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This is a list of the candidates for the offices of President of the United States and Vice President of the United States of the Republican Party , either duly preselected and nominated, or the presumptive nominees of a future preselection and election. Opponents who received over one percent of the popular vote or ran an official campaign that received Electoral College votes are listed. Offices held prior to Election Day are included, and those held on Election Day have an italicized end date.
19th century [ ]
1856 [ ]
Presidential nominee
1856 (lost)
Vice Presidential nominee
John C. Frémont of CA (1813–1890)
Prior public experience
Higher education
Prior public experience
Associate Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court (1838–1841)
U.S. Senate (1842–1851)
Higher education
Princeton University (BA )
William L. Dayton of NJ (1807–1864)
Opponent(s) James Buchanan (Democratic )Millard Fillmore (Know Nothing )
Electoral vote
Buchanan/Breckinridge: 174 (58.8%)
Frémont/Dayton: 114 (38.5%)
Fillmore/Donelson: 8 (2.7%)
Popular vote
Buchanan/Breckinridge: 1,836,072 (45.3%)
Frémont/Dayton: 1,342,345 (33.1%)
Fillmore/Donelson: 873,053 (21.5%)
Opponent(s) John Breckinridge (Democratic )Andrew Jackson Donelson (Know Nothing )
1860, 1864 [ ]
Presidential nominee
1860 (won), 1864 (won)
Vice Presidential nominee
Abraham Lincoln of IL (1809–1865)
Prior public experience
Illinois House of Representatives (1834–1842)
U.S. House of Representatives (1847–1849)
President (1861–1865 )
Higher education
Prior public experience
Maine House of Representatives (1836–1841, 1847)
U.S. House of Representatives (1843–1847)
U.S. Senate (1848–1857, 1857–1861 )
Chair of the Senate Commerce Committee (1849–1856)
Chair of the Senate Printing Committee (1852–1853)
Governor of Maine (1857)
Higher education
Hannibal Hamlin of ME (1809–1891)
Prior public experience
Tennessee House of Representatives (1835–1837, 1839–1841)
Tennessee Senate (1841–1843)
U.S. House of Representatives (1843–1853)
Chair of the House Public Expenditures Committee (1849–1852)
Governor of Tennessee (1853–1857, 1862–1865 )
U.S. Senate (1857–1862)
Higher education
Andrew Johnson of TN (1808–1875)
Opponent(s) Stephen Douglas (Democratic )John C. Breckinridge (Southern Democrats )John Bell (Constitutional Union )
Electoral vote
Lincoln/Hamlin: 180 (59.4%)
Breckinridge/Lane: 72 (23.8%)
Bell/Everett: 39 (12.9%)
Douglas/Johnson: 12 (4.0%)
Popular vote
Lincoln/Hamlin: 1,865,908 (39.7%)
Douglas/Johnson: 1,380,202 (29.5%)
Breckinridge/Lane: 848,019 (18.2%)
Bell/Everett: 590,901 (12.7%)
Opponent(s) Herschel Johnson (Democratic )Joe Lane (Southern Democrats )Edward Everett (Constitutional Union )
Opponent(s) George McClellan (Democratic )
Electoral vote
Lincoln/Johnson: 212 (91.0%) [1]
McClellan/Pendleton: 21 (9.0%)[2]
Popular vote
Lincoln/Johnson: 2,218,388 (55.0%)
McClellan/Pendleton: 1,812,807 (45.0%)
Opponent(s) George Pendleton (Democratic )
1868, 1872 [ ]
Presidential nominee
1868 (won), 1872 (won)
Vice Presidential nominee
Ulysses Grant of OH (1822–1885)
Prior public experience
Higher education
U.S. Military Academy (BS )
Prior public experience
U.S. House of Representatives (1855–1869 )
Higher education
Schuyler Colfax of IN (1823–1885)
Prior public experience
Massachusetts House of Representatives (1841–1842)
Massachusetts Senate (1844–1846, 1850–1852)
U.S. Senate (1855–1873 )
Higher education
Henry Wilson of MA (1812–1875)
Opponent(s) Horatio Seymour (Democratic )
Electoral vote
Grant/Colfax: 214 (72.8%)
Seymour/Blair: 80 (27.2%)
Popular vote
Grant/Colfax: 3,013,421 (52.7%)
Seymour/Blair: 2,706,829 (47.3%)
Opponent(s) Francis Blair (Democratic )
Opponent(s) Horace Greeley (Democratic )
Electoral vote
Grant/Wilson: 286 (81.3%) [3]
Greeley/Brown: 66 (18.8%)*[4] [5]
Popular vote
Grant/Wilson: 3,598,235 (55.6%)
Greely/Brown: 2,834,761 (43.8%)
Opponent(s) Gratz Brown (Democratic )
1876 [ ]
Presidential nominee
1876 (won)
Vice Presidential nominee
Rutherford Hayes of OH (1822–1893)
Prior public experience
U.S. House of Representatives (1865–1867)
Governor of Ohio (1868–1872, 1876–1877 )
