In the United States, political parties nominate one candidate each for President of the United States and for Vice President of the United States. These candidates attempt to win presidential elections by taking a majority of the electoral vote. The two candidates together are known as a ticket. Many states did not hold popular votes for the presidential election prior to the advent of Jacksonian Democracy in the 1820s. Prior to the ratification of the 12th Amendment in 1804, electors cast two votes for president rather than one vote for president and one vote for vice president. Under the pre-12th Amendment Constitution, the candidate with the most votes became president and the candidate with the second most votes became vice president; hence, all candidates were technically running against each other. [lower-alpha 1] The listed ages are as of election day; for races prior to 1845, December 1 is considered election day for the purposes of the list.
Included below are all of the major party (Democratic-Republican, Federalist, Democratic, National Republican, Whig, and Republican) presidential tickets in U.S. history, [1] along with the nonpartisan candidacy of George Washington. Also included are independent and third party tickets that won at least ten percent of the popular or electoral vote.
An asterisk (*) denotes elections held before the ratification of the 12th Amendment, which made significant changes to the presidential election process. [lower-alpha 2] An asterisk or caret (^) denotes elections held before 1832; before 1832, many states did not hold a popular vote for president. [2]
Presidential nominee | Vice presidential nominee | Results [3] [lower-alpha 3] | |||||||||||||
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Year | T [lower-alpha 4] | P | Position [lower-alpha 5] | Name | S | B | A [lower-alpha 6] | Position [lower-alpha 5] | Name | S | B | A [lower-alpha 6] | PV% | EV% | R |
2024 | I | D | President | Joe Biden | DE | 1942 | 81 | Vice President | Kamala Harris | CA | 1964 | 60 | |||
2020 | C | D | Fmr. Vice President | Joe Biden | DE | 1942 | 77 | Senator | Kamala Harris | CA | 1964 | 56 | 51.3 | 56.9 | 1 |
2020 | I | R | President | Donald Trump | FL | 1946 | 74 | Vice President | Mike Pence | IN | 1959 | 61 | 46.9 | 43.1 | 2 |
2016 | O | R | Businessman | Donald Trump | NY | 1946 | 70 | Governor | Mike Pence | IN | 1959 | 57 | 46.1 | 56.5 | 1 |
2016 | O | D | Fmr. Sec. of State | Hillary Clinton | NY | 1947 | 69 | Senator | Tim Kaine | VA | 1958 | 58 | 48.2 | 42.2 | 2 |
2012 | I | D | President | Barack Obama | IL | 1961 | 51 | Vice President | Joe Biden | DE | 1942 | 69 | 51 | 61.7 | 1 |
2012 | C | R | Fmr. Governor | Mitt Romney | MA | 1947 | 65 | Representative | Paul Ryan | WI | 1970 | 42 | 47.2 | 38.3 | 2 |
2008 | O | D | Senator | Barack Obama | IL | 1961 | 47 | Senator | Joe Biden | DE | 1942 | 65 | 52.9 | 67.8 | 1 |
2008 | O | R | Senator | John McCain | AZ | 1936 | 72 | Governor | Sarah Palin | AK | 1964 | 44 | 45.6 | 32.2 | 2 |
2004 | I | R | President | George W. Bush | TX | 1946 | 58 | Vice President | Dick Cheney | WY | 1941 | 63 | 50.7 | 53.2 | 1 |
2004 | C | D | Senator | John Kerry | MA | 1943 | 60 | Senator | John Edwards | NC | 1953 | 51 | 48.3 | 46.7 | 2 |
2000 | O | R | Governor | George W. Bush | TX | 1946 | 54 | Fmr. Sec. of Defense | Dick Cheney | WY | 1941 | 59 | 47.9 | 50.4 | 1 |
2000 | O | D | Vice President | Al Gore | TN | 1948 | 52 | Senator | Joe Lieberman | CT | 1942 | 58 | 48.4 | 49.4 | 2 |
1996 | I | D | President | Bill Clinton | AR | 1946 | 50 | Vice President | Al Gore | TN | 1948 | 48 | 49.2 | 70.4 | 1 |
