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Table Eb149-153 - Electoral and popular votes cast for President, by candidate: 1789-2000

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  Number of states Presidential candidate Candidate's political party Votes received by candidate
Electoral Popular
Row Year Number — — Number Number
1 1789 10 George Washington ---- 69 ----
2 ---- John Adams ---- 34 ----
3 ---- John Jay ---- 9 ----
4 ---- R. H. Harrison ---- 6 ----
5 ---- John Rutledge ---- 6 ----
6 ---- John Hancock ---- 4 ----
7 ---- George Clinton ---- 3 ----
8 ---- Samuel Huntington ---- 2 ----
9 ---- John Milton ---- 2 ----
10 ---- James Armstrong ---- 1 ----
11 ---- Benjamin Lincoln ---- 1 ----
12 ---- Edward Telfair ---- 1 ----
13 ---- (Not voted) ---- 12 ----
14 1792 15 George Washington Federalist 132 ----
15 ---- John Adams Federalist 77 ----
16 ---- George Clinton Democratic Republican 50 ----
17 ---- Thomas Jefferson ---- 4 ----
18 ---- Aaron Burr ---- 1 ----
19 1796 16 John Adams Federalist 71 ----
20 ---- Thomas Jefferson Democratic Republican 68 ----
21 ---- Thomas Pinckney Federalist 59 ----
22 ---- Aaron Burr Anti-Federalist 30 ----
23 ---- Samuel Adams Democratic Republican 15 ----
24 ---- Oliver Ellsworth Federalist 11 ----
25 ---- George Clinton Democratic Republican 7 ----
26 ---- John Jay Independent Federalist 5 ----
27 ---- James lredell Federalist 3 ----
28 ---- George Washington Federalist 2 ----
29 ---- John Henry Independent 2 ----
30 ---- S. Johnston Independent Federalist 2 ----
31 ---- C. C. Pinckney Independent Federalist 1 ----
32 1800 16 Thomas Jefferson Democratic Republican 73 ----
33 ---- Aaron Burr Democratic Republican 73 ----
34 ---- John Adams Federalist 65 ----
35 ---- C. C. Pinckney Federalist 64 ----
36 ---- John Jay Federalist 1 ----
37 1804 17 Thomas Jefferson Democratic Republican 162 ----
38 ---- C. C. Pinckney Federalist 14 ----
39 1808 17 James Madison Democratic Republican 122 ----
40 ---- C. C. Pinckney Federalist 47 ----
41 ---- George Clinton Independent Republican 6 ----
42 ---- (Not voted) ---- 1 ----
43 1812 18 James Madison Democratic Republican 128 ----
44 ---- De Witt Clinton Fusion 89 ----
45 ---- (Not voted) ---- 1 ----
46 1816 19 James Monroe Republican 183 ----
47 ---- Rufus King Federalist 34 ----
48 ---- (Not voted) ---- 4 ----
49 1820 24 James Monroe Republican 231 ----
50 ---- John Q. Adams Independent Republican 1 ----
51 ---- (Not voted) ---- 3 ----
52 1824 24 John Q. Adams No distinct party designation 84 3 108,740
53 ---- Andrew Jackson No distinct party designation 99 3 153,544
54 ---- Henry Clay No distinct party designation 37 47,136
55 ---- W. H. Crawford No distinct party designation 41 46,618
56 1828 24 Andrew Jackson Democratic 178 647,286
57 ---- John Q. Adams National Republican 83 508,064
58 1832 24 Andrew Jackson Democratic 219 687,502
59 ---- Henry Clay National Republican 49 530,189
60 ---- William Wirt Anti-Masonic 7 ----
61 ---- John Floyd Nullifiers 11 ----
62 ---- (Not voted) ---- 2 ----
63 1836 26 Martin Van Buren Democratic 170 765,483
64 ---- William H. Harrison Whig 73 739,795 12
65 ---- Hugh L. White Whig 26 739,795 12
