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Presidential Elections
1789
-- George Washington
--- 69
-- John Adams --- 34
-- minor candidates --- 35Washington elected unanimously
81
1792
-- George Washington
--- 132
-- John Adams --- 77
-- George Clinton --- 50
-- minor candidates --- 5
135
1796
F John Adams --- 71
DR Thomas Jefferson --- 68
F Thomas Pinckney
--- 59
DR Aaron Burr --- 30
141
1800
DR Thomas Jefferson --- 73
DR Aaron Burr --- 73
F John Adams --- 65
F Charles C. Pinckney
--- 64
141
1804
DR Thomas Jefferson --- 162
F Charles C. Pinckney
--- 14
Twelfth Amendment added
176
1808
DR James Madison --- 122
F Charles C. Pinckney
--- 47
DR George Clinton --- 6
176
1812
DR James Madison --- 128
F Dewitt Clinton --- 89
218
1816
DR James Monroe --- 183
F Rufus King --- 43
226
1820
DR James Monroe --- 231
IR John Q. Adams --- 1
Era of Good Feeling
232
1824
DR John Q. Adams 108,740 84
DR Andrew Jackson 153,544 99
DR William H. Crawford
46,618 41
DR Henry Clay 47,136 37
261
1828
D Andrew Jackson 647,286 178
NR John Q. Adams 508,064 83
Not even close!
261
1832
D Andrew Jackson 687,502 219
NR Henry Clay 530,189 49
AM William Wirt 33,108 7
NR John Floyd 11
286
1836
D Martin Van Buren 764,176 170
W William H. Harrison
550,816 73
W Hugh White 146,107 26
W Daniel Webster 41,201 14
283
1840
W William H. Harrison
1,274,624
234
D Martin Van Buren 1,127,781
60
294
1844
D James K. Polk 1,338,464
170
W Henry Clay 1,300,097
105
L James G. Birney 62,300 ---
275
1848
W Zachary Taylor 1,360,967
163
D Lewis Cass 1,222,342
127
FS Martin Van Buren 291,263 ---
290
1852
D Franklin Pierce 1,601,117
254
W Winfield Scott 1,385,453
42
FS John P. Hale 155,825 ---
296
1856
D James Buchanan 1,832,955
174
R John C. Fremont 1,339,932
114
A Millard Fillmore 871,731 8
233
1860
R Abraham Lincoln 1,865,593
180
D Stephen A. Douglas 1,382,713
12
D John C. Breckinridge 848,356 72
CU John Bell 592,906 39
303
1864
U Abraham Lincoln 2,206,938
212
D George B. McClellan
1,803,787
21
233
1868
R Ulysses S. Grant 3,596,745
214
D Horatio Seymour 2,706,829
80Republicans waved the “bloody shirt”GAR (Grand Army of Republic) and free blacks
294
1872
R Ulysses S. Grant 3,596,745
286
DLR Horace Greeley 2,843,446
66
352
1876
R Rutherford B. Hayes
4,036,572
185
D Samuel J. Tilden 4,284,020
184
Compromise of 1877
369
1880
R James A. Garfield 4,453,295
214
D Winfield S. Hancock
4,414,082
155
GL James B. Weaver 308,578 --Thomas Nast popularized donkey and elephant images
396
D Grover Cleveland 4,879,507
219
R James G. Blaine 4,850,293
182
GL Benjamin F. Butler 175,370 --
P John P. St. John 150,369 --
1884
401
1888
R Benjamin Harrison 5,447,129
233
D Grover Cleveland 5,537,857
168
Pr Clinton B. Fisk 249,506 --
UL Anson J. Streeter 146,935 --
401
1892
D Grover Cleveland 5,555,426
277
R Benjamin Harrison 5,182,690
145
P James B. Weaver 1,029,846
22
Pr John Bidwell 264,133 --
444
1896
R William McKinley 7,102,246
271
D William J. Bryan 6,492,559
176Bryan runs as a Democrat
447
1900
R William McKinley 7,218,491