1996 | C | R | Fmr. Senator | Bob Dole | KS | 1923 | 73 | Fmr. Sec. of HUD | Jack Kemp | NY | 1935 | 61 | 40.7 | 29.6 | 2 |
1992 | C | D | Governor | Bill Clinton | AR | 1946 | 46 | Senator | Al Gore | TN | 1948 | 44 | 43 | 68.8 | 1 |
1992 | I | R | President | George H. W. Bush | TX | 1924 | 68 | Vice President | Dan Quayle | IN | 1947 | 45 | 37.5 | 31.2 | 2 |
1992 | T | I | Businessman | Ross Perot | TX | 1930 | 62 | Admiral | James Stockdale | CA | 1923 | 68 | 18.9 | 0 | 3 |
1988 | O | R | Vice President | George H. W. Bush | TX | 1924 | 64 | Senator | Dan Quayle | IN | 1947 | 41 | 53.4 | 79.2 | 1 |
1988 | O | D | Governor | Michael Dukakis | MA | 1933 | 55 | Senator | Lloyd Bentsen | TX | 1921 | 67 | 45.7 | 20.1 | 2 |
1984 | I | R | President | Ronald Reagan | CA | 1911 | 73 | Vice President | George H. W. Bush | TX | 1924 | 60 | 58.8 | 97.6 | 1 |
1984 | C | D | Fmr. Vice President | Walter Mondale | MN | 1928 | 56 | Representative | Geraldine Ferraro | NY | 1935 | 49 | 40.6 | 2.4 | 2 |
1980 | C | R | Fmr. Governor | Ronald Reagan | CA | 1911 | 69 | Fmr. DCI | George H. W. Bush | TX | 1924 | 56 | 50.8 | 90.9 | 1 |
1980 | I | D | President | Jimmy Carter | GA | 1924 | 56 | Vice President | Walter Mondale | MN | 1928 | 52 | 41 | 9.1 | 2 |
1976 | C | D | Fmr. Governor | Jimmy Carter | GA | 1924 | 52 | Senator | Walter Mondale | MN | 1928 | 48 | 50.1 | 53.9 | 1 |
1976 | I | R | President | Gerald Ford | MI | 1913 | 63 | Senator | Bob Dole | KS | 1923 | 53 | 48 | 44.6 | 2 |
1972 | I | R | President | Richard Nixon | CA | 1913 | 59 | Vice President | Spiro Agnew | MD | 1918 | 53 | 60.6 | 96.7 | 1 |
1972 | C | D | Senator | George McGovern | SD | 1922 | 50 | Fmr. Ambassador | Sargent Shriver [lower-alpha 7] | MD | 1915 | 56 | 37.5 | 3.2 | 2 |
1968 | O | R | Fmr. Vice President | Richard Nixon | NY | 1913 | 55 | Governor | Spiro Agnew | MD | 1918 | 49 | 43.4 | 55.9 | 1 |
1968 | O | D | Vice President | Hubert Humphrey | MN | 1911 | 57 | Senator | Edmund Muskie | ME | 1914 | 54 | 42.7 | 35.5 | 2 |
1968 | T | AI | Fmr. Governor | George Wallace | AL | 1919 | 49 | General | Curtis LeMay | CA | 1906 | 61 | 13.5 | 8.6 | 3 |
1964 | I | D | President | Lyndon B. Johnson | TX | 1908 | 56 | Senator | Hubert Humphrey | MN | 1911 | 53 | 61.1 | 90.3 | 1 |
1964 | C | R | Senator | Barry Goldwater | AZ | 1909 | 55 | Representative | William E. Miller | NY | 1914 | 50 | 38.5 | 9.7 | 2 |
1960 | O | D | Senator | John F. Kennedy | MA | 1917 | 43 | Senator | Lyndon B. Johnson | TX | 1908 | 52 | 49.7 | 56.4 | 1 |
1960 | O | R | Vice President | Richard Nixon | CA | 1913 | 47 | Fmr. Ambassador | Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. | MA | 1902 | 58 | 49.6 | 40.8 | 2 |
1956 | I | R | President | Dwight D. Eisenhower | NY | 1890 | 66 | Vice President | Richard Nixon | CA | 1913 | 43 | 57.4 | 86.1 | 1 |
1956 | C | D | Fmr. Governor | Adlai Stevenson II | IL | 1900 | 56 | Senator | Estes Kefauver | TN | 1903 | 53 | 42 | 13.7 | 2 |
1952 | O | R | General | Dwight D. Eisenhower | NY | 1890 | 62 | Senator | Richard Nixon | CA | 1913 | 39 | 55.2 | 83.2 | 1 |
1952 | O | D | Governor | Adlai Stevenson II | IL | 1900 | 52 | Senator | John Sparkman | AL | 1899 | 52 | 44.2 | 16.8 | 2 |
1948 | I | D | President | Harry S. Truman | MO | 1884 | 64 | Senator | Alben W. Barkley | KY | 1877 | 70 | 49.6 | 57.1 | 1 |
1948 | C | R | Governor | Thomas E. Dewey | NY | 1902 | 46 | Governor | Earl Warren | CA | 1891 | 57 | 45.1 | 35.6 | 2 |
1944 | I | D | President | Franklin D. Roosevelt | NY | 1882 | 62 | Senator | Harry S. Truman | MO | 1884 | 60 | 53.4 | 81.4 | 1 |