Higher education
Kenyon College (BA )
Harvard University (LLB )
Prior public experience
New York Assembly (1850–1851)
New York Senate (1858–1859)
U.S. House of Representatives (1861–1877 )
Higher education
University of Vermont (BA )
William Wheeler of NY (1819–1887)
Opponent(s) Samuel Tilden (Democratic )
Electoral vote
Hayes/Wheeler: 185 (50.1%)
Tilden/Hendricks: 184 (49.9%)
Popular vote
Tilden/Hendricks: 4,288,546 (50.9%)
Hayes/Wheeler: 4,034,311 (47.9%)
Opponent(s) Thomas Hendricks (Democratic )
1880 [ ]
Presidential nominee
1880 (won)
Vice Presidential nominee
James Garfield of OH (1831–1881)
Prior public experience
Ohio Senate (1859–1861)
U.S. House of Representatives (1863–1881 )
Higher education
Hiram College
Williams College (BA )
Prior public experience
Higher education
Union College
State and National Law School
Chester Arthur of NY (1829–1886)
Opponent(s) Winfield Hancock (Democratic )James Weaver (Greenback )
Electoral vote
Garfield/Arthur: 214 (58.0%)
Hancock/English: 155 (42.0%)
Popular vote
Garfield/Arthur: 4,446,158 (48.3%)
Hancock/English: 4,444,260 (48.2%)
Weaver/Chambers: 308,649 (3.4%)
Opponent(s) William English (Democratic )Barzillai Chambers (Greenback )
1884 [ ]
Presidential nominee
1884 (lost)
Vice Presidential nominee
James Blaine of ME (1830–1893)
Prior public experience
Maine House of Representatives (1859–1862)
U.S. House of Representatives (1863–1876)
U.S. Senate (1876–1881)
U.S. Secretary of State (1881)
Higher education
Washington and Jefferson College (BA )
Prior public experience
Illinois House of Representatives (1852–1853, 1856–1857)
U.S. House of Representatives (1859–1862, 1867–1871)
U.S. Senate (1871–1877, 1879–1886 )
Higher education
John Logan of IL (1826–1886)
Opponent(s) Grover Cleveland (Democratic )St. John (Prohibition )Benjamin Butler (Greenback )
Electoral vote
Cleveland/Hendricks: 219 (54.6%)
Blaine/Logan: 182 (45.4%)
Popular vote
Cleveland/Hendricks: 4,914,482 (48.9%)
Blaine/Logan: 4,856,905 (48.3%)
St. John/Daniel: 147,482 (1.5%)
Butler/West: 134,294 (1.3%)
Opponent(s) Thomas Hendricks (Democratic )William Daniel (Prohibition )Absolom West (Greenback )
1888, 1892 [ ]
Presidential nominee
1888 (won), 1892 (lost)
Vice Presidential nominee
Benjamin Harrison of IN (1833–1901)
Prior public experience
U.S. Senate (1881–1887)
President (1889–1893 )
Higher education
Ohio Military Institute
Miami University (BA )
Prior public experience
U.S. House of Representatives (1879–1881)
U.S. Minister to France (1881–1885)
Higher education
Levi Morton of NY (1824–1920)
Prior public experience
U.S. Minister to France (1889–1892)
Higher education
Whitelaw Reid of NY (1837–1912)
Opponent(s) Grover Cleveland (Democratic )Clinton Fisk (Prohibition )Alson Streeter (Union Labor )
Electoral vote
Harrison/Morton: 233 (58.1%)
Cleveland/Thurman: 168 (41.9%)
Popular vote
Cleveland/Thurman: 5,534,488 (48.6%)
Harrison/Morton: 5,443,892 (47.8%)
Fisk/Brooks: 249,819 (2.2%)
Streeter/Cunningham: 146,602 (1.3%)
Opponent(s) Allen Thurman (Democratic )John Brooks (Prohibition )Charles Cunningham (Union Labor )
Opponent(s) Grover Cleveland (Democratic )James Weaver (Populist )John Bidwell (Prohibition )
Electoral vote
Cleveland/Stevenson: 277 (62.4%)
Harrison/Reid: 145 (32.7%)
Weaver/Field: 22 (5.0%)
Popular vote
Cleveland/Stevenson: 5,556,918 (46.0%)
Harrison/Reid: 5,176,108 (43.0%)
Weaver/Field: 1,041,028 (8.5%)
Bidwell/Cranfill: 270,879 (2.2%)
Opponent(s) Adlai Stevenson (Democratic )James Field (Populist )James Cranfill (Prohibition )
1896, 1900 [ ]
Presidential nominee
1896 (won), 1900 (won)
Vice Presidential nominee
William McKinley of OH (1843–1901)
Prior public experience
U.S. House of Representatives (1877–1884, 1885–1891)
Chair of the House Laws Revision Committee (1882–1883)
Chair of the House Committee on Ways and Means (1889–1891)
Governor of Ohio (1892–1896)
President (1897–1901 )
Higher education
Allegheny College
University of Mount Union
Albany Law School
Prior public experience
Chair of the New Jersey Republican Party (1880–1891)
New Jersey General Assembly (1873–1875)
Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly (1874–1875)
