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APPENDIX C

Presidential Election Results, 1789–2012

YEAR PARTY PRESIDENTIAL VP ELECTORAL ELECTORAL POPULAR POPULAR NOMINEE NOMINEE VOTE # VOTE % VOTE # VOTE %

1789 Federalist George 69 100 (unofficial) Washington 1792 Federalist George 132 100 (unofficial) Washington 1796 Federalist 71 51.1 Democratic- Thomas 68 48.9 Republican Jefferson 1800 Democratic- Thomas 73 52.9 Republican Jefferson Federalist John Adams 65 47.1 1804 Democratic- Thomas George 162 92.0 Republican Jefferson Clinton Federalist Charles 14 8.0 Pinckney 1808 Democratic- James George 122 69.7 Republican Madison Clinton Federalist Charles Rufus King 47 26.9 Pinckney 1812 Democratic- James Elbridge 128 58.7 Republican Madison Gerry Federalist DeWitt Jared 89 40.8 Clinton Ingersoll 1816 Democratic- James Daniel D. 183 83.9 Republican Monroe Tompkins Federalist Rufus King John 34 15.6 Howard

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YEAR PARTY PRESIDENTIAL VP ELEC-TORAL ELECTORAL POPULAR POPULAR NOMINEE NOMINEE VOTE # VOTE % VOTE # VOTE %

1820 Democratic- James 231 98.3 Republican Monroe Independent John Quincy 1 0.4 Adams 1824 Democratic- John Quincy 84 32.2 Republican Adams Democratic- Andrew 99 37.9 Republican Jackson Democratic- William H. 41 15.7 Republican Crawford Democratic- 37 14.2 Republican 1828 Democratic- Andrew John C. 178 68.2 642,553 56.1 Republican Jackson Calhoun National John Quincy Richard 83 31.8 500,897 43.6 Republican Adams Rush 1832 Democratic Andrew Martin Van 219 76.0 701,780 54.2 Jackson Buren National Henry Clay John 49 17.0 484,205 37.4 Republican Sergeant Independent John Floyd Henry Lee 11 3.8 0 Anti-Masonic William Wirt Amos 7 2.4 100,715 7.8 Ellmaker 1836 Democratic Martin Van Richard 170 57.8 764,176 50.8 Buren Johnson Whig William Francis P. 73 24.8 550,816 36.6 Henry Granger Harrison Whig Hugh 26 8.8 146,107 9.7 Lawson White Whig Daniel Francis P. 14 4.8 41,201 2.7 Webster Granger Independent Willie Person John Tyler 11 3.7 0 Mangum 1840 Democratic Martin Van Richard 60 20.4 1,128,854 46.8 Buren Johnson Whig William John Tyler 234 79.6 1,275,390 52.9 Henry Harrison 1844 Democratic James K. George M. 170 61.8 1,339,494 49.5 Polk

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YEAR PARTY PRESIDENTIAL VP ELECTORAL ELECTORAL POPULAR POPULAR NOMINEE NOMINEE VOTE # VOTE % VOTE # VOTE %

Whig Henry Clay Theodore 105 38.2 1,300,004 48.1 Frelinghuy- sen 1848 Democratic William 127 43.8 1,223.460 42.5 Butler Whig Zachary Millard 163 56.2 1,361,393 47.3 Taylor Fillmore Free Soil Martin Van Charles 0 291,501 10.1 Buren Adams, Sr. 1852 Democratic Franklin William 254 85.8 1,607,510 50.8 Pierce R. King Whig Winfield William 42 14.2 1,386,942 43.9 Scott Graham 1856 Democratic James John C. 174 58.8 1,836,072 45.3 Buchanan Brecken- ridge Republican John C. William L. 114 38.5 1,342.345 33.1 Fremont Dayton Whig-Amer- Millard Andrew 8 2.7 873,053 21.6 ican Fillmore Jackson Donelson 1860 Democratic Stephen Doug- Herschel 12 4.0 1,380,202 29.5 las Johnson Democratic John Joseph 72 23.8 848,019 18.1 (Southern) Breckenridge Lane Republican Abraham Hannibal 180 59.4 1,865,908 39.9 Lincoln Hamlin Constitu- John Bell Edward 39 12.9 590,901 12.6 tional Union Everett 1864 Democratic George George 21 9.0 1,809,445 44.9 McClellan Pendleton Republican Abraham Andrew 212 90.6 2,220,846 55.1 Lincoln Johnson 1868 Democratic Horatio Francis 80 27.2 2,708,744 47.3 Seymour Blair, Jr. Republican Ulysses S. Schuyler 214 72.8 3,013,650 52.7 Grant Colfax 1872 Democratic Horace Benjamin 0 2,835,315 43.8 Greeley* Brown Republican Ulysses S. Henry 286 81.9 3,598,468 55.6 Grant Wilson 1876 Democratic Samuel Thomas 184 49.9 4,288,191 51.0 Tilden Hendricks