1944 | C | R | Governor | Thomas E. Dewey | NY | 1902 | 42 | Governor | John W. Bricker | OH | 1893 | 51 | 45.3 | 18.6 | 2 |
1940 | I | D | President | Franklin D. Roosevelt | NY | 1882 | 58 | Fmr. Sec. of Agriculture | Henry A. Wallace | IA | 1888 | 52 | 54.7 | 84.6 | 1 |
1940 | C | R | Businessman | Wendell Willkie | NY | 1892 | 48 | Senator | Charles L. McNary | OR | 1874 | 66 | 44.8 | 15.4 | 2 |
1936 | I | D | President | Franklin D. Roosevelt | NY | 1882 | 54 | Vice President | John Nance Garner | TX | 1868 | 67 | 60.8 | 98.5 | 1 |
1936 | C | R | Governor | Alf Landon | KS | 1887 | 49 | Publisher | Frank Knox | IL | 1874 | 62 | 36.5 | 1.5 | 2 |
1932 | C | D | Governor | Franklin D. Roosevelt | NY | 1882 | 50 | Speaker | John Nance Garner | TX | 1868 | 63 | 57.4 | 88.9 | 1 |
1932 | I | R | President | Herbert Hoover | CA | 1874 | 58 | Vice President | Charles Curtis | KS | 1860 | 72 | 39.7 | 11.1 | 2 |
1928 | O | R | Fmr. Sec. of Commerce | Herbert Hoover | CA | 1874 | 54 | Senator | Charles Curtis | KS | 1860 | 68 | 58.2 | 83.6 | 1 |
1928 | O | D | Governor | Al Smith | NY | 1873 | 54 | Senator | Joseph T. Robinson | AR | 1872 | 56 | 40.8 | 16.4 | 2 |
1924 | I | R | President | Calvin Coolidge | MA | 1872 | 52 | Fmr. Budget Director | Charles G. Dawes | IL | 1865 | 59 | 54 | 71.9 | 1 |
1924 | C | D | Fmr. Ambassador | John W. Davis | WV | 1873 | 51 | Governor | Charles W. Bryan | NE | 1867 | 57 | 28.8 | 25.6 | 2 |
1924 | T | P | Senator | Robert M. La Follette | WI | 1855 | 69 | Senator | Burton K. Wheeler | MT | 1882 | 42 | 16.6 | 2.4 | 3 |
1920 | O | R | Senator | Warren G. Harding | OH | 1865 | 55 | Governor | Calvin Coolidge | MA | 1872 | 48 | 60.3 | 76.1 | 1 |
1920 | O | D | Governor | James M. Cox | OH | 1870 | 50 | Fmr. Ast. Sec. of Navy | Franklin D. Roosevelt | NY | 1882 | 38 | 34.2 | 23.9 | 2 |
1916 | I | D | President | Woodrow Wilson | NJ | 1856 | 59 | Vice President | Thomas R. Marshall | IN | 1854 | 62 | 49.2 | 52.2 | 1 |
1916 | C | R | Fmr. Associate Justice | Charles Evans Hughes | NY | 1862 | 54 | Fmr. Vice President | Charles W. Fairbanks | IN | 1852 | 64 | 46.1 | 47.8 | 2 |
1912 | C | D | Governor | Woodrow Wilson | NJ | 1856 | 55 | Governor | Thomas R. Marshall | IN | 1854 | 58 | 41.8 | 81.9 | 1 |
1912 | T | P | Fmr. President | Theodore Roosevelt | NY | 1858 | 54 | Governor | Hiram Johnson | CA | 1866 | 46 | 27.4 | 16.6 | 2 |
1912 | I | R | President | William Howard Taft | OH | 1857 | 55 | Vice President | James S. Sherman [lower-alpha 8] | NY | 1855 | 57 | 23.2 | 1.5 | 3 |
1908 | O | R | Fmr. Sec. of War | William Howard Taft | OH | 1857 | 51 | Representative | James S. Sherman | NY | 1855 | 53 | 51.5 | 66.5 | 1 |
1908 | O | D | Fmr. Representative | William Jennings Bryan | NE | 1860 | 48 | Fmr. state senator | John W. Kern | IN | 1849 | 58 | 43 | 33.5 | 2 |
1904 | I | R | President | Theodore Roosevelt | NY | 1858 | 46 | Senator | Charles W. Fairbanks | IN | 1852 | 52 | 56.4 | 70.6 | 1 |
1904 | C | D | Fmr. State Judge | Alton B. Parker | NY | 1852 | 52 | Fmr. Senator | Henry G. Davis | WV | 1823 | 80 | 37.6 | 29.4 | 2 |
1900 | I | R | President | William McKinley | OH | 1843 | 57 | Governor | Theodore Roosevelt | NY | 1858 | 42 | 51.6 | 65.3 | 1 |
1900 | C | D | Fmr. Representative | William Jennings Bryan | NE | 1860 | 40 | Fmr. Vice President | Adlai Stevenson I | IL | 1835 | 65 | 45.5 | 34.7 | 2 |
1896 | O | R | Fmr. Governor | William McKinley | OH | 1843 | 53 | Fmr. state senator | Garret Hobart | NJ | 1844 | 52 | 51 | 60.1 | 1 |
1896 | O | D | Fmr. Representative | William Jennings Bryan [lower-alpha 9] | NE | 1860 | 36 | Businessman | Arthur Sewall | ME | 1835 | 60 | 46.7 | 39.4 | 2 |
