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List of Republican presidential tickets[edit]

1856[edit]

Presidential Nominee	1856 (lost)		Vice Presidential Nominee
John Frémont of CA (1813–1890)	Prior public experience Governor of California (1847) U.S. Senate (1850–1851) Higher education College of Charleston	Prior public experience Associate Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court (1838–1841) U.S. Senate (1842–1851) Chair of the Senate Public Buildings Committee (1842–1845) Chair of the Senate Engrossed Bills Committee (1844–1845) Higher education Princeton University (BA)	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[edit]

Presidential Nominee	1860 (won), 1864 (won)		Vice Presidential Nominee
Abraham Lincoln of IL (1809–1865)	Prior public experience Illinois House of Representatives (1834–1842) U.S. House of Representatives (1847–1849) President (1961–1965) Higher education None	Prior public experience Maine House of Representatives (1836–1841, 1847) Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives (1837–1838, 1839–1840) U.S. House of Representatives (1843–1847) Chair of the House Elections Committee (1845–1847) U.S. Senate (1848–1857, 1857–1861) Chair of the Senate Commerce Committee (1849–1856) Chair of the Senate Printing Committee (1852–1853) Governor of Maine (1857) Higher education None	Hannibal Hamlin of ME (1809–1891)
Abraham Lincoln of IL (1809–1865)		Prior public experience Tennessee House of Representatives (1835–1837, 1839–1841) Tennessee Senate (1841–1843) U.S. House of Representatives (1843–1853) Chair of the House Public Expenditures Committee (1849–1852) Governor of Tennessee (1853–1857, 1862–1865) U.S. Senate (1857–1862) Chair of the Senate Audit Committee (1859–1861) 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[edit]

Presidential Nominee	1868 (won), 1872 (won)		Vice Presidential Nominee
Ulysses Grant of OH (1822–1885)	Prior public experience Commanding General of the U.S. Army (1864–1869) Acting U.S. Secretary of War (1867–1868) Higher education U.S. Military Academy (BS)	Prior public experience U.S. House of Representatives (1855–1869) Chair of the House Post Office Committee (1859–1863) Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives (1863–1869) Higher education None	Schuyler Colfax of IN (1823–1885)
Ulysses Grant of OH (1822–1885)		Prior public experience Massachusetts House of Representatives (1841–1842) Massachusetts Senate (1844–1846, 1850–1852) President of the Massachusetts Senate (1851–1852) U.S. Senate (1855–1873) Chair of the Senate Military Affairs Committee (1861–1873) 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[edit]

Presidential Nominee	1876 (won)		Vice Presidential Nominee
Rutherford Hayes of OH (1822–1893)	Prior public experience U.S. House of Representatives (1865–1867) Governor of Ohio (1868–1872, 1876–1877) Higher education Kenyon College (BA) Harvard University (LLB)	Prior public experience New York Assembly (1850–1851) New York Senate (1858–1859) U.S. House of Representatives (1861–1877) Chair of the House War Department Expenditures Committee (1861–1863) Chair of the House Commerce Committee (1873–1875) Higher education University of Vermont (BA)	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[edit]

Presidential Nominee	1880 (won)		Vice Presidential Nominee
James Garfield of OH (1831–1881)	Prior public experience Ohio Senate (1859–1861) U.S. House of Representatives (1863–1881) Chair of the House Military Affairs Committee (1867–1869) Chair of the House Banking Committee (1869–1871) Chair of the House Appropriations Committee (1871–1875) Higher education Hiram College Williams College (BA)	Prior public experience Collector of the Port of New York (1871–1878) Chair of the New York Republican Party (1879–1881) Higher education Union College State and National Law School	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[edit]

Presidential Nominee	1884 (lost)		Vice Presidential Nominee
James Blaine of ME (1830–1893)	Prior public experience Maine House of Representatives (1859–1862) Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives (1861–1862) U.S. House of Representatives (1863–1876) Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives (1869–1875) Chair of the House Rules Committee (1873–1876) U.S. Senate (1876–1881) Chair of the Senate Civil Service Committee (1877) Chair of the Senate Rules Committee (1877–1879) U.S. Secretary of State (1881) Higher education Washington and Jefferson College (BA)	Prior public experience Illinois House of Representatives (1852–1853, 1856–1857) U.S. House of Representatives (1859–1862, 1867–1871) Chair of the House Unfinished Business Committee (1859–1862) Chair of the House Armed Services Committee (1869–1871) U.S. Senate (1871–1877, 1879–1886) Chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee (1872–1877, 1881–1886) Higher education Shiloh College University of Louisville (LLB)	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[edit]

Presidential Nominee	1888 (won), 1892 (lost)		Vice Presidential Nominee
Benjamin Harrison of IN (1833–1901)	Prior public experience U.S. Senate (1881–1887) Chair of the Senate Seaboard Transportation Routes Committee (1881–1883) Chair of the Senate Territories Committee (1884–1887) President (1889–1893) Higher education Ohio Military Institute Miami University (BA)	Prior public experience U.S. House of Representatives (1879–1881) U.S. Minister to France (1881–1885) Vice President (1889–1893) Higher education None	Levi Morton of NY (1824–1920)
Benjamin Harrison of IN (1833–1901)		Prior public experience U.S. Minister to France (1889–1892) 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[edit]

