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Results

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	Franklin Pierce (Democratic)	Winfield Scott (Whig) John P. Hale (Free Soil)
1856	James Buchanan† (Democratic)	John C. Fremont (Republican) Millard Fillmore (American Party/Whig)
1860	Abraham Lincoln† (Republican)	John C. Breckinridge (Democrat (southern)) John Bell (Constitutional Union (Whig)) Stephen Douglas (Democrat (northern))
1864	Abraham Lincoln (Republican)	George B. McClellan (Democrat)
1868	Ulysses Grant (Republican)	Horatio Seymour (Democrat)
1872	Ulysses Grant (Republican)	Horace Greeley (Democrat/Liberal Republican) Thomas A. Hendricks (Democrat) B. Gratz Brown (Democrat/Liberal Republican)
1876**	Rutherford Hayes‡ (Republican)	Samuel Tilden‡ (Democrat)
1880	James Garfield† (Republican)	Winfield S. Hancock (Democrat) James Weaver (United States Greenback Party)
1884	Grover Cleveland† (Democrat)	James Blaine (Republican)
1888	Benjamin Harrison‡ (Republican)	Grover Cleveland‡ (Democrat) Clinton B. Fisk (Prohibition)
1892	Grover Cleveland† (Democrat)	Benjamin Harrison (Republican) James Weaver (Populist Party) John Bidwell (Prohibition)
1896	William McKinley (Republican)	William Jennings Bryan (Democrat/Populist Party)
1900	William McKinley (Republican)	William Jennings Bryan (Democrat)
1904	Theodore Roosevelt (Republican)	Alton B. Parker (Democrat) Eugene V. Debs (Socialist)
1908	William Howard Taft (Republican)	William Jennings Bryan (Democrat) 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	Allgemein	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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