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Governors Nominated for President or Vice President

KEY: BOLD IN CAPS - ELECTED ITALICS IN CAPS - ASCENDED; NOT SUBSEQUENTLY ELECTED Lower Case - Defeated

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State Party Ran as Gov State Party Ran as Gov 1789 1792 1796 VA 1800 THOMAS JEFFERSON VA D-R NY Federalist Yes 1804 THOMAS JEFFERSON VA D-R GEORGE CLINTON NY 1808 George Clinton NY D-R No 1812 DeWitt Clinton NY Federalist No* MA 1816 VA DANIEL TOMPKINS NY 1820 JAMES MONROE VA Incumbent 1824 1828 1932 John Floyd VA Nullifier Yes MARTIN VAN NY 1836 NY William Harrison IN Terr. Nor. Whig No 1840 WILLIAM HARRISON IN Terr. Nor. Whig No VA No Martin Van Buren NY Dem No 1841 JOHN TYLER VA Nor. Whig NA 1844 JAMES POLK TN 1848 Martin Van Buren NY Free Soilers No MI Terr Dem No PRESIDENT VICE PRESIDENT

State Party Ran as Gov State Party Ran as Gov 1852 1856 John C. Fremont AZ Rep No 1860 ME 1864 George McClellan NJ Dem No* TN Rep No 1965 ANDREW JOHNSON TN Rep NA 1868 NY Dem No 1872 1876 RUTHERFORD HAYES OH Rep Samuel Tilden NY Dem Yes 1880 1884 GROVER NY Dem Yes THOMAS HENDRICKS IN 1888 NY Dem Incumbent LEVI MORTON NY 1892 GROVER CLEVELAND NY Dem No 1896 WILLIAM McKINLEY OH Yes 1900 WILLIAM McKINLEY OH Incumbent THEODORE ROOSEVELTNY Rep Yes 1904 NY Incumbent 1908 1912 WOODROW NJ Dem Yes THOMAS MARSHALL IN Dem Yes Theodore Roosevelt NY Bull Moose No 1916 NJ Dem Incumbent THOMAS MARSHALL IN Dem Incumbent Evan Hughes NY Rep No 1920 James Cox OH Dem Yes MA Yes 1924 CALVIN COOLIDGE MA Yes Robert LaFollette WI Progressive No 1928 Alfred Smith NY Dem Yes 1932 FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT NY Dem Yes 1936 FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT NY Dem Incumbent Alfred Landon KN Rep Yes PRESIDENT VICE PRESIDENT

State Party Ran as Gov State Party Ran as Gov 1940 FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT NY Dem Incumbent 1944 FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT NY Dem Incumbent Thomas Dewey NY Rep Yes 1948 Thomas Dewey NY Rep Yes CA Rep Yes SC Dix Yes 1952 Adlai II IL Dem Yes 1956 Adlai Stevenson II IL Dem No 1960 1964 1968 AL Amer. Ind. No MD Rep Yes 1972 SPIRO AGNEW MD Rep Incumbent 1974 NELSON NY Rep NA 1976 GA Dem 1980 CA Rep Jimmy Carter GA Dem Incumbent 1984 RONALD REAGAN CA Rep 1988 MA Dem Yes 1992 AR Dem Yes 1996 BILL CLINTON AR Dem Incumbent 2000 GEORGE W. BUSH TX Rep Yes 2004 GEORGE W. BUSH TX Rep Incumbent 2008 AK Rep Yes 2012 MA Rep No 2016 NM Libertarian No VA Dem No IN Rep Yes MA Lib No * - Two unsuccessful presidential nominees - DeWitt Clinton (1812) and George McClellan (1864) were subsequently elected as governors of and respectively.