Presidential Nominee	1896 (won), 1900 (won)		Vice Presidential Nominee
William McKinley of OH (1843–1901)	Prior public experience U.S. House of Representatives (1877–1884, 1885–1891) Chair of the House Laws Revision Committee (1882–1883) Chair of the House Committee on Ways and Means (1889–1891) Governor of Ohio (1892–1896) President (1897–1901) Higher education Allegheny College University of Mount Union Albany Law School	Prior public experience Chair of the ew Jersey Republican Party (1880–1891) New Jersey General Assembly (1873–1875) Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly (1874–1875) New Jersey Senate (1877–1883) President of the New Jersey Senate (1881–1883) Higher education Rutgers University, New Brunswick (BA)	Garret Hobart of NJ (1844–1899)
William McKinley of OH (1843–1901)		Prior public experience New York Assembly (1882–1884) Minority Leader of the New York Assembly (1883) United States Civil Service Commission (1889–1895) Police Commissioner of New York City (1895–1897) Assistant Secretary of the Navy (1897–1898) Governor of New York (1899–1900) Higher education Harvard University (BA) Columbia University	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[edit]

Presidential Nominee	1904 (won)		Vice Presidential Nominee
Theodore Roosevelt of NY (1858–1919)	Prior public experience New York Assembly (1882–1884) Minority Leader of the New York Assembly (1883) United States Civil Service Commission (1889–1895) Police Commissioner of New York City (1895–1897) Assistant Secretary of the Navy (1897–1898) Governor of New York (1899–1900) Vice President (1901) President (1901–1909) Higher education Harvard University (BA) Columbia University	Prior public experience U.S. Senate (1897–1905) Chair of the Senate Immigration Committee (1897–1899) Chair of the Senate Public Buildings Committee (1899–1905) Higher education Ohio Wesleyan University (BA, MA)	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[edit]

Presidential Nominee	1908 (won), 1912 (lost)		Vice Presidential Nominee
William Taft of OH (1857–1930)	Prior public experience U.S. Solicitor General (1890–1892) Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (1892–1900) Governor-General of the Philippines (1901–1903) U.S. Secretary of War (1904–1908) Acting Governor of Cube (1906) President (1909–1913) Higher education Yale University (BA) University of Cincinnati (LLB)	Prior public experience Mayor of Utica, NY (1884–1885) U.S. House of Representatives (1887–1891, 1893–1909) Chair of the House Justice Department Expenditures Committee (1889–1891) Chair of the House Indian Affairs Committee (1895–1909) Vice President (1909–1912) Higher education Hamilton College, New York (BA)	Jim Sherman of NY^[6] (1855–1912)
William Taft of OH (1857–1930)		Prior public experience None Higher education Columbia University (BA, MA, PhD)	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[edit]

Presidential Nominee	1916 (lost)		Vice Presidential Nominee
Charles Hughes of NY (1862–1948)	Prior public experience Governor of New York (1907–1910) Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1910–1916) Higher education Colgate University Brown University (BA) Columbia University (LLB)	Prior public experience U.S. Senate (1897–1905) Chair of the Senate Immigration Committee (1897–1899) Chair of the Senate Public Buildings Committee (1899–1905) Vice President (1905–1909) Higher education Ohio Wesleyan University (BA, MA)	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[edit]

Presidential Nominee	1920 (won)		Vice Presidential Nominee
Warren G. Harding of OH (1865–1923)	Prior public experience Ohio Senate (1900–1904) Lieutenant Governor of Ohio (1904–1906) U.S. Senate (1915–1921) Higher education Ohio Central College (BA)	Prior public experience Massachusetts House of Representatives (1907–1908) Massachusetts Senate (1912–1915) President of the Massachusetts Senate (1914–1915) Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts (1916–1919) Governor of Massachusetts (1919–1921) Higher education Amherst College (BA)	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[edit]

Presidential Nominee	1924 (won)		Vice Presidential Nominee
Calvin Coolidge of MA (1872–1933)	Prior public experience Massachusetts House of Representatives (1907–1908) Massachusetts Senate (1912–1915) President of the Massachusetts Senate (1914–1915) Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts (1916–1919) Governor of Massachusetts (1919–1921) Vice President (1921–1923) Higher education Amherst College (BA)	Prior public experience Comptroller of the Currency (1898–1901) Director of the U.S. Bureau of the Budget (1921–1922) Higher education Marietta College (BA) University of Cincinnati (LLB)	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[edit]

Presidential Nominee	1928 (won), 1932 (lost)		Vice Presidential Nominee
Herbert Hoover of CA (1874–1964)	Prior public experience Director of the U.S. Food Administration (1917–1918) U.S. Secretary of Commerce (1921–1928) President (1929–1933) Higher education Stanford University (BS)	Prior public experience U.S. House of Representatives (1893–1907) Chair of the House Interior Expenditures Committee (1895–1903) U.S. Senate (1907-1913, 1915-1929) Chair of the Senate Indian Depredations Committee (1907–1911) Secretary of the Senate Republican Conference (1911–1913) Chair of the Senate Coast Defenses Committee (1911–1913) President pro tempore of the U.S. Senate (1911) Senate Minority Whip (1915–1919) Senate Majority Whip (1919–1924) Chair of the Senate Rules Committee (1921–1929) Senate Majority Leader (1924–1929) Chair of the Joint Inaugural Ceremonies Committee (1924–1925) Vice President (1929–1933) 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[edit]

Presidential Nominee	1936 (lost)		Vice Presidential Nominee
Alf Landon of KS (1887–1987)	Prior public experience Chair of the Kansas Republican Party (1928–1930) Governor of Kansas (1933–1937) Higher education University of Kansas, Lawrence (LLB)	Prior public experience None Higher education Alma College (BA)	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[edit]