1892 | C | D | Fmr. President | Grover Cleveland | NY | 1837 | 55 | Fmr. Asst. PMG | Adlai Stevenson I | IL | 1835 | 57 | 46 | 62.4 | 1 |
1892 | I | R | President | Benjamin Harrison | IN | 1833 | 59 | Fmr. Ambassador | Whitelaw Reid | NY | 1837 | 55 | 43 | 32.7 | 2 |
1888 | C | R | Fmr. Senator | Benjamin Harrison | IN | 1833 | 55 | Fmr. Ambassador | Levi P. Morton | NY | 1824 | 64 | 47.8 | 58.1 | 1 |
1888 | I | D | President | Grover Cleveland | NY | 1837 | 51 | Fmr. Senator | Allen G. Thurman | OH | 1813 | 74 | 48.6 | 41.9 | 2 |
1884 | O | D | Governor | Grover Cleveland | NY | 1837 | 47 | Fmr. Governor | Thomas A. Hendricks | IN | 1819 | 65 | 48.9 | 54.6 | 1 |
1884 | O | R | Fmr. Sec. of State | James G. Blaine | ME | 1830 | 54 | Senator | John A. Logan | IL | 1826 | 58 | 48.3 | 45.4 | 2 |
1880 | O | R | Representative | James A. Garfield | OH | 1831 | 49 | Fmr. Port Collector | Chester A. Arthur | NY | 1829 | 51 | 48.3 | 58 | 1 |
1880 | O | D | General | Winfield S. Hancock | PA | 1824 | 55 | Fmr. Representative | William H. English | IN | 1822 | 58 | 48.2 | 42 | 2 |
1876 | O | R | Governor | Rutherford B. Hayes | OH | 1822 | 54 | Representative | William A. Wheeler | NY | 1819 | 57 | 47.9 | 50.1 | 1 |
1876 | O | D | Governor | Samuel J. Tilden | NY | 1814 | 62 | Governor | Thomas A. Hendricks | IN | 1819 | 57 | 50.9 | 49.9 | 2 |
1872 | I | R | President | Ulysses S. Grant | IL | 1822 | 50 | Senator | Henry Wilson | MA | 1812 | 60 | 55.6 | 81.3 | 1 |
1872 | C | LR/D | Fmr. Representative | Horace Greeley [lower-alpha 10] | NY | 1811 | 61 | Governor | Benjamin G. Brown | MO | 1826 | 46 | 43.8 | 18.8 | 2 |
1868 | O | R | General | Ulysses S. Grant | IL | 1822 | 46 | Speaker | Schuyler Colfax | IN | 1823 | 45 | 52.7 | 72.8 | 1 |
1868 | O | D | Fmr. Governor | Horatio Seymour | NY | 1810 | 58 | Fmr. Representative | Francis P. Blair Jr. | MO | 1821 | 47 | 47.3 | 27.2 | 2 |
1864 | I | NU [lower-alpha 11] | President | Abraham Lincoln | IL | 1809 | 55 | Military Governor | Andrew Johnson | TN | 1808 | 55 | 55 | 91 | 1 |
1864 | C | D | General | George B. McClellan | NJ | 1826 | 37 | Representative | George H. Pendleton | OH | 1825 | 39 | 45 | 9 | 2 |
1860 | O | R | Fmr. Representative | Abraham Lincoln | IL | 1809 | 51 | Senator | Hannibal Hamlin | ME | 1809 | 51 | 39.7 | 59.4 | 1 |
1860 | O | SD | Vice President | John C. Breckinridge [lower-alpha 12] | KY | 1821 | 39 | Senator | Joseph Lane | OR | 1801 | 58 | 18.2 | 23.8 | 2 |
1860 | T | CU | Fmr. Senator | John Bell | TN | 1796 | 64 | Fmr. Sec. of State | Edward Everett | MA | 1794 | 66 | 12.6 | 12.9 | 3 |
1860 | O | ND | Senator | Stephen A. Douglas [lower-alpha 12] | IL | 1813 | 47 | Fmr. Governor | Herschel V. Johnson | GA | 1812 | 48 | 29.5 | 4 | 4 |
1856 | O | D | Fmr. Ambassador | James Buchanan | PA | 1791 | 65 | Fmr. Representative | John C. Breckinridge | KY | 1821 | 35 | 45.3 | 58.8 | 1 |
1856 | O | R | Fmr. Senator | John C. Frémont | CA | 1813 | 43 | Fmr. Senator | William L. Dayton | NJ | 1807 | 49 | 33.1 | 38.5 | 2 |
1856 | O | A/W | Fmr. President | Millard Fillmore | NY | 1800 | 56 | Fmr. Ambassador | Andrew J. Donelson | TN | 1799 | 57 | 21.5 | 2.7 | 3 |
1852 | O | D | Fmr. Senator | Franklin Pierce | NH | 1804 | 48 | Senator | William R. King | AL | 1786 | 66 | 50.8 | 85.8 | 1 |
1852 | O | W | General | Winfield Scott | NJ | 1786 | 66 | Fmr. Sec. of the Navy | William A. Graham | NC | 1804 | 48 | 43.9 | 14.2 | 2 |
1848 | O | W | General | Zachary Taylor | LA | 1784 | 63 | Comptroller | Millard Fillmore | NY | 1800 | 48 | 47.3 | 56.2 | 1 |