New Jersey Senate (1877–1883)
President of the New Jersey Senate (1881–1883)
Higher education
Garret Hobart of NJ (1844–1899)
Prior public experience
Higher education
Harvard University (BA )
Columbia University
Theodore Roosevelt of NY (1858–1919)
Opponent(s) William Jennings Bryan (Democratic , Populist )
Electoral vote (President)
McKinley: 271 (60.6%)
Bryan: 176 (39.4%)
Electoral vote (Vice President)
Hobart: 271 (60.6%)
Sewall: 149 (33.3%)
Watson: 27 (6.0%)
Popular vote
McKinley/Hobart: 7,102,246 (51.0%)
Bryan/Sewall-Watson: 6,492,559 (46.7%)
Opponent(s) Arthur Sewall (Democratic )Tom Watson (Populist )
Opponent(s) William Jennings Bryan (Democratic , Populist )John Woolley (Prohibition )
Electoral vote
McKinley/Roosevelt: 292 (65.3%)
Bryan/Stevenson: 155 (34.7%)
Popular vote
McKinley/Roosevelt: 7,228,864 (51.6%)
Bryan/Stevenson: 6,370,932 (45.5%)
Woolley/Metcalf: 210,864 (1.5%)
Opponent(s) Adlai Stevenson (Democratic )Henry Metcalf (Prohibition )
20th century [ ]
1904 [ ]
Presidential nominee
1904 (won)
Vice Presidential nominee
Theodore Roosevelt of NY (1858–1919)
Prior public experience
Higher education
Harvard University (BA )
Columbia University
Prior public experience
Higher education
Ohio Wesleyan University (BA , MA )
Charles Fairbanks of IN (1852–1918)
Opponent(s) Alton Parker (Democratic )Gene Debs (Socialist )Silas Swallow (Prohibition )
Electoral vote
Roosevelt/Fairbanks: 336 (70.6%)
Parker/Davis: 140 (29.4%)
Popular vote
Roosevelt/Fairbanks: 7,630,457 (56.4%)
Parker/Davis: 5,083,880 (37.6%)
Debs/Hanford: 402,810 (3.0%)
Swallow/Carroll: 259,102 (1.9%)
Opponent(s) Henry Davis (Democratic )Ben Hanford (Socialist )George Carroll (Prohibition )
1908, 1912 [ ]
Presidential nominee
1908 (won), 1912 (lost)
Vice Presidential nominee
William Taft of OH (1857–1930)
Prior public experience
U.S. Solicitor General (1890–1892)
Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (1892–1900)
Governor-General of the Philippines (1901–1903)
U.S. Secretary of War (1904–1908)
Acting Governor of Cuba (1906)
President (1909–1913 )
Higher education
Yale University (BA )
University of Cincinnati (LLB )
Prior public experience
Mayor of Utica, NY (1884–1885)
U.S. House of Representatives (1887–1891, 1893–1909 )
Chair of the House Justice Department Expenditures Committee (1889–1891)
Chair of the House Indian Affairs Committee (1895–1909 )
Vice President (1909–1912)
Higher education
Hamilton College, New York (BA )
Jim Sherman of NY [6] (1855–1912)
Prior public experience
Higher education
Columbia University (BA , MA , PhD )
Nicholas Butler of NY [6] (1862–1947)
Opponent(s) William Jennings Bryan (Democratic )Gene Debs (Socialist )Eugene Chafin (Prohibition )
Electoral vote
Taft/Sherman: 321 (66.5%)
Bryan/Kern: 162 (33.5%)
Popular vote
Taft/Sherman: 7,678,335 (51.6%)
Bryan/Kern: 6,408,979 (43.0%)
Debs/Hanford: 420,852 (2.8%)
Chafin/Watkins: 254,087 (1.7%)
Opponent(s) John Kern (Democratic )Ben Hanford (Socialist )Aaron Watkins (Prohibition )
Opponent(s) Woodrow Wilson (Democratic )Theodore Roosevelt (Progressive )Eugene Debs (Socialist )Eugene Chafin (Prohibition )
Electoral vote
Wilson/Marshall: 435 (81.9%)
Roosevelt/Johnson: 88 (16.6%)
Taft/Butler: 8 (1.5%)
Popular vote
Wilson/Marshall: 6,296,284 (41.8%)
Roosevelt/Johnson: 4,122,721 (24.7%)
Taft/Butler: 3,486,242 (23.2%)
Debs/Seidel: 901,551 (6.0%)
Chafin/Watkins: 208,156 (1.7%)
Opponent(s) Thomas Marshall (Democratic )Hiram Johnson (Progressive )Emil Seidel (Socialist )Aaron Watkins (Prohibition )
1916 [ ]
Presidential nominee
1916 (lost)
Vice Presidential nominee
Charles Hughes of NY (1862–1948)
Prior public experience
Higher education
Colgate University
Brown University (BA )
Columbia University (LLB )
Prior public experience
U.S. Senate (1897–1905)
Vice President (1905–1909)
Higher education
Ohio Wesleyan University (BA , MA )
Charles Fairbanks of IN (1852–1918)
Opponent(s) Woodrow Wilson (Democratic )Allan Benson (Socialist )Frank Hanly (Prohibition )
Electoral vote
Wilson/Marshall: 277 (52.2%)
Hughes/Fairbanks: 254 (47.8%)
Popular vote
Wilson/Marshall: (49.2%)
Hughes/Fairbanks: 8,548,728 (46.1%)
Benson/Kirkpatrick: 590,524 (3.2%)