Presidential Nominee	1940 (lost)		Vice Presidential Nominee
Wendell Willkie of NY (1892–1944)	Prior public experience None Higher education Indiana University, Bloomington (BA, LLB)	Prior public experience Associate Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court (1913–1915) U.S. Senate (1917–1918, 1918–1944) Chair of the Arid Lands Committee (1919–1926) Chair of the Senate Agriculture Committee (1926–1933) Senate Minority Leader (1933–1940) Higher education Stanford University	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[edit]

Presidential Nominee	1944 (lost), 1948 (lost)		Vice Presidential Nominee
Thomas Dewey of NY (1902–1971)	Prior public experience Acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York (1933) District Attorney of New York County, NY (1938–1941) Governor of New York (1943–1954) Higher education Harvard University (BA) Columbia University (JD)	Prior public experience Attorney General of Ohio (1933–1937) Governor of Ohio (1939–1945) Higher education Ohio State University (BA, LLB)	John Bricker of OH (1893–1986)
Thomas Dewey of NY (1902–1971)		Prior public experience District Attorney of Alameda County, CA (1925–1939) Chair of the California Republican Party (1932–1938) Attorney General of California (1939–1943) Governor of California (1943–1953) Higher education University of California, Berkeley (BA, JD)	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[edit]

Presidential Nominee	1952 (won), 1956 (won)		Vice Presidential Nominee
Dwight D. Eisenhower of NY (1952), PA (1956) (1890–1969)	Prior public experience Commanding General of the U.S. Army Europe (1942–1943, 1944–1945) Governor of the American Zone of Occupied Germany (1945) Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army (1945–1948) Supreme Allied Commander Europe (1951–1952) President (1953–1961) Higher education U.S. Military Academy (BS)	Prior public experience U.S. House of Representatives (1947–1950) U.S. Senate (1950–1953) Vice President (1953–1961) Higher education Whittier College (BA) Duke University (JD)	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)
Opponent(s) Adlai Stevenson (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[edit]

Presidential Nominee	1960 (lost)		Vice Presidential Nominee
Richard Nixon of CA (1913–1994)	Prior public experience U.S. House of Representatives (1947–1950) U.S. Senate (1950–1953) Vice President (1953–1961) Higher education Whittier College (BA) Duke University (JD)	Prior public experience Massachusetts House of Representatives (1933–1936) U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations (1953–1960) U.S. Senate (1937–1944, 1947–1953) Higher education Harvard University (BA)	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[edit]

Presidential Nominee	1964 (lost)		Vice Presidential Nominee
Barry Goldwater of AZ (1909–1998)	Prior public experience U.S. Senate (1953–1965) Chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee (1955–1957, 1961–1963) Higher education University of Arizona	Prior public experience U.S. House of Representatives (1951–1953, 1953–1965) Chair of the National Republican Congressional Committee (1960–1961) Chair of the Republican National Committee (1961–1964) Higher education University of Notre Dame (BA) Union University, New York (LLB)	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[edit]

Presidential Nominee	1968 (won), 1972 (won)		Vice Presidential Nominee
Richard Nixon of NY (1968), CA (1972) (1913–1994)	Prior public experience U.S. House of Representatives (1947–1950) U.S. Senate (1950–1953) Vice President (1953–1961) President (1969–1974) Higher education Whittier College (BA) Duke University (JD)	Prior public experience Executive of Baltimore County (1962–1966) Governor of Maryland (1967–1969) Vice President (1969–1973) Higher education Johns Hopkins University (BA) University of Baltimore (LLB)	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 Nixon/Agnew: 520 (96.7%)^[8] McGovern/Shriver: 17 (3.2%) Hospers/Nathan: 1 (0.2%)^[8] Popular vote Nixon/Agnew: 47,168,710 (60.6%) McGovern/Shriver 29,173,222 (37.5%)		Opponent(s) Sargent Shriver (Democratic)

1976[edit]

Presidential Nominee	1976 (lost)		Vice Presidential Nominee
Gerald Ford of MI (1913–2006)	Prior public experience U.S. House of Representatives (1949–1973) Chair of the House Republican Conference (1963–1965) House Minority Leader (1965–1973) Vice President (1973–1974) President (1974–1977) Higher education University of Michigan (BA) Yale University (JD)	Prior public experience Kansas House of Representatives (1951–1953) U.S. House of Representatives (1961–1969) U.S. Senate (1969–1996) Chair of the Republican National Committee (1971–1973) Higher education University of Kansas, Lawrence University of Arizona Washburn University (BA, LLB)	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[edit]

Presidential Nominee	1980 (won), 1984 (won)		Vice Presidential Nominee
Ronald Reagan of CA (1911–2004)	Prior public experience Governor of California (1967–1975) Chair of the Republican Governors Association (1968–1970) Higher education Eureka College (BA)	Prior public experience U.S. House of Representatives (1967–1971) U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations (1971–1973) Chair of the Republican National Committee (1973–1974) Chief of the U.S. Liaison Office to the People's Republic of China (1974–1975) Director of Central Intelligence (1976–1977) Vice President (1981–1989) Higher education Yale University (BA)	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[edit]

Presidential Nominee	1988 (won), 1992 (lost)		Vice Presidential Nominee
George H. W. Bush of TX (1924–2018)	Prior public experience U.S. House of Representatives (1967–1971) U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations (1971–1973) Chair of the Republican National Committee (1973–1974) Chief of the U.S. Liaison Office to the People's Republic of China (1974–1975) Director of Central Intelligence (1976–1977) Vice President (1981–1989) President (1989–1993) Higher education Yale University (BA)	Prior public experience U.S. House of Representatives (1977–1981) U.S. Senate (1981–1989) Chair of the Senate Committee System Study Committee (1984) Vice President (1989–1993) Higher education DePauw University (BA) Indiana University, Indianapolis (JD)	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[edit]