66 ---- Daniel Webster Whig 14 739,795 12
67 ---- W. P. Mangum Anti-Jackson 11 ----
68 1840 26 William H. Harrison Whig 234 1,274,624
69 ---- Martin Van Buren Democratic 60 1,127,781
70 1844 26 James K. Polk Democratic 170 1,338,464
71 ---- Henry Clay Whig 105 1,300,097
72 ---- James G. Birney Liberty 0 62,300
73 1848 30 Zachary Taylor Whig 163 1,360,967
74 ---- Lewis Cass Democratic 127 1,222,342
75 ---- Martin Van Buren Free Soil 0 291,263
76 1852 31 Franklin Pierce Democratic 254 1,601,117
77 ---- Winfield Scott Whig 42 1,385,453
78 ---- John P. Hale Free Soil 0 155,825
79 1856 31 James Buchanan Democratic 174 1,832,955
80 ---- John C. Fremont Republican 114 1,339,932
81 ---- Millard Fillmore American 8 871,731
82 1860 33 Abraham Lincoln Republican 180 1,865,593
83 ---- J. C. Breckinridge Democratic (Southern) 72 848,356
84 ---- Stephen A. Douglas Democratic 12 1,382,713
85 ---- John Bell Constitutional Union 39 592,906
86 1864 36 Abraham Lincoln Republican 212 2,206,938
87 ---- George B. McClellan Democratic 21 1,803,787
88 ---- (Not voted) ---- 81 ----
89 1868 37 Ulysses S.Grant Republican 214 3,013,421
90 ---- Horatio Seymour Democratic 80 2,706,829
91 ---- (Not voted) ---- 23 ----
92 1872 37 Ulysses S. Grant Republican 286 3,596,745
93 ---- Horace Greeley Democratic 3 4 2,843,446
94 ---- Charles O'Connor Straight Democratic 0 29,489
95 ---- Thomas A. Hendricks Independent-Democratic 42 ----
96 ---- B. Gratz Brown Democratic 18 ----
97 ---- Charles J. Jenkins Democratic 2 ----
98 ---- David Davis Democratic 1 ----
99 ---- (Not voted) ---- 17 ----
100 1876 38 Rutherford B. Hayes Republican 185 4,036,572
101 ---- Samuel J. Tilden Democratic 184 4,284,020
102 ---- Peter Cooper Greenback 0 81,737
103 1880 38 James A. Garfield Republican 214 4,453,295
104 ---- Winfield S. Hancock Democratic 155 4,414,082
105 ---- James B. Weaver Greenback-Labor 0 308,578
106 ---- Neal Dow Prohibition 0 10,305
107 1884 38 Grover Cleveland Democratic 219 4,879,507
108 ---- James G. Blaine Republican 182 4,850,293
109 ---- Benjamin F. Butler Greenback-Labor 0 175,370
110 ---- John P. St. John Prohibition 0 150,369
111 1888 38 Benjamin Harrison Republican 233 5,447,129
112 ---- Grover Cleveland Democratic 168 5,537,857
113 ---- Clinton B. Fisk Prohibition 0 249,506
114 ---- Anson J. Streeter Union Labor 0 146,935
115 1892 44 Grover Cleveland Democratic 277 5,555,426
116 ---- Benjamin Harrison Republican 145 5,182,690
117 ---- James B. Weaver People's 22 1,029,846
118 ---- John Bidwell Prohibition 0 264,133
119 ---- Simon Wing Socialist Labor 0 21,164
120 1896 45 William McKinley Republican 271 7,102,246
121 ---- William J. Bryan Democratic 176 5 6,492,559
122 ---- John M. Palmer National Democratic 0 133,148
123 ---- Joshua Levering Prohibition 0 132,007
124 ---- Charles H. Hatchett Socialist Labor 0 36,274
125 ---- Charles E. Bentley Nationalist 0 13,969
126 1900 45 William McKinley Republican 292 7,218,491
127 ---- William J. Bryan Democratic 155 5 6,356,734
128 ---- John C. Wooley Prohibition 0 208,914
129 ---- Eugene V. Debs Socialist 0 87,814
130 ---- Wharton Barker People's 0 50,373
