Faithless Elector

List the election years in which a member of the United States Electoral College did not vote for the presidential or vice-presidential candidate for whom they had pledged to vote. I've listed the number of faithless Electors in each particular election year and given the eventual election winner.

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# of Faithless Electors	Election Year	Eventual President
7	2016	Donald Trump
1	2004	George W. Bush
1	2000	George W. Bush
1	1988	George H. W. Bush
1	1976	Jimmy Carter
1	1972	Richard Nixon
1	1968	Rchard Nixon
1	1960	John F. Kennedy
1	1956	Dwight Eisenhower
1	1948	Harry Truman
8	1912	Woodrow Wilson
4	1896	William McKinley
1	1892	Grover Cleveland
63	1872	Ulysses S. Grant
23	1836	Martin Van Buren
32	1832	Andrew Jackson
7	1828	Andrew Jackson
1	1820	James Monroe
4	1812	James Madison
6	1808	James Madison
1	1800	Thomas Jefferson
18	1796	John Adams

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5 Comments

Level 92

Nov 12, 2016

And what fate, if any, befell these faithless electors? Treachery of this nature deserves heavy punishment.

Level 83

Nov 14, 2016

Not much. Maybe a fine. Some states make it illegal to be a faithless elector which carries a fine. Other states invalidate the vote, so it would be the same as abstaining.

Level 63

Aug 1, 2025

In one case, (the election with the most faithless electors in this quiz) many people had to be faithless electors, as the person they were chosen to elect died between election day and when the electoral college met. The few that did vote for the dead man had their ballots invalidated. It wasn't treachery, but necessity. Though as the system was originally designed, faithless electors were necessary. If someone died before the electoral college met, or if a major scandal happened, they could vote in a similar manner to the people of their state without voting for the candidate that shouldn't have become President due to death or scandal.

Level 62

Jun 7, 2025

This would be a lot more interesting if you added a column indicating who the elector cast their vote for.

(I.e. were they part of the reason for the victor's election, or were they making a last-ditch effort to prevent it?)

Level 83

Jun 15, 2025

This isn't a good quiz as you are just guessing years. I think the idea is interesting. This would be better as a blog post. That format would allow for expanding on who the faithless electors voted for each year.