Presidential Nominee	1996 (lost)		Vice Presidential Nominee
Bob Dole of KS (1923–present)	Prior public experience Kansas House of Representatives (1951–1953) U.S. House of Representatives (1961–1969) U.S. Senate (1969–1996) Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Committee (1975–1979) Chair of the Senate Finance Committee (1981–1985) Senate Majority Leader (1985–1987, 1995–1996) Chair of the Senate Europe Security and Cooperation Committee (1985–1987) Senate Minority Leader (1987–1995) Chair of the Republican National Committee (1971–1973) Higher education University of Kansas, Lawrence University of Arizona Washburn University (BA, LLB)	Prior public experience U.S. House of Representatives (1971–1989) Chair of the House Republican Conference (1981–1987) U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (1989–1993) Higher education Occidental College (BA) California State University, Long Beach California Western University, San Diego	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[edit]

Presidential Nominee	2000 (won), 2004 (won)		Vice Presidential Nominee
George W. Bush of TX (1946–present)	Prior public experience Governor of Texas (1995–2000) Higher education Yale University (BA) Harvard University (MBA)	Prior public experience White House Chief of Staff (1975–1977) U.S. House of Representatives (1979–1989) Chair of the House Republican Policy Committee (1981–1987) Chair of the House Republican Conference (1987–1989) House Minority Whip (1989) U.S. Secretary of Defense (1989–1993) Higher education Yale University University of Wyoming (BA, MA) University of Wisconsin, Madison	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[edit]

Presidential Nominee	2008 (lost)		Vice Presidential Nominee
John McCain of AZ (1936–2018)	Prior public experience U.S. House of Representatives (1983–1987) United States Senate (1987–2018) Chair of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee (1995–1997, 2005–2007) Chair of the Senate Commerce Committee (1997–2001, 2003–2005) Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce Committee (2001–2003) Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (2007–2013) Higher education U.S. Naval Academy (BS)	Prior public experience Governor of Alaska (2006–2009) Higher education University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Hawaii Pacific University North Idaho College Matanuska-Susitna College University of Idaho (BA)	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[edit]

Presidential Nominee	2012 (lost)		Vice Presidential Nominee
Mitt Romney of MA (1947–present)	Prior public experience Governor of Massachusetts (2003–2007) Chair of the Republican Governors Association (2005–2006) Higher education Stanford University Brigham Young University (BA) Harvard University (JD, MBA)	Prior public experience U.S. House of Representatives (1999–2019) Chair of the House Budget Committee (2011–2015) Higher education Miami University (BA)	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[edit]

