The following is a list of all national elections for President. Popular vote counts are shown when available. The Presidential winner is shown in bold; the Vice Presidential winner is shown in italics.
A separate page lists the electoral votes cast in each election.
Prior to the 1804 election, the method of electing the Vice President, as spelled out in the Constitution, was for the first runner-up to be the Vice President.
There are many sources for historical popular vote election returns. The National Archives has a site that lists the election returns for the winner and main opponent. This page, however, uses the data at the Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections as its source. The author of that site did extensive research, asking Secretaries of State from all states for official returns from all elections.
| Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| Name | Party | Electoral Vote (%) |
| 1788 EV | ||
| George Washington | none | 69 (50.36) |
| John Adams | none | 34 (24.82) |
| John Jay | none | 9 (6.57) |
| Robert Harrison | none | 6 (4.38) |
| John Rutledge | none | 6 (4.38) |
| John Hancock | none | 4 (2.92) |
| George Clinton | none | 2 (1.46) |
| Samuel Huntington | none | 2 (1.46) |
| John Milton | none | 2 (1.46) |
| James Armstrong | none | 1 (0.73) |
| Benjamin Lincoln | none | 1 (0.73) |
| Edward Telfair | none | 1 (0.73) |
| 1792 EV | ||
| George Washington | Federalist | 132 (50.00) |
| John Adams | Federalist | 77 (29.17) |
| George Clinton | Anti-Federalist | 50 (18.94) |
| Thomas Jefferson | Anti-Federalist | 4 (1.52) |
| Aaron Burr | Anti-Federalist | 1 (0.38) |
| 1796 EV | ||
| John Adams | Federalist | 71 (25.72) |
| Thomas Jefferson | Democratic-Republican | 68 (24.64) |
| Thomas Pinckney | Federalist | 59 (21.38) |
| Aaron Burr | Democratic-Republican | 30 (10.87) |
| Samuel Adams | - | 15 (5.43) |
| Oliver Ellsworth | - | 11 (3.99) |
| George Clinton | - | 7 (2.54) |
| John Jay | - | 5 (1.81) |
| James Iredell | - | 3 (1.09) |
| Samuel Johnson | - | 2 (0.72) |
| George Washington | - | 2 (0.72) |
| John Henry | - | 2 (0.72) |
| Charles Pinckney | - | 1 (0.36) |
| 1800 note EV | ||
| Thomas Jefferson | Democratic-Republican | 73 (26.45) |
| Aaron Burr | Democratic-Republican | 73 (26.45) |
| John Adams | Federalist | 65 (23.56) |
| Thomas Pinckney | Federalist | 64 (23.19) |
| John Jay | Federalist | 1 (0.36) |
Starting with the 1804 election, the method of electing the Vice President, as spelled out in the 12th Amendment, led to separate ballots cast for the President and Vice President, with the winner in each race gaining the seat.
Percentages for popular vote only include the votes listed. In every election, some votes are cast for minor candidates. Though these numbers of votes are small compared to the total, their absence from the total could affect the true percentages by a few tenths or hundredths of a percent.
