List of United States Democratic Party presidential tickets

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This is a list of American electoral candidates for the offices of President of the United States and Vice President of the United States of the modern Democratic 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

1828, 1832

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Presidential
nominee
1828 (won), 1832 (won) Vice presidential
nominee
Andrew Jackson of TN
(1767–1845)
Prior public experience
Higher education
  • None
Prior public experience
Higher education
John C. Calhoun of SC
(1782–1850)

(1828)
Prior public experience
Higher education
  • None
Martin Van Buren of NY
(1782–1862)

(1832)
Opponent(s)
John Quincy Adams (National Republican)
Electoral vote (President)
  • Jackson: 178 (68.2%)
  • Adams: 83 (31.8%)
Electoral vote (Vice President)[1]
  • Calhoun: 171 (65.5%)
  • Rush: 83 (31.8%)
  • Smith: 7 (2.7%)
Popular vote
  • Jackson/Calhoun: 642,553 (55.9%)
  • Adams/Rush: 500,897 (43.7%)
Opponent(s)
Richard Rush (National Republican)
Opponent(s)
Henry Clay (Whig)
William Wirt (Anti-Masonic)
Electoral vote (President)[2]
  • Jackson: 219 (76.0%)
  • Clay: 49 (17.0%)
  • Floyd: 11 (3.8%)
  • Wirt: 7 (2.4%)
  • None: 2 (0.7%)
Electoral vote (Vice President)
  • Van Buren: 189 (65.6%)
  • Sargent: 49 (17.0%)
  • Wilkins: 30 (10.4%)
  • Lee: 11 (3.8%)
  • Ellmaker: 7 (2.4%)
  • None: 2 (0.7%)
Popular vote
  • Jackson/Van Buren: 701,780 (54.7%)
  • Clay/Sargent: 484,205 (36.9%)
  • Wirt/Ellmaker: 100,715 (7.8%)
Opponent(s)
John Sergeant (Whig)
Amos Ellmaker (Anti-Masonic)
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1836, 1840

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Presidential
nominee
1836 (won), 1840 (lost) Vice presidential
nominee
Martin Van Buren of NY
(1782–1862)
Prior public experience
Higher education
  • None
Prior public experience
Higher education
Richard Johnson of KY
(1780–1850)
Opponent(s)
William Harrison (Northern Whig)
Hugh White (Southern Whig)
Electoral vote (President)[3]
  • Van Buren: 170 (57.8%)
  • Harrison: 73 (24.8%)
  • White: 26 (8.8%)
  • Webster: 14 (4.8%)
  • Magnum: 11 (3.7%)
Contingent vote (Vice President)
  • Johnson 33 (63.5%)
  • Granger: 16 (30.8%)
  • Blank: 3 (5.8%)
Electoral vote (Vice President)
  • Johnson 147 (50.0%)
  • Granger: 77 (26.2%)
  • Tyler: 47 (16.0%)
  • Smith: 23 (7.8%)
Popular vote
  • Van Buren/Johnson: 764,176 (50.8%)
  • Harrison/Granger: 550,816 (36.6%)
  • White/Tyler: 146,109 (9.7%)
  • Webster/Granger: 41,201 (2.7%)
Opponent(s)
Francis Granger (Northern Whig)
John Tyler (Southern Whig)
Opponent(s)
William Harrison (Whig)
Electoral vote (President)
  • Harrison: 234 (79.6%)
  • Van Buren: 60 (20.4%)
Electoral vote (Vice President)
  • Tyler: 234 (79.6%)
  • Johnson: 48 (16.3%)
  • Tazewell: 11 (3.7%)
  • Polk: 1 (0.3%)
Popular vote
  • Harrison/Tyler: 1,275,390 (52.9%)
  • Van Buren/Johnson: 1,128,854 (46.8%)
Opponent(s)
John Tyler (Whig)
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1844

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Presidential
nominee
1844 (won) Vice presidential
nominee
James Polk of TN
(1795–1849)
Prior public experience
Higher education
Prior public experience
Higher education
Silas Wright of NY
(1795–1847)

(1844)[4]
Prior public experience
Higher education
George Dallas of PA
(1792–1864)