Presidential Nominee	2016 (won), 2020 (pending)		Vice Presidential Nominee
Donald Trump of NY (2016), FL (2020) (1946–present)	Prior public experience President (2017–present) Higher education Fordham University University of Pennsylvania (BS)	Prior public experience U.S. House of Representatives (2001–2013) Chair of the Republican Study Committee (2005–2007) Chair of the House Republican Conference (2009–2011) Governor of Indiana (2013–2017) Vice President (2017–present) Higher education Hanover College (BA) Indiana University, Indianapolis (JD)	Mike Pence of IN (1959–present)
Opponent(s) Hillary Clinton (Democratic) Gary Johnson (Libertarian) Jill Stein (Green)	Electoral vote (President)^[12] Trump: 304 (56.5%) Clinton: 227 (42.2%) Powell: 3 (0.6%) Kasich: 1 (0.2%) Paul: 1 (0.2%) Sanders: 1 (0.2%) Spotted Eagle: 1 (0.2%) Electoral vote (Vice President) Pence: 305 (56.7%) Kaine: 227 (42.2%) Warren: 2 (0.4%) Cantwell: 1 (0.2%) Collins: 1 (0.2%) Fiorina: 1 (0.2%) LaDuke: 1 (0.2%) 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 U.S. House of Representatives (1796–1797) Justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court (1798–1804) Governor of Florida (1821) U.S. Senate (1797–1798, 1823–1825) Chair of the Senate Military Affairs Committee (1823–1825) President (1825–1837) Higher education None	Prior public experience South Carolina House of Representatives (1808–1809) U.S. House of Representatives (1811–1817) U.S. Secretary of War (1817–1825) Vice President (1825–1832) Higher education Yale University Litchfield Law School	John C. Calhoun of SC (1782–1850)
Andrew Jackson of TN (1767–1845)		Prior public experience New York Senate (1813–1820) Attorney General of New York (1815–1819) U.S. Senate (1821–1828) Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee (1823–1828) Governor of New York (1829) U.S. Secretary of State (1829–1831) U.S. Minister to the United Kingdom (1831–1832) 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 New York Senate (1813–1820) Attorney General of New York (1815–1819) U.S. Senate (1821–1828) Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee (1823–1828) Governor of New York (1829) U.S. Secretary of State (1829–1831) U.S. Minister to the United Kingdom (1831–1832) Vice President (1833–1837) President (1837–1841) Higher education None	Prior public experience Kentucky House of Representatives (1804–1806, 1819) U.S. House of Representatives (1807–1819, 1829–1837) Chair of the House Claims Committee (1810–1811) Chair of the War Department Expenditures Committee (1817–1819) Chair of the House Post Office Committee (1829–1832) Chair of the House Military Affairs Committee (1832–1837) U.S. Senate (1819–1829) Chair of the Senate Post Office Committee (1829–1832) Vice President (1837–1841) Higher education Transylvania University	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 Tennessee House of Representatives (1823–1825) U.S. House of Representatives (1825–1839) Chair of the House Ways and Means Committee (1833–1835) Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives (1835–1839) Governor of Tennessee (1839–1841) Higher education University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (BA)	Prior public experience Mayor of Philadelphia, PA (1828–1829) U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (1829–1831) Attorney General of Pennsylvania (1833–1835) U.S. Minister to Russia (1837–1839) U.S. Senate (1839–1841) Chair of the Senate Naval Affairs Committee (1832–1833) Higher education Princeton University (BA)	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 Ohio House of Representatives (1806) Governor of Michigan (1813–1831) U.S. Secretary of War (1831–1836) U.S. Minister to France (1836–1842) U.S. Senate (1845–1848) Chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee (1847–1848) Higher education None	Prior public experience Kentucky House of Representatives (1817–1818) U.S. House of Representatives (1839–1843) Higher education Transylvania University (BA)	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 New Hampshire House of Representatives (1829–1833) Speaker of the New Hampshire House of Representatives (1831–1833) U.S. House of Representatives (1833–1837) U.S. Senate (1837–1842) Chair of the Senate Pensions Committee (1839–1841) U.S. Attorney for the District of New Hampshire (1845) Higher education Bowdoin College Northampton Law School	Prior public experience North Carolina House of Representatives (1807–1809) U.S. House of Representatives (1811–1816) U.S. Senate (1819–1844, 1848–1852) Chair of the Senate Public Lands Committee (1831–1832) Chair of the Senate Commerce Committee (1832–1833, 1837–1841) President pro tempore of the U.S. Senate (1836–1841, 1850–1852) Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (1849–1850) Chair of the Senate Pensions Committee (1849–1850) U.S. Minister to France (1844–1846) Higher education University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (BA)	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 Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1814–1816) U.S. House of Representatives (1821–1831) Chair of the House Judiciary Committee (1829–1831) U.S. Minister to Russia (1832–1833) U.S. Senate (1834–1845) Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (1836–1841) U.S. Secretary of State (1845–1849) U.S. Minister to the United Kingdom (1853–1856) Higher education Dickinson College (BA)	Prior public experience Kentucky House of Representatives (1849–1851) U.S. House of Representatives (1851–1855) Higher education Centre College (BA) Princeton University Transylvania University	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 Illinois House of Representatives (1836–1838) Secretary of State of Illinois (1840–1841) Associate Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court (1841–1843) U.S. House of Representatives (1843–1847) Chair of the House Territories Committee (1845–1847) U.S. Senate (1847–1861) Chair of the Senate Territories Committee (1847–1858) Higher education None	Prior public experience U.S. Senate (1848–1849) Chair of the Senate District of Columbia Committee (1848–1849) Governor of Georgia (1853–1857) Higher education University of Georgia (BA)	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 Commanding General of the U.S. Army (1861–1862) Higher education University of Pennsylvania U.S. Military Academy (BS)	Prior public experience Ohio Senate (1854–1856) U.S. House of Representatives (1857–1865) Higher education University of Cincinnati Heidelberg University	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 New York Assembly (1842, 1944–1845) Speaker of the New York Assembly (1845) Governor of New York (1853–1854, 1863–1864) Higher education Hobart College Norwich University (BA)	Prior public experience Attorney General of New Mexico (1847) Missouri House of Representatives (1852–1856) U.S. House of Representatives (1857–1859, 1860, 1861–1864) Chair of the House Armed Services Committee (1861–1862) Higher education Yale University University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Princeton University (BA) Transylvania University	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 U.S. House of Representatives (1848–1849) Higher education None	Prior public experience Missouri House of Representatives (1852–1858) U.S. Senate (1863–1867) Chair of the Senate Audit Committee (1865–1866) Chair of the Senate Public Grounds Committee (1866–1867) Governor of Missouri (1871–1873) Higher education Transylvania University Yale University (BA) University of Louisville (LLB)	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 