List_of_United_States_Democratic_Party_presidential_tickets

List of United States Democratic Party presidential tickets

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This is a list of American electoral candidates for the offices of President of the United States and Vice President of the United States of the modern Democratic Party, either duly preselected and nominated, or the presumptive nominees of a future preselection and election. Opponents who received over one percent of the popular vote or ran an official campaign that received Electoral College votes are listed. Offices held prior to Election Day are included, and those held on Election Day have an italicized end date.

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If not for unpledged electors, Rush would have won 178 (68.2%) votes.
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South Carolina's delegates were selected by the state legislature and not by popular vote, which went to the Nullifier ticket of Floyd/Lee, which did not campaign, while 30 Pennsylvania delegates voted Wilkins for vice president. Two Maryland delegates did not cast votes.
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The Whig Party ran regional candidates in 1836. William H. Harrison and Francis Granger ran in Northern states, while Hugh Lawson White and John Tyler ran in Southern states. Daniel Webster was on the ballot in Massachusetts and Willie Person Mangum received votes from the Electoral College without being on the ballot.
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Wright declined after being nominated by the convention.
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Douglas and Johnson were chosen at the national nominating convention after most of the Southern delegations walked out, who held a separate national nominating convention to nominate Breckinridge and Lane.
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If not for 17 invalidated electors from Union-occupied Louisiana and Tennessee, Lincoln and Johnson would have won 229 (91.6%) votes.
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If not for 17 invalidated electors from Union-occupied Louisiana and Tennessee, McClellan and Pendleton would have won 8.4% of the votes.
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If not for the 14 invalidated electors from voting irregularities in Arkansas and Louisiana, Grant and Wilson would have won 300 (82.0%) votes.
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Greeley died after the election but before the Electoral College convened, and was not replaced for the vote. The ticket's intended delegates were scattered.
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If not for the 14 invalidated electors for Grant and Wilson from voting irregularities in Arkansas and Louisiana, Greeley and Brown's 66 votes would have been 18.0%.
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If not for a faithless elector, Eisenhower and Nixon would have won 458 (86.3%) in 1956.
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Eagleton withdrew from the ticket and was replaced by Shriver.
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If not for a faithless elector, Nixon and Agnew would have won 521 (96.8%) Electoral College votes.
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If not for a faithless elector, Ford would have won 241 (44.8%) votes.
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A faithless elector swapped their votes for president and vice president in the Electoral College, otherwise the Dukakis/Bentsen ticket would have won 112 (20.8%) votes.
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An elector from the District of Columbia abstained from casting a vote for the Gore/Lieberman ticket, otherwise Gore would have won 267 (49.6%) votes.
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A faithless elector voted Edwards for president and vice president in the Electoral College, otherwise Kerry would have won 252 (46.8%) votes.
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If not for faithless electors, Trump and Pence would have won 306 (56.9%) Electoral College votes each, while Clinton and Kaine would have won 232 (43.1%) votes.

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[1] [1]
If not for unpledged electors, Rush would have won 178 (68.2%) votes.

[2] [2]
South Carolina's delegates were selected by the state legislature and not by popular vote, which went to the Nullifier ticket of Floyd/Lee, which did not campaign, while 30 Pennsylvania delegates voted Wilkins for vice president. Two Maryland delegates did not cast votes.

[3] [3]
The Whig Party ran regional candidates in 1836. William H. Harrison and Francis Granger ran in Northern states, while Hugh Lawson White and John Tyler ran in Southern states. Daniel Webster was on the ballot in Massachusetts and Willie Person Mangum received votes from the Electoral College without being on the ballot.

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Wright declined after being nominated by the convention.

[5] [5]
Douglas and Johnson were chosen at the national nominating convention after most of the Southern delegations walked out, who held a separate national nominating convention to nominate Breckinridge and Lane.

[6] [6]
If not for 17 invalidated electors from Union-occupied Louisiana and Tennessee, Lincoln and Johnson would have won 229 (91.6%) votes.

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If not for 17 invalidated electors from Union-occupied Louisiana and Tennessee, McClellan and Pendleton would have won 8.4% of the votes.

[8] [8]
If not for the 14 invalidated electors from voting irregularities in Arkansas and Louisiana, Grant and Wilson would have won 300 (82.0%) votes.

[9] [9]
Greeley died after the election but before the Electoral College convened, and was not replaced for the vote. The ticket's intended delegates were scattered.

[10] [10]
If not for the 14 invalidated electors for Grant and Wilson from voting irregularities in Arkansas and Louisiana, Greeley and Brown's 66 votes would have been 18.0%.

[11] [11]
If not for a faithless elector, Eisenhower and Nixon would have won 458 (86.3%) in 1956.

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Eagleton withdrew from the ticket and was replaced by Shriver.

[1972_EC-13] [13]
If not for a faithless elector, Nixon and Agnew would have won 521 (96.8%) Electoral College votes.

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If not for a faithless elector, Ford would have won 241 (44.8%) votes.

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A faithless elector swapped their votes for president and vice president in the Electoral College, otherwise the Dukakis/Bentsen ticket would have won 112 (20.8%) votes.

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An elector from the District of Columbia abstained from casting a vote for the Gore/Lieberman ticket, otherwise Gore would have won 267 (49.6%) votes.

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A faithless elector voted Edwards for president and vice president in the Electoral College, otherwise Kerry would have won 252 (46.8%) votes.

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If not for faithless electors, Trump and Pence would have won 306 (56.9%) Electoral College votes each, while Clinton and Kaine would have won 232 (43.1%) votes.

