List of United States Presidential candidates (1856-present)

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This is list of candidates for the offices of President of the United States and Vice President of the United States in general elections since 1856.


Year Democrat Republican Other
1856 James Buchanan-John C. Breckinridge* John Fremont-William Dayton Millard Fillmore-Andrew Jackson Donelson (Know Nothing)
1860 Stephen A. Douglas-Herschel Vespasian Johnson Abraham Lincoln-Hannibal Hamlin* John C. Breckinridge-Joseph Lane (Southern Democratic)
John Bell-Edward Everett (Constitutional Union)
1864 George McClellan-G. H. Pendleton Abraham Lincoln-Andrew Johnson*  
1868 Horatio Seymour-Francis Blair Ulysses S. Grant-Schuyler Colfax*  
1872 Horace Greeley-B. Gratz Brown Ulysses S. Grant-Henry Wilson* Charles O'Conor-John Quincy Adams II (Straight Out Democratic)
1876 Samuel J. Tilden-Thomas Hendricks Rutherford B. Hayes-William A. Wheeler* Peter Cooper-Samuel Fenton Cary (Greenback Labor)
Green Clay Smith-Gideon T. Stewart (Prohibition Party)
1880 Winfield Hancock-William English James Garfield-Chester A. Arthur* James B. Weaver-Benjamin J. Chambers (Greenback Labor)
Neal Dow-Henry A. Thompson (Prohibition)
1884 Grover Cleveland-Thomas Hendricks* James Blaine-John A. Logan Benjamin F. Butler-Absolom M. West (Greenback/Anti-Monopoly)
John P. St. John-William Daniel (Prohibition)
1888 Grover Cleveland-Allen G. Thurman Benjamin Harrison-Levi Morton* Clinton B. Fisk-John A. Brooks (Prohibition)
Alson J. Streeter-Charles E. Cunningham (Union Labor)
1892 Grover Cleveland-Adlai E. Stevenson* Benjamin Harrison-Whitelaw Reid James B. Weaver-James G. Field (Populist)
John Bidwell-James B. Cranfill (Prohibition)
Simon Wing-Charles H. Matchett (Socialist Labor)
1896 William Jennings Bryan-Arthur Sewall William McKinley-Garret Hobart*  
1900 William Jennings Bryan-Adlai E. Stevenson William McKinley-Theodore Roosevelt*  
1904 Alton B. Parker-Henry G. Davis Theodore Roosevelt-Charles W. Fairbanks*  
1908 William Jennings Bryan-John W. Kern William Howard Taft-James S. Sherman*  
1912 Woodrow Wilson-Thomas R. Marshall* William Howard Taft-Nicholas M. Butler Theodore Roosevelt-Hiram W. Johnson (Progressive)
1916 Woodrow Wilson-Thomas R. Marshall* Charles Evans Hughes-Charles W. Fairbanks  
1920 James M. Cox-Franklin D. Roosevelt Warren G. Harding-Calvin Coolidge*  
1924 John W. Davis-Charles W. Bryan Calvin Coolidge-Charles G. Dawes* Robert M. LaFollette-Burton K. Wheeler (Progressive)
1928 Al Smith-Joseph Taylor Robinson Herbert Hoover-Charles Curtis*  
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt-John Nance Garner* Herbert Hoover-Charles Curtis  
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt-John Nance Garner* Alf Landon-Frank Knox  
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt-Henry A. Wallace* Wendell Willkie-Charles L. McNary  
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt-Harry S. Truman* Thomas Dewey-John W. Bricker  
1948 Harry S. Truman-Alben W. Barkley* Thomas Dewey-Earl Warren Strom Thurmond-Fielding L. Wright (States' Rights)
Henry Wallace-Glen H. Taylor (Progressive)
1952 Adlai Stevenson-John Sparkman Dwight D. Eisenhower-Richard Nixon*  
1956 Adlai Stevenson-Estes Kefauver Dwight D. Eisenhower-Richard Nixon*  
1960 John F. Kennedy-Lyndon B. Johnson* Richard Nixon-Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.  
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson-Hubert Humphrey* Barry Goldwater-William E. Miller  
1968 Hubert Humphrey-Edmund Muskie Richard Nixon-Spiro Agnew* George Wallace-Curtis LeMay (American Independent)
1972 George McGovern-Sargent Shriver Richard Nixon-Spiro Agnew*  
1976 Jimmy Carter-Walter Mondale* Gerald Ford-Bob Dole  
1980 Jimmy Carter-Walter Mondale Ronald Reagan-George H. W. Bush* John B. Anderson-Patrick J. Lucey (Independent)
1984 Walter Mondale-Geraldine Ferraro Ronald Reagan-George H. W. Bush*  
1988 Michael Dukakis-Lloyd Bentsen George H. W. Bush-Dan Quayle*  
1992 Bill Clinton-Al Gore* George H. W. Bush-Dan Quayle Ross Perot-James Stockdale (Independent)
1996 Bill Clinton-Al Gore* Bob Dole-Jack Kemp Ross Perot-Patrick Choate (Reform)
2000 Al Gore-Joe Lieberman George W. Bush-Dick Cheney*  
2004 John Kerry-John Edwards George W. Bush-Dick Cheney*  

A star (*) signifies a winning candidate.

[edit] See also

List of United States Presidential candidates (1789-1852)

Heights of U.S. presidential candidates

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