]
  • 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)[2]
  • 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

Presidential
nominee
1836 (won), 1840 (lost) Vice Presidential
nominee
Martin Van Buren of NY
(1782–1862)
Francis Alexander - Martin Van Buren - Google Art Project.jpg
Prior public experience
Higher education
  • None
Prior public experience
Higher education
Richard Johnson of KY
(1780–1850)
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Opponent(s)
William Harrison (Northern Whig)
Hugh White (Southern Whig)
Electoral vote (President)[3]
  • Van Buren: 170 (57.8%)
  • Harrison: 73 (24.8%)
  • White: 26 (8.8%)
  • Webster: 14 (4.8%)
  • Magnum: 11 (3.7%)
Contingent vote (Vice President)
  • Johnson 33 (63.5%)
  • Granger: 16 (30.8%)
  • Blank: 3 (5.8%)
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 (President)
  • Harrison: 234 (79.6%)
  • Van Buren: 60 (20.4%)
Electoral vote (Vice President)
  • Tyler: 234 (79.6%)
  • Johnson: 48 (16.3%)
  • Tazewell: 11 (3.7%)
  • Polk: 1 (0.3%)
Popular vote
  • Harrison/Tyler: 1,275,390 (52.9%)
  • Van Buren/Johnson: 1,128,854 (46.8%)
Opponent(s)
John Tyler (Whig)

1844

Presidential
nominee
1844 (won) Vice Presidential
nominee
James Polk of TN
(1795–1849)
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Prior public experience
Higher education
Prior public experience
Higher education
Silas Wright of NY[4]
(1795–1847)
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Prior public experience
Higher education
George Dallas of PA
(1792–1864)
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Opponent(s)
Henry Clay (Whig)
James Birney (Liberty)
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%)
  • Birney/Morris: 62,103 (2.3%)
Opponent(s)
Theodore Frelinghuysen (Whig)
Thomas Morris (Liberty)

1848

Presidential
nominee
1848 (lost) Vice Presidential
nominee
Lewis Cass of MI
(1782–1866)
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Prior public experience
Higher education
  • None
Prior public experience
Higher education
William Butler of KY
(1791–1880)
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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

Presidential
nominee
1852 (won) Vice Presidential
nominee
Franklin Pierce of NH
(1804–1869)
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Prior public experience
Higher education
Prior public experience
Higher education
William King of AL
(1786–1853)
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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

Presidential
nominee
1856 (won) Vice Presidential
nominee
James Buchanan of PA
(1791–1868)
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Prior public experience
Higher education
Prior public experience
Higher education
John Breckinridge of KY
(1821–1875)
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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

Presidential
nominee
1860 (lost)[5] Vice Presidential
nominee
Stephen Douglas of IL
(1813–1861)
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Prior public experience
Higher education
  • None
Prior public experience
Higher education
Herschel Johnson of GA
(1812–1880)
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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

Presidential
nominee
1864 (lost) Vice Presidential
nominee
George McClellan of NJ
(1826–1885)
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Prior public experience
Higher education
Prior public experience
Higher education
George Pendleton of OH
(1825–1889)
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Opponent(s)
Abraham Lincoln (Republican)
Electoral vote
  • Lincoln/Johnson: 212 (91.0%)[6]
  • McClellan/Pendleton: 21 (9.0%)[7]
Popular vote
  • Lincoln/Johnson: 2,218,388 (55.0%)
  • McClellan/Pendleton: 1,812,807 (45.0%)
Opponent(s)
Andrew Johnson (Republican)

1868

Presidential
nominee
1868 (lost) Vice Presidential
nominee
Horatio Seymour of NY
(1810–1886)
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Prior public experience
Higher education
Prior public experience
Higher education
Francis Blair of MO
(1821–1875)
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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

Presidential
nominee
1872 (lost) Vice Presidential
nominee
Horace Greeley of NY
(1811–1872)
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Prior public experience
Higher education
  • None
Prior public experience
Higher education
Gratz Brown of MO
(1826–1885)
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Opponent(s)
Ulysses S. Grant (Republican)
Electoral vote
  • Grant/Wilson: 286 (81.3%)[8]
  • Greeley/Brown: 66 (18.8%)*[9][10]
Popular vote
  • Grant/Wilson: 3,598,235 (55.6%)
  • Greely/Brown: 2,834,761 (43.8%)
Opponent(s)
Henry Wilson (Republican)

