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- Presidential Elections, 1789Ð1996
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- Year/Candidate Party Popular Vote* Electoral Vote
- 1789
- George Washington Federalist no record 69
- John Adams Federalist no record 34
- Others no record 35
- 1792
- George Washington Federalist no record 132
- John Adams Federalist no record 77
- George Clinton Democratic-Republican no record 50
- Thomas Jefferson none no record 4
- Aaron Burr none no record 1
- 1796
- John Adams Federalist no record 71
- Thomas Jefferson Democratic-Republican no record 68
- Thomas Pinckney Federalist no record 59
- Aaron Burr Anti-Federalist no record 30
- Others no record 48
- 1800
- Thomas Jefferson Democratic-Republican no record 73
- Aaron Burr Democratic-Republican no record 73
- John Adams Federalist no record 65
- Charles C. Pinckney Federalist no record 64
- John Jay Federalist no record 1
- 1804
- Thomas Jefferson Democratic-Republican no record 162
- Charles C. Pinckney Federalist no record 14
- 1808
- James Madison Democratic-Republican no record 122
- Charles C. Pinckney Federalist no record 47
- Others 7
- 1812
- James Madison Democratic-Republican no record 128
- De Witt Clinton Fusion no record 89
- 1816
- James Monroe Republican no record 183
- Rufus King Federalist no record 34
- 1820
- James Monroe Democratic-Republican no record 231
- John Quincy Adams Independent-Republican no record 1
- 1824
- John Quincy Adams no distinct party designation 108,740 84
- Andrew Jackson no distinct party designation 153,544 99
- Henry Clay no distinct party designation 47,136 37
- William H. Crawford no distinct party designation 46,618 41
- 1828
- Andrew Jackson Democratic 647,286 178
- John Quincy Adams National-Republican 508, 064 83
- 1832
- Andrew Jackson Democratic 687,502 219
- Henry Clay National-Republican 530,189 49
- William Wirt Anti-Masonic 33,108 7
- John Floyd Nullifiers no record 11
- 1836
- Martin Van Buren Democratic 765,483 170
- William Henry Harrison Whig 735,651 73
- Others no record 51
- 1840
- William Henry Harrison Whig 1,274,624 234
- Martin Van Buren Democratic 1,127,781 60
- 1844
- James K. Polk Democratic 1,338,464 170
- Henry Clay Whig 1,300,097 105
- James G. Birney Liberty 62,300 0
- 1848
- Zachary Taylor Whig 1,360,967 163
- Lewis Cass Democratic 1,222,342 127
- Martin Van Buren Free Soil 291,263 0
- 1852
- Franklin Pierce Democratic 1,601,117 254
- Winfield Scott Whig 1,386,453 42
- John P. Hale Free Soil 155,825 0
- 1856
- James Buchanan Democratic 1,832,955 174
- John C. Fremont Republican 1,339,932 114
- Millard Fillmore American 871,731 8
- 1860
- Abraham Lincoln Republican 1,865,593 180
- John C. Breckinridge Democratic 848, 356 72
- John Bell Constitutional Union 592,906 39
- Stephen A. Douglas Democratic 1,382,713 12
- 1864
- Abraham Lincoln Republican 2,206,938 212
- George B. McClellan Democratic 1,803,787 21
- 1868
- Ulysses S. Grant Republican 3,013,421 214
- Horatio Seymour Democratic 2,706,829 80
- 1872
- Ulysses S. Grant Republican 3,596,745 286
- Horace Greeley Democratic 2,843,446 0
- Others no record 80
- 1876
- Rutherford B. Hayes Republican 4,036,572 185
- Samuel J. Tilden Democratic 4,300,590 184
- Peter Cooper Greenback 81,737 0
- 1880
- James Garfield Republican 4,453,295 214
- Winfield S. Hancock Democratic 4,414,082 155
- Others 318,883 0
- 1884
- Grover Cleveland Democratic 4,879,507 219
- James G. Blaine Republican 4,850,293 182
- Others 325,739 0
- 1888
- Benjamin Harrison Republican 5,447,129 233
- Grover Cleveland Democratic 5,537,857 168
- Others Prohibition 396,441 0
- 1892
- Grover Cleveland Democratic 5,555,426 277
