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Winning and Losing U.S. Presidential Candidates

Give the names of all the candidates for U.S. President who either:
  1. garnered electoral votes from non-faithless electors, or
  2. won at least 5% of the national popular vote
Winners listed first
Vice Presidential candidates who, under the pre-1800 Constitution, got electoral votes for President, are excluded
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1788
 
 
 
 
Independent
 
 
 
 
George Washington
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1792
 
 
 
 
Independent
 
 
 
 
George Washington
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1796
 
 
 
Federalist
Democratic-Republican
 
 
 
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1800
 
 
 
Democratic-Republican
Federalist
 
 
 
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1804
 
 
 
Democratic-Republican
Federalist
 
 
 
Thomas Jefferson
Charles C. Pinckney
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1808
 
 
 
Democratic-Republican
Federalist
 
 
 
James Madison
Charles C. Pinckney
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1812
 
 
 
Democratic-Republican
Federalist
 
 
 
James Madison
DeWitt Clinton
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1816
 
 
 
Democratic-Republican
Federalist
 
 
 
James Monroe
Rufus King
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1820
 
 
 
 
Democratic-Republican
 
 
 
 
James Monroe
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1824
 
Democratic-Republican
Democratic-Republican
Democratic-Republican
Democratic-Republican
 
John Quincy Adams
Andrew Jackson
William H. Crawford
Henry Clay
 
 
 
 
 
 
1828
 
 
 
Democratic
National Republican
 
 
 
Andrew Jackson
John Quincy Adams
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1832
 
Democratic
National Republican
Nullifier
Anti-Masonic
 
Andrew Jackson
Henry Clay
John Floyd
William Wirt
 
 
 
 
 
 
1836
Democratic
Whig
Whig
Whig
Whig
Martin Van Buren
William Henry Harrison
Hugh L. White
Daniel Webster
Willie P. Magnum
 
 
 
 
 
1840
 
 
 
Whig
Democratic
 
 
 
William Henry Harrison
Martin Van Buren
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1844
 
 
 
Democratic
Whig
 
 
 
James K. Polk
Henry Clay
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1848
 
 
Whig
Democratic
Free Soil
 
 
Zachary Taylor
Lewis Cass
Martin Van Buren
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1852
 
 
 
Democratic
Whig
 
 
 
Franklin Pierce
Winfield Scott
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1856
 
 
Democratic
Republican
Know-Nothing
 
 
James Buchanan
John C. Frémont
Millard Fillmore
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1860
 
Republican
Southern Democratic
Constitutional Union
Democratic
 
Abraham Lincoln
John C. Breckinridge
John Bell
Stephen A. Douglas
 
 
 
 
 
 
1864
 
 
 
National Union
Democratic
 
 
 
Abraham Lincoln
George B. McClellan
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1868
 
 
 
Republican
Democratic
 
 
 
Ulysses S. Grant
Horatio Seymour
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1872
 
 
 
Republican
Liberal Republican
 
 
 
Ulysses S. Grant
Horace Greeley
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1876
 
 
 
Republican
Democratic
 
 
 
Rutherford B. Hayes
Samuel J. Tilden
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1880
 
 
 
Republican
Democratic
 
 
 
James A. Garfield
Winfield Scott Hancock
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1884
 
 
 
Democratic
Republican
 
 
 
Grover Cleveland
James G. Blaine
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1888
 
 
 
Republican
Democratic
 
 
 
Benjamin Harrison
Grover Cleveland
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1892
 
 
Democratic
Republican
Populist
 
 
Grover Cleveland
Benjamin Harrison
James B. Weaver
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1896
 
 
 
Republican
Democratic
 
 
 
William McKinley
William Jennings Bryan
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1900
 
 
 
Republican
Democratic
 
 
 
William McKinley
William Jennings Bryan
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1904
 
 
 
Republican
Democratic
 
 
 
Theodore Roosevelt
Alton B. Parker
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1908
 
 
 
Republican
Democratic
 
 
 
William Howard Taft
William Jennings Bryan
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1912
 
Democratic
Progressive
Republican
Socialist
 
Woodrow Wilson
Theodore Roosevelt
William Howard Taft
Eugene V. Debs
 
 
 
 
 
 
1916
 
 
 
Democratic
Republican
 
 
 
Woodrow Wilson
Charles Evans Hughes
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1920
 
 
 
Republican
Democratic
 
 
 
Warren G. Harding
James M. Cox
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1924
 
 
Republican
Democratic
Progressive
 
 
Calvin Coolidge
John W. Davis
Robert M. La Follette
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1928
 
 
 
Republican
Democratic
 
 
 
Herbert Hoover
Al Smith
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1932
 
 
 
Democratic
Republican
 
 
 
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1936
 
 
 
Democratic
Republican
 
 
 
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Alf Landon
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1940
 
 
 
Democratic
Republican
 
 
 
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Wendell Willkie
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1944
 
 
 
Democratic
Republican
 
 
 
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Thomas E. Dewey
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1948
 
 
Democratic
Republican
States' Rights Democratic
 
 
Harry S. Truman
Thomas E. Dewey
Strom Thurmond
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1952
 
 
 
Republican
Democratic
 
 
 
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Adlai Stevenson II
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1956
 
 
 
Republican
Democratic
 
 
 
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Adlai Stevenson II
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1960
 
 
Democratic
Republican
Unpledged Democratic
 
 
John F. Kennedy
Richard Nixon
Harry F. Byrd
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1964
 
 
 
Democratic
Republican
 
 
 
Lyndon B. Johnson
Barry Goldwater
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1968
 
 
Republican
Democratic
American Independent
 
 
Richard Nixon
Hubert Humphrey
George Wallace
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1972
 
 
 
Republican
Democratic
 
 
 
Richard Nixon
George McGovern
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1976
 
 
 
Democratic
Republican
 
 
 
Jimmy Carter
Gerald Ford
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1980
 
 
Republican
Democratic
Independent
 
 
Ronald Reagan
Jimmy Carter
John B. Anderson
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1984
 
 
 
Republican
Democratic
 
 
 
Ronald Reagan
Walter Mondale
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1988
 
 
 
Republican
Democratic
 
 
 
George H. W. Bush
Michael Dukakis
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1992
 
 
Democratic
Republican
Independent
 
 
Bill Clinton
George H. W. Bush
Ross Perot
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1996
 
 
Democratic
Republican
Reform
 
 
Bill Clinton
Bob Dole
Ross Perot
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2000
 
 
 
Republican
Democratic
 
 
 
George W. Bush
Al Gore
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2004
 
 
 
Republican
Democratic
 
 
 
George W. Bush
John Kerry
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2008
 
 
 
Democratic
Republican
 
 
 
Barack Obama
John McCain
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2012
 
 
 
Democratic
Republican
 
 
 
Barack Obama
Mitt Romney
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2016
 
 
 
Republican
Democratic
 
 
 
Donald Trump
Hillary Clinton
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2020
 
 
 
Democratic
Republican
 
 
 
Joe Biden
Donald Trump
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2024
 
 
 
Republican
Democratic
 
 
 
Donald Trump
Kamala Harris
 
 
 
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