Hanly/Landrith: 221,302 (1.2%)
Opponent(s) Thomas Marshall (Democratic )Kirk Kirkpatrick (Socialist )Ira Landrith (Prohibition )
1920 [ ]
Presidential nominee
1920 (won)
Vice Presidential nominee
Warren G. Harding of OH (1865–1923)
Prior public experience
Ohio Senate (1900–1904)
Lieutenant Governor of Ohio (1904–1906)
U.S. Senate (1915–1921 )
Higher education
Ohio Central College (BA )
Prior public experience
Massachusetts House of Representatives (1907–1908)
Massachusetts Senate (1912–1915)
Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts (1916–1919)
Governor of Massachusetts (1919–1921 )
Higher education
Calvin Coolidge of MA (1872–1933)
Opponent(s) James Cox (Democratic )Gene Debs (Socialist )Parley Christensen (Farmer-Labor )
Electoral vote
Harding/Coolidge: 404 (76.1%)
Cox/Roosevelt: 127 (23.9%)
Popular vote
Harding/Coolidge: 16,144,093 (60.3%)
Cox/Roosevelt: 9,139,661 (34.2%)
Debs/Stedman: 913,693 (3.4%)
Christensen/Hayes: 265,398 (1.0%)
Opponent(s) Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic )Stedy Stedman (Socialist )Max Hayes (Farmer-Labor )
1924 [ ]
Presidential nominee
1924 (won)
Vice Presidential nominee
Calvin Coolidge of MA (1872–1933)
Prior public experience
Massachusetts House of Representatives (1907–1908)
Massachusetts Senate (1912–1915)
Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts (1916–1919)
Governor of Massachusetts (1919–1921)
Vice President (1921–1923)
President (1923–1929 )
Higher education
Prior public experience
Comptroller of the Currency (1898–1901)
Director of the U.S. Bureau of the Budget (1921–1922)
Higher education
Marietta College (BA )
University of Cincinnati (LLB )
Charles Dawes of IL (1865–1951)
Opponent(s) John Davis (Democratic )Bob La Follette (Progressive )
Electoral vote
Coolidge/Dawes: 382 (71.9%)
Davis/Bryan: 136 (25.6%)
La Follette/Wheeler: 13 (2.4%)
Popular vote
Coolidge/Dawes: 15,723,789 (54.0%)
Davis/Bryan: 8,386,242 (28.8%)
La Follette/Wheeler: 4,831,706 (16.6%)
Opponent(s) Charles Bryan (Democratic )Burton Wheeler (Progressive )
1928, 1932 [ ]
Presidential nominee
1928 (won), 1932 (lost)
Vice Presidential nominee
Herbert Hoover of CA (1874–1964)
Prior public experience
Higher education
Prior public experience
U.S. House of Representatives (1893–1907)
Chair of the House Interior Expenditures Committee (1895–1903)
U.S. Senate (1907–1913, 1915–1929 )
Vice President (1929–1933 )
Higher education
Charles Curtis of KS (1860–1936)
Opponent(s) Al Smith (Democratic )
Electoral vote
Hoover/Curtis: 444 (83.6%)
Smith/Robinson: 87 (16.4%)
Popular vote
Hoover/Curtis: 21,427,123: (58.2%)
Smith/Robinson: 15,015,464 (40.8%)
Opponent(s) Joe Robinson (Democratic )
Opponent(s) Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic )Norman Thomas (Socialist )
Electoral vote
Roosevelt/Garner: 472 (88.9%)
Hoover/Curtis: 59 (11.1%)
Popular vote
Roosevelt/Garner: 22,821,277 (57.4%)
Hoover/Curtis: 15,761,254 (39.7%)
Thomas/Maurer: 884,885 (2.2%)
Opponent(s) Jack Garner (Democratic )James Maurer (Socialist )
1936 [ ]
Presidential nominee
1936 (lost)
Vice Presidential nominee
Alf Landon of KS (1887–1987)
Prior public experience
Higher education
University of Kansas, Lawrence (LLB )
Prior public experience
Higher education
Frank Knox of IL (1874–1944)
Opponent(s) Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic )William Lemke (Union )
Electoral vote
Roosevelt/Garner: 523 (98.5%)
Landon/Knox: 8 (1.5%)
Popular vote
Roosevelt/Garner: 27,752,648 (60.8%)
Landon/Knox: 16,681,862 (36.5%)
Lemke/O'Brien: 892,378 (2.0%)
Opponent(s) Jack Garner (Democratic )Thomas O'Brien (Union )
1940 [ ]
Presidential nominee
1940 (lost)
Vice Presidential nominee
Wendell Willkie of NY (1892–1944)
Prior public experience
Higher education
Indiana University, Bloomington (BA , LLB )
Prior public experience
Associate Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court (1913–1915)
U.S. Senate (1917–1918, 1918–1944 )
Chair of the Arid Lands Committee (1919–1926)
Chair of the Senate Agriculture Committee (1926–1933)
Senate Minority Leader (1933–1940)
Higher education
Charles McNary of OR (1874–1944)