1848 | O | D | Fmr. Senator | Lewis Cass | MI | 1782 | 66 | Fmr. Representative | William O. Butler | KY | 1791 | 57 | 42.5 | 43.8 | 2 |
1848 | T | FS | Fmr. President | Martin Van Buren | NY | 1782 | 65 | Fmr. state senator | Charles F. Adams Sr. | MA | 1807 | 41 | 10.1 | 0 | 3 |
1844 | O | D | Fmr. Governor | James K. Polk | TN | 1795 | 49 | Fmr. Ambassador | George Dallas | PA | 1792 | 52 | 49.5 | 61.8 | 1 |
1844 | O | W | Fmr. Senator | Henry Clay | KY | 1777 | 67 | Fmr. Mayor | Theodore Frelinghuysen | NJ | 1787 | 57 | 48.1 | 38.2 | 2 |
1840 | C | W | Fmr. Ambassador | William Henry Harrison | OH | 1773 | 67 | Fmr. Senator | John Tyler | VA | 1790 | 50 | 52.9 | 79.6 | 1 |
1840 | I | D | President | Martin Van Buren | NY | 1782 | 57 | - | None [lower-alpha 13] | - | - | - | 46.8 | 20.4 | 2 |
1836 | O | D | Vice President | Martin Van Buren | NY | 1782 | 53 | Representative | Richard M. Johnson [lower-alpha 14] | KY | 1780 | 56 | 50.8 | 57.8 | 1 |
1836 | O | W | Fmr. Ambassador | William Henry Harrison [lower-alpha 15] | OH | 1773 | 63 | Representative | Francis Granger [lower-alpha 16] | NY | 1792 | 44 | 36.6 | 24.8 | 2 |
1832 | I | D | President | Andrew Jackson | TN | 1767 | 65 | Fmr. Ambassador | Martin Van Buren | NY | 1782 | 49 | 54.2 | 76.6 | 1 |
1832 | C | NR | Senator | Henry Clay | KY | 1777 | 55 | Fmr. Representative | John Sergeant | PA | 1779 | 52 | 37.4 | 17.1 | 2 |
1828^ | C | D | Fmr. Senator | Andrew Jackson | TN | 1767 | 61 | Vice President | John C. Calhoun | SC | 1782 | 46 | 56 | 68.2 | 1 |
1828^ | I | NR | President | John Quincy Adams | MA | 1767 | 61 | Sec. of Treasury | Richard Rush | PA | 1780 | 48 | 43.6 | 31.8 | 2 |
1824^ | O | DR | Sec. of State | John Quincy Adams [lower-alpha 17] | MA | 1767 | 57 | Sec. of War | John C. Calhoun [lower-alpha 18] | SC | 1782 | 42 | 30.9 | 32.2 | 1 |
1824^ | O | DR | Senator | Andrew Jackson [lower-alpha 17] | TN | 1767 | 57 | Sec. of War | John C. Calhoun [lower-alpha 18] | SC | 1782 | 42 | 41.4 | 37.9 | 2 |
1824^ | O | DR | Sec. of Treasury | William Crawford [lower-alpha 17] | GA | 1772 | 52 | Senator | Nathaniel Macon [lower-alpha 18] | NC | 1757 | 66 | 11.2 | 15.7 | 3 |
1824^ | O | DR | Speaker | Henry Clay [lower-alpha 17] | KY | 1777 | 47 | Chancellor | Nathan Sanford [lower-alpha 18] | NY | 1777 | 47 | 13 | 14.2 | 4 |
1820^ | I | DR | President | James Monroe [lower-alpha 19] | VA | 1758 | 62 | Vice President | Daniel D. Tompkins | NY | 1774 | 46 | 80.6 | 99.6 | 1 |
1816^ | O | DR | Sec. of State | James Monroe | VA | 1758 | 58 | Governor | Daniel D. Tompkins | NY | 1774 | 42 | 68.2 | 84.3 | 1 |
1816^ | O | F | Senator | Rufus King | NY | 1755 | 61 | Fmr. Senator | John E. Howard | MD | 1752 | 64 | 30.9 | 15.7 | 2 |
1812^ | I | DR | President | James Madison | VA | 1751 | 61 | Fmr. Governor | Elbridge Gerry | MA | 1744 | 68 | 50.4 | 59 | 1 |
1812^ | C | DR/F | Mayor | DeWitt Clinton [lower-alpha 20] | NY | 1769 | 43 | State AG | Jared Ingersoll | PA | 1749 | 63 | 47.6 | 41 | 2 |
1808^ | O | DR | Sec. of State | James Madison | VA | 1751 | 57 | Vice President | George Clinton | NY | 1739 | 69 | 64.7 | 69.3 | 1 |
1808^ | O | F | Fmr. Ambassador | Charles C. Pinckney | SC | 1746 | 62 | Fmr. Ambassador | Rufus King | NY | 1755 | 53 | 32.4 | 26.7 | 2 |
1804^ | I | DR | President | Thomas Jefferson | VA | 1743 | 61 | Fmr. Governor | George Clinton | NY | 1739 | 65 | 72.8 | 92 | 1 |
1804^ | C | F | Fmr. Ambassador | Charles C. Pinckney | SC | 1746 | 58 | Fmr. Ambassador | Rufus King | NY | 1755 | 49 | 27.2 | 8 | 2 |
