List of African-American United States presidential and vice presidential candidates

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In 2021, Kamala Harris became the first African-American, first female, and first Indian-American vice president of the United States.

The following is a list of African-American United States presidential and vice presidential nominees and candidates for nomination. Nominees are candidates nominated or otherwise selected by political parties for particular offices. Listed are those African-Americans who achieved ballot access for the national election in at least one state. They may have won the nomination of one of the US political parties (either one of the major parties, or one of the third parties), or made the ballot as an independent, and in either case must have votes in the election to qualify for this list. Exception is made for candidates whose parties lost ballot status for additional runs.

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Not included in the first and second sections are African-Americans who ran unsuccessful campaigns in nominating conventions or primary elections for their party's nomination (or who have not yet completed that process), write-in candidates, potential candidates (suggested by media, objects of draft movements, etc.), or fictional candidates. The third section includes African-Americans who ran for their party's presidential nomination but who were not nominated, as well as those who are currently pursuing their party's presidential nomination (when applicable).

There have been two African Americans on major party tickets in U.S. history: Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama in 2008 and 2012 and Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris in 2020.

Barack Obama was the first African American and first biracial president of the United States, being elected in the 2008 election and re-elected in the 2012 election.

Kamala Harris became the first African American vice president of the United States of America, being elected in the 2020 election alongside President Joe Biden. She is also the first female vice president. She is the second biracial vice president, the first being Charles Curtis.

U.S. presidential candidates: party nominees

Denotes winning candidate.

Candidates receiving electoral votes

African-American presidential nominees, showing running mate and electoral votes received
YearNamePartyRunning matePopular votes Electoral votes
received/total
Opponent
2008 Barack Obama Democratic Party Joe Biden 69,498,215365/538 John McCain
2012 Barack Obama Democratic Party Joe Biden 65,915,796332/538 Mitt Romney
2016 Colin Powell Not applicable [1] Not applicable3/538
African-American presidential nominees, showing running mate and popular votes received
YearNamePartyRunning matePopular votes
1904 George Edwin Taylor [2] National Liberty PartyW.C. PayneScattering [3]
1960 Clennon King Independent Afro-American PartyReginald Carter1,485
1964 Clifton DeBerry Socialist Workers Party Ed Shaw 32,706
1968 Eldridge Cleaver Peace and Freedom Party Various candidates36,623 [4]
1968 Dick Gregory Freedom and Peace PartyVarious candidates47,097
1968 Charlene Mitchell Communist Party Michael Zagarell 1,076
1976 Margaret Wright People's Party Benjamin Spock 49,013
1980 Clifton DeBerry Socialist Workers Party Matilde Zimmermann 38,738
1980 Andrew Pulley Socialist Workers Party Matilde Zimmermann 6,264 [5]
1984 Larry Holmes Workers World Party Gloria La Riva 17,985
1984 Dennis L. Serrette New Alliance Party Nancy Ross46,853
1984 Edward Winn Socialist Equality Party Helen Halyard 10,801
1988 Lenora Fulani New Alliance Party Joyce Dattner 217,219
1988 Larry Holmes Workers World Party Gloria La Riva 7,846
1988 James Warren Socialist Workers Party Kathleen Mickells15,602
1988 Edward Winn Socialist Equality Party Helen Halyard 18,693
1992 Ronald Daniels Peace and Freedom Party Asiba Tupahache 27,949
1992 Lenora Fulani New Alliance Party Maria Elizabeth Muñoz 73,714
1992 Helen Halyard Workers League Fred Mazelis 3,050
1992 Isabell Masters Looking Back Party Walter Masters 327
1992 James Warren Socialist Workers Party Various candidates23,533
1996 James Harris Socialist Workers Party Laura Garza 8,476
1996 Monica Moorehead Workers World Party Gloria La Riva 29,083
1996 Isabell Masters Looking Back Party Shirley Jean Masters 752
2000 James Harris Socialist Workers Party Margaret Trowe 7,038
2000 Monica Moorehead Workers World Party Gloria La Riva 4,795
2000 Randall A. VensonIndependentGene Kelly547
2004 James Harris [6] Socialist Workers Party Margaret Trowe 7,102
2004 John Parker Workers World Party Teresa Gutierrez 1,646
2008 James Harris [6] Socialist Workers Party Alyson Kennedy 2,424
2008 Alan Keyes America's Independent Party Brian Rohrbough 47,756 [7]
2008 Cynthia McKinney Green Party Rosa Clemente 150,061
2008 Barack Obama Democratic Party Joe Biden 69,498,215
2012 Stewart Alexander Socialist Party Alejandro Mendoza 4,405 [8]
2012 Andre Barnett Reform Party Ken Cross956 [8]
2012 James Harris Socialist Workers Party Maura DeLuca 4,117 [8]
2012 Peta Lindsay Party for Socialism and Liberation Yari Osorio7,791 [8]
2012 Barack Obama Democratic Party Joe Biden 65,915,796 [8]
2016 Monica Moorehead Workers World Party Lamont Lilly 4,314
2016 Khadijah Jacob-FambroRevolutionary PartyMilton Fambro748
2016 Clifton Roberts [9] Humane Party Breeze Harper [10] 86 [11]
2020 President R19 Boddie [12] [13] C.U.P.Eric Stoneham3,177
2020 Dario Hunter [14] Oregon Progressive Party Dawn Neptune Adams5,403
2020 Princess Khadijah Jacob-Fambro [14] UnaffiliatedKhadijah M. Jacob497
2020 Ricki Sue King [15] Genealogy Know Your Family HistoryDayna R. Chandler546
2020 Jade Simmons [16] IndependentClaudeliah Roze [17] 6,958
2020 Kanye West NA Michelle Tidball 70,294

