List of major-party United States presidential candidates who lost their home or resident state
The following is a list of major party U.S. presidential candidates who lost their birth or resident states. While many successful candidates have won the presidency without winning their birth state, only three (James K. Polk, Woodrow Wilson and Richard Nixon) have won election despite losing their state of residence. (Nixon, a lifelong Californian, had taken residence in New York after his failed run for the California governor's office.) Polk is the only man to win the presidency but lose both states of birth and residence.
Presidents who won the election
Name | Election Year | Party | Birth State | Resident State |
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James K. Polk | 1844 | Democrat | Lost North Carolina | Lost Tennessee |
Zachary Taylor | 1848 | Whig | Lost Virginia | Won Louisiana |
Abraham Lincoln | 1860 | Republican | Lost Kentucky | Won Illinois |
Abraham Lincoln | 1864 | Republican | Lost Kentucky | Won Illinois |
Woodrow Wilson | 1916 | Democratic | Won Virginia | Lost New Jersey |
Richard Nixon | 1968 | Republican | Won California | Lost New York |
George H. W. Bush | 1988 | Republican | Lost Massachusetts | Won Texas |
George W. Bush | 2000 | Republican | Lost Connecticut | Won Texas |
George W. Bush | 2004 | Republican | Lost Connecticut | Won Texas |
Candidates who lost the election
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