List of United States Republican Party presidential tickets explained

This is a list of the candidates for the offices of President of the United States and Vice President of the United States of the Republican Party, either duly preselected and nominated, or the presumptive nominees of a future preselection and election. Opponents who received over one percent of the popular vote or ran an official campaign that received Electoral College votes are listed. Offices held prior to Election Day are included, and those held on Election Day have an italicized end date.

19th century

1856

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John C. Frémont of CA
(1813–1890)
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Prior public experience
Higher education
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Prior public experience
Higher education
  • Princeton University (BA)
William L. 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 C. Breckinridge (Democratic)
Andrew Jackson Donelson (Know Nothing)

1860, 1864

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Abraham Lincoln of IL
(1809–1865)
Prior public experience
Higher education
  • None
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Prior public experience
Higher education
  • None
Hannibal Hamlin of ME
(1809–1891)

(1860)
Prior public experience
Higher education
  • None
Andrew Johnson of TN
(1808–1875)

(1864)
Opponent(s)
Stephen A. Douglas (Democratic)
John C. 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 Vespasian Johnson (Democratic)
Joseph Lane (Southern Democrats)
Edward Everett (Constitutional Union)
Opponent(s)
George B. 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 H. Pendleton (Democratic)

1868, 1872

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Ulysses S. Grant of IL
(1822–1885)
Prior public experience
Higher education
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Prior public experience
Higher education
  • None
Schuyler Colfax of IN
(1823–1885)

(1868)
Prior public experience
Higher education
  • None
Henry Wilson of MA
(1812–1875)

(1872)
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 Preston Blair Jr. (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)
Benjamin Gratz Brown (Democratic)

1876

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Rutherford B. Hayes of OH
(1822–1893)
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Prior public experience
Higher education
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Prior public experience
Higher education
William A. Wheeler of NY
(1819–1887)
Opponent(s)
Samuel J. 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 A. Hendricks (Democratic)

1880

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James A. Garfield of OH
(1831–1881)
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Prior public experience
Higher education
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Prior public experience
Higher education
Chester A. Arthur of NY
(1829–1886)
Opponent(s)
Winfield Scott Hancock (Democratic)
James B. Weaver (Greenback)
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%)
  • Weaver/Chambers: 308,649 (3.4%)
Opponent(s)
William Hayden English (Democratic)
Barzillai J. Chambers (Greenback)

1884

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James G. Blaine of ME
(1830–1893)
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Prior public experience
Higher education
  • Washington and Jefferson College (BA)
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Prior public experience
Higher education
John A. Logan of IL
(1826–1886)
Opponent(s)
Grover Cleveland (Democratic)
John St. John (Prohibition)
Benjamin Butler (Greenback)
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%)
  • St. John/Daniel: 147,482 (1.5%)
  • Butler/West: 134,294 (1.3%)
Opponent(s)
Thomas A. Hendricks (Democratic)
William Daniel (Prohibition)
Absolom M. West (Greenback)

1888, 1892

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Benjamin Harrison of IN
(1833–1901)
Prior public experience
Higher education
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Prior public experience
Higher education
  • None
Levi Morton of NY
(1824–1920)

(1888)
Prior public experience
Higher education
  • None
Whitelaw Reid of NY
(1837–1912)

(1892)
Opponent(s)
Grover Cleveland (Democratic)
Clinton Fisk (Prohibition)
Alson Streeter (Union Labor)
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%)
  • Fisk/Brooks: 249,819 (2.2%)
  • Streeter/Cunningham: 146,602 (1.3%)
Opponent(s)
Allen Thurman (Democratic)
John Brooks (Prohibition)
Charles Cunningham (Union Labor)
Opponent(s)
Grover Cleveland (Democratic)
James Weaver (Populist)
John Bidwell (Prohibition)
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%)
  • Bidwell/Cranfill: 270,879 (2.2%)
Opponent(s)
Adlai Stevenson (Democratic)
James Field (Populist)
James Cranfill (Prohibition)

1896, 1900

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William McKinley of OH
(1843–1901)
Prior public experience
Higher education
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Prior public experience
Higher education
Garret Hobart of NJ
(1844–1899)