U.S. vice presidential candidates: party nominees

Denotes winning candidate.

Candidates receiving electoral votes

Until the 2020 presidential election, no African-American candidates had received electoral votes for vice president.

African-American vice presidential nominees of major parties, showing running mate and votes received
YearNamePartyRunning mate Electoral votes
received/total
Popular votesOpponent
2020 Kamala Harris Democratic Party Joe Biden 306/53881,268,867 Mike Pence
African-American vice presidential nominees, showing running mate and popular votes received
YearNamePartyRunning matePopular votes
1872 Frederick Douglass [18] Equal Rights Party Victoria Woodhull Unreported
1928 Simon P. DrewInterracial Independent Party [19] Jacob S. Coxey [20] [21]
1932 James W. Ford Communist Party William Z. Foster 102,991
1936 James W. Ford Communist Party Earl Browder 80,195
1940 James W. Ford Communist Party Earl Browder
1952 Charlotta Bass Progressive Party Vincent Hallinan 140,023
1968 Paul Boutelle Socialist Workers Party Fred Halstead
1972 Julius Hobson People's Party Benjamin Spock 78,759
1972 Jarvis Tyner Communist Party Gus Hall
1976 Willie Mae Reid Socialist Workers Party Peter Camejo 90,986
1976 Jarvis Tyner Communist Party Gus Hall
1980 Angela Davis Communist Party Gus Hall 43,871
1984 Angela Davis Communist Party Gus Hall 36,386
1984 Helen Halyard [22] Socialist Equality Party Edward Winn 10,801
1988 B. Kwaku Duren [23] New Alliance Party Lenora Fulani 31,180
1988 Helen Halyard Socialist Equality Party Edward Winn 18,693
1988 Mamie Moore [24] New Alliance Party Lenora Fulani 26,487
1988 Florence M. Rice [25] Consumer Party Eugene McCarthy 25,109
1992 Willie Mae Reid Socialist Workers Party James "Mac" Warren
1996 Shirley Jean Masters Looking Back Party Isabell Masters 752
2000 Ezola B. Foster Reform Party Pat Buchanan 449,225
2004 Arrin Hawkins Socialist Workers Party Róger Calero 3,689
2004 Jim Lawrence Socialist Equality Party Bill Van Auken 1,857
2008 Stewart Alexander Socialist Party Brian Moore 7,315
2008 Eugene Puryear Party for Socialism and Liberation Gloria La Riva 7,478
2016 Ajamu Baraka Green Party Jill Stein 1,457,044
2016 Osborne Hart Socialist Workers Party Alyson Kennedy 11,667
2016 Lamont Lilly Workers World Party Monica Moorehead 4,003
2016 Eugene Puryear Peace and Freedom Party Gloria La Riva 43,445
2016 Angela Nicole Walker Socialist Party USA Mimi Soltysik 2,579
2016 Milton FambroRevolutionary PartyKhadijah Jacob-Fambro748
2016 Breeze Harper [10] Humane PartyClifton Roberts [9] 86 [11]
2020 Karla Ballard [26] Independent Brock Pierce 49,700
2020 Dayna R. Chandler [15] Genealogy Know Your Family HistoryRicki Sue King
2020 Kamala Harris Democratic Party Joe Biden 81,268,867
2020 Khadijah M. Jacob [14] UnaffiliatedPrincess Khadijah Jacob-Fambro
2020 Malcolm Jarrett [27] Socialist Workers Party Alyson Kennedy 6,791
2020 Cynthia McKinney [28] Green Party of Alaska Jesse Ventura 3,291
2020 Melissa Nixon [17] Independent Jade Simmons 181
2020 Raechelle PopeIndependentMichael Laboch
2020 Claudeliah Roze [29] Independent Jade Simmons 6,777
2020 Angela Nicole Walker Green Party and Socialist Party USA Howie Hawkins 404,021
2020 Adrian WallaceIndependent Mark Charles 3,040
2020 Kanye West [30] American Independent Party Rocky De La Fuente 60,160