Opponent(s) Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic )
Electoral vote
Roosevelt/Wallace: 449 (84.6%)
Willkie/McNary: 82 (15.4%)
Popular vote
Roosevelt/Wallace 27,313,945: (54.7%)
Willkie/McNary: (44.8%)
Opponent(s) Henry Wallace (Democratic )
1944, 1948 [ ]
Presidential nominee
1944 (lost), 1948 (lost)
Vice Presidential nominee
Thomas E. Dewey of NY (1902–1971)
Prior public experience
Higher education
University of Michigan (BA )
Columbia University (JD )
Prior public experience
Attorney General of Ohio (1933–1937)
Governor of Ohio (1939–1945 )
Higher education
Ohio State University (BA , LLB )
John W. Bricker of OH (1893–1986)
Prior public experience
District Attorney of Alameda County, CA (1925–1939)
Chair of the California Republican Party (1932–1938)
Attorney General of California (1939–1943)
Governor of California (1943–1953 )
Higher education
University of California, Berkeley (BA , JD )
Earl Warren of CA (1891–1974)
Opponent(s) Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic )
Electoral vote
Roosevelt/Truman: 432 (81.4%)
Dewey/Bicker: 99 (18.6%)
Popular vote
Roosevelt/Truman: 25,612,916 (53.4%)
Dewey/Bicker: 22,017,929 (45.3%)
Opponent(s) Harry S. Truman (Democratic )
Opponent(s) Harry S. Truman (Democratic )Strom Thurmond (Dixiecrat )Henry Wallace (Progressive )
Electoral vote
Truman/Barkley: 303 (57.1%)
Dewey/Warren: 189 (35.6%)
Thurmond/Wright: 39 (7.3%)
Popular vote
Truman/Barkley: 24,179,347 (49.6%)
Dewey/Warren: 21,991,292 (45.1%)
Thurmond/Wright: 1,175,930 (2.4%)
Wallace/Taylor: 1,157,328 (2.3%)
Opponent(s) Alben Barkley (Democratic )Fielding Wright (Dixiecrat )Glen Taylor (Progressive )
1952, 1956 [ ]
Presidential nominee
1952 (won), 1956 (won)
Vice Presidential nominee
Dwight D. Eisenhower of NY (1952), PA (1956) (1890–1969)
Prior public experience
Commanding General of the U.S. Army Europe (1942–1943, 1944–1945)
Governor of the American Zone of Occupied Germany (1945)
Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army (1945–1948)
Supreme Allied Commander Europe (1951–1952)
President (1953–1961 )
Higher education
U.S. Military Academy (BS )
Prior public experience
U.S. House of Representatives (1947–1950)
U.S. Senate (1950–1953 )
Vice President (1953–1961 )
Higher education
Whittier College (BA )
Duke University (JD )
Richard Nixon of CA (1913–1994)
Opponent(s) Adlai Stevenson (Democratic )
Electoral vote
Eisenhower/Nixon: 442 (83.2%)
Stevenson/Sparkman: 89 (16.8%)
Popular vote
Eisenhower/Nixon: 34,075,529 (55.2%)
Stevenson/Sparkman: 27,375,090 (44.2%)
Opponent(s) John Sparkman (Democratic )
Electoral vote
Eisenhower/Nixon: 457 (86.1%) [7]
Stevenson/Kefauver: 73 (13.7%)
Jones /Talmadge : 1 (0.2%)
Popular vote
Eisenhower/Nixon: 35,579,180 (57.4%)
Stevenson/Kefauver: 26,028,028 (42.0%)
Opponent(s) Estes Kefauver (Democratic )
1960 [ ]
Presidential nominee
1960 (lost)
Vice Presidential nominee
Richard Nixon of CA (1913–1994)
Prior public experience
U.S. House of Representatives (1947–1950)
U.S. Senate (1950–1953)
Vice President (1953–1961 )
Higher education
Whittier College (BA )
Duke University (JD )
Prior public experience
Massachusetts House of Representatives (1933–1936)
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations (1953–1960)
U.S. Senate (1937–1944, 1947–1953)
Higher education
Henry Cabot Lodge of MA (1902–1985)
Opponent(s) John F. Kennedy (Democratic )Harry Byrd (Southern Democrats )
Electoral vote (President)
Kennedy: 303 (56.4%)
Nixon: 219 (40.8%)
Byrd: 15 (2.8%)
Electoral vote (Vice President)
Johnson: 303 (56.4%)
Lodge: 219 (40.8%)
Thurmond: 14 (2.6%)
Goldwater : 1 (0.2%)
Popular vote
Kennedy/Johnson: 34,220,984 (49.7%)
Nixon/Lodge: 34,108,157 (49.6%)
Byrd/Thurmond: 116,248 (0.2%)
Opponent(s) Lyndon Johnson (Democratic )Strom Thurmond (Southern Democrats )
1964 [ ]
Presidential nominee
1964 (lost)
Vice Presidential nominee
Barry Goldwater of AZ (1909–1998)
Prior public experience
Higher education
Prior public experience
U.S. House of Representatives (1951–1953, 1953–1965 )
Chair of the Republican National Committee (1961–1964)
Higher education
William Miller of NY (1914–1983)
Opponent(s) Lyndon Johnson (Democratic )
Electoral vote
