List of United States presidential candidates (1856–present)

This is a list of candidates for the offices of President of the United States and Vice President of the United States in general elections since 1856. The winning tickets are shown in bold.

Year	Democratic	Republican	Other
1856	James Buchanan – John C. Breckinridge	John Fremont – William Dayton	Millard Fillmore – Andrew Jackson Donelson (Know Nothing)
1860	Stephen A. Douglas – Herschel Vespasian Johnson	Abraham Lincoln – Hannibal Hamlin	John C. Breckinridge – Joseph Lane (Southern Democratic) John Bell – Edward Everett (Constitutional Union)
1864	George McClellan – G. H. Pendleton	Abraham Lincoln – Andrew Johnson
1868	Horatio Seymour – Francis Blair	Ulysses S. Grant – Schuyler Colfax
1872	Horace Greeley – B. Gratz Brown	Ulysses S. Grant – Henry Wilson	Charles O'Conor – Charles Francis Adams (Straight Out Democratic)
1876	Samuel J. Tilden – Thomas Hendricks	Rutherford B. Hayes – William A. Wheeler	Peter Cooper – Samuel Fenton Cary (Greenback Labor) Green Clay Smith – Gideon T. Stewart (Prohibition)
1880	Winfield Scott Hancock – William English	James Garfield – Chester A. Arthur	James B. Weaver – Benjamin J. Chambers (Greenback Labor) Neal Dow – Henry A. Thompson (Prohibition)
1884	Grover Cleveland – Thomas Hendricks	James Blaine – John A. Logan	Benjamin F. Butler – Absolom M. West (Greenback/Anti-Monopoly) John P. St. John – William Daniel (Prohibition)
1888	Grover Cleveland – Allen G. Thurman	Benjamin Harrison – Levi Morton	Clinton B. Fisk – John A. Brooks (Prohibition) Alson J. Streeter – Charles E. Cunningham (Union Labor)
1892	Grover Cleveland – Adlai E. Stevenson	Benjamin Harrison – Whitelaw Reid	James B. Weaver – James G. Field (Populist) John Bidwell – James B. Cranfill (Prohibition) Simon Wing – Charles H. Matchett (Socialist Labor)
1896	William Jennings Bryan – Arthur Sewall	William McKinley – Garret Hobart	John M. Palmer – Simon Bolivar Buckner, Sr. (National Democratic) Joshua Levering – Hale Johnson (Prohibition) Charles H. Matchett – Matthew Maguire (Socialist Labor)
1900	William Jennings Bryan – Adlai E. Stevenson	William McKinley – Theodore Roosevelt	John G. Woolley – Henry B. Metcalf (Prohibition) Eugene V. Debs – Job Harriman (Socialist) Wharton Barker – Ignatius L. Donnelly (Populist) Joseph F. Malloney – Valentine Remmel (Socialist Labor)
1904	Alton B. Parker – Henry G. Davis	Theodore Roosevelt – Charles W. Fairbanks	Eugene V. Debs – Benjamin Hanford (Socialist) Silas C. Swallow – George W. Carroll (Prohibition) Thomas E. Watson – Thomas Tibbles (Populist) Charles H. Corregan – William Wesley Cox (Socialist Labor)
1908	William Jennings Bryan – John W. Kern	William Howard Taft – James S. Sherman	Eugene V. Debs – Benjamin Hanford (Socialist) Eugene W. Chafin – Aaron S. Watkins (Prohibition) Thomas L. Hisgen – John Temple Graves (Independence) August Gillhaus – Donald L. Munro (Socialist Labor)
1912	Woodrow Wilson – Thomas R. Marshall	William Howard Taft – James S. Sherman/Nicholas M. Butler*	Theodore Roosevelt – Hiram W. Johnson (Progressive) Eugene V. Debs – Emil Seidel (Socialist) Eugene W. Chafin – Aaron S. Watkins (Prohibition) Arthur E. Reimer – August Gillhaus (Socialist Labor)
1916	Woodrow Wilson – Thomas R. Marshall	Charles Evans Hughes – Charles W. Fairbanks	Allan L. Benson – George R. Kirkpatrick (Socialist) J. Frank Hanly – Ira Landrith (Prohibition) Arthur E. Reimer – Caleb Harrison (Socialist Labor)
1920	James M. Cox – Franklin D. Roosevelt	Warren G. Harding – Calvin Coolidge	Eugene V. Debs – Seymour Stedman (Socialist) Parley P. Christensen – Maximillian Hays (Farmer-Labor) Aaron Watkins – D. Leigh Colvin (Prohibition)
1924	John W. Davis – Charles W. Bryan	Calvin Coolidge – Charles G. Dawes	Robert M. LaFollette – Burton K. Wheeler (Progressive) Frank T. Johns – Verne L. Reynolds (Socialist Labor)
1928	Al Smith – Joseph Taylor Robinson	Herbert Hoover – Charles Curtis	Norman Thomas – James H. Maurer (Socialist) William Z. Foster – Ben Gitlow (Communist) Verne L. Reynolds – Jeremiah D. Crowley (Socialist Labor)
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt – John Nance Garner	Herbert Hoover – Charles Curtis	Norman Thomas – James H. Maurer (Socialist) William Z. Foster – James W. Ford (Communist) William D. Upshaw – Frank S. Regan (Prohibition) Verne L. Reynolds – John W. Aiken (Socialist Labor)
