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Can you name the winner and runner-up for every American presidential election?

Runner-up is the person who received the most electoral votes except for the winner

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Last updated: February 19, 2025

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Year	Winner	Runner-up
1788	George Washington	John Adams
1792	George Washington	John Adams
1796	John Adams	Thomas Jefferson
1800	Thomas Jefferson	Aaron Burr
1804	Thomas Jefferson	Charles C. Pinckney
1808	James Madison	Charles C. Pinckney
1812	James Madison	De Witt Clinton
1816	James Monroe	Rufus King
1820	James Monroe	John Quincy Adams
1824	John Quincy Adams	Andrew Jackson
1828	Andrew Jackson	John Quincy Adams
1832	Andrew Jackson	Henry Clay
1836	Martin Van Buren	William H. Harrison
1840	William H. Harrison	Martin Van Buren
1844	James K. Polk	Henry Clay
1848	Zachary Taylor	Lewis Cass
1852	Franklin Pierce	Winfield Scott
1856	James Buchanan	John C. Fremont
1860	Abraham Lincoln	John C. Breckinridge
1864	Abraham Lincoln	George B. McClellan
1868	Ulysses S. Grant	Horatio Seymour
1872	Ulysses S. Grant	Thomas A. Hendricks
1876	Rutherford B. Hayes	Samuel J. Tilden
1880	James A. Garfield	Winfield S. Hancock
1884	Grover Cleveland	James G. Blaine
1888	Benjamin Harrison	Grover Cleveland
1892	Grover Cleveland	Benjamin Harrison
1896	William McKinley	William J. Bryan
1900	William McKinley	William J. Bryan
1904	Theodore Roosevelt	Alton B. Parker

Year	Winner	Runner Up
1908	William H. Taft	William J. Bryan
1912	Woodrow Wilson	Theodore Roosevelt
1916	Woodrow Wilson	Charles E. Hughes
1920	Warren G. Harding	James M. Cox
1924	Calvin Coolidge	John W. Davis
1928	Herbert C. Hoover	Alfred E. Smith
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Herbert C. Hoover
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Alfred M. Landon
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Wendell L. Willkie
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Thomas E. Dewey
1948	Harry S. Truman	Thomas E. Dewey
1952	Dwight D. Eisenhower	Adlai Stevenson II
1956	Dwight D. Eisenhower	Adlai Stevenson II
1960	John F. Kennedy	Richard M. Nixon
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson	Barry M. Goldwater
1968	Richard M. Nixon	Hubert H. Humphrey
1972	Richard M. Nixon	George McGovern
1976	Jimmy Carter	Gerald R. Ford
1980	Ronald Reagan	Jimmy Carter
1984	Ronald Reagan	Walter Mondale
1988	George H.W. Bush	Michael Dukakis
1992	Bill Clinton	George H.W. Bush
1996	Bill Clinton	Robert Dole
2000	George W. Bush	Albert Gore, Jr.
2004	George W. Bush	John Kerry
2008	Barack Obama	John McCain
2012	Barack Obama	Mitt Romney
2016	Donald Trump	Hilary Clinton
2020	Joseph Biden	Donald Trump
2024	Donald Trump	Kamala Harris

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5 Comments

Level 67

Feb 15, 2025

Please allow Horace Greeley as an answer for the runner-up in 1872. He died after becoming runner-up in the election but before the Electoral College met, so his electoral votes were cast for several others including Henricks.

Level 71

Feb 16, 2025

Yeah I was debating on adding that but the language in the caveat is "Runner-up is the person who received the most electoral votes except for the winner", which is Hendricks given that Greeley only ended up receiving 3 electoral votes.

I'll add it as an option though, thanks for the feedback!

Level 66

Feb 17, 2025

According to the caveat shouldn't Aaron Burr be the answer for 1800, they received more electoral votes then John Adams did.

Level 71

Feb 19, 2025

You're totally right! I just changed it (though it still allows Adams as an answer given he is the more common understanding of a runner-up)

Thanks for the feedback!

Level 29

Feb 9, 2026

I like this quiz but when I typed in joe Biden it did not work so I had to type in Joseph Biden instead lol