1876

Presidential
nominee
1876 (lost) Vice Presidential
nominee
Samuel Tilden of NY
(1814–1886)
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Prior public experience
Higher education
Prior public experience
Higher education
Thomas Hendricks of IN
(1819–1885)
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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

Presidential
nominee
1880 (lost) Vice Presidential
nominee
Winfield Hancock of PA
(1824–1886)
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Prior public experience
Higher education
Prior public experience
Higher education
William English of IN
(1822–1896)
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Opponent(s)
James Garfield (Republican)
James Weaver (Greenback)
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%)
  • Weaver/Chambers: 308,649 (3.4%)
Opponent(s)
Chester Arthur (Republican)
Barzillai Chambers (Greenback)

1884, 1888, 1892

Presidential
nominee
1884 (won), 1888 (lost), 1892 (won) Vice Presidential
nominee
Grover Cleveland of NY
(1837–1908)
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Prior public experience
Higher education
  • None
Prior public experience
Higher education
Thomas Hendricks of IN
(1819–1885)
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Prior public experience
Higher education
  • None
Allen Thurman of OH
(1813–1895)
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Prior public experience
Higher education
Adlai Stevenson of IL
(1835–1914)
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Opponent(s)
James Blaine (Republican)
St. John (Prohibition)
Benjamin Butler (Greenback)
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%)
  • St. John/Daniel: 147,482 (1.5%)
  • Butler/West: 134,294 (1.3%)
Opponent(s)
John Logan (Republican)
William Daniel (Prohibition)
Absolom West (Greenback)
Opponent(s)
Benjamin Harrison (Republican)
Clinton Fisk (Prohibition)
Alson Streeter (Union Labor)
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%)
  • Fisk/Brooks: 249,819 (2.2%)
  • Streeter/Cunningham: 146,602 (1.3%)
Opponent(s)
Levi Morton (Republican)
John Brooks (Prohibition)
Charles Cunningham (Union Labor)
Opponent(s)
Benjamin Harrison (Republican)
James Weaver (Populist)
John Bidwell (Prohibition)
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%)
  • Bidwell/Cranfill: 270,879 (2.2%)
Opponent(s)
Whitelaw Reid (Republican)
James Field (Populist)
James Cranfill (Prohibition)

1896, 1900

Presidential
nominee
1896 (lost), 1900 (lost) Vice Presidential
nominee
William Jennings Bryan of NE
(1860–1925)
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Prior public experience
Higher education
Prior public experience
  • None
Higher education
  • None
Arthur Sewall of ME
(1835–1900)
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Prior public experience
Higher education
Adlai Stevenson of IL
(1835–1914)
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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)
Thomas E. Watson (Populist)
Opponent(s)
William McKinley (Republican)
John Woolley (Prohibition)
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%)
  • Woolley/Metcalf: 210,864 (1.5%)
Opponent(s)
Theodore Roosevelt (Republican)
Henry Metcalf (Prohibition)

20th century

1904

Presidential
nominee
1904 (lost) Vice Presidential
nominee
Alton Parker of NY
(1852–1926)
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Prior public experience
Higher education
Prior public experience
Higher education
  • None
Henry Davis of WV
(1823–1916)
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Opponent(s)
Theodore Roosevelt (Republican)
Gene Debs (Socialist)
Silas Swallow (Prohibition)
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%)
  • Debs/Hanford: 402,810 (3.0%)
  • Swallow/Carroll: 259,102 (1.9%)
Opponent(s)
Charles Fairbanks (Republican)
Ben Hanford (Socialist)
George Carroll (Prohibition)