131 ---- Joseph F. Malloney Socialist Labor 0 39,739
132 1904 45 Theodore Roosevelt Republican 336 7,628,461
133 ---- Alton B. Parker Democratic 140 5,084,223
134 ---- Eugene V. Debs Socialist 0 402,283
135 ---- Silas C. Swallow Prohibition 0 258,536
136 ---- Thomas E. Watson People's 0 117,183
137 ---- Charles H. Corregan Socialist Labor 0 31,249
138 1908 46 William H. Taft Republican 321 7,675,320
139 ---- William J. Bryan Democratic 162 6,412,294
140 ---- Eugene V. Debs Socialist 0 420,793
141 ---- Eugene W. Chafin Prohibition 0 253,840
142 ---- Thomas L. Hisgen Independence 0 82,872
143 ---- Thomas E. Watson People's 0 29,100
144 ---- August Gillhaus Socialist Labor 0 14,021
145 1912 48 Woodrow Wilson Democratic 435 6,296,547
146 ---- Theodore Roosevelt Progressive 88 4,118,571
147 ---- William H. Taft Republican 8 3,486,720
148 ---- Eugene V. Debs Socialist 0 900,672
149 ---- Eugene W. Chafin Prohibition 0 206,275
150 ---- Arthur E. Reimer Socialist Labor 0 28,750
151 1916 48 Woodrow Wilson Democratic 277 9,127,695
152 ---- Charles E. Hughes Republican 254 8,533,507
153 ---- A. L. Benson Socialist 0 585,113
154 ---- J. Frank Hanly Prohibition 0 220,506
155 ---- Arthur E. Reimer Socialist Labor 0 13,403
156 1920 48 Warren G. Harding Republican 404 16,153,115
157 ---- James M. Cox Democratic 127 9,133,092
158 ---- Eugene V. Debs Socialist 0 915,490
159 ---- Parley P. Christensen Farmer-Labor 0 265,229
160 ---- Aaron S. Watkins Prohibition 0 189,339
161 ---- James E. Ferguson American 0 48,098
162 ---- William W. Cox Socialist Labor 0 30,594
163 ---- Robert C. Macauley Single Tax 0 5,833
164 ---- Unnamed nominee (Texas) 0 27,309
165 ---- Scattered votes ---- 0 514
166 1924 48 Calvin Coolidge Republican 382 15,719,921
167 ---- John W. Davis Democratic 136 8,386,704
168 ---- Robert I. LaFollette Progressive 13 4,832,532
169 ---- Herman P. Faris Prohibition 0 56,292
170 ---- Frank T. Johns Socialist Labor 0 34,174
171 ---- William Z. Foster Workers 0 33,360
172 ---- Gilbert O. Nations American 0 24,340
173 ---- William J. Wallace Commonwealth Land 0 2,948
174 ---- Scattered votes ---- 0 4,752
175 1928 48 Herbert C. Hoover Republican 444 21,437,277
176 ---- Alfred E. Smith Democratic 87 15,007,698
177 ---- Norman Thomas Socialist 0 265,583
178 ---- William Z. Foster Communist 0 46,896
179 ---- Verne L. Reynolds Socialist Labor 0 21,586
180 ---- William F. Varney Prohibition 0 20,101
181 ---- Frank E. Webb Farmer-Labor 0 6,390
182 ---- Scattered votes ---- 0 420
183 1932 48 Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic 472 22,829,501
184 ---- Herbert C. Hoover Republican 59 15,760,684
185 ---- Norman Thorn Socialist 0 884,649
186 ---- William Z. Foster Communist 0 103,253
187 ---- William D. Upshaw Prohibition 0 81,872
188 ---- William H. Harvey Liberty 0 53,247
189 ---- Verne L. Reynolds Socialist Labor 0 34,043
190 ---- Jacob Coxey Farmer-Labor 0 7,431
191 ---- John Zahnd National 0 1,645
192 ---- James R. Cox Jobless 0 740
193 ---- Unnamed nominee (Texas and Arizona) 0 166
194 ---- Scattered votes ---- 0 1,528
195 1936 48 Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic 523 27,757,333
196 ---- Alfred M. Landon Republican 8 16,684,231
