1789 |
Article
II, Section 1, of the U.S. Constitution sets the selection
process as:
Each Elector has two votes; one for President and one for Vice
President.
Directs that the candidate with a majority of electoral
votes becomes president.
The person having the greatest number of votes after the
president is selected becomes Vice President. |
Year |
Picture |
Top Candidates |
Election Details |
The President |
1789 |
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George Washington |
1789
Election |
President George Washington |
1792 |
2nd Term |
George Washington
John Adams |
1792
Election |
President George Washington |
1796 |
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John Adams
Thomas Jefferson |
1796
Election |
President John Adams |
1800 |
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Thomas Jefferson
John Adams |
1800
Election |
President Thomas
Jefferson |
1804 |
Amendment XII - In 1804 the electors began voting for
President and Vice President using separate ballots. |
1804 |
2nd Term |
Thomas Jefferson
Charles C. Pinckney |
1804
Election |
President Thomas Jefferson |
1808 |
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James Madison
Charles C. Pinckney |
1808
Election |
President James
Madison |
1812 |
2nd Term |
James Madison
De Witt Clinton |
1812
Election |
President James
Madison |
1816 |
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James Monroe
Rufus King |
1816
Election |
President James Monroe |
1820 |
2nd Term |
James Monro
John Quincy Adams |
1820
Election |
President James Monroe |
1824 |
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John Quincy Adams
Andrew Jackson |
1824
Election |
President John Quincy Adams |
1828 |
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Andrew Jackson
John Quincy Adams |
1828
Election |
President Andrew Jackson |
1832 |
2nd Term |
Andrew Jackson
Henry Clay |
1832
Election |
President Andrew Jackson |
1836 |
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Martin Van Buren
William Henry Harrison |
1836
Election |
President Martin Van Buren |
1840 |
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William Henry Harrison
Martin Van Buren |
1840
Election |
President William Henry Harrison |
(1840) |
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John Tyler
Ascended to the Presidency |
1840
Ascention |
President John Tyler |
1844 |
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James Knox Polk
Henry Clay |
1844
Election |
President James Knox Polk |
1848 |
Beginning in 1848 all States hold the presidential election on
the same day in November. |
1848 |
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Zachary Taylor
Lewis Cass |
1848
Election |
President Zachary Taylor |
(1850) |
 |
Millard Filmore
Ascended to the Presidency |
1850
Ascention |
President Millard Fillmore |
1852 |
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Franklin Pierce
Winfield Scott |
1852
Election |
President Franklin Pierce |
1856 |
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James Buchanan
John C. Fremont |
1856
Election |
President James Buchanan |
1860 |
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Abraham
Lincoln
John C. Breckinridge |
1860
Election |
President Abraham Lincoln |
1864 |
2nd Term |
Abraham
Lincoln
George B. McClellan |
1864
Election |
President Abraham Lincoln |
(1865) |
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Andrew Johnson
Ascended to the Presidency |
1865
Ascention |
President Andrew Johnson |
1868 |
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Ulysses S.
Grant
Horatio Seymour |
1868
Election |
President Ulysses
Simpson Grant |
1872 |
2nd Term |
Ulysses S.
