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Home States of Losing U.S. Presidential Candidates

Name the home states of major presidential candidates who lost an election.
In cases where a candidate changed their state, name the state they represented in the election(s) they lost
Only including candidates found in this quiz
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Last updated: January 26, 2021
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Year
Candidate
State
2020
Donald Trump
Florida
2016
Hillary Clinton
New York
2012
Mitt Romney
Massachusetts
2008
John McCain
Arizona
2004
John Kerry
Massachusetts
2000
Al Gore
Tennessee
1996
Bob Dole
Kansas
1992
Ross Perot
Texas
1992
George H.W. Bush
Texas
1988
Michael Dukakis
Massachusetts
1984
Walter Mondale
Minnesota
1980
Jimmy Carter
Georgia
1976
Gerald Ford
Michigan
1972
George McGovern
South Dakota
1968
Hubert Humphrey
Minnesota
1968
George Wallace
Alabama
1964
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
1960
Richard Nixon
California
1956
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
1952
1948
Thomas Dewey
New York
1944
1940
Wendell Wilkie
New York
1936
Alf Landon
Kansas
1932
Herbert Hoover
California
1928
Al Smith
New York
1924
John Davis
West Virginia
1924
Robert La Follette
Wisconsin
1920
James Cox
Ohio
1916
Charles Evans Hughes
New York
1912
Theodore Roosevelt
New York
1912
William Taft
Ohio
1908
William Jennings Bryan
Nebraska
1904
Alton B. Parker
New York
Year
Candidate
State
1900
William Jennings Bryan
Nebraska
1896
1892
Benjamin Harrison
Indiana
1888
Grover Cleveland
New York
1884
James Blaine
Maine
1880
Winfield Hancock
Pennsylvania
1876
Samuel Tilden
New York
1872
Horace Greeley
New York
1868
Horatio Seymour
New York
1864
George McClellan
New Jersey
1860
Stephen Douglas
Illinois
1860
John Breckinridge
Kentucky
1860
John Bell
Tennessee
1856
John Fremont
California
1856
Millard Fillmore
New York
1852
Winfield Scott
New Jersey
1848
Lewis Cass
Michigan
1848
Martin Van Buren
New York
1844
Henry Clay
Kentucky
1840
Martin Van Buren
New York
1836
William Henry Harrison
Ohio
1832
Henry Clay
Kentucky
1828
John Quincy Adams
Massachusetts
1824
Andrew Jackson
Tennessee
1824
Henry Clay
Kentucky
1824
William Crawford
Georgia
1816
John Quincy Adams
Massachusetts
1816
Rufus King
New York
1812
DeWitt Clinton
New York
1808
George Clinton
New York
1808
Charles Pinckney
South Carolina
1804
1800
John Adams
Massachusetts
1796
Thomas Jefferson
Virginia
2 Comments
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Level 51
Jan 26, 2021
What I find funny is that more people on here represented Minnesota than Florida. The candidate for the state wasn't even born there!
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Level 51
Feb 5, 2021
Kansas is more amazing