(1896)
Prior public experience
Higher education
Theodore Roosevelt of NY
(1858–1919)

(1900)
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)
Opponent(s)
William Jennings Bryan (Democratic, Populist)
John Woolley (Prohibition)
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%)
  • Woolley/Metcalf: 210,864 (1.5%)
Opponent(s)
Adlai Stevenson (Democratic)
Henry Metcalf (Prohibition)

20th century

1904

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Theodore Roosevelt of NY
(1858–1919)
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Prior public experience
Higher education
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Prior public experience
Higher education
Charles Fairbanks of IN
(1852–1918)
Opponent(s)
Alton Parker (Democratic)
Gene Debs (Socialist)
Silas Swallow (Prohibition)
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%)
  • Debs/Hanford: 402,810 (3.0%)
  • Swallow/Carroll: 259,102 (1.9%)
Opponent(s)
Henry Davis (Democratic)
Ben Hanford (Socialist)
George Carroll (Prohibition)

1908, 1912

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William Taft of OH
(1857–1930)
Prior public experience
Higher education
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Prior public experience
Higher education
James S. Sherman of NY
(1855–1912)

(1908, 1912)[6]
Prior public experience
  • None
Higher education
Nicholas Butler of NY
(1862–1947)

(1912)
Opponent(s)
William Jennings Bryan (Democratic)
Gene Debs (Socialist)
Eugene Chafin (Prohibition)
Electoral vote
  • Taft/Sherman: 321 (66.5%)
  • Bryan/Kern: 162 (33.5%)
Popular vote:
  • Taft/Sherman: 7,678,335 (51.6%)
  • Bryan/Kern: 6,408,979 (43.0%)
  • Debs/Hanford: 420,852 (2.8%)
  • Chafin/Watkins: 254,087 (1.7%)
Opponent(s)
John Kern (Democratic)
Ben Hanford (Socialist)
Aaron Watkins (Prohibition)
Opponent(s)
Woodrow Wilson (Democratic)
Theodore Roosevelt (Progressive)
Eugene Debs (Socialist)
Eugene Chafin (Prohibition)
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%)
  • Chafin/Watkins: 208,156 (1.7%)
Opponent(s)
Thomas Marshall (Democratic)
Hiram Johnson (Progressive)
Emil Seidel (Socialist)
Aaron Watkins (Prohibition)

1916

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Charles Hughes of NY
(1862–1948)
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Prior public experience
Higher education
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Prior public experience
Higher education
Charles Fairbanks of IN
(1852–1918)
Opponent(s)
Woodrow Wilson (Democratic)
Allan Benson (Socialist)
Frank Hanly (Prohibition)
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%)
  • Benson/Kirkpatrick: 590,524 (3.2%)
  • Hanly/Landrith: 221,302 (1.2%)
Opponent(s)
Thomas Marshall (Democratic)
Kirk Kirkpatrick (Socialist)
Ira Landrith (Prohibition)

1920

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nominee
Warren G. Harding of OH
(1865–1923)
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Prior public experience
Higher education
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Prior public experience
Higher education
Calvin Coolidge of MA
(1872–1933)
Opponent(s)
James Cox (Democratic)
Gene Debs (Socialist)
Parley Christensen (Farmer-Labor)
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%)
  • Debs/Stedman: 913,693 (3.4%)
  • Christensen/Hayes: 265,398 (1.0%)
Opponent(s)
Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
Stedy Stedman (Socialist)
Max Hayes (Farmer-Labor)

1924

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Calvin Coolidge of MA
(1872–1933)
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Prior public experience
Higher education
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Prior public experience
Higher education
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

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nominee
Herbert Hoover of CA
(1874–1964)
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Prior public experience
Higher education
  • Stanford University (BS)
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Prior public experience
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)
Norman Thomas (Socialist)
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%)
  • Thomas/Maurer: 884,885 (2.2%)
Opponent(s)
Jack Garner (Democratic)
James Maurer (Socialist)