197 ---- William Lemke Union 0 892,267
198 ---- Norman Thorn Socialist 0 187,833
199 ---- Earl Browder Communist 0 80,171
200 ---- D. Leigh Colvin Prohibition 0 37,677
201 ---- John W. Aiken Socialist Labor 0 12,829
202 ---- William Pelley Christian 0 1,598
203 ---- Scattered votes ---- 0 824
204 1940 48 Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic 449 27,313,041
205 ---- Wendell L. Willkie Republican 82 22,348,480
206 ---- Norman Thomas Socialist 0 116,410
207 ---- Roger Q. Babson Prohibition 0 58,708
208 ---- Earl Browder Communist 0 46,259
209 ---- John W. Aiken Socialist Labor 0 14,892
210 ---- Alfred Knutson (North Dakota) 0 545
211 ---- Scattered votes ---- 0 2,083
212 1944 48 Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic 432 25,612,610
213 ---- Thomas E. Dewey Republican 99 22,017,617
214 ---- Norman Thomas Socialist 0 79,003
215 ---- Claude A. Watson Prohibition 0 74,799
216 ---- Edward A. Teichert Socialist Labor 0 45,191
217 ---- Gerald Smith American First 0 1,780
218 ---- Uncommitted electors (Texas and South Carolina) 0 143,243
219 ---- Scattered votes ---- 0 2,447
220 1948 48 Harry S. Truman Democratic 303 24,179,345
221 ---- Thomas E. Dewey Republican 189 21,991,291
222 ---- Strom Thurmond States' Rights 39 1,176,125
223 ---- Henry Wallace Progressive 0 1,157,326
224 ---- Norman Thomas Socialist 0 139,572
225 ---- Claude A. Watson Prohibition 0 103,900
226 ---- Edward A. Teichert Socialist Labor 0 29,241
227 ---- Farrel Dobbs Socialist Workers 0 13,614
228 ---- Scattered votes ---- 0 3,412
229 1952 48 Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican 442 33,936,234
230 ---- Adlai E. Stevenson Democratic 89 27,314,992
231 ---- Vincent Hallinan Progressive 0 140,023
232 ---- Stuart Hamblen Prohibition 0 72,949
233 ---- Eric Hass Socialist Labor 0 30,267
234 ---- Darlington Hoopes Socialist 0 20,203
235 ---- Douglas A. MacArthur Constitution 0 17,205
236 ---- Farrell Dobbs Socialist Workers 0 10,312
237 ---- Two other named candidates Four other minor parties 0 21,408
238 ---- Scattered votes ---- 0 4,530
239 1956 48 Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican 457 35,590,472
240 ---- Adlai E. Stevenson Democratic 73 6 26,022,752
241 ---- T. Coleman Andrews States Rights 0 111,178
242 ---- Eric Hass Socialist Labor 0 44,450
243 ---- Enoch A. Holtwick Prohibition 0 41,937
244 ---- Five other named candidates Five other minor parties 0 14,417
245 ---- Unnamed nominee (Alabama, Louisiana, 0 196,318
246 ---- ---- Mississippi, and South Carolina) ---- ----
247 ---- Scattered votes ---- 0 5,384
248 1960 50 John F. Kennedy Democratic 303 7 34,226,731
249 ---- Richard M. Nixon Republican 219 34,108,157
250 ---- Eric Hass Socialist Labor 0 47,522
251 ---- Rutherford L. Decker Prohibition 0 46,203
252 ---- Orval E. Faubus National States' Rights 0 44,977
253 ---- Farrell Dobbs Socialist Workers 0 40,165
254 ---- Charles L. Sullivan Constitution 0 18,162
255 ---- Five other named candidates Five other minor parties 0 17,565
256 ---- Unnamed nominee (Louisiana, Mississippi, and Michigan) 0 286,359
257 ---- Scattered votes ---- 0 2,378