| Year | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| President | Vice President | |||||
| Name | Party | PV (%) | EV (%) | Name | Party | EV (%) |
| 1804 EV | ||||||
| Thomas Jefferson | Democratic-Republican | - | 162 (92.05) | George Clinton | Democratic-Republican | 162 (92.05) |
| Charles C. Pinckney | Federalist | - | 14 (7.95) | Rufus King | Federalist | 14 (7.95) |
| 1808 EV | ||||||
| James Madison | Democratic-Republican | - | 122 (69.32) | George Clinton | Democratic-Republican | 113 (64.20) |
| Charles C. Pinckney | Federalist | - | 47 (26.70) | Rufus King | Federalist | 47 (26.70) |
| George Clinton | Democratic-Republican | - | 6 (3.41) | John Langdon | none | 9 (5.11) |
| uncast | - | - | 1 (0.57) | James Madison | Democratic-Republican | 3 (1.70) |
| James Monroe | Democratic-Republican | 3 (1.70) | ||||
| uncast | - | 1 (0.57) | ||||
| 1812 EV | ||||||
| James Madison | Democratic-Republican | - | 128 (58.99) | Elbridge Gerry | Democratic-Republican | 131 (60.37) |
| De Witt Clinton | Federalist | - | 89 (41.01) | Jared Ingersol | Federalist | 86 (39.63) |
| 1816 EV | ||||||
| James Monroe | Democratic-Republican | - | 183 (84.33) | Daniel Tompkins | Democratic-Republican | 183 (84.33) |
| Rufus King | Federalist | - | 34 (15.67) | John Howard | Federalist | 22 (10.14) |
| James Ross | none | 5 (2.30) | ||||
| John Marshall | Federalist | 4 (1.84) | ||||
| Robert Harper | none | 3 (1.38) | ||||
| 1820 EV | ||||||
| James Monroe | Democratic-Republican | - | 231 (98.30) | Daniel Tompkins | Democratic-Republican | 218 (92.77) |
| John Quincy Adams | none | - | 1 (0.43) | Richard Stockton | none | 8 (3.40) |
| uncast | - | - | 3 (1.28) | Daniel Rodney | none | 4 (1.70) |
| Richard Rush | none | 1 (0.43) | ||||
| Robert Harper | none | 1 (0.43) | ||||
| uncast | - | 3 (1.28) | ||||
| 1824 note EV | ||||||
| John Quincy Adams | Democratic-Republican | 113,142 (30.92) | 84 (32.18) | John Calhoun | Democratic-Republican | 182 (69.73) |
| Andrew Jackson | Democratic-Republican | 151,363 (41.36) | 99 (37.93) | Nathan Stanford | Democratic-Republican | 30 (11.49) |
| William Crawford | Democratic-Republican | 41,032 (11.21) | 41 (15.71) | Nathaniel Macon | Democratic-Republican | 24 (9.20) |
| Henry Clay | Democratic-Republican | 47,545 (12.99) | 37 (14.18) | Andrew Jackson | Democratic-Republican | 13 (4.98) |
| Martin Van Buren | Democratic-Republican | 9 (3.45) | ||||
| Henry Clay | Democratic-Republican | 2 (0.77) | ||||
| 1828 EV | ||||||
| Andrew Jackson | Democratic | 642,806 (55.93) | 178 (68.20) | John Calhoun | Democratic | 171 (65.52) |
| John Quincy Adams | National Republican | 501,967 (43.68) | 83 (31.80) | Richard Rush | National Republican | 83 (31.80) |
| William Smith | Democratic | 7 (2.68) | ||||
| 1832 EV | ||||||
| Andrew Jackson | Democratic | 702,735 (54.74) | 219 (76.04) | Martin Van Buren | Democratic | 189 (65.63) |
| Henry Clay | National Republican | 474,107 (36.93) | 49 (17.01) | John Sergeant | National Republican | 49 (17.01) |
| John Floyd | Independent Democrat | - | 11 (3.82) | Henry Lee | Independent Democrat | 11 (3.82) |
| William Wirt | Anitmasonic | 99,817 (7.78) | 7 (2.43) | Amos Ellmaker | Antimasonic | 7 (2.43) |
