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U.S. presidential candidates: every nominee since 1789

98 people have been listed as presidential nominees in this record; 40 of them won at least once.

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All candidates

CandidateElectionsWonTotal electoral votesYears
Donald J. Trump President 3 2 850 2016 2020 2024
Kamala Harris 1 0 226 2024
Joseph R. Biden President 1 1 306 2020
Gary Johnson 1 0 0 2016
Hillary Clinton 1 0 232 2016
Jill Stein 1 0 0 2016
Barack Obama President 2 2 697 2008 2012
Mitt Romney 1 0 206 2012
John McCain 1 0 173 2008
George W. Bush President 2 2 557 2000 2004
John Kerry 1 0 251 2004
Albert Gore, Jr. 1 0 266 2000
Ralph Nader 1 0 0 2000
H. Ross Perot 2 0 0 1992 1996
Robert Dole 1 0 159 1996
William J. Clinton President 2 2 749 1992 1996
George H. W. Bush President 2 1 594 1988 1992
Michael Dukakis 1 0 111 1988
Ronald Reagan President 2 2 1,014 1980 1984
Walter Mondale 1 0 13 1984
Jimmy Carter President 2 1 346 1976 1980
John Anderson 1 0 0 1980
Gerald R. Ford 1 0 240 1976
George McGovern 1 0 17 1972
Richard M. Nixon President 3 2 1,040 1960 1968 1972
George Wallace 1 0 46 1968
Hubert Humphrey 1 0 191 1968
Barry Goldwater 1 0 52 1964
Lyndon B. Johnson President 1 1 486 1964
Harry F. Byrd 1 0 15 1960
John F. Kennedy President 1 1 303 1960
Adlai Stevenson 2 0 162 1952 1956
Dwight D. Eisenhower President 2 2 899 1952 1956
Harry S Truman President 1 1 303 1948
Strom Thurmond 1 0 39 1948
Thomas E. Dewey 2 0 288 1944 1948
Franklin D. Roosevelt President 4 4 1,876 1932 1936 1940 1944
Wendell L. Willkie 1 0 82 1940
Alfred M. Landon 1 0 8 1936
Herbert Hoover President 2 1 503 1928 1932
Alfred E. Smith 1 0 87 1928
Calvin Coolidge President 1 1 382 1924
John W. Davis 1 0 136 1924
Robert LaFollette 1 0 13 1924
James M. Cox 1 0 127 1920
Warren G. Harding President 1 1 404 1920
Charles E. Hughes 1 0 254 1916
Woodrow Wilson President 2 2 712 1912 1916
Eugene V. Debs 1 0 0 1912
Theodore Roosevelt President 2 1 424 1904 1912
William Howard Taft President 2 1 329 1908 1912
William Jennings Bryan 3 0 493 1896 1900 1908
Alton B. Parker 1 0 140 1904
William McKinley President 2 2 563 1896 1900
Benjamin Harrison President 2 1 378 1888 1892
Grover Cleveland President 3 2 664 1884 1888 1892
James B. Weaver 1 0 22 1892
James G. Blaine 1 0 182 1884
James A. Garfield President 1 1 214 1880
Winfield S. Hancock 1 0 155 1880
Rutherford B. Hayes President 1 1 185 1876
Samuel Tilden 1 0 184 1876
Horace Greeley 1 0 0 1872
Ulysses S. Grant President 2 2 500 1868 1872
Horatio Seymour 1 0 80 1868
Abraham Lincoln President 2 2 392 1860 1864
George McClellan 1 0 21 1864
John Bell 1 0 39 1860
John C. Breckinridge 1 0 72 1860
Stephen Douglas 1 0 12 1860
James Buchanan President 1 1 174 1856
John C. Fremont 1 0 114 1856
Millard Fillmore 1 0 8 1856
Franklin Pierce President 1 1 254 1852
John P. Hale 1 0 0 1852
Winfield Scott 1 0 42 1852
Lewis Cass 1 0 127 1848
Martin Van Buren President 3 1 230 1836 1840 1848
Zachary Taylor President 1 1 163 1848
Henry Clay 3 0 191 1824 1832 1844
James K. Polk President 1 1 170 1844
William Henry Harrison President 2 1 307 1836 1840
Daniel Webster 1 0 14 1836
Hugh Lawson White 1 0 26 1836
Willie Person Mangum 1 0 11 1836
Andrew Jackson President 3 2 496 1824 1828 1832
John Floyd 1 0 11 1832
William Wirt 1 0 7 1832
John Quincy Adams President 3 1 168 1820 1824 1828
William H. Crawford 1 0 41 1824
James Monroe President 2 2 414 1816 1820
Rufus King 1 0 34 1816
DeWitt Clinton 1 0 89 1812
James Madison President 2 2 250 1808 1812
Charles Pinckney 2 0 61 1804 1808
Thomas Jefferson President 3 2 303 1796 1800 1804
John Adams President 2 1 136 1796 1800
George Washington President 2 2 201 1789 1792

Includes every nominee listed in the source’s summary for each election: the major-party tickets and any candidate who won electoral votes or a notable share of the popular vote.