Presidential Elections

George Washington John Adams minor candidates---35 Washington elected unanimously 81

George Washington John Adams George Clinton minor candidates

1796 FJohn Adams---71 DRThomas Jefferson---68 FThomas Pinckney---59 DRAaron Burr

1800 DRThomas Jefferson---73 DRAaron Burr---73 FJohn Adams---65 FCharles C. Pinckney

1804 DRThomas Jefferson FCharles C. Pinckney---14 Twelfth Amendment added 176

1808 DRJames Madison FCharles C. Pinckney---47 DRGeorge Clinton

1812 DRJames Madison FDewitt Clinton

1816 DRJames Monroe FRufus King

1820 DRJames Monroe IRJohn Q. Adams---1 Era of Good Feeling 232

1824 DRJohn Q. Adams108,74084 DRAndrew Jackson153,54499 DRWilliam H. Crawford46,61841 DRHenry Clay47,

1828 DAndrew Jackson647, NRJohn Q. Adams508,06483 Not even close! 261

1832 DAndrew Jackson687, NRHenry Clay530,18949 AMWilliam Wirt33,1087 NRJohn Floyd11 286

1836 DMartin Van Buren764, WWilliam H. Harrison550,81673 WHugh White146,10726 WDaniel Webster41,

1840 WWilliam H. Harrison1,274, DMartin Van Buren1,127,

1844 DJames K. Polk1,338, WHenry Clay1,300, LJames G. Birney62,

1848 WZachary Taylor1,360, DLewis Cass1,222, FSMartin Van Buren291,

1852 DFranklin Pierce1,601, WWinfield Scott1,385,45342 FSJohn P. Hale155,

1856 DJames Buchanan1,832, RJohn C. Fremont1,339, AMillard Fillmore871,

1860 RAbraham Lincoln1,865, DStephen A. Douglas1,382,71312 DJohn C. Breckinridge848,35672 CUJohn Bell592,

1864 UAbraham Lincoln2,206, DGeorge B. McClellan1,803,

1868 RUlysses S. Grant3,596, DHoratio Seymour2,706,82980 Republicans waved the “bloody shirt” GAR (Grand Army of Republic) and free blacks 294

1872 RUlysses S. Grant3,596, DLRHorace Greeley2,843,

1876 RRutherford B. Hayes4,036, DSamuel J. Tilden4,284, Compromise of

1880 RJames A. Garfield4,453, DWinfield S. Hancock4,414, GLJames B. Weaver308,578-- Thomas Nast popularized donkey and elephant images 396

DGrover Cleveland4,879, RJames G. Blaine4,850, GLBenjamin F. Butler175,370-- PJohn P. St. John150,

1888 RBenjamin Harrison5,447, DGrover Cleveland5,537, PrClinton B. Fisk249,506-- ULAnson J. Streeter146,

1892 DGrover Cleveland5,555, RBenjamin Harrison5,182, PJames B. Weaver1,029,84622 PrJohn Bidwell264,

1896 RWilliam McKinley7,102, DWilliam J. Bryan6,492, Bryan runs as a Democrat 447

1900 RWilliam McKinley7,218, DWilliam J. Bryan6,356, PrJohn C. Woolley208,

1904 RTheodore Roosevelt7,628, DAlton B. Parker5,084, SEugene V. Debs402,283-- PrSilas C. Swallow258,

1908 RWilliam H. Taft7,675, DWilliam J. Bryan6,412, SEugene V. Debs420,793-- PrEugene W. Chafin253,

1912 DWoodrow Wilson6,296, PTheodore Roosevelt4,118,57188 RWilliam H. Taft3,486,7208 SEugene V. Debs900,672-- PrEugene W. Chafin206,

1916 DWoodrow Wilson9,127, RCharles E. Hughes8,533, SA.L. Benson585,113-- PrJ.F. Hanly220,

1920 RWarren G. Harding16,143, DJames M. Cox9,130, SEugene V. Debs919,799-- F-LP.P. Christensen265,

1924 RCalvin Coolidge15,718, DJohn W. Davis8,385, PRobert M. LaFollette4,831,

1928 RHerbert C. Hoover21,391, DAlfred E. Smith15,016,

1932 DFranklin Roosevelt22,809, RHerbert C. Hoover15,758,90159 SNorman Thomas881,

1936 DFranklin Roosevelt27,752, RAlfred M. Landon16,674,6658 UWilliam Lemke882,

1940 DFranklin Roosevelt27,307, RWendell L. Willkie22,321,

1944 DFranklin Roosevelt25,606, RThomas E. Dewey22,014,

1948 DHarry S Truman24,179, RThomas E. Dewey21,991, DxJ. Strom Thurmond1,176,12539 PHenry A. Wallace1,157,

1952 RDwight Eisenhower33,936, DAdlai E. Stevenson27,314,

1956 RDwight Eisenhower35,590, DAdlai E. Stevenson26,022,

1960 DJohn F. Kennedy34,226, RRichard M. Nixon34,108, DHarry Byrd15 538

1964 DLyndon B. Johnson43,129, RBarry Goldwater27,178,

1968 RRichard M. Nixon31,785, DHubert Humphrey31,275, AIGeorge Wallace9,906,

1972 RRichard M. Nixon47,169, DGeorge S. McGovern29,170,

1976 DJimmy Carter40,828, RGerald R. Ford39,145,

1980 RRonald Reagan43,899, DJimmy Carter35,481,43549 IJohn B. Andersen5,719,

1984 RRonald Reagan52,609, DWalter Mondale36,450,

1988 RGeorge Bush48,886, DMichael Dukakis41,809,

1992 DWilliam Clinton44,909, RGeorge Bush39,104, IRoss Perot19,742,

1996 DWilliam Clinton47,402, RBob Dole39,198, IRoss Perot8,085,

2000 RGeorge W. Bush50,455, DAlbert Gore, Jr.50,997, GRalph Nader2,882,897-- IPat Buchanan449,

2004 RGeorge W. Bush62,040, DJohn F. Kerry59,028, John Edwards received one vote from MN NE, ME decided to split EVs Proportionately 538

2008 DBarack Obama69,499, RJohn McCain59,950, Obama took a district in Nebraska and cut into Republican states such as VA, NC, and CO.

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CA33,871, ,253 NC8,049, ,951 AL626, ,977