| uncast | - | - | 2 (0.69) | William Wilkins | - | 30 (1.04) |
| uncast | - | 2 (0.69) | ||||
| 1836 note EV | ||||||
| Martin Van Buren | Democratic | 763,291 (50.79) | 170 (57.82) | Richard Johnson | Democratic | 147 (50.00) |
| William Harrison | Whig | 549,907 (36.59) | 73 (24.83) | Francis Granger | Whig | 77 (26.19) |
| Hugh White | Whig | 146,107 (9.72) | 26 (8.84) | John Tyler | Whig | 47 (15.99) |
| Daniel Webster | Whig | 41,201 (2.74) | 14 (4.76) | William Smith | - | 23 (7.82) |
| William Mangum | Independent Democrat | - | 11 (3.74) | |||
| 1840 EV | ||||||
| William Harrison | Whig | 1,275,583 (52.87) | 234 (79.59) | John Tyler | Whig | 234 (79.59) |
| Martin Van Buren | Democratic | 1,129,645 (46.82) | 60 (20.41) | Richard Johnson | Democratic | 48 (16.33) |
| L.W. Tazewell | - | 11 (3.74) | ||||
| James Polk | Democratic | 1 (0.34) | ||||
| 1844 EV | ||||||
| James Polk | Democratic | 1,339,570 (49.54) | 170 (61.82) | George Dallas | Democratic | 170 (61.82) |
| Henry Clay | Whig | 1,300,157 (48.09) | 105 (38.18) | Theodore Frelinghuysen | Whig | 105 (38.18) |
| James Birney | Liberty | 62,054 (2.30) | 0 (0.00) | Theodore Frelinghuysen | Liberty | 0 (0.00) |
| 1848 EV | ||||||
| Zachary Taylor | Whig | 1,360,235 (47.28) | 163 (56.21) | Millard Fillmore | Whig | 163 (56.21) |
| Lewis Cass | Democratic | 1,222,353 (42.49) | 127 (43.79) | William Butler | Democratic | 127 (43.79) |
| Martin Van Buren | Free Soil | 291,475 (10.13) | 0 (0.00) | Charles Adams | Free Soil | 0 (0.00) |
| 1852 EV | ||||||
| Franklin Pierce | Democratic | 1,605,943 (50.83) | 254 (85.81) | William King | Democratic | 254 (85.81) |
| Winfield Scott | Whig | 1,386,418 (43.88) | 42 (14.19) | William Graham | Whig | 42 (14.19) |
| John Hale | Free Soil | 155,799 (4.93) | 0 (0.00) | George Julian | Free Soil | 0 (0.00) |
| 1856 - 11/04/1856 note EV | ||||||
| James Buchanan | Democratic | 1,835,140 (45.29) | 174 (58.78) | John Breckenridge | Democratic | 174 (58.78) |
| John Fremont | Republican | 1,340,668 (33.09) | 114 (38.51) | William Dayton | Republican | 114 (38.51) |
| Millard Fillmore | American | 872,703 (21.54) | 8 (2.70) | A.J. Donelson | American | 8 (2.70) |
| 1860 - 11/06/1860 EV | ||||||
| Abraham Lincoln | Republican | 1,855,993 (39.65) | 180 (59.41) | Hannibal Hamlin | Republican | 180 (59.41) |
| John Breckenridge | Democratic | 851,844 (18.20) | 72 (23.76) | Joseph Lane | Democratic | 72 (23.76) |
| John Bell | Constitutional Union | 590,946 (12.62) | 39 (12.87) | Edward Everett | Constitutional Union | 39 (12.87) |
| Stephen Douglas | Democratic | 1,381,944 (29.52) | 12 (3.96) | H.V. Johnson | Democratic | 12 (3.96) |
| 1864 - 11/08/1864 EV | ||||||
| Abraham Lincoln | Union | 2,211,317 (55.03) | 212 (90.99) | Andrew Johnson | Union | 212 (90.99) |
| George McClellan | Democratic | 1,806,227 (44.95) | 21 (9.01) | G.H. Pendleton | Democratic | 21 (9.01) |
| 1868 - 11/03/1868 EV | ||||||
| Ulysses Grant | Republican | 3,013,790 (52.66) | 214 (72.79) | Schuyler Colfax | Republican | 214 (72.79) |
| Horatio Seymour | Democratic | 2,708,980 (47.34) | 80 (27.21) | Francis Blair | Democratic | 80 (27.21) |
| 1872 - 11/05/1872 note EV | ||||||
| Ulysses Grant | Republican | 3,597,439 (55.58) | 286 (81.25) | Henry Wilson | Republican | 286 (81.25) |