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Presidential nominee	1828 (won), 1832 (won)		Vice presidential nominee
Andrew Jackson of TN (1767–1845)	Prior public experience U.S. House of Representatives (1796–1797) U.S. Senate (1797–1798, 1823–1825) Chair of the Senate Military Affairs Committee (1823–1825) Justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court (1798–1804) Governor of Florida (1821) President (1829–1837) Higher education None	Prior public experience South Carolina House of Representatives (1808–1809) U.S. House of Representatives (1811–1817) U.S. Secretary of War (1817–1825) Vice President (1825–1832) Higher education Yale University Litchfield Law School	John C. Calhoun of SC (1782–1850) (1828)
Andrew Jackson of TN (1767–1845)		Prior public experience New York Senate (1813–1820) Attorney General of New York (1815–1819) U.S. Senate (1821–1828) Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee (1823–1828) Governor of New York (1829) U.S. Secretary of State (1829–1831) U.S. Minister to the United Kingdom (1831–1832) Higher education None	Martin Van Buren of NY (1782–1862) (1832)
Opponent(s) John Quincy Adams (National Republican)	Electoral vote (President) Jackson: 178 (68.2%) Adams: 83 (31.8%) Electoral vote (Vice President)^[1] Calhoun: 171 (65.5%) Rush: 83 (31.8%) Smith: 7 (2.7%) Popular vote Jackson/Calhoun: 642,553 (55.9%) Adams/Rush: 500,897 (43.7%)		Opponent(s) Richard Rush (National Republican)
Opponent(s) Henry Clay (Whig) William Wirt (Anti-Masonic)	Electoral vote (President)^[2] Jackson: 219 (76.0%) Clay: 49 (17.0%) Floyd: 11 (3.8%) Wirt: 7 (2.4%) None: 2 (0.7%) Electoral vote (Vice President) Van Buren: 189 (65.6%) Sargent: 49 (17.0%) Wilkins: 30 (10.4%) Lee: 11 (3.8%) Ellmaker: 7 (2.4%) None: 2 (0.7%) Popular vote Jackson/Van Buren: 701,780 (54.7%) Clay/Sargent: 484,205 (36.9%) Wirt/Ellmaker: 100,715 (7.8%)		Opponent(s) John Sergeant (Whig) Amos Ellmaker (Anti-Masonic)

Presidential nominee	1836 (won), 1840 (lost)		Vice presidential nominee
Martin Van Buren of NY (1782–1862)	Prior public experience New York Senate (1813–1820) Attorney General of New York (1815–1819) U.S. Senate (1821–1828) Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee (1823–1828) Governor of New York (1829) U.S. Secretary of State (1829–1831) U.S. Minister to the United Kingdom (1831–1832) Vice President (1833–1837) President (1837–1841) Higher education None	Prior public experience Kentucky House of Representatives (1804–1806, 1819) U.S. House of Representatives (1807–1819, 1829–1837) Chair of the House Claims Committee (1810–1811) Chair of the War Department Expenditures Committee (1817–1819) Chair of the House Post Office Committee (1829–1832) Chair of the House Military Affairs Committee (1832–1837) U.S. Senate (1819–1829) Chair of the Senate Post Office Committee (1829–1832) Vice President (1837–1841) Higher education Transylvania University	Richard Johnson of KY (1780–1850)
Opponent(s) William Harrison (Northern Whig) Hugh White (Southern Whig)	Electoral vote (President)^[3] Van Buren: 170 (57.8%) Harrison: 73 (24.8%) White: 26 (8.8%) Webster: 14 (4.8%) Magnum: 11 (3.7%) Contingent vote (Vice President) Johnson 33 (63.5%) Granger: 16 (30.8%) Blank: 3 (5.8%) Electoral vote (Vice President) Johnson 147 (50.0%) Granger: 77 (26.2%) Tyler: 47 (16.0%) Smith: 23 (7.8%) Popular vote Van Buren/Johnson: 764,176 (50.8%) Harrison/Granger: 550,816 (36.6%) White/Tyler: 146,109 (9.7%) Webster/Granger: 41,201 (2.7%)		Opponent(s) Francis Granger (Northern Whig) John Tyler (Southern Whig)
Opponent(s) William Harrison (Whig)	Electoral vote (President) Harrison: 234 (79.6%) Van Buren: 60 (20.4%) Electoral vote (Vice President) Tyler: 234 (79.6%) Johnson: 48 (16.3%) Tazewell: 11 (3.7%) Polk: 1 (0.3%) Popular vote Harrison/Tyler: 1,275,390 (52.9%) Van Buren/Johnson: 1,128,854 (46.8%)		Opponent(s) John Tyler (Whig)

Presidential nominee	1844 (won)		Vice presidential nominee
James Polk of TN (1795–1849)	Prior public experience Tennessee House of Representatives (1823–1825) U.S. House of Representatives (1825–1839) Chair of the House Ways and Means Committee (1833–1835) Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives (1835–1839) Governor of Tennessee (1839–1841) Higher education University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (BA)	Prior public experience U.S. House of Representatives (1827–1829) Comptroller of New York (1829–1833) U.S. Senate (1833–1844) Chair of the Senate Finance Committee (1836–1841) Higher education Middlebury College (BA)	Silas Wright of NY (1795–1847) (1844)^[4]
James Polk of TN (1795–1849)		Prior public experience Mayor of Philadelphia, PA (1828–1829) U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (1829–1831) Attorney General of Pennsylvania (1833–1835) U.S. Minister to Russia (1837–1839) U.S. Senate (1839–1841) Chair of the Senate Naval Affairs Committee (1832–1833) Higher education Princeton University (BA)	George Dallas of PA (1792–1864) (1844)
Opponent(s) Henry Clay (Whig) James Birney (Liberty)	Electoral vote Polk/Dallas: 170 (61.8%) Clay/Frelinghuysen: 105 (38.2%) Popular vote Polk/Dallas: 1,339,494 (49.5%) Clay/Frelinghuysen: 1,300,004 (49.1%) Birney/Morris: 62,103 (2.3%)		Opponent(s) Theodore Frelinghuysen (Whig) Thomas Morris (Liberty)