New York Assembly (1846–1847, 1872) Chair of the New York Democratic Party (1866–1874) Governor of New York (1875–1876) Higher education Yale University New York University	Prior public experience Indiana House of Representatives (1848–1850) U.S. House of Representatives (1851–1855) Chair of the House Mileage Committee (1851–1853) Chair of the House Invalid Pensions Committee (1853–1855) Commissioner of the General Land Office (1855–1859) U.S. Senate (1863–1869) Governor of Indiana (1873–1877) Higher education Hanover College (BA)	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 Commander of the Fifth Military District (1867–1868) Higher education U.S. Military Academy (BS)	Prior public experience Indiana House of Representatives (1851–1853) Speaker of the Indiana House of Representatives (1852) U.S. House of Representatives (1853–1861) Chair of the House Post Office Committee (1857–1859) Higher education Hanover College	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 Mayor of Buffalo, NY (1882) Governor of New York (1883–1885) President (1885–1889) Higher education None	Prior public experience Indiana House of Representatives (1848–1850) U.S. House of Representatives (1851–1855) Chair of the House Mileage Committee (1851–1853) Chair of the House Invalid Pensions Committee (1853–1855) Commissioner of the General Land Office (1855–1859) U.S. Senate (1863–1869) Governor of Indiana (1873–1877) Higher education Hanover College (BA)	Thomas Hendricks of IN (1819–1885)
		Prior public experience Ohio Supreme Court (1852–1856) Associate Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court (1852–1854) Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court (1854–1856) U.S. Senate (1869–1881) Chair of the Senate Private Land Claims Committee (1872–1879) President pro tempore of the U.S. Senate (1879–1880) Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee (1879–1881) Higher education None	Allen Thurman of OH (1813–1895)
		Prior public experience U.S. House of Representatives (1875–1877, 1879–1881) Higher education Illinois Wesleyan University Centre College (BA)	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 U.S. House of Representatives (1891–1895) Higher education Illinois College (BA) Northwestern University (LLB)	Prior public experience None Higher education None	Arthur Sewall of ME (1835–1900)
William Jennings Bryan of NE (1860–1925)		Prior public experience U.S. House of Representatives (1875–1877, 1879–1881) Vice President (1893–1897) Higher education Illinois Wesleyan University Centre College (BA)	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)
Opponent(s) William McKinley (Republican)	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 Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals (1898–1904) Higher education Union University, New York (LLB)	Prior public experience West Virginia House of Delegates (1865–1869) West Virginia Senate (1869–1871) U.S. Senate (1871–1883) Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee (1879–1881) 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 U.S. House of Representatives (1891–1895) Higher education Illinois College (BA) Northwestern University (LLB)	Prior public experience Indiana Senate (1893–1897) Higher education University of Michigan (LLB)	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 Governor of New Jersey (1911–1913) President (1913–1921) Higher education Davidson College Princeton University (BA) University of Virginia Johns Hopkins University (MA, PhD)	Prior public experience Governor of Indiana (1909–1913) Vice President (1913–1921) Higher education Wabash College (BA)	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 U.S. House of Representatives (1909–1913) Governor of Ohio (1913–1915, 1917–1921) Higher education None	Prior public experience New York Senate (1911–1913) Assistant Secretary of the Navy (1913–1920) Higher education Harvard University (BA) Columbia University	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 West Virginia House of Delegates (1899) U.S. House of Representatives (1911–1913) U.S. Solicitor General (1913–1918) U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom (1918–1921) Higher education Washington and Lee University (BA, LLB)	Prior public experience Mayor of Lincoln, NE (1915–1917) Governor of Nebraska (1923–1925) Higher education Illinois College University of Chicago	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 New York Assembly (1904–1915) Majority Leader of the New York Assembly (1912, 1914–1915) Minority Leader of the New York Assembly (1912) Speaker of the New York Assembly (1913) New York City Council (1917–1918) President of the New York City Council (1917–1918) Governor of New York (1919–1920, 1923–1928) Higher education None	Prior public experience Arkansas House of Representatives (1895–1987) U.S. House of Representatives (1903–1912) Chair of the House Public Lands Committee (1911–1912) Governor of Arkansas (1913) U.S. Senate (1913–1937) Chair of the Senate Treasury Department Expenditures Committee (1913–1917) Chair of the Senate Claims Committee (1917–1919) Senate Majority Leader (1923–1933) Higher education University of Arkansas University of Virginia	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 New York Senate (1911–1913) Assistant Secretary of the Navy (1913–1920) Governor of New York (1929–1932) President (1933–1945) Higher education Harvard University (BA) Columbia University	Prior public experience Texas House of Representatives (1898–1902) U.S. House of Representatives (1931–1933) House Minority Leader (1929–1931) Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives (1903–1933) Vice President (1933–1941) Higher education Vanderbilt University	Jack Garner of TX (1868–1967)
		Prior public experience U.S. Secretary of Agriculture (1933–1940) Higher education Iowa State University (BS)	Henry Wallace of IA (1888–1965)
		Prior public experience Presiding Judge of Jackson County, MO (1927–1935) U.S. Senate (1935–1945) Chair of the Senate National Defense Program Committee (1941–1944) Higher education University of Missouri, Kansas City (BA)	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 Presiding Judge of Jackson County, MO (1927–1935) U.S. Senate (1935–1945) Chair of the Senate National Defense Program Committee (1941–1944) Vice President (1945) President (1945–1953) Higher education University of Missouri, Kansas City (BA)	Prior public experience U.S. House of Representatives (1913–1927) U.S. Senate (1927–1949) Senate Majority Leader (1937–1947) Senate Minority Leader (1947–1949) Chair of the Joint Inaugural Ceremonies Committee (1948) Higher education Marvin College (BA) Emory University University of Virginia	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 Governor of Illinois (1949–1953) Higher education Princeton University (BA) Northwestern University (JD)	Prior public experience U.S. House of Representatives (1937–1946) House Majority Whip (1946) U.S. Senate (1946–1979) Chair of the Senate Small Business Committee (1955–1967) Higher education University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa (BA, LLB)	John Sparkman of AL (1899–1985)
Adlai Stevenson of IL (1900–1965)		Prior public experience U.S. House of Representatives (1939–1949) U.S. Senate (1949–1963) Chair of the Senate Interstate Commerce Crime Committee (1950–1951) Higher education University of Tennessee, Knoxville (BA) Yale University (LLB)	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)
Opponent(s) Dwight D. Eisenhower (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%)		Opponent(s) Richard Nixon (Republican)