(1844)
Opponent(s)
Henry Clay (Whig)
James Birney (Liberty)
Electoral vote
  • Polk/Dallas: 170 (61.8%)
  • Clay/Frelinghuysen: 105 (38.2%)
Popular vote
  • Polk/Dallas: 1,339,494 (49.5%)
  • Clay/Frelinghuysen: 1,300,004 (49.1%)
  • Birney/Morris: 62,103 (2.3%)
Opponent(s)
Theodore Frelinghuysen (Whig)
Thomas Morris (Liberty)
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1848

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Presidential
nominee
1848 (lost) Vice presidential
nominee
Lewis Cass of MI
(1782–1866)
Prior public experience
Higher education
  • None
Prior public experience
Higher education
William Butler of KY
(1791–1880)
Opponent(s)
Zachary Taylor (Whig)
Martin Van Buren (Free Soil)
Electoral vote
  • Taylor/Fillmore: 163 (56.2%)
  • Cass/Butler: 127 (43.8%)
Popular vote
  • Taylor/Fillmore: 1,361,393 (47.1%)
  • Cass/Butler: 1,223,460 (42.5%)
  • Van Buren/Adams 291,501 (10.1%)
Opponent(s)
Millard Fillmore (Whig)
Charles Adams (Free Soil)
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1852

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Presidential
nominee
1852 (won) Vice presidential
nominee
Franklin Pierce of NH
(1804–1869)
Prior public experience
Higher education
Prior public experience
Higher education
William King of AL
(1786–1853)
Opponent(s)
Winfield Scott (Whig)
John Hale (Free Soil)
Electoral vote
  • Pierce/King: 254 (85.8%)
  • Scott/Graham: 42 (14.2%)
Popular vote
  • Pierce/King: 1,607,510 (50.8%)
  • Scott/Graham: 1,386,942 (43.9%)
  • Hale/Julian: 155,210 (4.9%)
Opponent(s)
William Graham (Whig)
George Julian (Free Soil)
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1856

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Presidential
nominee
1856 (won) Vice presidential
nominee
James Buchanan of PA
(1791–1868)
Prior public experience
Higher education
Prior public experience
Higher education
John Breckinridge of KY
(1821–1875)
Opponent(s)
John Frémont (Republican)
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)
William Dayton (Republican)
Andrew Donelson (Know Nothing)
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1860

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Presidential
nominee
1860 (lost)[5] Vice presidential
nominee
Stephen Douglas of IL
(1813–1861)
Prior public experience
Higher education
  • None
Prior public experience
Higher education
Herschel Johnson of GA
(1812–1880)
Opponent(s)
Abraham Lincoln (Republican)
John 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)
Hannibal Hamlin (Republican)
Joe Lane (Southern Democrats)
Edward Everett (Constitutional Union)
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1864

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Presidential
nominee
1864 (lost) Vice presidential
nominee
George McClellan of NJ
(1826–1885)
Prior public experience
Higher education
Prior public experience
Higher education
George Pendleton of OH
(1825–1889)
Opponent(s)
Abraham Lincoln (National Union)
Electoral vote
  • Lincoln/Johnson: 212 (91.0%)[6]
  • McClellan/Pendleton: 21 (9.0%)[7]
Popular vote
  • Lincoln/Johnson: 2,218,388 (55.0%)
  • McClellan/Pendleton: 1,812,807 (45.0%)
Opponent(s)
Andrew Johnson (National Union)
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1868

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Presidential
nominee
1868 (lost) Vice presidential
nominee
Horatio Seymour of NY
(1810–1886)
Prior public experience
Higher education
Prior public experience
Higher education
Francis Blair of MO
(1821–1875)
Opponent(s)
Ulysses S. Grant (Republican)
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)
Schuyler Colfax (Republican)
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1872

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Presidential
nominee
1872 (lost) Vice presidential
nominee
Horace Greeley of NY
(1811–1872)
Prior public experience
Higher education
  • None
Prior public experience
Higher education
Gratz Brown of MO
(1826–1885)
Opponent(s)
Ulysses S. Grant (Republican)
Electoral vote
  • Grant/Wilson: 286 (81.3%)[8]
  • Greeley/Brown: 66 (18.8%)*[9][10]
Popular vote
  • Grant/Wilson: 3,598,235 (55.6%)
  • Greely/Brown: 2,834,761 (43.8%)
Opponent(s)
Henry Wilson (Republican)
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1876

