List of United States major third-party and independent presidential tickets explained

This is a list of major third party and independent tickets for President of the United States and Vice President of the United States.

Criteria

The presidential candidates are listed here based on three criteria:

List of tickets

ElectionCandidate[2] [3] <--Except for Year of Birth and Year of Death, everything that isn't in a note and is in the party, candidate, state, PV%, and EV% columns is sourced to one of these two references-->VoteRunning mate
CandidatePartyOfficeHome
state
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1832William WirtAnti-Masonic data-sort-value= "execAttorneyGeneralf" Fmr. Attorney General7.8%Amos Ellmaker
John FloydNullifier data-sort-value= "stateGovernor" Governor0%Henry Lee
1844James G. BirneyLiberty data-sort-value= "statelegislatorf" Fmr. state legislator2.3%Thomas Morris
1848Martin Van BurenFree Soil data-sort-value= "execPresidentf" Fmr. President10.1%Charles F. Adams Sr.
1852data-sort-value = "legSenator" Senator4.9%George W. Julian
1856Millard FillmoreAmerican data-sort-value= "execPresidentf" Fmr. President21.5%Andrew J. Donelson
1860John C. BreckinridgeSouthern Democratic data-sort-value= "execVice President" Vice President18.2%Joseph Lane
John BellConstitutional Union data-sort-value = "legSenatorf" Fmr. Senator12.6%Edward Everett
1880James B. WeaverGreenback data-sort-value= "legHouse" Representative3.4%Barzillai J. Chambers
1884John St. JohnProhibition data-sort-value= "stategovernorf" Fmr. Governor1.5%William Daniel
Benjamin ButlerGreenback data-sort-value= "stategovernorf" Fmr. Governor1.3%Absolom M. West
1888Clinton B. FiskProhibition data-sort-value= "milGeneral" General2.2%John A. Brooks
Alson StreeterUnion Labor data-sort-value= "statelegislator" State legislator1.3%Charles E. Cunningham
1892James B. WeaverPopulist data-sort-value= "legHousef" Fmr. Representative8.5%James G. Field
John BidwellProhibition data-sort-value= "legHousef" Fmr. Representative2.2%James B. Cranfill
1900John G. Woolleydata-sort-value= "zattorney" Attorney1.5%Henry B. Metcalf
1904Eugene V. DebsSocialist data-sort-value= "statelegislatorf" Fmr. state legislator3.0%Ben Hanford
Silas C. SwallowProhibition data-sort-value= "zminister" Minister1.9%George W. Carroll
1908Eugene V. DebsSocialist data-sort-value= "statelegislatorf" Fmr. state legislator2.8%Ben Hanford
Eugene W. ChafinProhibition data-sort-value= "zattorney" Attorney1.7%Aaron S. Watkins
1912Theodore RooseveltProgressive data-sort-value= "execPresidentf" Fmr. President27.4%Hiram Johnson
Eugene V. DebsSocialist data-sort-value= "statelegislatorf" Fmr. state legislator6.0%Emil Seidel
Eugene W. ChafinProhibition data-sort-value= "zattorney" Attorney1.7%Aaron S. Watkins
1916Allan L. BensonSocialist data-sort-value= "zjournalist" Journalist3.2%George R. Kirkpatrick
Frank HanlyProhibition data-sort-value= "stategovernorf" Fmr. Governor1.2%Ira Landrith
1920Eugene V. DebsSocialist data-sort-value= "statelegislatorf" Fmr. state legislator3.4%Seymour Stedman
1924Robert La FolletteProgressive data-sort-value = "legSenator" Senator16.6%Burton K. Wheeler
1932Norman ThomasSocialist data-sort-value= "zMinister" Minister2.2%James H. Maurer
1936William LemkeUnion data-sort-value= "legHouse" Representative1.9%Thomas C. O'Brien
1948Strom ThurmondStates' Rights data-sort-value= "stateGovernor" Governor2.4%Fielding L. Wright
Henry A. WallaceProgressive data-sort-value= "execVice Presidentf" Fmr. Vice President2.4%Glen H. Taylor
1968George WallaceAmerican Independent data-sort-value= "stateGovernorf" Fmr. Governor13.5%Curtis LeMay
1972John G. Schmitzdata-sort-value= "legHouse" Representative1.4%Thomas J. Anderson
1980John B. AndersonIndependent data-sort-value= "legHouse" Representative6.6%Patrick Lucey
Ed ClarkLibertarian data-sort-value= "zAttorney" Attorney1.1%David Koch
1992Ross PerotIndependent Businessman18.9%James Stockdale
1996Reform 8.4%Pat Choate
2000Ralph NaderGreen data-sort-value= "zattorney" Attorney2.7%Winona LaDuke
2016Gary JohnsonLibertarian data-sort-value= "stateGovernorf" Fmr. Governor3.3%William Weld
Jill SteinGreen data-sort-value= "zPhysician" Physician1.1%Ajamu Baraka
2020Jo JorgensenLibertarian data-sort-value= "zProfessor" Professor1.2%Spike Cohen

See also

References

Works cited

Notes and References

  1. News: Blake . Aaron . Why are there only two parties in American politics? . 18 September 2018 . Washington Post . April 27, 2016.
  2. Web site: Electoral College Box Scores 1789–1996 . National Archives and Records Administration . 16 September 2018.
  3. Web site: United States Presidential Election Results . Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections . 16 September 2018.