Johnson/Humphrey: 486 (90.3%)
Goldwater/Miller: 52 (9.7%)
Popular vote
Johnson/Humphrey: 43,127,041 (61.1%)
Goldwater/Miller: 27,175,754 (38.5%)
Opponent(s) Hubert Humphrey (Democratic )
1968, 1972 [ ]
Presidential nominee
1968 (won), 1972 (won)
Vice Presidential nominee
Richard Nixon of NY (1968),CA (1972) (1913–1994)
Prior public experience
U.S. House of Representatives (1947–1950)
U.S. Senate (1950–1953)
Vice President (1953–1961)
President (1969–1974 )
Higher education
Whittier College (BA )
Duke University (JD )
Prior public experience
Higher education
Johns Hopkins University (BA )
University of Baltimore (LLB )
Spiro Agnew of MD (1918–1996)
Opponent(s) Hubert Humphrey (Democratic )George Wallace (American Independent )
Electoral vote
Nixon/Agnew: 301 (55.9%)
Humphrey/Muskie: 191 (35.5%)
Wallace/LeMay: 46 (8.6%)
Popular vote
Nixon/Agnew: 31,783,783 (43.4%)
Humphrey/Muskie: 31,271,839 (42.7%)
Wallace/LeMay: 9,901,118 (13.5%)
Opponent(s) Ed Muskie (Democratic )Curtis LeMay (American Independent )
Opponent(s) George McGovern (Democratic )John Schmitz (American Independent )
Electoral vote
Nixon/Agnew: 520 (96.7%) [8]
McGovern/Shriver: 17 (3.2%)
Hospers /Nathan : 1 (0.2%)[8]
Popular vote
Nixon/Agnew: 47,168,710 (60.6%)
McGovern/Shriver 29,173,222 (37.5%)
Schmitz/Anderson: 1,100,868 (1.4%)
Opponent(s) Sargent Shriver (Democratic )Thomas Anderson (American Independent )
1976 [ ]
Presidential nominee
1976 (lost)
Vice Presidential nominee
Gerald Ford of MI (1913–2006)
Prior public experience
U.S. House of Representatives (1949–1973)
Chair of the House Republican Conference (1963–1965)
House Minority Leader (1965–1973)
Vice President (1973–1974)
President (1974–1977 )
Higher education
University of Michigan (BA )
Yale University (JD )
Prior public experience
Kansas House of Representatives (1951–1953)
U.S. House of Representatives (1961–1969)
U.S. Senate (1969–1996 )
Chair of the Republican National Committee (1971–1973)
Higher education
University of Kansas, Lawrence
University of Arizona
Washburn University (BA , LLB )
Bob Dole of KS (1923–2021)
Opponent(s) Jimmy Carter (Democratic )
Electoral vote (President)
Carter: 297 (55.2%)
Ford: 240 (44.6%)[9]
Reagan : 1 (0.2%)
Electoral vote (Vice President)
Mondale: 297 (55.2%)
Dole: 241 (44.8%)
Popular vote
Carter/Mondale: 40,831,881 (50.1%)
Ford/Dole: 39,148,634 (48.0%)
Opponent(s) Walter Mondale (Democratic )
1980, 1984 [ ]
Presidential nominee
1980 (won), 1984 (won)
Vice Presidential nominee
Ronald Reagan of CA (1911–2004)
Prior public experience
Governor of California (1967–1975)
Chair of the Republican Governors Association (1968–1970)
President (1981–1989 )
Higher education
Prior public experience
U.S. House of Representatives (1967–1971)
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations (1971–1973)
Chair of the Republican National Committee (1973–1974)
Chief of the U.S. Liaison Office to the People's Republic of China (1974–1975)
Director of Central Intelligence (1976–1977)
Vice President (1981–1989 )
Higher education
George H. W. Bush of TX (1924–2018)
Opponent(s) Jimmy Carter (Democratic )John Anderson (Independent )Ed Clark (Libertarian )
Electoral vote
Reagan/Bush: 489 (90.9%)
Carter/Mondale: 49 (9.1%)
Popular vote
Reagan/Bush: 43,903,230 (50.8%)
Carter/Mondale: 35,480,115 (41.0%)
Anderson/Lucey: 5,719,850 (6.6%)
Clark/Koch: 921,128 (1.1%)
Opponent(s) Walter Mondale (Democratic )Patrick Lucey (Independent )David Koch (Libertarian )
Opponent(s) Walter Mondale (Democratic )
Electoral vote
Reagan/Bush: 525 (97.6%)
Mondale/Ferraro: 13 (2.4%)
Popular vote
Reagan/Bush: 54,455,472 (58.8%)
Mondale/Ferraro: 37,577,352 (40.6%)
Opponent(s) Geraldine Ferraro (Democratic )
1988, 1992 [ ]
Presidential nominee
1988 (won), 1992 (lost)
Vice Presidential nominee
George H. W. Bush of TX (1924–2018)
Prior public experience
U.S. House of Representatives (1967–1971)
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations (1971–1973)
Chair of the Republican National Committee (1973–1974)
Chief of the U.S. Liaison Office to the People's Republic of China (1974–1975)
Director of Central Intelligence (1976–1977)
Vice President (1981–1989 )