1800* | C | DR | Vice President | Thomas Jefferson [lower-alpha 21] | VA | 1743 | 57 | Fmr. Senator | Aaron Burr | NY | 1756 | 44 | 61.4 | 52.9 | 1 |
1800* | I | F | President | John Adams | MA | 1735 | 65 | Fmr. Ambassador | Charles C. Pinckney | SC | 1746 | 54 | 38.6 | 47.1 | 2 |
1796* | O | F | Vice President | John Adams | MA | 1735 | 61 | Fmr. Ambassador | Thomas Pinckney [lower-alpha 22] | SC | 1750 | 46 | 53.4 | 51.4 | 1 |
1796* | O | DR | Fmr. Sec. of State | Thomas Jefferson | VA | 1743 | 53 | Senator | Aaron Burr | NY | 1756 | 40 | 46.6 | 49.3 | 2 |
1792* | I | N | President | George Washington | VA | 1732 | 60 | Vice President | John Adams [lower-alpha 23] | MA | 1735 | 57 | 100 | 100 | 1 |
1789* | O | N | General | George Washington | VA | 1732 | 56 | Fmr. Ambassador | John Adams [lower-alpha 23] | MA | 1735 | 53 | 100 | 100 | 1 |
The following post-1800 tickets won less than 10% of the popular vote and less than 10% of the electoral vote, but won more than 1% of the popular vote or at least one electoral vote from an elector who had pledged to vote for the ticket. A caret (^) denotes elections held before 1832; before 1832, many states did not hold a popular vote for president.
Presidential candidate | Vice presidential candidate | Results [3] [lower-alpha 3] | ||||||||||||
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Year | P | Position [lower-alpha 5] | Name | S | B | A [lower-alpha 6] | Position [lower-alpha 5] | Name | S | B | A [lower-alpha 6] | PV% | EV% | R |
2020 | L | Academic | Jo Jorgensen | SC | 1957 | 63 | Businessman | Spike Cohen | SC | 1982 | 38 | 1.2 | 0 | 3 |
2016 | L | Fmr. Governor | Gary Johnson | NM | 1953 | 63 | Fmr. Governor | Bill Weld | MA | 1945 | 71 | 3.3 | 0 | 3 |
2016 | G | Physician | Jill Stein | MA | 1950 | 66 | Activist | Ajamu Baraka | IL | 1953 | 63 | 1.1 | 0 | 4 |
2000 | G | Attorney | Ralph Nader | CT | 1934 | 66 | Economist | Winona LaDuke | MN | 1959 | 41 | 2.7 | 0 | 3 |
1996 | Ref | Businessman | Ross Perot | TX | 1930 | 66 | Economist | Pat Choate | DC | 1941 | 55 | 8.4 | 0 | 3 |
1980 | I | Representative | John B. Anderson | IL | 1922 | 58 | Fmr. Ambassador | Patrick Lucey | WI | 1918 | 62 | 6.6 | 0 | 3 |
1980 | L | Attorney | Ed Clark | CA | 1930 | 50 | Businessman | David Koch | KS | 1940 | 40 | 1.1 | 0 | 4 |
1972 | AI | Representative | John G. Schmitz | CA | 1930 | 42 | Publisher | Thomas J. Anderson | TN | 1910 | 61 | 1.4 | 0 | 3 |
1960 | D | Senator | Harry F. Byrd [lower-alpha 24] | VA | 1887 | 73 | Senator | Strom Thurmond [lower-alpha 24] | SC | 1902 | 57 | 0 | 2.8 | 3 |
1948 | SR | Governor | Strom Thurmond | SC | 1902 | 45 | Governor | Fielding L. Wright | MS | 1895 | 53 | 2.4 | 7.3 | 3 |
1948 | P | Fmr. Vice President | Henry A. Wallace | IA | 1888 | 60 | Senator | Glen H. Taylor | ID | 1904 | 44 | 2.4 | 0 | 4 |
1936 | U | Representative | William Lemke | ND | 1878 | 57 | Attorney | Thomas C. O'Brien | MA | 1887 | 48 | 1.9 | 0 | 3 |
1932 | S | Minister | Norman Thomas | NY | 1884 | 47 | Fmr. state rep. | James H. Maurer | PA | 1864 | 68 | 2.2 | 0 | 3 |
1920 | S | Fmr. state rep. | Eugene V. Debs | IN | 1855 | 65 | Attorney | Seymour Stedman | IL | 1871 | 49 | 3.4 | 0 | 3 |
1916 | S | Editor | Allan L. Benson | NY | 1871 | 45 | Writer | George Kirkpatrick | NJ | 1867 | 49 | 3.2 | 0 | 3 |
1916 | Ph | Fmr. Governor | Frank Hanly | IN | 1863 | 53 | Minister | Ira Landrith | TN | 1865 | 55 | 1.2 | 0 | 4 |
1912 | S | Fmr. state rep. | Eugene V. Debs | IN | 1855 | 57 | Mayor | Emil Seidel | WI | 1864 | 47 | 6 | 0 | 4 |
1912 | Ph | Attorney | Eugene W. Chafin | IN | 1852 | 60 | Minister | Aaron S. Watkins | KY | 1863 | 49 | 1.4 | 0 | 5 |