U.S. president: other candidates for party nomination

Candidates who failed to receive their party's nomination (or who are currently campaigning for their party's nomination). Candidates who won the nomination belong in the above tables only.

African-American candidates who unsuccessfully sought presidential nomination
YearNamePartyDetailsNominee
1848 Frederick Douglass Liberty Party 1 vote at national convention [31] Gerrit Smith
1888 Frederick Douglass Republican Party 1 vote at national convention Benjamin Harrison
1968 Channing E. Phillips Democratic Party 67.5 votes at national convention Hubert Humphrey
1972 Shirley Chisholm Democratic Party 152 votes at national convention George McGovern
1972 Walter Fauntroy Democratic Party 1 vote at national convention; 21,217 votes (71.78%) and winner of Washington, D.C., primary
1976 Barbara Jordan Democratic Party 1 vote at national convention Jimmy Carter
1976 Walter Fauntroy Democratic Party 10,149 votes (30.49%) (2nd place) in Washington, D.C. primary
1984 Jesse Jackson Democratic Party 466 votes at national convention Walter Mondale
1988 Jesse Jackson Democratic Party 1218.5 votes at national convention Michael Dukakis
1992 Douglas Wilder Democratic Party Withdrew before Iowa caucuses Bill Clinton
1992 Alan Keyes Republican Party 1 vote at national convention. Keyes was the Republican candidate in the U.S. Senate election in Maryland at the time, and was not actively seeking the presidency in 1992. George H.W. Bush
1996 Alan Keyes Republican Party 1 vote at national convention Bob Dole
1996 Isabell Masters Republican Party 1052 votes (7th place) in Oklahoma primary [32]
2000 Alan Keyes Republican Party 6 votes at national convention George W. Bush
2000 Angel Joy Rocker [33] Republican Party 6 votes in Alabama straw poll [34]
2004 Carol Moseley Braun Democratic Party Withdrew before Iowa caucuses John Kerry
2004 Al Sharpton Democratic Party Earned 26 delegates in 5 primaries and caucuses
2008 Alan Keyes Republican Party Keyes withdrew from Republican Party on April 15, 2008, but remained on the Republican ballot in several states. John McCain
2008 Alan Keyes Constitution Party 125.7 votes (24.36%) (2nd place) at national convention. Chuck Baldwin
2012 Herman Cain Republican Party Withdrew on December 3, 2011. Mitt Romney
2016 Willie Wilson Democratic Party Announced candidacy on June 1, 2015. Hillary Clinton
2016 John Fitzgerald Johnson Democratic Party Announced candidacy on August 23, 2015.
2016 Sedinam Moyowasifza-Curry Green Party 14.5 votes (3rd place) at national convention Jill Stein
2016 Monica Moorehead Peace and Freedom Party 1,369 votes (30%) (2nd place) in California primary [35] Gloria La Riva
2016 Ben Carson Republican Party Announced candidacy on May 3, 2015. Withdrew on March 4, 2016. Earned 9 delegates. Donald Trump
2020 Cory Booker Democratic Party Withdrew before Iowa caucuses Joe Biden
2020 Kamala Harris Democratic Party Withdrew before Iowa caucuses. Harris later became the 2020 Democratic nominee for vice president.
2020 Wayne Messam Democratic Party Withdrew before Iowa caucuses
2020 Deval Patrick Democratic Party Announced candidacy on November 14, 2019. Withdrew on February 12, 2020.
2020 Sedinam Moyowasifza-Curry Green Party 11.5 votes (3rd place) at national convention Howie Hawkins
2024 Larry Elder Republican Party Announced Candidacy on April 20, 2023. Withdrew on October 26, 2023.TBD
2024 Will Hurd Republican Party Announced Candidacy on June 22, 2023. Withdrew on October 9, 2023.TBD
2024 Tim Scott Republican Party Announced Candidacy on May 22, 2023. Withdrew on November 12, 2023.TBD