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt – John Nance Garner	Alf Landon – Frank Knox	William Lemke – Thomas C. O'Brien (Union) Norman Thomas – George A. Nelson (Socialist) Earl Browder – James W. Ford (Communist) D. Leigh Colvin – Claude A. Watson (Prohibition)
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt – Henry A. Wallace	Wendell Willkie – Charles L. McNary	Norman Thomas – Maynard C. Krueger (Socialist) Roger W. Babson – Edgar V. Moorman (Prohibition)
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt – Harry S. Truman	Thomas Dewey – John W. Bricker	Norman Thomas – Darlington Hoopes (Socialist) Claude A. Watson – Andrew Johnson (Prohibition)
1948	Harry S. Truman – Alben W. Barkley	Thomas Dewey – Earl Warren	Strom Thurmond – Fielding L. Wright (States' Rights) Henry A. Wallace – Glen H. Taylor (Progressive) Norman Thomas – Tucker P. Smith (Socialist) Edward A. Teichert – Stephen Emery (Socialist Labor)
1952	Adlai Stevenson II – John Sparkman	Dwight D. Eisenhower – Richard Nixon	Vincent Hallinan – Charlotta Bass (Progressive) Eric Hass – Georgia Cozzini (Socialist Labor)
1956	Adlai Stevenson II – Estes Kefauver	Dwight D. Eisenhower – Richard Nixon
1960	John F. Kennedy – Lyndon B. Johnson	Richard Nixon – Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson – Hubert Humphrey	Barry Goldwater – William E. Miller
1968	Hubert Humphrey – Edmund Muskie	Richard Nixon – Spiro Agnew	George Wallace – Curtis LeMay (American Independent)
1972	George McGovern – Sargent Shriver	Richard Nixon – Spiro Agnew	John G. Schmitz – Thomas J. Anderson (American Independent)
1976	Jimmy Carter (Ga.) – Walter Mondale (Minn.)	Gerald Ford (Mich.) – Bob Dole (Kan.)	Eugene McCarthy – (various) (Independent) Roger MacBride – David Bergland (Libertarian) Peter Camejo – Willie Mae Reid (Socialist Workers) Gus Hall – Jarvis Tyner (Communist) Lyndon LaRouche – Ronald Wayne Evans (Labor)
1980	Jimmy Carter (Ga.) – Walter Mondale (Minn.)	Ronald Reagan (Calif.) – George H. W. Bush (Tex.)	John B. Anderson – Patrick J. Lucey (Independent) Ed Clark – David H. Koch (Libertarian) Barry Commoner – LaDonna Harris (Citizens) Gus Hall – Angela Davis (Communist)
1984	Walter Mondale (Minn.) – Geraldine Ferraro (N.Y.)	Ronald Reagan (Calif.) – George H. W. Bush (Tex.)	David Bergland – James A. Lewis (Libertarian) Dennis L. Serrette – Nancy Ross (New Alliance)
1988	Michael Dukakis (Mass.) – Lloyd Bentsen (Tex.)	George H. W. Bush (Tex.) – Dan Quayle (Ind.)	Ron Paul – Andre Marrou (Libertarian) Lenora Fulani – (various) (New Alliance)
1992	Bill Clinton (Ark.) – Al Gore (Tenn.)	George H. W. Bush (Tex.) – Dan Quayle (Ind.)	Ross Perot – James Stockdale (Independent) Andre Marrou – Nancy Lord (Libertarian) Lenora Fulani – Maria Elizabeth Muñoz (New Alliance)
1996	Bill Clinton (Ark.) – Al Gore (Tenn.)	Bob Dole (Kan.) – Jack Kemp (N.Y.)	Ross Perot – Patrick Choate (Reform) Harry Browne – Jo Jorgensen (Libertarian) Howard Phillips – Herb Titus (Taxpayers) John Hagelin – Michael Tompkins (Natural Law)
2000	Al Gore (Tenn.) – Joe Lieberman (Conn.)	George W. Bush (Tex.) – Dick Cheney (Wyo.)	Ralph Nader – Winona LaDuke (Green) Pat Buchanan – Ezola Foster (Reform) Harry Browne – Art Olivier (Libertarian) Howard Phillips – Curtis Frazier (Constitution) John Hagelin – Nat Goldhaber (Natural Law)
2004	John Kerry (Mass.) – John Edwards (N.C.)	George W. Bush (Tex.) – Dick Cheney (Wyo.)	Ralph Nader – Peter Camejo (Independent/Reform) Michael Badnarik – Richard Campagna (Libertarian) Michael Peroutka – Chuck Baldwin (Constitution) David Cobb – Pat LaMarche (Green)
2008	Barack Obama (Ill.) – Joseph Biden (Del.)	John McCain (Ariz.) – Sarah Palin (Alaska)	Bob Barr – Wayne Allyn Root (Libertarian) Ralph Nader – Matt Gonzalez (Independent) Cynthia McKinney – Rosa Clemente (Green) Chuck Baldwin – Darrell Castle (Constitution)

Note:

• VP James S. Sherman died on 30 October 1912, just days before the election. Even though his name remained on the 1912 presidential ballot, nevertheless he could not be awarded electoral votes. Thus, when the Electoral College met, those electors pledged to Taft voted for educator Nicholas Murray Butler in Sherman's place. Butler had no illusions that he would be elected, as Taft came in third of the then-three major parties, behind Woodrow Wilson (Democrat) and Theodore Roosevelt (Progressive).

See also

• List of United States Presidential candidates (1789–1852)
• List of candidates in the United States presidential election, 2008
• List of candidates in the United States presidential election, 2004
• Heights of U.S. presidential candidates