Presidential nominee	1848 (lost)		Vice presidential nominee
Lewis Cass of MI (1782–1866)	Prior public experience Ohio House of Representatives (1806) Governor of Michigan (1813–1831) U.S. Secretary of War (1831–1836) U.S. Minister to France (1836–1842) U.S. Senate (1845–1848) Chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee (1847–1848) Higher education None	Prior public experience Kentucky House of Representatives (1817–1818) U.S. House of Representatives (1839–1843) Higher education Transylvania University (BA)	William Butler of KY (1791–1880)
Opponent(s) Zachary Taylor (Whig) Martin Van Buren (Free Soil)	Electoral vote Taylor/Fillmore: 163 (56.2%) Cass/Butler: 127 (43.8%) Popular vote Taylor/Fillmore: 1,361,393 (47.1%) Cass/Butler: 1,223,460 (42.5%) Van Buren/Adams 291,501 (10.1%)		Opponent(s) Millard Fillmore (Whig) Charles Adams (Free Soil)

Presidential nominee	1852 (won)		Vice presidential nominee
Franklin Pierce of NH (1804–1869)	Prior public experience New Hampshire House of Representatives (1829–1833) Speaker of the New Hampshire House of Representatives (1831–1833) U.S. House of Representatives (1833–1837) U.S. Senate (1837–1842) Chair of the Senate Pensions Committee (1839–1841) U.S. Attorney for the District of New Hampshire (1845) Higher education Bowdoin College Northampton Law School	Prior public experience North Carolina House of Representatives (1807–1809) U.S. House of Representatives (1811–1816) U.S. Senate (1819–1844, 1848–1852) Chair of the Senate Public Lands Committee (1831–1832) Chair of the Senate Commerce Committee (1832–1833, 1837–1841) President pro tempore of the U.S. Senate (1836–1841, 1850–1852) Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (1849–1850) Chair of the Senate Pensions Committee (1849–1850) U.S. Minister to France (1844–1846) Higher education University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (BA)	William King of AL (1786–1853)
Opponent(s) Winfield Scott (Whig) John Hale (Free Soil)	Electoral vote Pierce/King: 254 (85.8%) Scott/Graham: 42 (14.2%) Popular vote Pierce/King: 1,607,510 (50.8%) Scott/Graham: 1,386,942 (43.9%) Hale/Julian: 155,210 (4.9%)		Opponent(s) William Graham (Whig) George Julian (Free Soil)

Presidential nominee	1856 (won)		Vice presidential nominee
James Buchanan of PA (1791–1868)	Prior public experience Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1814–1816) U.S. House of Representatives (1821–1831) Chair of the House Judiciary Committee (1829–1831) U.S. Minister to Russia (1832–1833) U.S. Senate (1834–1845) Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (1836–1841) U.S. Secretary of State (1845–1849) U.S. Minister to the United Kingdom (1853–1856) Higher education Dickinson College (BA)	Prior public experience Kentucky House of Representatives (1849–1851) U.S. House of Representatives (1851–1855) Higher education Centre College (BA) Princeton University Transylvania University	John Breckinridge of KY (1821–1875)
Opponent(s) John Frémont (Republican) Millard Fillmore (Know Nothing)	Electoral vote Buchanan/Breckinridge: 174 (58.8%) Frémont/Dayton: 114 (38.5%) Fillmore/Donelson: 8 (2.7%) Popular vote Buchanan/Breckinridge: 1,836,072 (45.3%) Frémont/Dayton: 1,342,345 (33.1%) Fillmore/Donelson: 873,053 (21.5%)		Opponent(s) William Dayton (Republican) Andrew Donelson (Know Nothing)

Presidential nominee	1860 (lost)^[5]		Vice presidential nominee
Stephen Douglas of IL (1813–1861)	Prior public experience Illinois House of Representatives (1836–1838) Secretary of State of Illinois (1840–1841) Associate Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court (1841–1843) U.S. House of Representatives (1843–1847) Chair of the House Territories Committee (1845–1847) U.S. Senate (1847–1861) Chair of the Senate Territories Committee (1847–1858) Higher education None	Prior public experience U.S. Senate (1848–1849) Chair of the Senate District of Columbia Committee (1848–1849) Governor of Georgia (1853–1857) Higher education University of Georgia (BA)	Herschel Johnson of GA (1812–1880)
Opponent(s) Abraham Lincoln (Republican) John Breckinridge (Southern Democrats) John Bell (Constitutional Union)	Electoral vote Lincoln/Hamlin: 180 (59.4%) Breckinridge/Lane: 72 (23.8%) Bell/Everett: 39 (12.9%) Douglas/Johnson: 12 (4.0%) Popular vote Lincoln/Hamlin: 1,865,908 (39.7%) Douglas/Johnson: 1,380,202 (29.5%) Breckinridge/Lane: 848,019 (18.2%) Bell/Everett: 590,901 (12.7%)		Opponent(s) Hannibal Hamlin (Republican) Joe Lane (Southern Democrats) Edward Everett (Constitutional Union)