1908 | S | Fmr. state rep. | Eugene V. Debs | IN | 1855 | 53 | Tradesman | Ben Hanford | NY | 1861 | 47 | 2.8 | 0 | 3 |
1908 | Ph | Attorney | Eugene W. Chafin | IN | 1852 | 56 | Minister | Aaron S. Watkins | KY | 1863 | 45 | 1.7 | 0 | 4 |
1904 | S | Fmr. state rep. | Eugene V. Debs | IN | 1855 | 48 | Tradesman | Ben Hanford | NY | 1861 | 43 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
1904 | Ph | Minister | Silas C. Swallow | PA | 1839 | 65 | Businessman | George W. Carroll | TX | 1855 | 49 | 1.9 | 0 | 4 |
1900 | Ph | Attorney | John G. Woolley | IL | 1850 | 50 | Fmr. state senator | Henry B. Metcalf | RI | 1829 | 71 | 1.5 | 0 | 3 |
1892 | Po | Fmr. Representative | James B. Weaver | IA | 1833 | 59 | Fmr. state AG | James G. Field | VA | 1826 | 66 | 8.5 | 5 | 3 |
1892 | Ph | Fmr. Representative | John Bidwell | CA | 1819 | 73 | Minister | James B. Cranfill [lower-alpha 25] | TX | 1858 | 34 | 2.2 | 0 | 4 |
1888 | Ph | Businessman | Clinton B. Fisk | NY | 1828 | 59 | Scholar | John A. Brooks | MO | 1836 | 51 | 2.2 | 0 | 3 |
1888 | LU | State senator | Alson Streeter | IL | 1823 | 65 | Attorney | Charles Cunningham | AR | 1823 | 65 | 1.3 | 0 | 4 |
1884 | GB | Fmr. Governor | Benjamin Butler | MA | 1818 | 65 | State senator | Absolom M. West | MS | 1817 | 67 | 1.7 | 0 | 3 |
1884 | Ph | Fmr. Governor | John St. John | KS | 1833 | 51 | Attorney | William Daniel | MD | 1826 | 58 | 1.5 | 0 | 4 |
1880 | GB | Representative | James B. Weaver | IA | 1833 | 47 | Businessman | Barzillai Chambers | TX | 1817 | 62 | 3.4 | 0 | 3 |
1852 | FS | Senator | John P. Hale | NH | 1806 | 46 | Fmr. Representative | George W. Julian | IN | 1817 | 35 | 4.9 | 0 | 3 |
1844 | Li | Attorney | James G. Birney | MI | 1792 | 52 | Fmr. Senator | Thomas Morris | OH | 1776 | 68 | 2.3 | 0 | 3 |
1836 | W | Senator | Hugh Lawson White [lower-alpha 15] | TN | 1773 | 63 | Fmr. Senator | John Tyler [lower-alpha 16] | VA | 1790 | 46 | 9.7 | 8.8 | 3 |
1836 | W | Senator | Daniel Webster [lower-alpha 15] | MA | 1782 | 54 | Representative | Francis Granger [lower-alpha 16] | NY | 1792 | 44 | 2.7 | 4.8 | 4 |
1836 | W | Senator | Willie P. Mangum [lower-alpha 15] | NC | 1792 | 44 | Fmr. Senator | John Tyler [lower-alpha 16] | VA | 1790 | 46 | 0 | 3.7 | 5 |
1832 | N | Governor | John Floyd [lower-alpha 26] | VA | 1783 | 49 | Economist | Henry Lee | MA | 1782 | 50 | 0 | 3.8 | 3 |
1832 | AM | Fmr. Attorney General | William Wirt | VA | 1772 | 60 | Fmr. state AG | Amos Ellmaker | PA | 1787 | 45 | 7.8 | 2.4 | 4 |
1820^ | DR | Governor | DeWitt Clinton [lower-alpha 27] | NY | 1769 | 51 | - | None | - | - | - | 1.75 | 0 | 3 |
1812^ | F | Fmr. Ambassador | Rufus King [lower-alpha 28] | NY | 1755 | 57 | Fmr. Governor | William R. Davie | NC | 1756 | 56 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
1808^ | DR | Vice President | George Clinton [lower-alpha 29] | NY | 1739 | 69 | Fmr. Ambassador | James Monroe [lower-alpha 29] | VA | 1758 | 50 | 0 | 3.4 | 3 |
1808^ | DR | Fmr. Ambassador | James Monroe [lower-alpha 30] | VA | 1758 | 50 | - | None | - | - | - | 2.5 | 0 | 4 |
The Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution provides the procedure for electing the president and vice president. It replaced the procedure in Article II, Section 1, Clause 3, under which the Electoral College originally functioned. The amendment was proposed by Congress on December 9, 1803, and was ratified by the requisite three-fourths of state legislatures on June 15, 1804. The new rules took effect for the 1804 presidential election and have governed all subsequent presidential elections.