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YEAR PARTY PRESIDENTIAL VP ELECTORAL ELECTORAL POPULAR POPULAR NOMINEE NOMINEE VOTE # VOTE % VOTE # VOTE %

Republican Rutherford William 185 50.1 4,033,497 48.0 B. Hayes Wheeler 1880 Democratic Winfield S. William 155 42.0 4,445,256 48.2 Hancock English Republican James A. Chester A. 214 58.0 4,453,611 48.3 Garfield Arthur 1884 Democratic Grover Thomas 219 54.6 4,915,586 48.9 Cleveland Hendricks Republican James G. John Logan 182 45.4 4,852,916 48.2 Blane 1888 Democratic Grover Allen 168 41.9 5,539,118 48.6 Cleveland Thurman Republican Benjamin Levi Mor- 233 58.1 5,449.825 47.8 Harrison ton 1892 Democratic Grover Adlai E. 277 62.4 5,554,617 46.0 Cleveland Stevenson Republican Benjamin Whitelaw 145 32.7 5,186,793 43.0 Harrison Reid Populist James James Field 22 5.0 1,029,357 8.5 Weaver 1896 Democratic William Arthur 176 39.0 6,370,897 45.8 Jennings Sewall Bryan Republican William Garret 271 61.0 7.105,076 51.1 McKinley Hobart 1900 Democratic William Adlai E. 155 34.7 6,357,698 45.5 Jennings Stevenson Bryan Republican William Theodore 292 65.3 7,219,193 51.7 McKinley Roosevelt 1904 Democratic Alton B. Henry 140 29.4 5,083,501 37.6 Parker Davis Republican Theodore Charles 336 70.6 7,625,599 56.4 Roosevelt Fairbanks 1908 Democratic William John Kern 162 33.5 6,406,874 43.0 Jennings Bryan Republican William James S. 321 66.5 7,676,598 51.6 Howard Sherman Taft 1912 Democratic Woodrow Thomas R. 435 81.9 6,294,327 41.8 Wilson Marshall Republican William Nicholas 8 1.5 3,486,343 23.2 Howard Taft Butler

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YEAR PARTY PRESIDENTIAL VP ELECTORAL ELECTORAL POPULAR POPULAR NOMINEE NOMINEE VOTE # VOTE % VOTE # VOTE %

Progressive Theodore Hiram 88 16.6 4,120,207 27.4 Roosevelt Johnson 1916 Democratic Woodrow Thomas R. 277 52.2 9.126.063 49.2 Wilson Marshall Republican Charles E. Charles W. 254 47.8 8,547,030 46.1 Hughes Fairbanks 1920 Democratic James M. Franklin D. 127 23.9 9,134,074 34.1 Cox Roosevelt Republican Warren G. Calvin 404 76.1 16,151,916 60.3 Harding Coolidge 1924 Democratic John W. Charles W. 136 25.6 8,386,532 28.8 Davis Bryan Republican Calvin Charles G. 382 71.9 15,724,310 54.0 Coolidge Dawes Progressive Robert Burton K. 13 2.4 4,827,184 16.6 LaFollette Wheeler 1928 Democratic Alfred E. Joseph 87 16.4 15,004,336 40.8 Smith Robinson Republican Herbert Charles 444 83.6 21,432,823 58.2 Hoover Curtis 1932 Democratic Franklin D. John Nance 472 88.9 22,818,740 57.4 Roosevelt Garner Republican Herbert Charles 59 11.1 15,760,425 39.6 Hoover Curtis 1936 Democratic Franklin D. John 523 98.5 27,750,866 60.8 Roosevelt Nance Garner Republican Alfred M. 8 1.5 16,679,683 36.5 Landon 1940 Democratic Franklin D. Henry A. 449 84.6 27,243,218 54.7 Roosevelt Wallace Republican Wendell L. Charles L. 82 15.4 22,334,940 44.8 Willkie McNary 1944 Democratic Franklin D. Harry S. 432 81.4 25,612,610 53.4 Roosevelt Truman Republican Thomas John W. 99 18.6 22,014,160 45.9 Dewey Bricker 1948 Democratic Harry S. Alben W. 303 57.1 24,105,810 49.5 Truman Barkley Republican Thomas 189 35.6 21,970,064 45.1 Dewey States’ Rights Strom Fielding 39 7.3 1,169,114 2.4 Thurmond Wright