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Presidential
nominee
1876 (lost) Vice presidential
nominee
Samuel Tilden of NY
(1814–1886)
Prior public experience
Higher education
Prior public experience
Higher education
Thomas Hendricks of IN
(1819–1885)
Opponent(s)
Rutherford Hayes (Republican)
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)
William Wheeler (Republican)
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1880

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Presidential
nominee
1880 (lost) Vice presidential
nominee
Winfield Hancock of PA
(1824–1886)
Prior public experience
Higher education
Prior public experience
Higher education
William English of IN
(1822–1896)
Opponent(s)
James Garfield (Republican)
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)
Chester Arthur (Republican)
Barzillai Chambers (Greenback)
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1884, 1888, 1892

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Presidential
nominee
1884 (won), 1888 (lost), 1892 (won) Vice presidential
nominee
Grover Cleveland of NY
(1837–1908)
Prior public experience
Higher education
  • None
Prior public experience
Higher education
Thomas Hendricks of IN
(1819–1885)

(1884)
Prior public experience
Higher education
  • None
Allen Thurman of OH
(1813–1895)

(1888)
Prior public experience
Higher education
Adlai Stevenson of IL
(1835–1914)

(1892)
Opponent(s)
James Blaine (Republican)
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)
John Logan (Republican)
William Daniel (Prohibition)
Absolom West (Greenback)
Opponent(s)
Benjamin Harrison (Republican)
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)
Levi Morton (Republican)
John Brooks (Prohibition)
Charles Cunningham (Union Labor)
Opponent(s)
Benjamin Harrison (Republican)
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)
Whitelaw Reid (Republican)
James Field (Populist)
James Cranfill (Prohibition)
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1896, 1900

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Presidential
nominee
1896 (lost), 1900 (lost) Vice presidential
nominee
William Jennings Bryan of NE
(1860–1925)
Prior public experience
Higher education
Prior public experience
  • None
Higher education
  • None
Arthur Sewall of ME
(1835–1900)

(1896)
Prior public experience
Higher education
Adlai Stevenson of IL
(1835–1914)

(1900)
Opponent(s)
William McKinley (Republican)
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)
Garret Hobart (Republican)
Thomas E. Watson (Populist)
Opponent(s)
William McKinley (Republican)
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)
Theodore Roosevelt (Republican)
Henry Metcalf (Prohibition)
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20th century

1904

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nominee
1904 (lost) Vice presidential
nominee
Alton Parker of NY
(1852–1926)
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Prior public experience
Higher education
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Higher education
  • None
Henry Davis of WV
(1823–1916)
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Opponent(s)
Theodore Roosevelt (Republican)
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)
Charles Fairbanks (Republican)
Ben Hanford (Socialist)
George Carroll (Prohibition)
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1908

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nominee
1908 (lost) Vice presidential
nominee
William Jennings Bryan of NE
(1860–1925)
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Prior public experience
Higher education
Prior public experience
Higher education
John Kern of IN
(1849–1917)
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Opponent(s)
William Taft (Republican)
Gene Debs (Socialist)
Eugene Chafin (Prohibition)
Electoral vote
  • Taft/Sherman: 321 (66.5%)
  • Parker/Davis: 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)
Jim Sherman (Republican)
Ben Hanford (Socialist)
Aaron Watkins (Prohibition)
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1912, 1916

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Presidential
nominee
1912 (won), 1916 (won) Vice presidential
nominee
Woodrow Wilson of NJ
(1856–1924)
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Prior public experience
Higher education
Prior public experience
Higher education
Thomas Marshall of IN
(1854–1925)
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Opponent(s)
William Taft (Republican)
Theodore Roosevelt (Progressive)
Gene 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)
Nicholas Butler (Republican)
Hiram Johnson (Progressive)
Emil Seidel (Socialist)
Aaron Watkins (Prohibition)
Opponent(s)
Charles Hughes (Republican)
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)
Charles Fairbanks (Republican)
Kirk Kirkpatrick (Socialist)
Ira Landrith (Prohibition)
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1920

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nominee
1920 (lost) Vice presidential
nominee
James Cox of OH
(1870–1957)
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Prior public experience
Higher education
  • None
Prior public experience
Higher education
Franklin D. Roosevelt of NY
(1882–1945)
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Opponent(s)
Warren G. Harding (Republican)
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)
Calvin Coolidge (Republican)
Stedy Stedman (Socialist)
Max Hayes (Farmer-Labor)
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1924