U.S. vice president: other candidates for party nomination

African-American candidates who unsuccessfully sought vice presidential nomination
YearNamePartyDetailsNominee
1856 Frederick Douglass Political Abolitionist [19] Samuel T. McFarland [36]
1880 Blanche Bruce Republican Party 8 votes at national convention [37] Chester A. Arthur
1888 Blanche Bruce Republican Party 11 votes at national convention [37] Levi P. Morton
1968 Julian Bond Democratic Party 48.5 votes at national convention Edmund Muskie
1972 Julian Bond Democratic Party 1 vote at national convention Thomas Eagleton
1972 Shirley Chisholm Democratic Party 20 votes at national convention Thomas Eagleton
1972 Ron Dellums Democratic Party 4 votes at national convention Thomas Eagleton
1976 Barbara Jordan Democratic Party 17 votes in national convention Walter Mondale
1980 Mel Boozer Democratic Party 49 votes in national convention [38] Walter Mondale
2016 Larry Sharpe Libertarian Party 264 votes in national convention (1st ballot); 409 votes in national convention (2nd ballot) William Weld
2016 Derrick Grayson Libertarian Party 48 votes in national convention (1st ballot); 9 votes in national convention (2nd ballot)

See also

Notes

  1. Colin Powell did not run for president in 2016. He received the votes of 3 faithless electors from Washington. Powell, a Republican, had endorsed Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton in the 2016 election and received his electoral votes from Democratic electors.
  2. Wisconsin Labor Advocate, La Crosse, Wis. : Geo. E. Taylor, 1886- Archived September 13, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  3. The World Almanac & Encyclopedia. 1908. p. 268. "they received only a few scattering votes of which there is no exact record."
  4. Does not include 27,887 votes cast for the party's ticket in California and Utah, where Cleaver's name did not appear on the ballot because he was under 35 years old.
  5. Leip, David (2005). "1980 Presidential General Election Results". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved January 19, 2009.
  6. 1 2 In 2004 and 2008, Harris served as a stand-in nominee for the Socialist Workers Party in states where the party's main presidential nominee, Róger Calero, was ineligible because he was not a natural-born citizen.
  7. Winger, Richard (January 9, 2009). "2008 Presidential Vote (not final)". Ballot Access News. Retrieved January 19, 2009.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 Federal Elections 2012 (PDF). Washington, D.C.: Federal Election Commission. 2013. p. 5.
  9. 1 2 Gunzburger, Ron (2016). "2016 Presidential Candidates". Politics1. Retrieved March 20, 2017.
  10. 1 2 "Breaking: Humane Party announces Dr. Breeze Harper as Vice Presidential nominee". The Onion Knight Show. June 10, 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-06-10. Retrieved June 10, 2016.
  11. 1 2 "2016 Presidential Election by State". The Green Papers. February 5, 2017. Retrieved March 20, 2017.
  12. "President R19 Boddie". Media and American Politics. February 6, 2020.
  13. "Candidate Inquiry". voterportal.sos.la.gov.