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YEAR PARTY PRESIDENTIAL VP ELECTORAL ELECTORAL POPULAR POPULAR NOMINEE NOMINEE VOTE # VOTE % VOTE # VOTE %

1952 Democratic Adlai John 89 16.8 27,314,992 44.4 Stevenson Sparkman Republican Dwight D. Richard M. 442 83.2 33,777,945 54.9 Eisenhower Nixon 1956 Democratic Adlai Estes 73 13.7 26,022,752 42.0 Stevenson Kefauver Republican Dwight D. Richard M. 457 86.1 35,590,472 57.4 Eisenhower Nixon 1960 Democratic John F. Lyndon B. 303 56.4 34,226,731 49.7 Johnson Republican Richard M. Henry 219 40.8 34,108,157 49.5 Nixon Cabot Lodge Democratic Harry F. Strom 15 2.8 0 Byrd Thurmond 1964 Democratic Lyndon B. Hubert H. 486 90.3 43,129,566 61.1 Johnson Humphrey Republican Barry William E. 52 9.7 27,178,188 38.5 Goldwater Miller 1968 Democratic Hubert H. Edmund 191 35.5 31,275,166 42.7 Humphrey Muskie Republican Richard M. Spiro 301 55.9 31,785,480 43.4 Nixon Agnew American In- George Curtis 45 8.4 9,906,473 13.5 dependent Wallace LeMay 1972 Democratic George Sargent 17 3.2 29,170,383 37.5 McGovern Shriver Republican Richard M. Spiro 520 96.7 47,169,911 60.7 Nixon Agnew 1976 Democratic Jimmy Walter 297 55.2 40,830,763 50.1 Carter Mondale Republican Gerald R. 240 44.6 39,147,793 48.0 Ford 1980 Democratic Jimmy Walter 49 9.1 35,483,883 41.0 Carter Mondale Republican Ronald George 489 90.9 43,904,153 50.7 Reagan Bush National John Patrick 0 5,720,060 6.6 Union Anderson Lucey 1984 Democratic Walter Geraldine 13 2.4 37,577,185 40.6 Mondale Ferraro Republican Ronald George 525 97.6 54,455,075 58.8 Reagan Bush

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YEAR PARTY PRESIDENTIAL VP ELECTORAL ELECTORAL POPULAR POPULAR NOMINEE NOMINEE VOTE # VOTE % VOTE # VOTE %

1988 Democratic Michael Lloyd 111 20.6 41,809,074 45.6 Dukakis Bentsen Republican George Dan 426 79.2 48,886,097 53.4 Bush Quayle 1992 Democratic William J. Albert 370 68.8 44,909,326 43.0 Clinton Gore, Jr. Republican George Dan 168 31.2 39,103,882 37.4 Bush Quayle Independent H. Ross James 0 19,741,657 18.9 Perot Stockdale 1996 Democratic William J. Albert 379 70.4 47,402,357 49.2 Clinton Gore, Jr. Republican Bob Dole 159 29.6 39,198,755 40.7 Reform H. Ross 0 8,085,402 8.4 Perot 2000 Democratic Albert Joseph 266 49.4 50,992,335 48.4 Gore, Jr. Lieberman Republican George W. Richard 271 50.4 50,455,156 47.9 Bush Cheney Green Winona 0 2,822,738 2.7 LaDuke 2004 Democratic John F. Kerry John 251 46.7 59,028,444 48.3 Edwards Republican George W. Richard 286 53.2 62,040,610 50.7 Bush Cheney 2008 Democratic Barack Joseph 365 67.8 69,456,897 52.9 Obama Biden Republican John 173 32.2 59,934,814 45.7 McCain 2012 Democratic Barack Joseph 332 61.5 61,910,594 51.4 Obama Biden Republican 206 38.1 58,645,765 48.6

* died on November 29, 1872, after the popular election but before the Electoral College met. His electoral votes were split among four individuals including eighteen for Benjamin Brown, Greeley’s running mate. Source: The American Presidency Project, “Presidential Elections Data,” available at http://www. presidency.ucsb.edu/elections.php.

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