The 1792 United States presidential election was the second quadrennial presidential election. It was held from Friday, November 2, to Wednesday, December 5, 1792. Incumbent President George Washington was elected to a second term by a unanimous vote in the electoral college, while John Adams was re-elected as vice president. Washington was essentially unopposed, but Adams faced a competitive re-election against Governor George Clinton of New York.
The 1796 United States presidential election was the third quadrennial presidential election of the United States. It was held from Friday, November 4 to Wednesday, December 7, 1796. It was the first contested American presidential election, the first presidential election in which political parties played a dominant role, and the only presidential election in which a president and vice president were elected from opposing tickets. Incumbent vice president John Adams of the Federalist Party defeated former secretary of state Thomas Jefferson of the Democratic-Republican Party.
The 1808 United States presidential election was the sixth quadrennial presidential election, held from Friday, November 4, to Wednesday, December 7, 1808. The Democratic-Republican candidate James Madison defeated Federalist candidate Charles Cotesworth Pinckney decisively.
The 1812 United States presidential election was the seventh quadrennial presidential election. It was held from Friday, October 30, 1812, to Wednesday, December 2, 1812. Taking place in the shadow of the War of 1812, incumbent Democratic-Republican President James Madison defeated DeWitt Clinton, the Lieutenant Governor of New York and Mayor of New York City, who drew support from dissident Democratic-Republicans in the North as well as Federalists. It was the first presidential election to be held during a major war involving the United States.
The 1832 United States presidential election was the 12th quadrennial presidential election, held from Friday, November 2 to Wednesday, December 5, 1832. Incumbent president Andrew Jackson, candidate of the Democratic Party, defeated Henry Clay, candidate of the National Republican Party.
The 1836 United States presidential election was the 13th quadrennial presidential election, held from Thursday, November 3 to Wednesday, December 7, 1836. In the third consecutive election victory for the Democratic Party, incumbent Vice President Martin Van Buren defeated four candidates fielded by the nascent Whig Party.
In the United States Electoral College, a faithless elector is an elector who does not vote for the candidates for U.S. President and U.S. Vice President for whom the elector had pledged to vote, and instead votes for another person for one or both offices or abstains from voting. As part of United States presidential elections, each state selects the method by which its electors are to be selected, which in modern times has been based on a popular vote in most states, and generally requires its electors to have pledged to vote for the candidates of their party if appointed. A pledged elector is only considered a faithless elector by breaking their pledge; unpledged electors have no pledge to break. The consequences of an elector voting in a way inconsistent with their pledge vary from state to state.
The election of the president and the vice president of the United States is an indirect election in which citizens of the United States who are registered to vote in one of the fifty U.S. states or in Washington, D.C., cast ballots not directly for those offices, but instead for members of the Electoral College. These electors then cast direct votes, known as electoral votes, for president, and for vice president. The candidate who receives an absolute majority of electoral votes is then elected to that office. If no candidate receives an absolute majority of the votes for president, the House of Representatives elects the president; likewise if no one receives an absolute majority of the votes for vice president, then the Senate elects the vice president.
Following is a table of United States presidential elections in Ohio, ordered by year. Since its admission to statehood in 1803, Ohio has participated in every U.S. presidential election.
In the United States, a contingent election is used to elect the president or vice president if no candidate receives a majority of the whole number of Electors appointed. A presidential contingent election is decided by a special vote of the United States House of Representatives, while a vice-presidential contingent election is decided by a vote of the United States Senate. During a contingent election in the House, each state delegation votes en bloc to choose the president instead of representatives voting individually. Senators, by contrast, cast votes individually for vice president.