List of major-party United States presidential candidates who lost their home state

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The following is a list of major party U.S. presidential candidates who lost their birth or resident states. While many successful candidates have won the presidency without winning their birth state, only three (James Knox Polk, Woodrow Wilson and Richard Nixon) have won election despite losing their state of residence. Polk is the only man to win the presidency but lose both states of birth and residence.

Name Won Election Election Year Birth State Resident State
William Henry Harrison Yes 1840 Lost Virginia Won Ohio
Martin Van Buren No 1840 Lost New York Lost New York
Henry Clay No 1844 Lost Virginia Won Kentucky
James Knox Polk Yes 1844 Lost North Carolina Lost Tennessee
Winfield Scott No 1852 Won Virginia Lost New Jersey
John C. Frémont No 1856 Lost Georgia Lost California
Abraham Lincoln Yes 1860 Lost Kentucky Won Illinois
Stephen A. Douglas No 1860 Lost Vermont Lost Illinois
Abraham Lincoln Yes 1864 Lost Kentucky Won Illinois
George B. McClellan No 1864 Lost Pennsylvania Won New Jersey
Horace Greeley No 1872 Lost Massachusetts Lost New York
Winfield Scott Hancock No 1880 Lost Pennsylvania Lost Pennsylvania
Grover Cleveland No 1888 Won New Jersey Lost New York
Benjamin Harrison No 1892 Won Ohio Lost Indiana
William Jennings Bryan No 1896 Lost Illinois Won Nebraska
William Jennings Bryan No 1900 Lost Illinois Lost Nebraska
Alton B. Parker No 1904 Lost New York Lost New York
William Jennings Bryan No 1908 Lost Illinois Won Nebraska
Theodore Roosevelt No 1912 Lost New York Lost New York
William Howard Taft No 1912 Lost Ohio Lost Ohio
Woodrow Wilson Yes 1916 Won Virginia Lost New Jersey
James M. Cox No 1920 Lost Ohio Lost Ohio
John W. Davis No 1924 Lost West Virginia Lost New York
Al Smith No 1928 Lost New York Lost New York
Herbert Hoover No 1932 Lost Iowa Lost California
Alf Landon No 1936 Lost Pennsylvania Lost Kansas
Thomas E. Dewey No 1944 Lost Michigan Lost New York
Adlai Stevenson No 1952 Lost California Lost Illinois
Adlai Stevenson No 1956 Lost California Lost Illinois
Richard Nixon Yes 1968 Won California Lost New York
Hubert Humphrey No 1968 Lost South Dakota Won Minnesota
George McGovern No 1972 Lost South Dakota Lost South Dakota
George H. W. Bush Yes 1988 Lost Massachusetts Won Texas
George H. W. Bush No 1992 Lost Massachusetts Won Texas
Al Gore No 2000 Won District of Columbia Lost Tennessee
George W. Bush Yes 2000 Lost Connecticut Won Texas
George W. Bush Yes 2004 Lost Connecticut Won Texas
John Kerry No 2004 Lost Colorado Won Massachusetts

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