1908

Presidential
nominee
1908 (lost) Vice Presidential
nominee
William Jennings Bryan of NE
(1860–1925)
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Prior public experience
Higher education
Prior public experience
Higher education
John Kern of IN
(1849–1917)
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Opponent(s)
William Taft (Republican)
Gene Debs (Socialist)
Eugene Chafin (Prohibition)
Electoral vote
  • Taft/Sherman: 321 (66.5%)
  • Parker/Davis: 162 (33.5%)
Popular vote
  • Taft/Sherman: 7,678,335 (51.6%)
  • Bryan/Kern: 6,408,979 (43.0%)
  • Debs/Hanford: 420,852 (2.8%)
  • Chafin/Watkins: 254,087 (1.7%)
Opponent(s)
Jim Sherman (Republican)
Ben Hanford (Socialist)
Aaron Watkins (Prohibition)

1912, 1916

Presidential
nominee
1912 (won), 1916 (won) Vice Presidential
nominee
Woodrow Wilson of NJ
(1856–1924)
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Prior public experience
Higher education
Prior public experience
Higher education
Thomas Marshall of IN
(1854–1925)
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Opponent(s)
Nicholas Butler (Republican)
Theodore Roosevelt (Progressive)
Gene Debs (Socialist)
Eugene Chafin (Prohibition)
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%)
  • Chafin/Watkins: 208,156 (1.7%)
Opponent(s)
William Taft (Republican)
Hiram Johnson (Progressive)
Emil Seidel (Socialist)
Aaron Watkins (Prohibition)
Opponent(s)
Charles Hughes (Republican)
Allan Benson (Socialist)
Frank Hanly (Prohibition)
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%)
  • Benson/Kirkpatrick: 590,524 (3.2%)
  • Hanly/Landrith: 221,302 (1.2%)
Opponent(s)
Charles Fairbanks (Republican)
Kirk Kirkpatrick (Socialist)
Ira Landrith (Prohibition)

1920

Presidential
nominee
1920 (lost) Vice Presidential
nominee
James Cox of OH
(1870–1957)
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Prior public experience
Higher education
  • None
Prior public experience
Higher education
Franklin D. Roosevelt of NY
(1882–1945)
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Opponent(s)
Warren G. Harding (Republican)
Gene Debs (Socialist)
Parley Christensen (Farmer-Labor)
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%)
  • Debs/Stedman: 913,693 (3.4%)
  • Christensen/Hayes: 265,398 (1.0%)
Opponent(s)
Calvin Coolidge (Republican)
Stedy Stedman (Socialist)
Max Hayes (Farmer-Labor)

1924

Presidential
nominee
1924 (lost) Vice Presidential
nominee
John Davis of WV
(1873–1955)
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Prior public experience
Higher education
Prior public experience
Higher education
Charles Bryan of NE
(1867–1945)
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Opponent(s)
Calvin Coolidge (Republican)
Robert 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 Dawes (Republican)
Burton Wheeler (Progressive)

1928

Presidential
nominee
1928 (lost) Vice Presidential
nominee
Al Smith of NY
(1873–1944)
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Prior public experience
Higher education
  • None
Prior public experience
Higher education
Joe Robinson of AR
(1872–1937)
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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

Presidential
nominee
1932 (won), 1936 (won), 1940 (won), 1944 (won) Vice Presidential
nominee
Franklin D. Roosevelt of NY
(1882–1945)
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Prior public experience
Higher education
Prior public experience
Higher education
Jack Garner of TX
(1868–1967)
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Prior public experience
Higher education
Henry Wallace of IA
(1888–1965)
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Prior public experience
Higher education
Harry S. Truman of MO
(1884–1972)
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Opponent(s)
Herbert Hoover (Republican)
Norman Thomas (Socialist)
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%)
  • Thomas/Maurer: 884,885 (2.2%)
Opponent(s)
Charles Curtis (Republican)
James Maurer (Socialist)
Opponent(s)
Alf Landon (Republican)
William Lemke (Union)
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%)
  • Lemke/O'Brien: 892,378 (2.0%)
Opponent(s)
Frank Knox (Republican)
Thomas O'Brien (Union)
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 L. 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

Presidential
nominee
1948 (won) Vice Presidential
nominee
Harry S. Truman of MO
(1884–1972)
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Prior public experience
Higher education
Prior public experience
Higher education
Alben Barkley of KY
(1877–1956)
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Opponent(s)
Thomas Dewey (Republican)
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)
Earl Warren (Republican)
Fielding Wright (Dixiecrat)
Glen Taylor (Progressive)