292
D William J. Bryan 6,356,734
155
Pr John C. Woolley 208,914 --
447
1904
R Theodore Roosevelt
7,628,461
336
D Alton B. Parker 5,084,223
140
S Eugene V. Debs 402,283 --
Pr Silas C. Swallow 258,536 --
476
1908
R William H. Taft 7,675,320
321
D William J. Bryan 6,412,294
162
S Eugene V. Debs 420,793 --
Pr Eugene W. Chafin 253,840 --
483
1912
D Woodrow Wilson 6,296,547
435
P Theodore Roosevelt
4,118,571
88
R William H. Taft 3,486,720
8
S Eugene V. Debs 900,672 --
Pr Eugene W. Chafin 206,275 --
531
1916
D Woodrow Wilson 9,127,695
277
R Charles E. Hughes 8,533,507
254
S A.L. Benson 585,113 --
Pr J.F. Hanly 220,506 --
531
1920
R Warren G. Harding 16,143,407
404
D James M. Cox 9,130,328
127
S Eugene V. Debs 919,799 --
F-L P.P. Christensen 265,411 --
531
1924
R Calvin Coolidge 15,718,211
382
D John W. Davis 8,385,283
136
P Robert M. LaFollette
4,831,289
13
531
1928
R Herbert C. Hoover 21,391,993
444
D Alfred E. Smith 15,016,169
87
531
1932
D Franklin Roosevelt 22,809,638
472
R Herbert C. Hoover 15,758,901
59
S Norman Thomas 881,951 --
531
1936
D Franklin Roosevelt 27,752,869
523
R Alfred M. Landon 16,674,665
8
U William Lemke 882,479 --
531
1940
D Franklin Roosevelt 27,307,819
449
R Wendell L. Willkie 22,321,018
82
538
1944
D Franklin Roosevelt 25,606,585
432
R Thomas E. Dewey 22,014,745
99
538
1948
D Harry S Truman 24,179,345
303
R Thomas E. Dewey 21,991,291
189
Dx J. Strom Thurmond
1,176,125
39
P Henry A. Wallace 1,157,326
--
538
1952
R Dwight Eisenhower
33,936,234
442
D Adlai E. Stevenson 27,314,992
89
538
1956
R Dwight Eisenhower
35,590,472
457
D Adlai E. Stevenson 26,022,752
73
538
1960
D John F. Kennedy 34,226,731
303
R Richard M. Nixon 34,108,157
219
D Harry Byrd 15
538
1964
D Lyndon B. Johnson 43,129,566
486
R Barry Goldwater 27,178,188
52
538
1968
R Richard M. Nixon 31,785,480
301
D Hubert Humphrey 31,275,166
191
AI George Wallace 9,906,473
46
538
1972
R Richard M. Nixon 47,169,911
520
D George S. McGovern
29,170,383
17
538
1976
D Jimmy Carter 40,828,657
297
R Gerald R. Ford 39,145,520
240
538
1980
R Ronald Reagan 43,899,248
489
D Jimmy Carter 35,481,435
49
I John B. Andersen 5,719,437
--
538
1984
R Ronald Reagan 52,609,797
525
D Walter Mondale 36,450,613
13
538
1988
R George Bush 48,886,588
426
D Michael Dukakis 41,809,485
111
538
1992
D William Clinton 44,909,806
370
R George Bush 39,104,550
168
I Ross Perot 19,742,240
--
538
1996
D William Clinton 47,402,357
379
R Bob Dole 39,198,755
159
I Ross Perot 8,085,402
--
538
2000
R George W. Bush 50,455,156
271
D Albert Gore, Jr. 50,997,335
266
G Ralph Nader 2,882,897
--
I Pat Buchanan 449,102 --
538
2004
R George W. Bush 62,040,060 286
D John F. Kerry 59,028,111 251John Edwards received one vote from MNNE, ME decided to split EVs Proportionately
538
2008
D Barack Obama 69,499,428 365
R John McCain 59,950,323 173
538
Obama took a district in Nebraska and cut into Republican states such as VA, NC, and CO.
2000
2008
CA 33,871,648 55 627,253
NC 8,049,313 15 574,951
AL 626,932 3 208,977