| Horace Greeley | Democratic, Liberal Republicans | 2,833,710 (43.78) | 0 (0.00) | B. Gratz Brown | Democratic, Liberal Republicans | 47 (13.35) |
| Thomas Hendricks | Democratic, Liberal Republicans | - | 42 (11.93) | George Julian | Democratic, Liberal Republicans | 5 (1.42) |
| B. Gratz Brown | Democratic, Liberal Republicans | - | 18 (5.11) | Alfred Colquitt | Democratic, Liberal Republicans | 5 (1.42) |
| Charles Jenkins | Democratic, Liberal Republicans | - | 2 (0.57) | John Palmer | Democratic, Liberal Republicans | 3 (0.85) |
| David Davis | Democratic, Liberal Republicans | - | 1 (0.28) | Thomas Bramlette | Democratic, Liberal Republicans | 3 (0.85) |
| uncounted | - | - | 3 (0.85) | William Groesbeck | Democratic, Liberal Republicans | 1 (0.28) |
| Willis Machen | Democratic, Liberal Republicans | 1 (0.28) | ||||
| N.P. Banks | Democratic, Liberal Republicans | 1 (0.28) | ||||
| 1876 - 11/07/1876 EV | ||||||
| Rutherford Hayes | Republican | 4,034,142 (47.92) | 185 (50.14) | William Wheeler | Republican | 185 (50.14) |
| Samuel Tilden | Democratic | 4,286,808 (50.92) | 184 (49.86) | Thomas Hendricks | Democratic | 184 (49.86) |
| Peter Cooper | Greenback | 83,726 (0.99) | 0 (0.00) | Samuel Cary | Greenback | 0 (0.00) |
| 1880 - 11/02/1880 EV | ||||||
| James Garfield | Republican | 4,453,337 (48.31) | 214 (57.99) | Chester Arthur | Republican | 214 (57.99) |
| Winfield Hancock | Democratic | 4,444,267 (48.22) | 155 (42.01) | William English | Democratic | 155 (42.01) |
| James Weaver | Greenback | 306,135 (3.32) | 0 (0.00) | B.J. Chambers | Greenback | 0 (0.00) |
| 1884 - 11/04/1884 EV | ||||||
| Grover Cleveland | Democratic | 4,914,482 (48.85) | 219 (54.61) | Thomas Hendricks | Democratic | 219 (54.61) |
| James Blaine | Republican | 4,856,903 (48.28) | 182 (45.39) | John Logan | Republican | 182 (45.39) |
| John St. John | Prohibition | 150,890 (1.50) | 0 (0.00) | William Daniel | Prohibition | 0 (0.00) |
| Benjamin Butler | Greenback | 134,294 (1.33) | 0 (0.00) | A.M. West | Greenback | 0 (0.00) |
| 1888 - 11/06/1888 EV | ||||||
| Benjamin Harrison | Republican | 5,443,633 (47.80) | 233 (58.10) | Levi Morton | Republican | 233 (58.10) |
| Grover Cleveland | Democratic | 5,538,163 (48.63) | 168 (41.90) | A.G. Thurman | Democratic | 168 (41.90) |
| Clinton Fisk | Prohibition | 250,017 (2.20) | 0 (0.00) | John Brooks | Prohibition | 0 (0.00) |
| Alson Streeter | Union Labor | 149,115 (1.31) | 0 (0.00) | Charles Cunningham | Union Labor | 0 (0.00) |
| 1892 - 11/08/1892 EV | ||||||
| Grover Cleveland | Democratic | 5,553,898 (46.02) | 277 (62.39) | Adlai Stevenson | Democratic | 277 (62.39) |
| Benjamin Harrison | Republican | 5,190,799 (43.01) | 145 (32.66) | Whitelaw Reid | Republican | 145 (32.66) |
| James Weaver | People's | 1,026,595 (8.51) | 22 (4.95) | James Field | People's | 22 (4.95) |
| John Bidwell | Prohibition | 270,889 (2.24) | 0 (0.00) | James Cranfield | Prohibition | 0 (0.00) |
| 1896 - 11/03/1896 EV | ||||||
| William McKinley | Republican | 7,112,138 (51.02) | 271 (60.63) | Garret Hobart | Republican | 271 (60.63) |
| William Bryan | Democratic, People's | 6,510,807 (46.71) | 176 (39.37) | Arthur Sewall | Democratic | 149 (33.33) |
