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Results[edit]

Election year	Winner	Other Major Candidates^[1]
1789	George Washington	John Adams (none) John Jay (none) Robert H. Harrison (none) John Rutledge (none)
1792	George Washington	John Adams (Federalist) George Clinton (Democratic-Republican)
1796	John Adams (Federalist)	Thomas Jefferson (Democratic-Republican) Thomas Pinckney (Federalist) Aaron Burr (Democratic-Republican) Samuel Adams (Democratic-Republican) Oliver Ellsworth (Federalist) George Clinton (Democratic-Republican)
1800	Thomas Jefferson (Democratic-Republican)	Aaron Burr (Democratic-Republican) John Adams (Federalist) Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (Federalist)
1804	Thomas Jefferson (Democratic-Republican)	Charles C. Pinckney (Federalist)
1808	James Madison (Democratic-Republican)	Charles C. Pinckney (Federalist) George Clinton (Democratic-Republican) James Monroe (Democratic-Republican)
1812	James Madison (Democratic-Republican)	DeWitt Clinton (Federalist) Rufus King (Federalist)
1816	James Monroe (Democratic-Republican)	Rufus King (Federalist)
1820	James Monroe (Democratic-Republican)	(not opposed)
1824	John Quincy Adams‡ (Democratic-Republican)	Andrew Jackson‡ (Democratic-Republican) William H. Crawford (Democratic-Republican) Henry Clay (Democratic-Republican)
1828	Andrew Jackson (Democrat)	John Quincy Adams (National Republican)
1832	Andrew Jackson (Democrat)	Henry Clay (National Republican) John Floyd (Nullifiers) William Wirt (Anti-Masonic)
1836	Martin Van Buren (Democrat)	William Henry Harrison (Whig) Hugh Lawson White (Whig) Daniel Webster (Whig) Willie P. Mangum (A Whig, but votes received from Nullifiers)
1840	William Henry Harrison (Whig)	Martin Van Buren (Democrat)
1844	James Polk† (Democrat)	Henry Clay (Whig) James G. Birney (Liberty)
1848	Zachary Taylor (Whig)	Lewis Cass (Democrat) Martin Van Buren (Free Soil)
1852	Former New Hampshire Senator	Franklin Pierce (Democratic)	Commanding General	Winfield Scott (Whig)
1852	Former New Hampshire Senator	Franklin Pierce (Democratic)	New Hampshire Senator	John P. Hale (Free Soil)
1856	Ambassador and former Secretary of State and Pennsylvania Senator	James Buchanan† (Democratic)	Former California Senator	John C. Fremont (Republican)
1856		James Buchanan† (Democratic)	Former President	Millard Fillmore (American Party/Whig)
1860	Former Illinois Representative	Abraham Lincoln† (Republican)	Vice President	John C. Breckinridge (Democrat (southern))
			Former Tennessee Senator	John Bell (Constitutional Union (Whig))
			Illinois Senator	Stephen Douglas (Democrat (northern))
1864	President	Abraham Lincoln (Republican)	Former Commanding General	George B. McClellan (Democrat)
1868	Commanding General	Ulysses Grant (Republican)	Former New York Governor	Horatio Seymour (Democrat)
1872	President	Ulysses Grant (Republican)	Former New York Representative	Horace Greeley (Democrat/Liberal Republican)
			Former Indiana Senator	Thomas A. Hendricks (Democrat)
			Missouri Governor	B. Gratz Brown (Democrat/Liberal Republican)
1876**	Ohio Governor	Rutherford Hayes‡ (Republican)	New York Governor	Samuel Tilden‡ (Democrat)
1880	Ohio Representative	James Garfield† (Republican)	Former General	Winfield S. Hancock (Democrat)
1880	Ohio Representative	James Garfield† (Republican)	Iowa Representative	James Weaver (United States Greenback Party)
1884	New York Governor	Grover Cleveland† (Democrat)	Former Secretary of State, Maine Senator, and Speaker of the House	James Blaine (Republican)
1888	Former Indiana Senator	Benjamin Harrison‡ (Republican)	President	Grover Cleveland‡ (Democrat)
1888	Former Indiana Senator	Benjamin Harrison‡ (Republican)	Former General	Clinton B. Fisk (Prohibition)
1892	Former President	Grover Cleveland† (Democrat)	President	Benjamin Harrison (Republican)
			Former Iowa Representative	James Weaver (Populist Party)
			Former California Representative	John Bidwell (Prohibition)
1896	Former Ohio Representative and Governor	William McKinley (Republican)	Former Nebraska Representative	William Jennings Bryan (Democrat/Populist Party)
1900	President	William McKinley (Republican)	Former Nebraska Representative	William Jennings Bryan (Democrat)
1904	President	Theodore Roosevelt (Republican)	New York Justice	Alton B. Parker (Democrat)
1904	President	Theodore Roosevelt (Republican)	Labor leader	Eugene V. Debs (Socialist)
1908	Secretary of War	William Howard Taft (Republican)	Former Nebraska Representative	William Jennings Bryan (Democrat)