President (1989–1993 )
Higher education
Prior public experience
U.S. House of Representatives (1977–1981)
U.S. Senate (1981–1989 )
Chair of the Senate Committee System Study Committee (1984)
Vice President (1989–1993 )
Higher education
Dan Quayle of IN (born 1947)
Opponent(s) Michael Dukakis (Democratic )
Electoral vote (President)
Bush: 426 (79.2%)
Dukakis: 111 (20.6%)[10]
Bentsen: 1 (0.2%)
Electoral vote (Vice President)
Quayle: 426 (79.2%)
Bentsen: 111 (20.6%)[10]
Dukakis: 1 (0.2%)
Popular vote
Bush/Quayle: 48,886,097 (53.4%)
Dukakis/Bentsen: 41,809,074 (45.7%)
Opponent(s) Lloyd Bentsen (Democratic )
Opponent(s) Bill Clinton (Democratic )Ross Perot (Independent )
Electoral vote
Clinton/Gore: 370 (68.8%)
Bush/Quayle: 168 (31.2%)
Popular vote
Clinton/Gore: 44,909,806 (43.0%)
Bush/Quayle: 39,104,550 (37.5%)
Perot/Stockdale: 19,743,821 (18.9%)
Opponent(s) Al Gore (Democratic )James Stockdale (Independent )
1996 [ ]
Presidential nominee
1996 (lost)
Vice Presidential nominee
Bob Dole of KS (1923–2021)
Prior public experience
Kansas House of Representatives (1951–1953)
U.S. House of Representatives (1961–1969)
U.S. Senate (1969–1996)
Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Committee (1975–1979)
Chair of the Senate Finance Committee (1981–1985)
Senate Majority Leader (1985–1987, 1995–1996)
Chair of the Senate Europe Security and Cooperation Committee (1985–1987)
Senate Minority Leader (1987–1995)
Chair of the Republican National Committee (1971–1973)
Higher education
University of Kansas, Lawrence
University of Arizona
Washburn University (BA , LLB )
Prior public experience
U.S. House of Representatives (1971–1989)
Chair of the House Republican Conference (1981–1987)
U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (1989–1993)
Higher education
Occidental College (BA )
California State University, Long Beach
California Western University, San Diego
Jack Kemp of NY (1935–2009)
Opponent(s) Bill Clinton (Democratic )Ross Perot (Reform )
Electoral vote
Clinton/Gore: 379 (70.4%)
Dole/Kemp: 159 (29.6%)
Popular vote
Clinton/Gore: 47,401,185 (49.2%)
Dole/Kemp: 39,197,469 (40.7%)
Perot/Choate: 8,085,294 (8.4%)
Opponent(s) Al Gore (Democratic )Pat Choate (Reform )
21st century [ ]
2000, 2004 [ ]
Presidential nominee
2000 (won), 2004 (won)
Vice Presidential nominee
George W. Bush of TX (born 1946)
Prior public experience
Higher education
Yale University (BA )
Harvard University (MBA )
Prior public experience
White House Chief of Staff (1975–1977)
U.S. House of Representatives (1979–1989)
Chair of the House Republican Policy Committee (1981–1987)
Chair of the House Republican Conference (1987–1989)
House Minority Whip (1989)
U.S. Secretary of Defense (1989–1993)
Vice President (2001–2009 )
Higher education
Yale University
University of Wyoming (BA , MA )
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Dick Cheney of WY (born 1941)
Opponent(s) Al Gore (Democratic )Ralph Nader (Green )
Electoral vote
Bush/Cheney: 271 (50.4%)
Gore/Lieberman: 266 (49.4%)[11]
Popular vote
Gore/Lieberman: 50,999,897 (48.4%)
Bush/Cheney: 50,456,002 (47.9%)
Nader/LaDuke: 2,882,955 (2.7%)
Opponent(s) Joe Lieberman (Democratic )Winona LaDuke (Green )
Opponent(s) John Kerry (Democratic )
Electoral vote (President)
Bush: 286 (53.2%)
Kerry: 251 (46.7%)[12]
Edwards: 1 (0.2%)
Electoral vote (Vice President)
Cheney: 286 (53.2%)
Edwards: 252 (46.8%)
Popular vote
Bush/Cheney: 62,040,610 (50.7%)
Kerry/Edwards: 59,028,444 (48.3%)
Opponent(s) John Edwards (Democratic )
2008 [ ]
Presidential nominee
2008 (lost)
Vice Presidential nominee
John McCain of AZ (1936–2018)
Prior public experience
U.S. House of Representatives (1983–1987)
United States Senate (1987–2018 )
Higher education
Prior public experience
Governor of Alaska (2006–2009 )
Higher education
University of Hawaii, Hilo
Hawaii Pacific University
North Idaho College
Matanuska-Susitna College
University of Idaho (BA )
Sarah Palin of AK (born 1964)
Opponent(s) Barack Obama (Democratic )
Electoral vote
Obama/Biden: 365 (67.8%)
McCain/Palin: 173 (32.2%)
Popular vote
Obama/Biden: 69,498,516 (52.9%)
McCain/Palin: 59,948,323 (45.7%)
Opponent(s) Joe Biden (Democratic )