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nominee
1924 (lost) Vice presidential
nominee
John Davis of WV
(1873–1955)
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Prior public experience
Higher education
Prior public experience
Higher education
Charles Bryan of NE
(1867–1945)
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Opponent(s)
Calvin Coolidge (Republican)
Robert 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 Dawes (Republican)
Burton Wheeler (Progressive)
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1928

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nominee
1928 (lost) Vice presidential
nominee
Al Smith of NY
(1873–1944)
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Prior public experience
Higher education
  • None
Prior public experience
Higher education
Joe Robinson of AR
(1872–1937)
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Opponent(s)
Herbert Hoover (Republican)
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)
Charles Curtis (Republican)
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1932, 1936, 1940, 1944

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Presidential
nominee
1932 (won), 1936 (won), 1940 (won), 1944 (won) Vice presidential
nominee
Franklin D. Roosevelt of NY
(1882–1945)
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Higher education
Prior public experience
Higher education
Jack Garner of TX
(1868–1967)
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(1932, 1936)
Prior public experience
Higher education
Henry Wallace of IA
(1888–1965)
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(1940)
Prior public experience
Higher education
Harry S. Truman of MO
(1884–1972)
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(1944)
Opponent(s)
Herbert Hoover (Republican)
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)
Charles Curtis (Republican)
James Maurer (Socialist)
Opponent(s)
Alf Landon (Republican)
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)
Frank Knox (Republican)
Thomas O'Brien (Union)
Opponent(s)
Wendell Willkie (Republican)
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)
Charles L. McNary (Republican)
Opponent(s)
Thomas Dewey (Republican)
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)
John Bricker (Republican)
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1948

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nominee
1948 (won) Vice presidential
nominee
Harry S. Truman of MO
(1884–1972)
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Higher education
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Higher education
Alben Barkley of KY
(1877–1956)
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Opponent(s)
Thomas Dewey (Republican)
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)
Earl Warren (Republican)
Fielding Wright (Dixiecrat)
Glen Taylor (Progressive)
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1952, 1956

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Presidential
nominee
1952 (lost), 1956 (lost) Vice presidential
nominee
Adlai Stevenson II of IL
(1900–1965)
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Higher education
Prior public experience
Higher education
John Sparkman of AL
(1899–1985)
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(1952)
Prior public experience
Higher education
Estes Kefauver of TN
(1903–1963)
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(1956)
Opponent(s)
Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)
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)
Richard Nixon (Republican)
Electoral vote
  • Eisenhower/Nixon: 457 (86.1%)[11]
  • 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%)
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1960

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John F. Kennedy of MA
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Higher education
Lyndon B. Johnson of TX
(1908–1973)
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Opponent(s)
Richard Nixon (Republican)
Harry F. 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)
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (Republican)
Strom Thurmond (Southern
Democrats
)
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1964

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Lyndon B. Johnson of TX
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Higher education
Hubert Humphrey of MN
(1911–1978)
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Opponent(s)
Barry Goldwater (Republican)
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)
William E. Miller (Republican)
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1968

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Hubert Humphrey of MN
(1911–1978)
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Higher education
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Higher education
Edmund Muskie of ME
(1914–1996)
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Opponent(s)
Richard Nixon (Republican)
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)
Spiro Agnew (Republican)
Curtis LeMay (American
Independent
)
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1972

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George McGovern of SD
(1922–2012)
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Tom Eagleton of MO
(1929–2007)
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(1972)[12]
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Sargent Shriver of MD
(1915–2011)
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Richard Nixon (Republican)
John G. Schmitz (American
Independent
)
Electoral vote
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)
Spiro Agnew (Republican)
Thomas J. Anderson (American
Independent
)
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1976, 1980

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Jimmy Carter of GA
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Higher education
Walter Mondale of MN
(1928–2021)
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Opponent(s)
Gerald Ford (Republican)
Electoral vote (President)
  • Carter: 297 (55.2%)
  • Ford: 240 (44.6%)[14]
  • 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)
Bob Dole (Republican)
Opponent(s)
Ronald Reagan (Republican)
John B. 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)
George H. W. Bush (Republican)
Patrick Lucey (Independent)
David Koch (Libertarian)
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1984