1908	Secretary of War	William Howard Taft (Republican)	Labor leader	Eugene V. Debs (Socialist)
1912	New Jersey Governor	Woodrow Wilson† (Democrat)	Former President	Theodore Roosevelt (Progressive)
			President	William Howard Taft (Republican)
			Labor leader	Eugene V. Debs (Socialist)
1916	President	Woodrow Wilson† (Democrat)	Supreme Court Justce	Charles Evans Hughes (Republican)
1916	President	Woodrow Wilson† (Democrat)	Newspaper editor	Allan L. Benson (Socialist)
1920	Ohio Senator	Warren Harding (Republican)	Ohio Governor	James M. Cox (Democrat)
1924	President	Calvin Coolidge (Republican)	Former Ambassador and West Virginia Representative	John W. Davis (Democrat)
1924	President	Calvin Coolidge (Republican)	Wisconsin Senator	Robert M. La Follette, Sr. (Progressive)
1928	Secretary of Commerce	Herbert Hoover (Republican)	New York Governor	Al Smith (Democrat)
1932	New York Governor	Franklin Roosevelt (Democrat)	President	Herbert Hoover (Republican)
1932	New York Governor	Franklin Roosevelt (Democrat)	Socialist	Norman Thomas (Socialist)
1936	President	Franklin Roosevelt (Democrat)	Kansas Governor	Alfred Landon (Republican)
1936	President	Franklin Roosevelt (Democrat)	North Dakota Representative	William Lemke (Union)
1940	President	Franklin Roosevelt (Democrat)	Lawyer	Wendell Willkie (Republican)
1944	President	Franklin Roosevelt (Democrat)	New York Governor	Thomas Dewey (Republican)
1948	President	Harry Truman† (Democrat)	New York Governor	Thomas Dewey (Republican)
			South Carolina Governor	Strom Thurmond (States' Rights Democratic)
			Former Vice President	Henry A. Wallace (Progressive/Labor)
1952	General	Dwight Eisenhower (Republican)	Illinois Governor	Adlai Stevenson (Democrat)
1956	President	Dwight Eisenhower (Republican)	Former Illinois Governor	Adlai Stevenson (Democrat)
1960	Massachusetts Senator	John Kennedy† (Democrat)	Vice President	Richard Nixon (Republican)
1960	Massachusetts Senator	John Kennedy† (Democrat)	Virginia Senator	Harry F. Byrd (none)
1964	President	Lyndon Johnson (Democrat)	Arizona Senator	Barry Goldwater (Republican)
1968	Former Vice President	Richard Nixon† (Republican)	Vice President	Hubert Humphrey (Democrat)
1968	Former Vice President	Richard Nixon† (Republican)	Former Alabama Governor	George Wallace (American Independent)
1972	President	Richard Nixon (Republican)	South Dakota Senator	George McGovern (Democrat)
1976	Former Georgia Governor	Jimmy Carter (Democrat)	President	Gerald Ford (Republican)
1980	Former California Governor	Ronald Reagan (Republican)	President	Jimmy Carter (Democrat)
1980	Former California Governor	Ronald Reagan (Republican)	Illinois Representative	John B. Anderson (none)
1984	President	Ronald Reagan (Republican)	Former Vice President	Walter Mondale (Democrat)
1988	Vice President	George H. W. Bush (Republican)	Massachusetts Governor	Michael Dukakis (Democrat)
1992	Arkansas Governor	Bill Clinton† (Democrat)	President	George H. W. Bush (Republican)
1992	Arkansas Governor	Bill Clinton† (Democrat)	Businessman	Ross Perot (none)
1996	President	Bill Clinton† (Democrat)	Kansas Senator	Bob Dole (Republican)
1996	President	Bill Clinton† (Democrat)	Businessman	Ross Perot (Reform)
2000‡	Texas Governor	George W. Bush‡ (Republican)	Vice President	Al Gore‡ (Democrat)
2000‡	Texas Governor	George W. Bush‡ (Republican)	Political activist	Ralph Nader (Green)
2004	President	George W. Bush (Republican)	Massachusetts Senator	John Kerry (Democrat)

† Winner received less than a majority of all popular vote.

‡ Losing candidate received a plurality of the popular vote.

** Losing candidate received an absolute majority of the popular vote.

Notes

^ Here a “major candidate” is defined as a candidate receiving greater than 1% of the total popular vote for elections including and after 1824, or greater than 5 electoral votes for elections including and before 1820. (This column may not be complete).

Presidents John Tyler, Millard Fillmore, Andrew Johnson, Chester Arthur and Gerald Ford served as president but never won an election for president.

Ford was never elected vice-president.

Tyler and A. Johnson were never major candidates, not even as incumbent presidents.

Fillmore was a major candidate, but not as an incumbent.

[1] Here a “major candidate” is defined as a candidate receiving greater than 1% of the total popular vote for elections including and after 1824, or greater than 5 electoral votes for elections including and before 1820. (This column may not be complete).

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