Presidential nominee	1864 (lost)		Vice presidential nominee
George McClellan of NJ (1826–1885)	Prior public experience Commanding General of the U.S. Army (1861–1862) Higher education University of Pennsylvania U.S. Military Academy (BS)	Prior public experience Ohio Senate (1854–1856) U.S. House of Representatives (1857–1865) Higher education University of Cincinnati Heidelberg University	George Pendleton of OH (1825–1889)
Opponent(s) Abraham Lincoln (Constitutional Union)	Electoral vote Lincoln/Johnson: 212 (91.0%)^[6] McClellan/Pendleton: 21 (9.0%)^[7] Popular vote Lincoln/Johnson: 2,218,388 (55.0%) McClellan/Pendleton: 1,812,807 (45.0%)		Opponent(s) Andrew Johnson (Constitutional Union)

Presidential nominee	1868 (lost)		Vice presidential nominee
Horatio Seymour of NY (1810–1886)	Prior public experience New York Assembly (1842, 1944–1845) Speaker of the New York Assembly (1845) Governor of New York (1853–1854, 1863–1864) Higher education Hobart College Norwich University (BA)	Prior public experience Attorney General of New Mexico (1847) Missouri House of Representatives (1852–1856) U.S. House of Representatives (1857–1859, 1860, 1861–1864) Chair of the House Armed Services Committee (1861–1862) Higher education Yale University University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Princeton University (BA) Transylvania University	Francis Blair of MO (1821–1875)
Opponent(s) Ulysses S. Grant (Republican)	Electoral vote Grant/Colfax: 214 (72.8%) Seymour/Blair: 80 (27.2%) Popular vote Grant/Colfax: 3,013,421 (52.7%) Seymour/Blair: 2,706,829 (47.3%)		Opponent(s) Schuyler Colfax (Republican)

Presidential nominee	1872 (lost)		Vice presidential nominee
Horace Greeley of NY (1811–1872)	Prior public experience U.S. House of Representatives (1848–1849) Higher education None	Prior public experience Missouri House of Representatives (1852–1858) U.S. Senate (1863–1867) Chair of the Senate Audit Committee (1865–1866) Chair of the Senate Public Grounds Committee (1866–1867) Governor of Missouri (1871–1873) Higher education Transylvania University Yale University (BA) University of Louisville (LLB)	Gratz Brown of MO (1826–1885)
Opponent(s) Ulysses S. Grant (Republican)	Electoral vote Grant/Wilson: 286 (81.3%)^[8] Greeley/Brown: 66 (18.8%)^[9]^[10] Popular vote Grant/Wilson: 3,598,235 (55.6%)* Greely/Brown: 2,834,761 (43.8%)		Opponent(s) Henry Wilson (Republican)

Presidential nominee	1876 (lost)		Vice presidential nominee
Samuel Tilden of NY (1814–1886)	Prior public experience New York Assembly (1846–1847, 1872) Chair of the New York Democratic Party (1866–1874) Governor of New York (1875–1876) Higher education Yale University New York University	Prior public experience Indiana House of Representatives (1848–1850) U.S. House of Representatives (1851–1855) Chair of the House Mileage Committee (1851–1853) Chair of the House Invalid Pensions Committee (1853–1855) Commissioner of the General Land Office (1855–1859) U.S. Senate (1863–1869) Governor of Indiana (1873–1877) Higher education Hanover College (BA)	Thomas Hendricks of IN (1819–1885)
Opponent(s) Rutherford Hayes (Republican)	Electoral vote Hayes/Wheeler: 185 (50.1%) Tilden/Hendricks: 184 (49.9%) Popular vote Tilden/Hendricks: 4,288,546 (50.9%) Hayes/Wheeler: 4,034,311 (47.9%)		Opponent(s) William Wheeler (Republican)

Presidential nominee	1880 (lost)		Vice presidential nominee
Winfield Hancock of PA (1824–1886)	Prior public experience Commander of the Fifth Military District (1867–1868) Higher education U.S. Military Academy (BS)	Prior public experience Indiana House of Representatives (1851–1853) Speaker of the Indiana House of Representatives (1852) U.S. House of Representatives (1853–1861) Chair of the House Post Office Committee (1857–1859) Higher education Hanover College	William English of IN (1822–1896)
Opponent(s) James Garfield (Republican) James Weaver (Greenback)	Electoral vote Garfield/Arthur: 214 (58.0%) Hancock/English: 155 (42.0%) Popular vote Garfield/Arthur: 4,446,158 (48.3%) Hancock/English: 4,444,260 (48.2%) Weaver/Chambers: 308,649 (3.4%)		Opponent(s) Chester Arthur (Republican) Barzillai Chambers (Greenback)