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Walter Mondale of MN
(1928–2021)
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Higher education
Geraldine Ferraro of NY
(1935–2011)
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Opponent(s)
Ronald Reagan (Republican)
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)
George H. W. Bush (Republican)
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1988

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Michael Dukakis of MA
(born 1933)
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Lloyd Bentsen of TX
(1921–2006)
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Opponent(s)
George H. W. Bush (Republican)
Electoral vote (President)
  • Bush: 426 (79.2%)
  • Dukakis: 111 (20.6%)[15]
  • Bentsen: 1 (0.2%)
Electoral vote (Vice President)
  • Quayle: 426 (79.2%)
  • Bentsen: 111 (20.6%)[15]
  • Dukakis: 1 (0.2%)
Popular vote
  • Bush/Quayle: 48,886,097 (53.4%)
  • Dukakis/Bentsen: 41,809,074 (45.7%)
Opponent(s)
Dan Quayle (Republican)
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1992, 1996

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Bill Clinton of AR
(born 1946)
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Higher education
Al Gore of TN
(born 1948)
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Opponent(s)
George H. W. Bush (Republican)
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)
Dan Quayle (Republican)
James Stockdale (Independent)
Opponent(s)
Bob Dole (Republican)
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)
Jack Kemp (Republican)
Pat Choate (Reform)
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21st century

2000

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Al Gore of TN
(born 1948)
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Joe Lieberman of CT
(1942–2024)
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Opponent(s)
George W. Bush (Republican)
Ralph Nader (Green)
Electoral vote
  • Bush/Cheney: 271 (50.4%)
  • Gore/Lieberman: 266 (49.4%)[16]
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)
Dick Cheney (Republican)
Winona LaDuke (Green)
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2004

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John Kerry of MA
(born 1943)
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John Edwards of NC
(born 1953)
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Opponent(s)
George W. Bush (Republican)
Electoral vote (President)
  • Bush: 286 (53.2%)
  • Kerry: 251 (46.7%)[17]
  • 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)
Dick Cheney (Republican)
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2008, 2012

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Barack Obama of IL
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Joe Biden of DE
(born 1942)
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Opponent(s)
John McCain (Republican)
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)
Sarah Palin (Republican)
Opponent(s)
Mitt Romney (Republican)
Electoral vote
  • Obama/Biden: 332 (61.7%)
  • Romney/Ryan: 206 (38.3%)
Popular vote
  • Obama/Biden: 65,915,795 (51.1%)
  • Romney/Ryan: 60,933,504 (47.2%)
  • Johnson/Gray: 1,275,971 (1.0%)
Opponent(s)
Paul Ryan (Republican)
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2016

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Hillary Clinton of NY
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Higher education
Tim Kaine of VA
(born 1958)
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Donald Trump (Republican)
Gary Johnson (Libertarian)
Jill Stein (Green)
Electoral vote (President)[18]
Electoral vote (Vice President)
Popular vote
  • Clinton/Kaine: 65,853,514 (48.2%)
  • Trump/Pence: 62,984,828 (46.1%)
  • Johnson/Weld: 4,489,341 (3.3%)
  • Stein/Baraka: 1,457,218 (1.1%)
Opponent(s)
Mike Pence (Republican)
Bill Weld (Libertarian)
Ajamu Baraka (Green)
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2020

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Joe Biden of DE
(born 1942)
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Higher education
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Higher education
Kamala Harris of CA
(born 1964)
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Opponent(s)
Donald Trump (Republican)
Jo Jorgensen (Libertarian)
Electoral vote
  • Biden/Harris: 306 (56.9%)
  • Trump/Pence: 232 (43.1%)
Popular vote
  • Biden/Harris: 81,283,501 (51.3%)
  • Trump/Pence: 74,223,975 (46.9%)
  • Jorgensen/Cohen: 1,865,535 (1.2%)
Opponent(s)
Mike Pence (Republican)
Spike Cohen (Libertarian)
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2024

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Kamala Harris of CA
(born 1964)
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Higher education
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Higher education
Tim Walz of MN
(born 1964)
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Opponent(s)
Donald Trump (Republican)
Electoral vote
  • Trump/Vance: 312 (58.0%)
  • Harris/Walz: 226 (42.0%)
Popular vote
  • Trump/Vance: 77,302,580 (49.8%)
  • Harris/Walz: 75,017,613 (48.3%)
Opponent(s)
JD Vance (Republican)
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