| Thomas Watson | People's | 27 (6.04) | ||||
| John Palmer | National Democratic | 133,537 (0.96) | 0 (0.00) | Simon Buckner | National Democratic | 0 (0.00) |
| Joshua Levering | Prohibition | 124,896 (0.90) | 0 (0.00) | Hale Johnson | Prohibition | 0 (0.00) |
| 1900 - 11/06/1900 EV | ||||||
| William McKinley | Republican | 7,228,864 (51.64) | 292 (65.32) | Theodore Roosevelt | Republican | 292 (65.32) |
| William Bryan | Democratic, People's | 6,370,932 (45.52) | 155 (34.68) | Adlai Stevenson | Democratic, People's | 155 (34.68) |
| Eugene Debs | Social Democratic | 87,945 (0.63) | 0 (0.00) | Job Harriman | Social Democratic | 0 (0.00) |
| 1904 - 11/08/1904 EV | ||||||
| Theodore Roosevelt | Republican | 7,630,557 (56.42) | 336 (70.59) | Charles Fairbanks | Republican | 336 (70.59) |
| Alton Parker | Democratic | 5,083,880 (37.59) | 140 (29.41) | Henry Davis | Democratic | 140 (29.41) |
| Eugene Debs | Socialist | 402,810 (2.98) | 0 (0.00) | Benjamin Hanford | Socialist | 0 (0.00) |
| Silas Swallow | Prohibition | 259,103 (1.92) | 0 (0.00) | George Carroll | Prohibition | 0 (0.00) |
| Thomas Watson | Populist | 114,062 (0.84) | 0 (0.00) | Thomas Tibbles | Populist | 0 (0.00) |
| 1908 - 11/03/1908 EV | ||||||
| William Taft | Republican | 7,678,335 (51.57) | 321 (66.46) | James Sherman | Republican | 321 (66.46) |
| William Bryan | Democratic | 6,408,979 (43.04) | 162 (33.54) | John Kern | Democratic | 162 (33.54) |
| Eugene Debs | Socialist | 420,852 (2.83) | 0 (0.00) | Benjamin Hanford | Socialist | 0 (0.00) |
| Eugene Chafin | Prohibition | 254,087 (1.71) | 0 (0.00) | Aaron Watkins | Prohibition | 0 (0.00) |
| Thomas Hisgen | Independence | 82,574 (0.55) | 0 (0.00) | John Graves | Independence | 0 (0.00) |
| 1912 - 11/05/1912 EV | ||||||
| Woodrow Wilson | Democratic | 6,296,284 (41.84) | 435 (81.92) | Thomas Marshall | Democratic | 435 (81.92) |
| Theodore Roosevelt | Progressive | 4,122,721 (27.40) | 88 (16.57) | Hiram Johnson | Progressive | 88 (16.57) |
| William Taft | Republican | 3,486,242 (23.17) | 8 (1.51) | Nicholas Butler | Republican | 8 (1.51) |
| Eugene Debs | Socialist | 901,551 (5.99) | 0 (0.00) | Emil Seidel | Socialist | 0 (0.00) |
| Eugene Chafin | Prohibition | 208,156 (1.38) | 0 (0.00) | Aaron Watkins | Prohibition | 0 (0.00) |
| 1916 - 11/07/1916 EV | ||||||
| Woodrow Wilson | Democratic | 9,126,868 (49.24) | 277 (52.17) | Thomas Marshall | Democratic | 277 (52.17) |
| Charles Hughes | Republican | 8,548,728 (46.12) | 254 (47.83) | Charles Fairbanks | Republican | 254 (47.83) |
| A.L. Benson | Socialist | 590,524 (3.19) | 0 (0.00) | G.R. Kirkpatrick | Socialist | 0 (0.00) |
| James Hanley | Prohibition | 221,302 (1.19) | 0 (0.00) | Ira Landrith | Prohibition | 0 (0.00) |
| 1920 - 11/02/1920 EV | ||||||
| Warren Harding | Republican | 16,144,093 (60.32) | 404 (76.08) | Calvin Coolidge | Republican | 404 (76.08) |
| James Cox | Democratic | 9,139,661 (34.15) | 127 (23.92) | Franklin Roosevelt | Democratic | 127 (23.92) |
| Eugene Debs | Socialist | 913,693 (3.41) | 0 (0.00) | Seymour Stedman | Socialist | 0 (0.00) |
| Parley Christiansen | Farmer-Labor | 265,398 (0.99) | 0 (0.00) | Maximilian Hayes | Farmer-Labor | 0 (0.00) |
| Aaron Watkins | Prohibition | 188,787 (0.71) | 0 (0.00) | |||