Presidential nominee	1884 (won), 1888 (lost), 1892 (won)		Vice presidential nominee
Grover Cleveland of NY (1837–1908)	Prior public experience Mayor of Buffalo, NY (1882) Governor of New York (1883–1885) President (1885–1889) Higher education None	Prior public experience Indiana House of Representatives (1848–1850) U.S. House of Representatives (1851–1855) Chair of the House Mileage Committee (1851–1853) Chair of the House Invalid Pensions Committee (1853–1855) Commissioner of the General Land Office (1855–1859) U.S. Senate (1863–1869) Governor of Indiana (1873–1877) Higher education Hanover College (BA)	Thomas Hendricks of IN (1819–1885) (1884)
		Prior public experience Ohio Supreme Court (1852–1856) Associate Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court (1852–1854) Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court (1854–1856) U.S. Senate (1869–1881) Chair of the Senate Private Land Claims Committee (1872–1879) President pro tempore of the U.S. Senate (1879–1880) Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee (1879–1881) Higher education None	Allen Thurman of OH (1813–1895) (1888)
		Prior public experience U.S. House of Representatives (1875–1877, 1879–1881) Higher education Illinois Wesleyan University Centre College (BA)	Adlai Stevenson of IL (1835–1914) (1892)
Opponent(s) James Blaine (Republican) St. John (Prohibition) Benjamin Butler (Greenback)	Electoral vote Cleveland/Hendricks: 219 (54.6%) Blaine/Logan: 182 (45.4%) Popular vote Cleveland/Hendricks: 4,914,482 (48.9%) Blaine/Logan: 4,856,905 (48.3%) St. John/Daniel: 147,482 (1.5%) Butler/West: 134,294 (1.3%)		Opponent(s) John Logan (Republican) William Daniel (Prohibition) Absolom West (Greenback)
Opponent(s) Benjamin Harrison (Republican) Clinton Fisk (Prohibition) Alson Streeter (Union Labor)	Electoral vote Harrison/Morton: 233 (58.1%) Cleveland/Thurman: 168 (41.9%) Popular vote Cleveland/Thurman: 5,534,488 (48.6%) Harrison/Morton: 5,443,892 (47.8%) Fisk/Brooks: 249,819 (2.2%) Streeter/Cunningham: 146,602 (1.3%)		Opponent(s) Levi Morton (Republican) John Brooks (Prohibition) Charles Cunningham (Union Labor)
Opponent(s) Benjamin Harrison (Republican) James Weaver (Populist) John Bidwell (Prohibition)	Electoral vote Cleveland/Stevenson: 277 (62.4%) Harrison/Reid: 145 (32.7%) Weaver/Field: 22 (5.0%) Popular vote Cleveland/Stevenson: 5,556,918 (46.0%) Harrison/Reid: 5,176,108 (43.0%) Weaver/Field: 1,041,028 (8.5%) Bidwell/Cranfill: 270,879 (2.2%)		Opponent(s) Whitelaw Reid (Republican) James Field (Populist) James Cranfill (Prohibition)

Presidential nominee	1896 (lost), 1900 (lost)		Vice presidential nominee
William Jennings Bryan of NE (1860–1925)	Prior public experience U.S. House of Representatives (1891–1895) Higher education Illinois College (BA) Northwestern University (LLB)	Prior public experience None Higher education None	Arthur Sewall of ME (1835–1900) (1896)
William Jennings Bryan of NE (1860–1925)		Prior public experience U.S. House of Representatives (1875–1877, 1879–1881) Vice President (1893–1897) Higher education Illinois Wesleyan University Centre College (BA)	Adlai Stevenson of IL (1835–1914) (1900)
Opponent(s) William McKinley (Republican)	Electoral vote (President) McKinley: 271 (60.6%) Bryan: 176 (39.4%) Electoral vote (Vice President) Hobart: 271 (60.6%) Sewall: 149 (33.3%) Watson: 27 (6.0%) Popular vote McKinley/Hobart: 7,102,246 (51.0%) Bryan/Sewall-Watson: 6,492,559 (46.7%)		Opponent(s) Garret Hobart (Republican) Thomas E. Watson (Populist)
Opponent(s) William McKinley (Republican) John Woolley (Prohibition)	Electoral vote McKinley/Roosevelt: 292 (65.3%) Bryan/Stevenson: 155 (34.7%) Popular vote McKinley/Roosevelt: 7,228,864 (51.6%) Bryan/Stevenson: 6,370,932 (45.5%) Woolley/Metcalf: 210,864 (1.5%)		Opponent(s) Theodore Roosevelt (Republican) Henry Metcalf (Prohibition)

Presidential nominee	1904 (lost)		Vice presidential nominee
Alton Parker of NY (1852–1926)	Prior public experience Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals (1898–1904) Higher education Union University, New York (LLB)	Prior public experience West Virginia House of Delegates (1865–1869) West Virginia Senate (1869–1871) U.S. Senate (1871–1883) Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee (1879–1881) Higher education None	Henry Davis of WV (1823–1916)
Opponent(s) Theodore Roosevelt (Republican) Gene Debs (Socialist) Silas Swallow (Prohibition)	Electoral vote Roosevelt/Fairbanks: 336 (70.6%) Parker/Davis: 140 (29.4%) Popular vote Roosevelt/Fairbanks: 7,630,457 (56.4%) Parker/Davis: 5,083,880 (37.6%) Debs/Hanford: 402,810 (3.0%) Swallow/Carroll: 259,102 (1.9%)		Opponent(s) Charles Fairbanks (Republican) Ben Hanford (Socialist) George Carroll (Prohibition)

Presidential nominee	1948 (won)		Vice presidential nominee
Harry S. Truman of MO (1884–1972)	Prior public experience Presiding Judge of Jackson County, MO (1927–1935) U.S. Senate (1935–1945) Chair of the Senate National Defense Program Committee (1941–1944) Vice President (1945) President (1945–1953) Higher education Spalding's Commercial College University of Missouri, Kansas City	Prior public experience U.S. House of Representatives (1913–1927) U.S. Senate (1927–1949) Senate Majority Leader (1937–1947) Senate Minority Leader (1947–1949) Chair of the Joint Inaugural Ceremonies Committee (1948) Higher education Marvin College (BA) Emory University University of Virginia	Alben Barkley of KY (1877–1956)
Opponent(s) Thomas Dewey (Republican) Strom Thurmond (Dixiecrat) Henry Wallace (Progressive)	Electoral vote Truman/Barkley: 303 (57.1%) Dewey/Warren: 189 (35.6%) Thurmond/Wright: 39 (7.3%) Popular vote Truman/Barkley: 24,179,347 (49.6%) Dewey/Warren: 21,991,292 (45.1%) Thurmond/Wright: 1,175,930 (2.4%) Wallace/Taylor: 1,157,328 (2.3%)		Opponent(s) Earl Warren (Republican) Fielding Wright (Dixiecrat) Glen Taylor (Progressive)