2012 [ ]
Presidential nominee
2012 (lost)
Vice Presidential nominee
Mitt Romney of MA (born 1947)
Prior public experience
Governor of Massachusetts (2003–2007)
Chair of the Republican Governors Association (2005–2006)
Higher education
Stanford University
Brigham Young University (BA )
Harvard University (JD , MBA )
Prior public experience
U.S. House of Representatives (1999–2019 )
Higher education
Paul Ryan of WI (born 1970)
Opponent(s) Barack Obama (Democratic )
Electoral vote
Obama/Biden: 332 (61.7%)
Romney/Ryan: 206 (38.3%)
Popular vote
Obama/Biden: 65,915,796 (51.1%)
Romney/Ryan: 60,933,500 (47.2%)
Johnson/Gray: 1,275,971 (1.0%)
Opponent(s) Joe Biden (Democratic )
2016, 2020 [ ]
Presidential nominee
2016 (won), 2020 (lost)
Vice Presidential nominee
Donald Trump of NY (2016),FL (2020) (born 1946)
Prior public experience
Higher education
Fordham University
University of Pennsylvania (BS )
Prior public experience
U.S. House of Representatives (2001–2013)
Chair of the Republican Study Committee (2005–2007)
Ranking Member of the House August 2, 2007 Voting Irregularities Committee (2007–2008)
Chair of the House Republican Conference (2009–2011)
Governor of Indiana (2013–2017 )
Vice President (2017–2021 )
Higher education
Mike Pence of IN (born 1959)
Opponent(s) Hillary Clinton (Democratic )Gary Johnson (Libertarian )Jill Stein (Green )
Electoral vote (President)[13]
Trump: 304 (56.5%)
Clinton: 227 (42.2%)
Powell : 3 (0.6%)
Kasich : 1 (0.2%)
Paul : 1 (0.2%)
Sanders : 1 (0.2%)
Spotted Eagle : 1 (0.2%)
Electoral vote (Vice President)
Pence: 305 (56.7%)
Kaine: 227 (42.2%)
Warren : 2 (0.4%)
Cantwell : 1 (0.2%)
Collins : 1 (0.2%)
Fiorina : 1 (0.2%)
LaDuke : 1 (0.2%)
Popular vote
Clinton/Kaine: 65,853,516 (48.2%)
Trump/Pence: 62,984,825 (46.1%)
Johnson/Weld: 4,489,221 (3.3%)
Stein/Baraka: 1,457,216 (1.1%)
Opponent(s) Tim Kaine (Democratic )Bill Weld (Libertarian )Ajamu Baraka (Green )
Opponent(s) Joe Biden (Democratic )Jo Jorgensen (Libertarian )
Electoral vote
Biden/Harris: 306 (56.9%)
Trump/Pence: 232 (43.1%)
Popular vote
Biden/Harris: 81,268,924 (51.4%)
Trump/Pence: 74,216,154 (46.9%)
Jorgensen/Cohen: 1,865,724 (1.2%)
Opponent(s) Kamala Harris (Democratic )Spike Cohen (Libertarian )
See also [ ]
Notes [ ]
^ If not for am unpledged elector and 17 invalidated electors from Union-occupied Louisiana and Texas, Lincoln and Johnson would have won 213 (91.0%) or 230 (91.6%) votes.
^ If not for the 17 invalidated electors from Union-occupied Louisiana and Texas, McClellan and Pendleton would have won 8.4% of votes.
^ If not for the 14 invalidated electors from voting irregularities in Arkansas and Louisiana, Grant and Wilson would have won 300 (82.0%) votes.
^ Greeley died after the election but before the Electoral College convened, and was not replaced for the vote. The ticket's intended delegates were scattered.
^ If not for the 14 invalidated electors for Grant and Wilson from voting irregularities in Arkansas and Louisiana, Greeley and Brown's 66 votes would have been 18.0%.
^ a b Sherman died before the 1912 election and Butler was declared the running mate after the election to receive his Electoral College votes.
^ If not for a faithless elector , Eisenhower and Nixon would have won 458 (86.3%) in 1956.
^ a b If not for a faithless elector , Nixon and Agnew would have won 521 (96.8%) Electoral College votes.
^ If not for a faithless elector , Ford would have won 241 (44.8%) votes.
^ a b A faithless elector swapped their votes for President and Vice President in the Electoral College, otherwise the Dukakis/Bentsen ticket would have won 112 (20.8%) votes.
^ An elector from the District of Columbia abstained from casting a vote for the Gore/Lieberman ticket, otherwise Gore would have won 267 (49.6%) votes.
^ A faithless elector voted Edwards for President and Vice President in the Electoral College, otherwise Kerry would have won 252 (46.8%) votes.
^ If not for faithless electors , Trump and Pence would have won 306 (56.9%) Electoral College votes each, while Clinton and Kaine would have won 232 (43.1%) votes.
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