ELECTIONS 379 IOWA’S POPULAR VOTE FOR PRESIDENT Year Candidate Party Votes 1848 Zachary Taylor ...................................... Whig ........................................................... 12,052 Lewis Cass ............................................. Democrat ................................................... 10,626 1852 Franklin Pierce ..................................... Democrat ................................................... 17,823 Winfield Scott ........................................ Whig ........................................................... 15,895 1856 John C. Fremont ................................... Republican ................................................. 45,073 James Buchanan .................................. Democrat ................................................... 37,568 1860 Abraham Lincoln .................................. Republican ................................................. 70,118 Stephen Douglas ................................... Democrat ................................................... 55,639 1864 Abraham Lincoln .................................. Republican ................................................. 88,500 George B. McClellan ............................. Democrat ................................................... 49,525 1868 Ulysses S. Grant ................................... Republican ............................................... 120,399 Horatio Seymour .................................. Democrat ................................................... 74,040 1872 Ulysses S. Grant ................................... Republican ............................................... 131,566 Horace Greeley ..................................... Democrat ................................................... 71,179 1876 Rutherford B. Hayes ............................ Republican ............................................... 171,326 Sam J. Tilden ......................................... Democrat ................................................. 112,121 1880 James A. Garfield ................................. Republican ............................................... 183,904 Winfield Hancock .................................. Democrat ................................................. 105,845 1884 James G. Blaine .................................... Republican ............................................... 197,088 Grover Cleveland .................................. Democrat ................................................. 177,316 1888 Benjamin Harrison ............................... Republican ............................................... 211,603 Grover Cleveland .................................. Democrat ................................................. 197,877 1892 Benjamin Harrison ............................... Republican ............................................... 219,795 Grover Cleveland .................................. Democrat ................................................. 196,365 1896 William McKinley .................................. Republican ............................................... 289,293 William J. Bryan ................................... Democrat ................................................. 223,741 1900 William McKinley .................................. Republican ............................................... 307,808 William J. Bryan ................................... Democrat ................................................. 209,265 1904 Theodore Roosevelt .............................. Republican ............................................... 307,907 Alton B. Parker ..................................... Democrat ................................................. 149,141 1908 William H. Taft ...................................... Republican ............................................... 275,210 William J. Bryan ................................... Democrat ................................................. 200,771 1912 Woodrow Wilson ................................... Democrat ................................................. 185,325 Theodore Roosevelt .............................. Progressive .............................................. 161,819 William H. Taft ...................................... Republican ............................................... 119,805 1916 Charles E. Hughes ................................ Republican ............................................... 280,439 Woodrow Wilson ................................... Democrat ................................................. 221,699 380 IOWA OFFICIAL REGISTER 1920 Warren Harding .................................... Republican ............................................... 634,674 James M. Cox ........................................ Democrat ................................................. 227,921 1924 Calvin Coolidge ..................................... Republican ............................................... 537,458 John W. Davis ....................................... Democrat ................................................. 160,352 1928 Herbert Hoover ..................................... Republican ............................................... 623,570 Al Smith ................................................. Democrat ................................................. 379,311 1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt .......................... Democrat ................................................. 598,019 Herbert Hoover ..................................... Republican ............................................... 414,483 1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt .......................... Democrat ................................................. 621,756 Alfred Landon ....................................... Republican ............................................... 487,977 1940 Wendell Willkie ..................................... Republican ............................................... 632,370 Franklin D. Roosevelt .......................... Democrat ................................................. 578,800 1944 Thomas Dewey ..................................... Republican ............................................... 547,267 Franklin D. Roosevelt .......................... Democrat ................................................. 499,876 1948 Harry Truman ....................................... Democrat ................................................. 522,380 Thomas Dewey ..................................... Republican ............................................... 494,018 1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower ........................ Republican ............................................... 808,906 Adali Stevenson .................................... Democrat ................................................. 451,513 1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower ........................ Republican ............................................... 729,187 Adlai Stevenson .................................... Democrat ................................................. 501,858 1960 Richard M. Nixon .................................. Republican ............................................... 722,381 John F. Kennedy .................................. Democrat ................................................. 550,565 1964 Lyndon B. Johnson ............................... Democrat ................................................. 733,030 Barry M. Goldwater .............................. Republican ............................................... 449,148 1968 Richard M. Nixon .................................. Republican ............................................... 619,106 Hubert H. Humphrey ........................... Democrat ................................................. 476,699 George C. Wallace ................................ American Independent ............................ 66,422 1972 Richard M. Nixon .................................. Republican ............................................... 706,207 George S. McGovern ............................ Democrat ................................................. 496,206 John G. Schmitz .................................... American Independent ............................ 22,056 1976 Gerald R. Ford ....................................... Republican ............................................... 632,852 Jimmy Carter ........................................ Democrat ................................................. 619,874 Eugene J. McCarthy ............................. Nominated by Petition ............................. 19,828 1980 Ronald Reagan ...................................... Republican ............................................... 676,026 Jimmy Carter ........................................ Democrat ................................................. 508,672 John Anderson ...................................... Nominated by Petition ........................... 115,633 1984 Ronald Reagan ...................................... Republican ............................................... 703,088 Walter F. Mondale ................................ Democrat ................................................. 605,620 1988 Michael S. Dukakis ............................... Democrat ................................................. 670,557 George Bush.......................................... Republican ............................................... 545,355 ELECTIONS 381 1992 William J. Clinton ................................. Democrat ................................................. 586,353 George Bush.........................................