1960[edit]

Presidential Nominee	1960 (won)		Vice Presidential Nominee
John F. Kennedy of MA (1917–1963)	Prior public experience U.S. House of Representatives (1947–1953) U.S. Senate (1953–1960) Chair of the Senate Reception Room Committee (1956–1959) Higher education Princeton University Harvard University (BA) Stanford University	Prior public experience U.S. House of Representatives (1937–1949) U.S. Senate (1949–1961) Chair of the Senate Reception Room Committee (1955–1956) Chair of the Senate Space Committee (1958–1961) Senate Majority Whip (1951–1953) Senate Minority Leader (1953–1955) Senate Majority Leader (1955–1961) Higher education Southwest Texas State Teachers College (BA)	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 U.S. House of Representatives (1937–1949) U.S. Senate (1949–1961) Chair of the Senate Reception Room Committee (1955–1957) Chair of the Senate Space Committee (1958–1961) Senate Majority Whip (1951–1953) Senate Minority Leader (1953–1955) Senate Majority Leader (1955–1961) Vice President (1961–1963) President (1963–1969) Higher education Southwest Texas State Teachers College (BA)	Prior public experience Mayor of Minneapolis, MN (1945–1948) U.S. Senate (1949–1964) Senate Majority Whip (1961–1964) Chair of the Senate Disarmament Committee (1955–1959) Higher education Capitol College of Pharmacy University of Minnesota (BA) Louisiana State University (MA)	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 Mayor of Minneapolis, MN (1945–1948) U.S. Senate (1949–1964) Senate Majority Whip (1961–1964) Chair of the Senate Disarmament Committee (1955–1959) Vice President (1965–1969) Higher education Capitol College of Pharmacy University of Minnesota (BA) Louisiana State University (MA)	Prior public experience Maine House of Representatives (1947–1951) Minority Leader of the Maine House of Representatives (1949–1951) Governor of Maine (1955–1959) U.S. Senate (1959–1980) Chair of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (1967–1969) Higher education Bates College (BA) Cornell University (LLB)	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 U.S. House of Representatives (1957–1961) Director of Food for Peace (1961–1962) U.S. Senate (1963–1981) Chair of the Senate Nutrition Committee (1968–1977) Higher education Dakota Wesleyan University (BA) Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary Northwestern University (MA, PhD)	Prior public experience Attorney General of Missouri (1961–1965) Lieutenant Governor of Missouri (1965–1968) U.S. Senate (1968–1987) Higher education Amherst College (BA) University of Oxford Harvard University (LLB)	Tom Eagleton of MO^[17] (1929–2007)
George McGovern of SD (1922–2012)		Prior public experience Director of the Peace Corps (1961–1966) Director of the Office of Economic Opportunity (1964–1968) U.S Ambassador to France (1968–1970) Higher education Yale University (BA, LLB)	Sargent Shriver of MD (1915–2011)
Opponent(s) Richard Nixon (Republican)	Electoral vote Nixon/Agnew: 520 (96.7%)^[8] McGovern/Shriver: 17 (3.2%) Hospers/Nathan: 1 (0.2%)^[8] 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 Georgia Senate (1963–1967) Governor of Georgia (1971–1975) President (1977–1981) Higher education Georgia Southwestern State University Georgia Institute of Technology U.S. Naval Academy (BS)	Prior public experience Attorney General of Minnesota (1960–1964) U.S. Senate (1964–1976) Chair of the Senate Equal Education Opportunity Committee (1969–1973) Vice President (1977–1981) Higher education Macalester College University of Minnesota (BA, JD)	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[edit]

Presidential Nominee	1984 (lost)		Vice Presidential Nominee
Walter Mondale of MN (1928–present)	Prior public experience Attorney General of Minnesota (1960–1964) U.S. Senate (1964–1976) Chair of the Senate Equal Education Opportunity Committee (1969–1973) Vice President (1977–1981) Higher education Macalester College University of Minnesota (BA, JD)	Prior public experience U.S. House of Representatives (1979–1985) Secretary of the House Democratic Caucus (1981–1985) Higher education Marymount Manhattan College (BA) Fordham University (JD)	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[edit]

Presidential Nominee	1988 (lost)		Vice Presidential Nominee
Michael Dukakis of MA (1933–present)	Prior public experience Massachusetts House of Representatives (1965–1971) Governor of Massachusetts (1975–1979, 1983–1991) Chair of the Democratic Governors Association (1986–1987) Higher education Swarthmore College (BA) Harvard University (JD)	Prior public experience U.S. House of Representatives (1948–1955) U.S. Senate (1971–1993) Chair of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (1983–1985) Chair of the Joint Economic Committee (1983–1985) Chair of the Senate Finance Committee (1987–1993) Higher education University of Texas, Austin (LLB)	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[edit]

Presidential Nominee	1992 (won), 1996 (won)		Vice Presidential Nominee
Bill Clinton of AR (1946–present)	Prior public experience Attorney General of Arkansas (1977–1979) Governor of Arkansas (1979–1981, 1983–1992) Chair of the National Governors Association (1986–1987) Chair of the Democratic Governors Association (1987–1988) President (1993–2001) Higher education Georgetown University (BS) University College, Oxford Yale University (JD)	Prior public experience U.S. House of Representatives (1977–1985) U.S. Senate (1985–1993) Vice President (1993–2001) Higher education Harvard University (BA) Vanderbilt University	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[edit]

2000[edit]

Presidential Nominee	2000 (lost)		Vice Presidential Nominee
Al Gore of TN (1948–present)	Prior public experience U.S. House of Representatives (1977–1985) U.S. Senate (1985–1993) Vice President (1993–2001) Higher education Harvard University (BA) Vanderbilt University	Prior public experience Connecticut Senate (1971–1981) Majority Leader of the Connecticut Senate (1975–1981) Attorney General of Connecticut (1983–1989) U.S. Senate (1989–2013) Higher education Yale University (BA, LLB)	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[edit]