Grant
Horace Greeley |
1872
Election |
President Ulysses
S. Grant |
1876 |
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Rutherford B. Hayes
Samuel J. Tilden |
1876
Election |
President Rutherford B. Hayes |
1880 |
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James Abram
Garfield
Winfield S Hancock |
1880
Election |
President James Garfield |
(1881) |
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Chester Arthur
Ascended to the Presidency |
1881
Ascention |
President Chester Alan Arthur |
1884 |
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Grover Cleveland
James Gillespie Blaine |
1884
Election |
President Grover Cleveland |
1888 |
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Benjamin Harrison
Grover Cleveland |
1888
Election |
President Benjamin Harrison |
1892 |
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Grover
Cleveland
Benjamin Harrison |
1892
Election |
President Grover Cleveland |
1896 |
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William McKinley
William Jennings Bryan |
1896
Election |
President William McKinley |
1900 |
2nd Term |
William McKinley
William Jennings Bryan |
1900
Election |
President William McKinley |
(1901) |
 |
Theodore Roosevelt
Ascended to the Presidency |
1901
Ascention |
President Teddy Roosevelt |
1904 |
2nd Term |
Theodore Roosevelt
Alton B. Parker |
1904
Election |
President Teddy Roosevelt |
1908 |
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William Howard Taft
William Jennings Bryan |
1908
Election |
President William Howard Taft |
1912 |
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Woodrow Wilson
Theodore Roosevelt |
1912
Election |
President Woodrow Wilson |
1916 |
2nd Term |
Woodrow Wilson
Charles E. Hughes |
1916
Election |
President Woodrow Wilson |
1920 |
The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
gives women, across America, the right to vote. |
1920 |
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William G. Harding
James Middleton Cox |
1920
Election |
President Warren G. Harding |
(1923) |
 |
Calvin Coolidge
Ascended to the Presidency |
1923
Ascention |
President Calvin Coolidge |
1924 |
2nd Term |
Calvin Coolidge
John William Davis |
1908
Election |
President Calvin Coolidge |
1928 |
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Herbert
Hoover
Alfred E. Smith |
1928
Election |
President Herbert Hoover |
1932 |
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover |
1932
Election |
President Franklin D. Roosevelt |
1936 |
2nd Term |
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Alfred M. Landon
|
1936
Election |
President Franklin D. Roosevelt |
1940 |
3rd Term |
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Wendell L. Willkie |
1940
Election |
President Franklin D. Roosevelt |
1944 |
4th Term |
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Thomas E. Dewey |
1944
Election |
President Franklin D. Roosevelt |
(1945) |
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Harry S. Truman
Ascended to the Presidency |
1945
Ascention |
President Harry Truman |
1948 |
2nd Term |
Harry S. Truman
Thomas E. Dewey |
1948
Election |
President Harry Truman |
1952 |
 |
Dwight
D.
Eisenhower
Adlai Ewing Stevenson |
1952
Election |
President Dwight D. Eisenhower |
1956 |
2nd Term |
Dwight
D.
Eisenhower
Adlai Ewing Stevenson |
1956
Election |
President Dwight D. Eisenhower |
|
The admission of
Alaska and
Hawaii as states increase the
electoral votes from 531 to 537. |
1960 |
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John F. Kennedy
Richard M. Nixon |
1960
Election |
President John F. Kennedy |
(1963) |
 |
Lyndon Baines Johnson
Ascended to the Presidency |
1963
Ascention |
President Lyndon B. Johnson |
1964 |
2nd Term |
Lyndon B. Johnson
Barry M. Goldwater |
1964
Election |
President Lyndon B. Johnson |
1968 |
 |
Richard
Milhous
Nixon
Hubert Horatio Humphrey |
1968
Election |
President Richard M. Nixon |
1972 |
2nd Term |
Richard M. Nixon
V1
George S. McGovern |
1972
Election |
President Richard M. Nixon |
(1974) |
 |
Gerald Ford
Ascended to the Presidency |
1974
Ascention |
President Gerald Ford |
1976 |
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James (Jimmy)
Carter
Gerald R. Ford |
1976
Election |
President Jimmy Carter |
1980 |
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Ronald Reagan
James (Jimmy) Carter |
1980
Election |
President Ronald Reagan |
1984 |
2nd Term |
Ronald Reagan
Walter F. Mondale |
1984
Election |
President Ronald Reagan |
1988 |
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George H. W. Bush
Michael S. Dukakis |
1988
Election |
President
George Bush |
1992 |
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William J. (Bill) Clinton
George H. W. Bush |
1992
Election |
President Bill Clinton |
1996 |
2nd Term |
William J. (Bill) Clinton
Robert (Bob) Joseph Dole |
1996
Election |
President Bill Clinton |
2000 |
 |
George W. Bush
Albert A. Gore |
2000
Election |
President George W. Bush |
2004 |
2nd Term |
George W. Bush
John F. Kerry
|
2004
Election |
President George W. Bush |
2008 |
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Barack Hussein Obama
John McCain |
2008
Election |
President
Barack Hussein Obama |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election%2C_1816
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election%2C_1904
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election%2C_1908
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election%2C_1912
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election%2C_1916
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election%2C_1928
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election%2C_1988
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