258 1964 50 Lyndon B. Johnson Democratic 486 43,129,566
259 ---- Barry M. Goldwater Republican 52 27,178,188
260 ---- Eric Hass Socialist Labor 0 45,219
261 ---- Clifton DeBerry Socialist Workers 0 32,720
262 ---- E. Harold Munn Prohibition 0 23,267
263 ---- Three other named candidates Three other minor parties 0 12,032
264 ---- Unnamed nominee (Alabama) 0 210,732
265 ---- Scattered votes ---- 0 12,868
266 1968 50 Richard M. Nixon Republican 301 31,785,480
267 ---- Hubert H. Humphrey Democratic 191 31,275,166
268 ---- George C. Wallace American Independent 46 9,906,473
269 ---- Henning A. Blomen Socialist Labor 0 52,588
270 ---- Dick Gregory ---- 0 47,133 13
271 ---- Fred Halstead Socialist Workers 0 41,388
272 ---- Eldridge Cleaver Peace and Freedom 0 36,563
273 ---- Eugene J. McCarthy ---- 0 25,552 14
274 ---- E. Harold Munn Prohibition 0 15,123
275 ---- Five other named candidates Five other minor parties 0 2,777
276 ---- Unnamed nominee ---- 0 12,430
277 ---- Scattered votes ---- 0 11,192
278 1972 50 Richard M. Nixon Republican 520 47,169,911
279 ---- George S. McGovern Democratic 17 29,170,383
280 ---- John G. Schmitz American 0 1,099,482
281 ---- Benjamin Spock People's 0 78,756
282 ---- Linda Jenness Socialist Workers 0 66,677
283 ---- Louis Fisher Socialist Labor 0 53,814
284 ---- Gus Hall Communist 0 25,595
285 ---- E. Harold Munn Prohibition 0 13,505
286 ---- Three other named candidates Three other minor parties 0 8 5,636
287 ---- Scattered write-in votes ---- 0 34,795
288 1976 50 Jimmy Carter Democratic 297 40,830,763
289 ---- Gerald Ford Republican 240 9 39,147,793
290 ---- Eugene J. McCarthy Independent 0 756,691
291 ---- Roger L. MacBride Libertarian 0 173,011
292 ---- Lester G. Maddox American Independent 0 170,531
293 ---- Thomas J. Anderson American 0 160,773
294 ---- Peter Camejo Socialist Workers 0 91,314
295 ---- Gus Hall Communist 0 58,992
296 ---- Margaret Wright People's 0 49,024
297 ---- Lyndon H. LaRouche U.S. Labor 0 40,043
298 ---- Benjamin C. Bubar Prohibition 0 15,934
299 ---- Four other named candidates Four other minor parties 0 16,051
300 ---- Scattered write-in votes ---- 0 39,861
301 ---- None of these candidates ---- 0 5,108
302 1980 50 Ronald Reagan Republican 489 43,904,153
303 ---- Jimmy Carter Democratic 49 35,483,883
304 ---- John B. Anderson Independent 0 5,720,060
305 ---- Edward E. Clark Libertarian 0 921,299
306 ---- Barry Commoner Citizens 0 234,294
307 ---- Gus Hall Communist 0 45,023
308 ---- John Rarick American Independent 0 41,268
309 ---- Clifton DeBerry Socialist Workers 0 38,737
310 ---- Ellen McCormack Right to Life 0 32,327
311 ---- Maureen Smith Peace and Freedom 0 18,116
312 ---- Deidre Griswold Workers World 0 13,300
313 ---- Ten other named candidates Nine other minor parties 0 39,244
314 ---- Scattered write-in votes ---- 0 13,185
315 ---- Unnamed nominee Minnesota for America 0 6,139
316 ---- None of these candidates ---- 0 4,193
317 1984 50 Ronald Reagan Republican 525 54,455,075
318 ---- Walter Mondale Democratic 13 37,577,185
319 ---- David Bergland Libertarian 0 228,314
320 ---- Lyndon H. LaRouche Independent 0 78,807
321 ---- Sonia Johnson Citizens 0 72,200