Presidential nominee	1968 (lost)		Vice presidential nominee
Hubert Humphrey of MN (1911–1978)	Prior public experience Mayor of Minneapolis, MN (1945–1948) U.S. Senate (1949–1964) Senate Majority Whip (1961–1964) Chair of the Senate Disarmament Committee (1955–1959) Vice President (1965–1969) Higher education Capitol College of Pharmacy University of Minnesota (BA) Louisiana State University (MA)	Prior public experience Maine House of Representatives (1947–1951) Minority Leader of the Maine House of Representatives (1949–1951) Governor of Maine (1955–1959) U.S. Senate (1959–1980) Chair of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (1967–1969) Higher education Bates College (BA) Cornell University (LLB)	Edmund Muskie of ME (1914–1996)
Opponent(s) Richard Nixon (Republican) George Wallace (American Independent)	Electoral vote Nixon/Agnew: 301 (55.9%) Humphrey/Muskie: 191 (35.5%) Wallace/LeMay: 46 (8.6%) Popular vote Nixon/Agnew: 31,783,783 (43.4%) Humphrey/Muskie: 31,271,839 (42.7%) Wallace/LeMay: 9,901,118 (13.5%)		Opponent(s) Spiro Agnew (Republican) Curtis LeMay (American Independent)

Presidential nominee	1972 (lost)		Vice presidential nominee
George McGovern of SD (1922–2012)	Prior public experience U.S. House of Representatives (1957–1961) Director of Food for Peace (1961–1962) U.S. Senate (1963–1981) Chair of the Senate Nutrition Committee (1968–1977) Higher education Dakota Wesleyan University (BA) Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary Northwestern University (MA, PhD)	Prior public experience Attorney General of Missouri (1961–1965) Lieutenant Governor of Missouri (1965–1968) U.S. Senate (1968–1987) Higher education Amherst College (BA) University of Oxford Harvard University (LLB)	Tom Eagleton of MO (1929–2007) (1972)^[12]
George McGovern of SD (1922–2012)		Prior public experience Director of the Peace Corps (1961–1966) Director of the Office of Economic Opportunity (1964–1968) U.S Ambassador to France (1968–1970) Higher education Yale University (BA, LLB)	Sargent Shriver of MD (1915–2011) (1972)
Opponent(s) Richard Nixon (Republican) John G. Schmitz (American Independent)	Electoral vote Nixon/Agnew: 520 (96.7%)^[13] McGovern/Shriver: 17 (3.2%) Hospers/Nathan: 1 (0.2%)^[13] Popular vote Nixon/Agnew: 47,168,710 (60.6%) McGovern/Shriver 29,173,222 (37.5%) Schmitz/Anderson: 1,100,868 (1.4%)		Opponent(s) Spiro Agnew (Republican) Thomas J. Anderson (American Independent)

Presidential nominee	1976 (won), 1980 (lost)		Vice presidential nominee
Jimmy Carter of GA (born 1924)	Prior public experience Georgia Senate (1963–1967) Governor of Georgia (1971–1975) President (1977–1981) Higher education Georgia Southwestern State University Georgia Institute of Technology United States Naval Academy (BS)	Prior public experience Attorney General of Minnesota (1960–1964) U.S. Senate (1964–1976) Chair of the Senate Equal Education Opportunity Committee (1969–1973) Vice President (1977–1981) Higher education Macalester College University of Minnesota (BA, JD)	Walter Mondale of MN (1928–2021)
Opponent(s) Gerald Ford (Republican)	Electoral vote (President) Carter: 297 (55.2%) Ford: 240 (44.6%)^[14] Reagan: 1 (0.2%) Electoral vote (Vice President) Mondale: 297 (55.2%) Dole: 241 (44.8%) Popular vote Carter/Mondale: 40,831,881 (50.1%) Ford/Dole: 39,148,634 (48.0%)		Opponent(s) Bob Dole (Republican)
Opponent(s) Ronald Reagan (Republican) John B. Anderson (Independent) Ed Clark (Libertarian)	Electoral vote Reagan/Bush: 489 (90.9%) Carter/Mondale: 49 (9.1%) Popular vote Reagan/Bush: 43,903,230 (50.8%) Carter/Mondale: 35,480,115 (41.0%) Anderson/Lucey: 5,719,850 (6.6%) Clark/Koch: 921,128 (1.1%)		Opponent(s) George H. W. Bush (Republican) Patrick Lucey (Independent) David Koch (Libertarian)

Presidential nominee	1908 (lost)		Vice presidential nominee
William Jennings Bryan of NE (1860–1925)	Prior public experience U.S. House of Representatives (1891–1895) Higher education Illinois College (BA) Northwestern University (LLB)	Prior public experience Indiana Senate (1893–1897) Higher education University of Michigan (LLB)	John Kern of IN (1849–1917)
Opponent(s) William Taft (Republican) Gene Debs (Socialist) Eugene Chafin (Prohibition)	Electoral vote Taft/Sherman: 321 (66.5%) Parker/Davis: 162 (33.5%) Popular vote Taft/Sherman: 7,678,335 (51.6%) Bryan/Kern: 6,408,979 (43.0%) Debs/Hanford: 420,852 (2.8%) Chafin/Watkins: 254,087 (1.7%)		Opponent(s) Jim Sherman (Republican) Ben Hanford (Socialist) Aaron Watkins (Prohibition)