Presidential Nominee	2004 (lost)		Vice Presidential Nominee
John Kerry of MA (1943–present)	Prior public experience Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts (1983–1985) U.S. Senate (1985–2013) Chair of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (1987–1989) Chair of the Senate POW/MIA Affairs Committee (1991–1993) Ranking Member of the Senate Small Business Committee (1997–2001, 2003–2007) Chair of the Senate Small Business Committee (2001–2003) Higher education Yale University (BA) Boston College (JD)	Prior public experience U.S. Senate (1999–2005) Higher education Clemson University North Carolina State University (BA) University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (JD)	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[edit]

Presidential Nominee	2008 (won), 2012 (won)		Vice Presidential Nominee
Barack Obama of IL (1961–present)	Prior public experience Illinois Senate (1997–2004) U.S. Senate (2005–2008) President (2009–2017) Higher education Occidental College Columbia University (BA) Harvard University (JD)	Prior public experience U.S. Senate (1973–2009) Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee (1981–1987, 1995–1997) Ranking Member of the Senate Narcotics Caucus (1985–1987, 1995–2001, 2003–2007) Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee (1987–1995) Chair of the Senate Narcotics Caucus (1987–1995, 2001–2003, 2007–2009) Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (1997–2001, 2003–2007) Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (2001–2003, 2007–2009) Vice President (2009–2017) Higher education University of Delaware (BA) Syracuse University (JD)	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[edit]

Presidential Nominee	2016 (lost)		Vice Presidential Nominee
Hillary Clinton of NY (1947–present)	Prior public experience Chair of the Legal Services Corporation (1978–1980) First Lady of Arkansas (1979–1981, 1983–1992) First Lady of the United States (1993–2001) U.S. Senate (2001–2009) Chair of the Senate Democratic Steering and Outreach Committee (2005–2007) U.S. Secretary of State (2009–2013) Higher education Wellesley College (BA) Yale University (JD)	Prior public experience Mayor of Richmond, VA (1998–2001) Lieutenant Governor of Virginia (2002–2006) Governor of Virginia (2006–2010) Chair of the Democratic National Committee (2009–2011) U.S. Senate (2013–present) Higher education University of Missouri, Columbia (BA) Harvard University (JD)	Tim Kaine of VA (1958–present)
Opponent(s) Donald Trump (Republican) Gary Johnson (Libertarian) Jill Stein (Green)	Electoral vote (President)^[12] Trump: 304 (56.5%) Clinton: 227 (42.2%) Powell: 3 (0.6%) Kasich: 1 (0.2%) Paul: 1 (0.2%) Sanders: 1 (0.2%) Spotted Eagle: 1 (0.2%) Electoral vote (Vice President) Pence: 305 (56.7%) Kaine: 227 (42.2%) Warren: 2 (0.4%) Cantwell: 1 (0.2%) Collins: 1 (0.2%) Fiorina: 1 (0.2%) LaDuke: 1 (0.2%) 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[edit]

Presidential Nominee	2020 (pending)		Vice Presidential Nominee
Joe Biden of DE (1942–present)	Prior public experience U.S. Senate (1973–2009) Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee (1981–1987, 1995–1997) Ranking Member of the Senate Narcotics Caucus (1985–1987, 1995–2001, 2003–2007) Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee (1987–1995) Chair of the Senate Narcotics Caucus (1987–1995, 2001–2003, 2007–2009) Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (1997–2001, 2003–2007) Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (2001–2003, 2007–2009) Vice President (2009–2017) Higher education University of Delaware (BA) Syracuse University (JD)	Prior public experience District Attorney of San Francisco, CA (2004–2011) Attorney General of California (2011–2017) U.S. Senate (2017–present) Higher education Howard University (BA) University of California, Hastings (JD)	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[edit]

^ ^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.
^ ^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.
^ ^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.
^ ^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.
^ ^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%.
^ ^a ^b Sherman died before the 1912 election and Butler was declared the running mate after the election to receive his Electoral College votes.
^ ^a ^b If not for a faithless elector, Eisenhower and Nixon would have won 458 (86.3%) in 1956.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d If not for a faithless elector, Nixon and Agnew would have won 521 (96.8%) Electoral College votes.
^ ^a ^b If not for a faithless elector, Ford would have won 241 (44.8%) votes.
^ ^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.
^ ^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.
^ ^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.
^ If not for unpledged electors, Rush would have won 178 (68.2%) votes.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ Eagleton withdrew from the ticket and was replaced by Shriver.

[ReferenceA-1] 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.

[ReferenceB-2] If not for the 17 invalidated electors from Union-occupied Louisiana and Texas, McClellan and Pendleton would have won 8.4% of votes.

[ReferenceC-3] If not for the 14 invalidated electors from voting irregularities in Arkansas and Louisiana, Grant and Wilson would have won 300 (82.0%) votes.

[ReferenceD-4] 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.

[ReferenceE-5] 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%.

[Sherman_death-6] Sherman died before the 1912 election and Butler was declared the running mate after the election to receive his Electoral College votes.

[ReferenceF-7] If not for a faithless elector, Eisenhower and Nixon would have won 458 (86.3%) in 1956.

[1972_EC-8] If not for a faithless elector, Nixon and Agnew would have won 521 (96.8%) Electoral College votes.

[ReferenceG-9] If not for a faithless elector, Ford would have won 241 (44.8%) votes.

[1988_Election-10] 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.

[ReferenceH-11] A faithless elector voted Edwards for President and Vice President in the Electoral College, otherwise Kerry would have won 252 (46.8%) votes.

[ReferenceI-12] 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.

[Eagleton-17] Eagleton withdrew from the ticket and was replaced by Shriver.

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