1952, 1956

Presidential
nominee
1952 (lost), 1956 (lost) Vice Presidential
nominee
Adlai Stevenson of IL
(1900–1965)
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Prior public experience
Higher education
Prior public experience
Higher education
John Sparkman of AL
(1899–1985)
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Prior public experience
Higher education
Estes Kefauver of TN
(1903–1963)
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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%)[11]
  • 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

Presidential
nominee
1960 (won) Vice Presidential
nominee
John F. Kennedy of MA
(1917–1963)
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Prior public experience
Higher education
Prior public experience
Higher education
Lyndon Johnson of TX
(1908–1973)
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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 (0.2%)
Opponent(s)
Henry Cabot Lodge (Republican)
Strom Thurmond (Southern
Democrats
)

1964

Presidential
nominee
1964 (won) Vice Presidential
nominee
Lyndon Johnson of TX
(1908–1973)
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Prior public experience
Higher education
Prior public experience
Higher education
Hubert Humphrey of MN
(1911–1978)
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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

Presidential
nominee
1968 (lost) Vice Presidential
nominee
Hubert Humphrey of MN
(1911–1978)
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Prior public experience
Higher education
Prior public experience
Higher education
Ed Muskie of ME
(1914–1996)
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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 (13.5%)
Opponent(s)
Spiro Agnew (Republican)
Curtis LeMay (American
Independent
)

1972

Presidential
nominee
1972 (lost) Vice Presidential
nominee
George McGovern of SD
(1922–2012)
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Prior public experience
Higher education
Prior public experience
Higher education
Tom Eagleton of MO[12]
(1929–2007)
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Prior public experience
Higher education
Sargent Shriver of MD
(1915–2011)
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Opponent(s)
Richard Nixon (Republican)
John Schmitz (American
Independent
)
Electoral vote
Popular vote
  • Nixon/Agnew: 47,168,710 (60.6%)
  • McGovern/Shriver 29,173,222 (37.5%)
  • Schmitz/Anderson: 1,100,868 (1.4%)
Opponent(s)
Spiro Agnew (Republican)
Thomas Anderson (American
Independent
)

1976, 1980

Presidential
nominee
1976 (won), 1980 (lost) Vice Presidential
nominee
Jimmy Carter of GA
(born 1924)
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Prior public experience
Higher education
Prior public experience
Higher education
Walter Mondale of MN
(1928–2021)
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Opponent(s)
Gerald Ford (Republican)
Electoral vote (President)
  • Carter: 297 (55.2%)
  • Ford: 240 (44.6%)[14]
  • 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 (1.1%)
Opponent(s)
George H. W. Bush (Republican)
Patrick Lucey (Independent)
David Koch (Libertarian)

1984

Presidential
nominee
1984 (lost) Vice Presidential
nominee
Walter Mondale of MN
(1928–2021)
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Prior public experience
Higher education
Prior public experience
Higher education
Geraldine Ferraro of NY
(1935–2011)
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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

Presidential
nominee
1988 (lost) Vice Presidential
nominee
Michael Dukakis of MA
(born 1933)
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Prior public experience
Higher education
Prior public experience
Higher education
Lloyd Bentsen of TX
(1921–2006)
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Opponent(s)
George H. W. Bush (Republican)
Electoral vote (President)
  • Bush: 426 (79.2%)
  • Dukakis: 111 (20.6%)[15]
  • Bentsen: 1 (0.2%)
Electoral vote (Vice President)
  • Quayle: 426 (79.2%)
  • Bentsen: 111 (20.6%)[15]
  • 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

Presidential
nominee
1992 (won), 1996 (won) Vice Presidential
nominee
Bill Clinton of AR
(born 1946)
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Prior public experience
Higher education
Prior public experience
Higher education
Al Gore of TN
(born 1948)
Al Gore, Vice President of the United States, official portrait 1994.jpg
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

