| Year |
Winning Candidate (Party) |
Losing Candidate(s) (Party) |
| 1789 |
George Washington (No Party) |
John Adams (No Party) |
| 1792 |
George Washington (No Party) |
John Adams, George Clinton (No Party) |
| 1796 |
John Adams (Federalist) |
Thomas Jefferson, Aaron Burr (Democratic-Republican); Thomas Pinckney (Federalist) |
| 1800 |
Thomas Jefferson (Democratic-Republican) |
Aaron Burr (Democratic-Republican); John Adams, Charles Pinckney, John Jay (Federalist) |
| 1804 |
Thomas Jefferson (Democratic-Republican) |
Charles Pinckney (Federalist) |
| 1808 |
James Madison (Democratic-Republican) |
Charles Pinckney (Federalist); George Clinton (Democratic-Republican) |
| 1812 |
James Madison (Democratic-Republican) |
Dewitt Clinton (Federalist) |
| 1816 |
James Monroe (Democratic-Republican) |
Rufus King (Federalist) |
| 1820 |
James Monroe (Democratic-Republican) |
John Q. Adams (Independent Republican) |
| 1824 |
John Q. Adams (Democratic-Republican) |
Andrew Jackson, William H. Crawford, Henry Clay (Democratic-Republican) |
| 1828 |
Andrew Jackson (Democratic) |
John Q. Adams (National Republican) |
| 1832 |
Andrew Jackson (Democratic) |
Henry Clay, John Floyd (National Republican); William Wirt (Anti-Masonic) |
| 1836 |
Martin Van Buren (Democratic) |
William Henry Harrison, Hugh L. White, Daniel Webster, W. P. Mangum (Whig) |
| 1840 |
William Henry Harrison (Whig) |
Martin Van Buren (Democratic) |
| 1844 |
James K. Polk (Democratic) |
Henry Clay (Whig); James G. Birney (Liberty) |
| 1848 |
Zachary Taylor (Whig) |
Lewis Cass (Democratic); Martin Van Buren (Free Soil) |
| 1852 |
Franklin Pierce (Democratic) |
Winfield Scott (Whig); John P. Hale (Free Soil) |