- Benjamin Harrison Republican 5,182,690 145
- James B. Weaver PeopleÕs 1,029,846 22
- Others 285,297 0
- 1896
- William McKinley Republican 7,102,246 271
- William Jennings Bryan Democratic 6,492,559 176
- Others 315,398 0
- 1900
- William McKinley Republican 7,218, 491 292
- William Jennings Bryan Democratic 6,356,734 155
- Others 386,840 0
- 1904
- Theodore Roosevelt Republican 7,628,461 336
- Alton B. Parker Democratic 5,084,223 140
- Others 809,251 0
- 1908
- William H. Taft Republican 7,675,320 321
- William Jennings Bryan Democratic 6,412,294 162
- Others 800,626 0
- 1912
- Woodrow Wilson Democratic 6,296,547 435
- Theodore Roosevelt Progressive 4,118,571 88
- William H. Taft Republican 3,486,720 8
- Others 1,135,697 0
- 1916
- Woodrow Wilson Democratic 9,127,695 277
- Charles E. Hughes Republican 8,533,507 254
- Others 819,022 0
- 1920
- Warren G. Harding Republican 16,143,407 404
- James M. Cox Democratic 9,130,328 127
- Others 1,454,333 0
- 1924
- Calvin Coolidge Republican 15,718,211 382
- John W. Davis Democratic 8,385,283 136
- Robert M. LaFollette Progressive 4,831,289 13
- Others 154,301 0
- 1928
- Herbert C. Hoover Republican 21,391,993 444
- Alfred E. Smith Democratic 15,016,169 87
- Others 330,725 0
- 1932
- Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic 22,809,638 472
- Herbert C. Hoover Republican 15,758,901 59
- Others 1,153,306 0
- 1936
- Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic 27,752,869 523
- Alfred M. Landon Republican 16,674,665 8
- Others 1,200,982 0
- 1940
- Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic 27,307,819 449
- Wendell L. Wilkie Republican 22,321,018 82
- Others 218,512 0
- 1944
- Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic 25,606,585 432
- Thomas E. Dewey Republican 22,014,745 99
- Others 200,612 0
- 1948
- Harry S Truman Democratic 24,179,345 303
- Thomas E. Dewey Republican 21,991,291 189
- Strom Thurmond StateÕs Rights 1,176,125 39
- Others 1,430,039 0
- 1952
- Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican 33,936,234 442
- Adlai Stevenson Democratic 27,314,992 89
- Others 290,959 0
- 1956
- Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican 35,590,472 457
- Adlai E. Stevenson Democratic 26,022,752 73
- Others 197,565 1
- 1960
- John F. Kennedy Democratic 34,226,731 303
- Richard M. Nixon Republican 34,108,157 219
- Others 197,029 15
- 1964
- Lyndon B. Johnson Democratic 43,129,566 486
- Barry M. Goldwater Republican 27,178,188 52
- Others 101,206 0
- 1968
- Richard M. Nixon Republican 31,785,480 301
- Hubert H. Humphrey Democratic 31,275,166 191
- George C. Wallace American Independent 9,906,473 46
- Others 218,347 0
- 1972
- Richard M. Nixon Republican 46,740,323 520
- George McGovern Democratic 28,901,598 17
- Others 1,178,238 1
- 1976
- Jimmy Carter Democratic 40,825,839 297
- Gerald Ford Republican 39,147,770 240
- Others 929,702 1
- 1980
- Ronald Reagan Republican 43,901,812 538
- Jimmy Carter Democratic 35,483,820 49
- John B. Anderson Independent 5,719,437 0
- Others 921,000 0
- 1984
- Ronald Reagan Republican 54,455,000 525
- Walter Mondale Democratic 37,577,000 13
- Others 307,000 0
- 1988
- George Bush Republican 47,946,000 426
- Michael Dukakis Democratic 41,016,000 111
- Others 649,000 0
- 1992
- William J. Clinton Democratic 44,908,254 370
- George Bush Republican 39,102,343 168
- H. Ross Perot Independent 19,741,065 0
- Others 292,000 0
- 1996
- William J. Clinton Democratic 45,590,703 370
- Robert Dole Republican 37,816,307 168
- H. Ross Perot Reform 7,866,284 0
- Others 1,585,008 0
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- * The popular vote count was first recorded in 1824.
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