1936

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1936 (lost)width=190 Vice presidential
nominee
Alf Landon of KS
(1887–1987)
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Prior public experience
Higher education
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Prior public experience
  • None
Higher education
Frank Knox of IL
(1874–1944)
Opponent(s)
Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
William Lemke (Union)
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%)
  • Lemke/O'Brien: 892,378 (2.0%)
Opponent(s)
Jack Garner (Democratic)
Thomas O'Brien (Union)

1940

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1940 (lost)width=190 Vice presidential
nominee
Wendell Willkie of NY
(1892–1944)
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Prior public experience
  • None
Higher education
  • Indiana University, Bloomington (BA, LLB)
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Prior public experience
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

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nominee
Thomas E. Dewey of NY
(1902–1971)
Prior public experience
Higher education
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Prior public experience
Higher education
John W. Bricker of OH
(1893–1986)

(1944)
Prior public experience
Higher education
Earl Warren of CA
(1891–1974)

(1948)
Opponent(s)
Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
Electoral vote
  • Roosevelt/Truman: 432 (81.4%)
  • Dewey/Bricker: 99 (18.6%)
Popular vote:
  • Roosevelt/Truman: 25,612,916 (53.4%)
  • Dewey/Bricker: 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

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nominee
Dwight D. Eisenhower of NY (1952), PA (1956)
(1890–1969)
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Prior public experience
Higher education
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Prior public experience
Higher education
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)
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

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1960 (lost)width=190 Vice presidential
nominee
Richard Nixon of CA
(1913–1994)
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Prior public experience
Higher education
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Prior public experience
Higher education
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 (0.2%)
Opponent(s)
Lyndon Johnson (Democratic)
Strom Thurmond (Southern
Democrats
)

1964

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nominee
1964 (lost)width=190 Vice presidential
nominee
Barry Goldwater of AZ
(1909–1998)
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Prior public experience
Higher education
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Prior public experience
Higher education
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

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nominee
1968 (won), 1972 (won)width=190 Vice presidential
nominee
Richard Nixon of NY (1968), CA (1972)
(1913–1994)
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Prior public experience
Higher education
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Prior public experience
Higher education
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 (13.5%)
Opponent(s)
Ed Muskie (Democratic)
Curtis LeMay (American
Independent
)
Opponent(s)
George McGovern (Democratic)
John Schmitz (American
Independent
)
Electoral vote
  • Nixon/Agnew: 520 (96.7%)[8]
  • McGovern/Shriver: 17 (3.2%)
  • Hospers/Nathan: 1 (0.2%)
Popular vote:
  • Nixon/Agnew: 47,168,710 (60.6%)
  • McGovern/Shriver 29,173,222 (37.5%)
  • Schmitz/Anderson: 1,100,868 (1.4%)
Opponent(s)
Sargent Shriver (Democratic)
Thomas Anderson (American
Independent
)

1976

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nominee
1976 (lost)width=190 Vice presidential
nominee
Gerald Ford of MI
(1913–2006)
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Prior public experience
Higher education
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Prior public experience
Higher education
Bob Dole of KS
(1923–2021)
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

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nominee
Ronald Reagan of CA
(1911–2004)
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Prior public experience
Higher education
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Prior public experience
Higher education
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 (1.1%)
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

width=190 Presidential
nominee
1988 (won), 1992 (lost)width=190 Vice presidential
nominee
George H. W. Bush of TX
(1924–2018)
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Prior public experience
Higher education
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Prior public experience
Higher education
Dan Quayle of IN
(born 1947)
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%)
  • 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

width=190 Presidential
nominee
1996 (lost)width=190 Vice presidential
nominee
Bob Dole of KS
(1923–2021)
width=350
Prior public experience
Higher education
width=350
Prior public experience
Higher education
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)

21st century

2000, 2004

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nominee
2000 (won), 2004 (won)width=190 Vice presidential
nominee
George W. Bush of TX
(born 1946)
width=350
Prior public experience
Higher education
width=350
Prior public experience
Higher education
Dick Cheney of WY
(born 1941)
Opponent(s)
Al Gore (Democratic)
Ralph Nader (Green)
Electoral vote
  • Bush/Cheney: 271 (50.4%)
  • Gore/Lieberman: 266 (49.4%)[11]
Popular vote:
  • Gore/Lieberman: 50,999,897 (48.4%)
  • Bush/Cheney: 50,456,002 (47.9%)
  • Nader/LaDuke: 2,882,955 (2.7%)
Opponent(s)
Joe Lieberman (Democratic)
Winona LaDuke (Green)
Opponent(s)
John Kerry (Democratic)
Electoral vote (President)
  • Bush: 286 (53.2%)
  • Kerry: 251 (46.7%)[12]
  • 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