322 ---- Bob Richards Populist 0 66,336
323 ---- Dennis L. Serrette Alliance 0 46,868
324 ---- Gus Hall Communist 0 36,386
325 ---- Mel Mason Socialist Workers 0 24,706
326 ---- Larry Holmes Workers World 0 17,985
327 ---- Delmar Dennis American 0 13,161
328 ---- Ed Winn Workers League 0 10,801
329 ---- Four other named candidates Four other minor parties 0 7,445
330 ---- Scattered write-in votes ---- 0 13,623
331 ---- None of these candidates ---- 0 3,950
332 1988 50 George H. W. Bush Republican 426 48,886,097
333 ---- Michael Dukakis Democratic 111 10 41,809,074
334 ---- Ron Paul Libertarian 0 432,179
335 ---- Lenora B. Fulani New Alliance 0 217,219
336 ---- David Duke Populist 0 47,047
337 ---- Eugene J. McCarthy Consumer 0 30,905
338 ---- James Griffin American Independent 0 27,818
339 ---- Lyndon H. LaRouche National Economic Recovery 0 25,562
340 ---- William Mara Right-to-Life 0 20,504
341 ---- Ed Winn Workers League 0 18,693
342 ---- James Warren Socialist Workers 0 15,604
343 ---- Herbert Lewin Peace and Freedom 0 10,370
344 ---- Seven other named candidates Seven other minor parties 0 25,762
345 ---- Scattered write-in votes ---- 0 21,041
346 ---- None of these candidates ---- 0 6,934
347 1992 50 William Clinton Democratic 370 44,909,326
348 ---- George H. W. Bush Republican 168 39,103,882
349 ---- H. Ross Perot Independent 0 19,741,657
350 ---- Andre V. Marrou Libertarian 0 291,627
351 ---- James Gritz America First 0 107,014
352 ---- Lenora B. Fulani New Alliance 0 73,714
353 ---- Howard Phillips Taxpayers 0 43,434
354 ---- John Hagelin Natural Law 0 39,179
355 ---- Ron Daniels Peace and Freedom 0 27,961
356 ---- Lyndon H. LaRouche Economic Recovery 0 26,333
357 ---- James Warren Socialist Workers 0 23,096
358 ---- Twelve other named candidates Twelve other minor parties 0 21,213
359 ---- Scattered write-in votes ---- 0 14,041
360 ---- None of these candidates (Nevada) 0 2537 15
361 1996 50 William Clinton Democratic 379 47,402,357
362 ---- Robert Dole Republican 159 39,198,755
363 ---- H. Ross Perot Reform 0 8,085,402
364 ---- Ralph Nader Green 0 685,040
365 ---- Harry Browne Libertarian 0 485,798
366 ---- Howard Phillips U.S. Taxpayers 0 184,658
367 ---- John Hagelin Natural Law 0 113,668
368 ---- Monica Moorehead Workers World 0 29,083
369 ---- Marsha Feinland Peace and Freedom 0 25,332
370 ---- Charles Collins Independent 0 8,930
371 ---- James Harris Socialist Workers 0 8,476
372 ---- Ten other named candidates Ten other minor parties 0 19,647
373 ---- Scattered write-in votes ---- 0 25,118
374 ---- None of these candidates ---- 0 5,608
375 2000 50 George W. Bush Republican 271 50,455,156
376 ---- Al Gore Democratic 266 50,992,335
377 ---- Ralph Nader Green 0 2,882,738
378 ---- Patrick Buchanan Reform/Independent 0 449,077
379 ---- Harry Browne Libertarian 0 384,429
380 ---- Howard Phillips Constitution 0 98,020
381 ---- John Hagelin Natural Law/Reform/Independent 0 83,525
382 ---- Nine other named candidates Other minor parties 0 27,104
383 ---- Scattered write-in votes ---- 0 20,767
384 ---- None of these candidates ---- 1 11 3,315 15



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