Presidential nominee	1912 (won), 1916 (won)		Vice presidential nominee
Woodrow Wilson of NJ (1856–1924)	Prior public experience Governor of New Jersey (1911–1913) President (1913–1921) Higher education Davidson College Princeton University (BA) University of Virginia Johns Hopkins University (MA, PhD)	Prior public experience Governor of Indiana (1909–1913) Vice President (1913–1921) Higher education Wabash College (BA)	Thomas Marshall of IN (1854–1925)
Opponent(s) William Taft (Republican) Theodore Roosevelt (Progressive) Gene Debs (Socialist) Eugene Chafin (Prohibition)	Electoral vote Wilson/Marshall: 435 (81.9%) Roosevelt/Johnson: 88 (16.6%) Taft/Butler: 8 (1.5%) Popular vote Wilson/Marshall: 6,296,284 (41.8%) Roosevelt/Johnson: 4,122,721 (24.7%) Taft/Butler: 3,486,242 (23.2%) Debs/Seidel: 901,551 (6.0%) Chafin/Watkins: 208,156 (1.7%)		Opponent(s) Nicholas Butler (Republican) Hiram Johnson (Progressive) Emil Seidel (Socialist) Aaron Watkins (Prohibition)
Opponent(s) Charles Hughes (Republican) Allan Benson (Socialist) Frank Hanly (Prohibition)	Electoral vote Wilson/Marshall: 277 (52.2%) Hughes/Fairbanks: 254 (47.8%) Popular vote Wilson/Marshall: (49.2%) Hughes/Fairbanks: 8,548,728 (46.1%) Benson/Kirkpatrick: 590,524 (3.2%) Hanly/Landrith: 221,302 (1.2%)		Opponent(s) Charles Fairbanks (Republican) Kirk Kirkpatrick (Socialist) Ira Landrith (Prohibition)

Presidential nominee	1920 (lost)		Vice presidential nominee
James Cox of OH (1870–1957)	Prior public experience U.S. House of Representatives (1909–1913) Governor of Ohio (1913–1915, 1917–1921) Higher education None	Prior public experience New York Senate (1911–1913) Assistant Secretary of the Navy (1913–1920) Higher education Harvard University (BA) Columbia University	Franklin D. Roosevelt of NY (1882–1945)
Opponent(s) Warren G. Harding (Republican) Gene Debs (Socialist) Parley Christensen (Farmer-Labor)	Electoral vote Harding/Coolidge: 404 (76.1%) Cox/Roosevelt: 127 (23.9%) Popular vote Harding/Coolidge: 16,144,093 (60.3%) Cox/Roosevelt: 9,139,661 (34.2%) Debs/Stedman: 913,693 (3.4%) Christensen/Hayes: 265,398 (1.0%)		Opponent(s) Calvin Coolidge (Republican) Stedy Stedman (Socialist) Max Hayes (Farmer-Labor)

Presidential nominee	1924 (lost)		Vice presidential nominee
John Davis of WV (1873–1955)	Prior public experience West Virginia House of Delegates (1899) U.S. House of Representatives (1911–1913) U.S. Solicitor General (1913–1918) U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom (1918–1921) Higher education Washington and Lee University (BA, LLB)	Prior public experience Mayor of Lincoln, NE (1915–1917) Governor of Nebraska (1923–1925) Higher education Illinois College University of Chicago	Charles Bryan of NE (1867–1945)
Opponent(s) Calvin Coolidge (Republican) Robert La Follette (Progressive)	Electoral vote Coolidge/Dawes: 382 (71.9%) Davis/Bryan: 136 (25.6%) La Follette/Wheeler: 13 (2.4%) Popular vote Coolidge/Dawes: 15,723,789 (54.0%) Davis/Bryan: 8,386,242 (28.8%) La Follette/Wheeler: 4,831,706 (16.6%)		Opponent(s) Charles Dawes (Republican) Burton Wheeler (Progressive)

Presidential nominee	1928 (lost)		Vice presidential nominee
Al Smith of NY (1873–1944)	Prior public experience New York Assembly (1904–1915) Majority Leader of the New York Assembly (1912, 1914–1915) Minority Leader of the New York Assembly (1912) Speaker of the New York Assembly (1913) New York City Council (1917–1918) President of the New York City Council (1917–1918) Governor of New York (1919–1920, 1923–1928) Higher education None	Prior public experience Arkansas House of Representatives (1895–1987) U.S. House of Representatives (1903–1912) Chair of the House Public Lands Committee (1911–1912) Governor of Arkansas (1913) U.S. Senate (1913–1937) Chair of the Senate Treasury Department Expenditures Committee (1913–1917) Chair of the Senate Claims Committee (1917–1919) Senate Majority Leader (1923–1933) Higher education University of Arkansas University of Virginia	Joe Robinson of AR (1872–1937)
Opponent(s) Herbert Hoover (Republican)	Electoral vote Hoover/Curtis: 444 (83.6%) Smith/Robinson: 87 (16.4%) Popular vote Hoover/Curtis: 21,427,123: (58.2%) Smith/Robinson: 15,015,464 (40.8%)		Opponent(s) Charles Curtis (Republican)