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nominee
2008 (lost)width=190 Vice presidential
nominee
John McCain of AZ
(1936–2018)
width=350
Prior public experience
Higher education
  • United States Naval Academy (BS)
width=350
Prior public experience
Higher education
Sarah Palin of AK
(born 1964)
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

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nominee
2012 (lost)width=190 Vice presidential
nominee
Mitt Romney of MA
(born 1947)
width=350
Prior public experience
Higher education
width=350
Prior public experience
Higher education
Paul Ryan of WI
(born 1970)
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%)
  • Johnson/Gray: 1,275,971 (1.0%)
Opponent(s)
Joe Biden (Democratic)

2016, 2020, 2024

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nominee
2016 (won), 2020 (lost), 2024 (pending)width=190 Vice presidential
nominee
Donald Trump of NY (2016), FL (2020, 2024)
(born 1946)
Prior public experience
Higher education
width=350
Prior public experience
Higher education
Mike Pence of IN
(born 1959)

(2016, 2020)
Prior public experience
Higher education
JD Vance of OH
(born 1984)

(2024)
Opponent(s)
Hillary Clinton (Democratic)
Gary Johnson (Libertarian)
Jill Stein (Green)
Electoral vote (President)[13]
  • Trump: 304 (56.5%)
  • Clinton: 227 (42.2%)
  • Powell

3 (0.6%)

  • Kasich

1 (0.2%)

1 (0.2%)

  • Sanders

1 (0.2%)

1 (0.2%)

Electoral vote (Vice President)
  • Pence: 305 (56.7%)
  • Kaine: 227 (42.2%)
  • Warren

2 (0.4%)

1 (0.2%)

  • Collins

1 (0.2%)

  • Fiorina

1 (0.2%)

1 (0.2%)

Popular vote:
  • Clinton/Kaine: 65,853,516 (48.2%)
  • Trump/Pence: 62,984,825 (46.1%)
  • Johnson/Weld: 4,489,221 (3.3%)
  • Stein/Baraka: 1,457,216 (1.1%)
Opponent(s)
Tim Kaine (Democratic)
Bill Weld (Libertarian)
Ajamu Baraka (Green)
Opponent(s)
Joe Biden (Democratic)
Jo Jorgensen (Libertarian)
Electoral vote
  • Biden/Harris: 306 (56.9%)
  • Trump/Pence: 232 (43.1%)
Popular vote:
  • Biden/Harris: 81,268,924 (51.4%)
  • Trump/Pence: 74,216,154 (46.9%)
  • Jorgensen/Cohen: 1,865,724 (1.2%)
Opponent(s)
Kamala Harris (Democratic)
Spike Cohen (Libertarian)
Opponent(s)
Kamala Harris (Democratic)
Electoral vote
  • Harris/Walz: pending
  • Trump/Vance: pending
Popular vote
  • Harris/Walz: pending
  • Trump/Vance: pending
Opponent(s)
Tim Walz (Democratic)

See also

Notes and References

  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.
  2. If not for the 17 invalidated electors from Union-occupied Louisiana and Texas, McClellan and Pendleton would have won 8.4% of votes.
  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.
  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.
  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%.
  6. Sherman died before the 1912 election and Butler was declared the running mate after the election to receive his Electoral College votes.
  7. If not for a faithless elector, Eisenhower and Nixon would have won 458 (86.3%) in 1956.
  8. If not for a faithless elector, Nixon and Agnew would have won 521 (96.8%) Electoral College votes.
  9. If not for a faithless elector, Ford would have won 241 (44.8%) votes.
  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.
  11. [Barbara Lett-Simmons|An elector]
  12. A faithless elector voted Edwards for president and vice president in the Electoral College, otherwise Kerry would have won 252 (46.8%) votes.
  13. 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.