  14. 1 2 3 "2020 General Election Candidate List". Colorado Secretary of State. Retrieved October 2, 2020.
  15. 1 2 "Iowa's first Black woman presidential candidate doesn't want your vote". Bleeding Heartland. August 16, 2020. Retrieved October 2, 2020.
  16. "Native Charlestonian Jade Simmons Running For President 2020". The Charleston Chronicle. July 9, 2020. Archived from the original on July 16, 2020. Retrieved October 2, 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  17. 1 2 Melissa Nixon was on the ballot instead of Roze only in Florida.
  18. Douglass did not acknowledge the nomination or participate in the campaign.
  19. 1 2 Walton, Hanes. Invisible politics: Black political behavior. p.92.
  20. Guzman, Jessie Parkhurst. Negro Year Book - An Annual Encyclopedia of the Negro 1931-1932 p.87.
  21. "National Affairs: Fifth Party". Time. June 18, 1928. Archived from the original on November 21, 2010.
  22. Edward Bergonzi was an alternate candidate for Helen Halyard in some states, including Ohio.
  23. Duren was on the ballot only in California.
  24. Moore was on the ballot as an alternate candidate for Joyce Dattner in some states, including Minnesota.
  25. Rice was on the ballot in three states, including Michigan.
  26. "Entrepreneur, Karla Ballard, Joins Brock Pierce for President as Vice President". PR Newswire. July 20, 2020. Retrieved October 2, 2020.
  27. "Meet the SWP candidates: Alyson Kennedy & Malcolm Jarrett". The Militant . Vol. 85, no. 5. February 1, 2020. Retrieved October 2, 2020.
  28. Green Party of Alaska (September 1, 2020). "Green Party Of Alaska Rejects National Candidate, Nominates Jesse Ventura" (Press release). Anchorage Press. Retrieved October 2, 2020.
  29. "Independent Presidential Candidate, Jade Simmons, Announces Her VP Running Mate, Claudeliah J. Roze". PRLog. September 28, 2020. Retrieved October 2, 2020.
  30. Winger, Richard (August 15, 2020). "American Independent Party Nominates Rocky De La Fuente for President and Kanye West for Vice-President". Ballot Access News. Retrieved October 2, 2020.
  31. "Proceedings of the National Liberty Convention, held at Buffalo, N.Y., June..." 1848. Archived from the original on February 1, 2009. Retrieved January 16, 2010.
  32. "1996 Republican Race for President". Archived from the original on July 9, 2008. Retrieved July 9, 2008.
  33. "White House bid wants serious attention", St. Petersburg Times , March 24, 1999. Retrieved July 8, 2008.
  34. "Republican Party". Archived from the original on February 1, 2009.
  35. "President Peace and Freedom - Statewide Results". Office of the Secretary of State of California . Government of California. June 8, 2016. Archived from the original on 9 November 2012.
  36. Wesley, Dr. Charles H. (March 14, 1953). "The Greatest American". The Afro-American. Retrieved January 17, 2010.
  37. 1 2 Ragsdale, Bruce; Joel D. Treese (1990). Black Americans in Congress, 1870-1989. Office of the Historian, U.S. House of Representatives. p. 8.
  38. Sears, p. 389

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