2000

Presidential
nominee
2000 (lost) Vice Presidential
nominee
Al Gore of TN
(born 1948)
Al Gore, Vice President of the United States, official portrait 1994.jpg
Prior public experience
Higher education
Prior public experience
Higher education
Joe Lieberman of CT
(born 1942)
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Opponent(s)
George W. Bush (Republican)
Ralph Nader (Green)
Electoral vote
  • Bush/Cheney: 271 (50.4%)
  • Gore/Lieberman: 266 (49.4%)[16]
Popular vote
  • Gore/Lieberman: 50,999,897 (48.4%)
  • Bush/Cheney: 50,456,002 (47.9%)
  • Nader/LaDuke: 2,882,955 (2.7%)
Opponent(s)
Dick Cheney (Republican)
Winona LaDuke (Green)

2004

Presidential
nominee
2004 (lost) Vice Presidential
nominee
John Kerry of MA
(born 1943)
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Prior public experience
Higher education
Prior public experience
Higher education
John Edwards of NC
(born 1953)
John Edwards, official Senate photo portrait.jpg
Opponent(s)
George W. Bush (Republican)
Electoral vote (President)
  • Bush: 286 (53.2%)
  • Kerry: 251 (46.7%)[17]
  • 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

Presidential
nominee
2008 (won), 2012 (won) Vice Presidential
nominee
Barack Obama of IL
(born 1961)
Prior public experience
Higher education
Prior public experience
Higher education
Joe Biden of DE
(born 1942)
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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 (Republican)
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%)
  • Johnson/Gray: 1,275,971 (1.0%)
Opponent(s)
Paul Ryan (Republican)

2016

Presidential
nominee
2016 (lost) Vice Presidential
nominee
Hillary Clinton of NY
(born 1947)
Hillary Clinton official Secretary of State portrait crop.jpg
Prior public experience
Higher education
Prior public experience
Higher education
Tim Kaine of VA
(born 1958)
Tim Kaine, official 113th Congress photo portrait.jpg
Opponent(s)
Donald Trump (Republican)
Gary Johnson (Libertarian)
Jill Stein (Green)
Electoral vote (President)[18]
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 (3.3%)
  • Stein/Baraka: 1,457,216 (1.1%)
Opponent(s)
Mike Pence (Republican)
Bill Weld (Libertarian)
Ajamu Baraka (Green)

2020

Presidential
nominee
2020 (won) Vice Presidential
nominee
Joe Biden of DE
(born 1942)
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Prior public experience
Higher education
Prior public experience
Higher education
Kamala Harris of CA
(born 1964)
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Opponent(s)
Donald Trump (Republican)
Jo Jorgensen (Libertarian)
Electoral vote
  • Biden/Harris: 306 (56.9%)
  • Trump/Pence: 232 (43.1%)
Popular vote
  • Biden/Harris: 81,283,495 (51.4%)
  • Trump/Pence: 74,223,755 (46.9%)
  • Jorgensen/Cohen: 1,865,873 (1.2%)
Opponent(s)
Mike Pence (Republican)
Spike Cohen (Libertarian)

See also

Notes

  1. If not for unpledged electors, Rush would have won 178 (68.2%) votes.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. Wright declined after being nominated by the convention.
  5. 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.
  6. If not for 17 invalidated electors from Union-occupied Louisiana and Tennessee, Lincoln and Johnson would have won 229 (91.6%) votes.
  7. If not for 17 invalidated electors from Union-occupied Louisiana and Tennessee, McClellan and Pendleton would have won 8.4% of the votes.
  8. If not for the 14 invalidated electors from voting irregularities in Arkansas and Louisiana, Grant and Wilson would have won 300 (82.0%) votes.
  9. 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.
  10. 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%.
  11. If not for a faithless elector, Eisenhower and Nixon would have won 458 (86.3%) in 1956.
  12. Eagleton withdrew from the ticket and was replaced by Shriver.
  13. 13.0 13.1 If not for a faithless elector, Nixon and Agnew would have won 521 (96.8%) Electoral College votes.
  14. If not for a faithless elector, Ford would have won 241 (44.8%) votes.
  15. 15.0 15.1 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.
  16. An elector from the District of Columbia abstained from casting a vote for the Gore/Lieberman ticket, otherwise Gore would have won 267 (49.6%) votes.
  17. A faithless elector voted Edwards for President and Vice President in the Electoral College, otherwise Kerry would have won 252 (46.8%) votes.
  18. 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.