Presidential nominee	1932 (won), 1936 (won), 1940 (won), 1944 (won)		Vice presidential nominee
Franklin D. Roosevelt of NY (1882–1945)	Prior public experience New York Senate (1911–1913) Assistant Secretary of the Navy (1913–1920) Governor of New York (1929–1932) President (1933–1945) Higher education Harvard University (BA) Columbia University	Prior public experience Texas House of Representatives (1898–1902) U.S. House of Representatives (1903–1933) House Minority Leader (1929–1931) Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives (1931–1933) Vice President (1933–1941) Higher education Vanderbilt University	Jack Garner of TX (1868–1967) (1932, 1936)
		Prior public experience U.S. Secretary of Agriculture (1933–1940) Higher education Iowa State University (BS)	Henry Wallace of IA (1888–1965) (1940)
		Prior public experience Presiding Judge of Jackson County, MO (1927–1935) U.S. Senate (1935–1945) Chair of the Senate National Defense Program Committee (1941–1944) Higher education Spalding's Commercial College University of Missouri, Kansas City	Harry S. Truman of MO (1884–1972) (1944)
Opponent(s) Herbert Hoover (Republican) Norman Thomas (Socialist)	Electoral vote Roosevelt/Garner: 472 (88.9%) Hoover/Curtis: 59 (11.1%) Popular vote Roosevelt/Garner: 22,821,277 (57.4%) Hoover/Curtis: 15,761,254 (39.7%) Thomas/Maurer: 884,885 (2.2%)		Opponent(s) Charles Curtis (Republican) James Maurer (Socialist)
Opponent(s) Alf Landon (Republican) William Lemke (Union)	Electoral vote Roosevelt/Garner: 523 (98.5%) Landon/Knox: 8 (1.5%) Popular vote Roosevelt/Garner: 27,752,648 (60.8%) Landon/Knox: 16,681,862 (36.5%) Lemke/O'Brien: 892,378 (2.0%)		Opponent(s) Frank Knox (Republican) Thomas O'Brien (Union)
Opponent(s) Wendell Willkie (Republican)	Electoral vote Roosevelt/Wallace: 449 (84.6%) Willkie/McNary: 82 (15.4%) Popular vote Roosevelt/Wallace 27,313,945: (54.7%) Willkie/McNary: (44.8%)		Opponent(s) Charles L. McNary (Republican)
Opponent(s) Thomas Dewey (Republican)	Electoral vote Roosevelt/Truman: 432 (81.4%) Dewey/Bicker: 99 (18.6%) Popular vote Roosevelt/Truman: 25,612,916 (53.4%) Dewey/Bicker: 22,017,929 (45.3%)		Opponent(s) John Bricker (Republican)

Presidential nominee	1952 (lost), 1956 (lost)		Vice presidential nominee
Adlai Stevenson II of IL (1900–1965)	Prior public experience Governor of Illinois (1949–1953) Higher education Princeton University (BA) Northwestern University (JD)	Prior public experience U.S. House of Representatives (1937–1946) House Majority Whip (1946) U.S. Senate (1946–1979) Chair of the Senate Small Business Committee (1955–1967) Higher education University of Alabama (BA, LLB)	John Sparkman of AL (1899–1985) (1952)
Adlai Stevenson II of IL (1900–1965)		Prior public experience U.S. House of Representatives (1939–1949) U.S. Senate (1949–1963) Chair of the Senate Interstate Commerce Crime Committee (1950–1951) Higher education University of Tennessee, Knoxville (BA) Yale University (LLB)	Estes Kefauver of TN (1903–1963) (1956)
Opponent(s) Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)	Electoral vote Eisenhower/Nixon: 442 (83.2%) Stevenson/Sparkman: 89 (16.8%) Popular vote Eisenhower/Nixon: 34,075,529 (55.2%) Stevenson/Sparkman: 27,375,090 (44.2%)		Opponent(s) Richard Nixon (Republican)
Opponent(s) Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)	Electoral vote Eisenhower/Nixon: 457 (86.1%)^[11] Stevenson/Kefauver: 73 (13.7%) Jones/Talmadge: 1 (0.2%) Popular vote Eisenhower/Nixon: 35,579,180 (57.4%) Stevenson/Kefauver: 26,028,028 (42.0%)		Opponent(s) Richard Nixon (Republican)

Presidential nominee	1960 (won)		Vice presidential nominee
John F. Kennedy of MA (1917–1963)	Prior public experience U.S. House of Representatives (1947–1953) U.S. Senate (1953–1960) Chair of the Senate Reception Room Committee (1956–1959) Higher education Princeton University Harvard University (BA) Stanford University	Prior public experience U.S. House of Representatives (1937–1949) U.S. Senate (1949–1961) Chair of the Senate Reception Room Committee (1955–1956) Chair of the Senate Space Committee (1958–1961) Senate Majority Whip (1951–1953) Senate Minority Leader (1953–1955) Senate Majority Leader (1955–1961) Higher education Southwest Texas State Teachers College (BA)	Lyndon B. Johnson of TX (1908–1973)
Opponent(s) Richard Nixon (Republican) Harry F. Byrd (Southern Democrats)	Electoral vote (President) Kennedy: 303 (56.4%) Nixon: 219 (40.8%) Byrd: 15 (2.8%) Electoral vote (Vice President) Johnson: 303 (56.4%) Lodge: 219 (40.8%) Thurmond: 14 (2.6%) Goldwater: 1 (0.2%) Popular vote Kennedy/Johnson: 34,220,984 (49.7%) Nixon/Lodge: 34,108,157 (49.6%) Byrd/Thurmond: 116,248 (0.2%)		Opponent(s) Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (Republican) Strom Thurmond (Southern Democrats)

Presidential nominee	1988 (lost)		Vice presidential nominee
Michael Dukakis of MA (born 1933)	Prior public experience Massachusetts House of Representatives (1965–1971) Governor of Massachusetts (1975–1979, 1983–1991) Chair of the Democratic Governors Association (1986–1987) Higher education Swarthmore College (BA) Harvard University (JD)	Prior public experience U.S. House of Representatives (1948–1955) U.S. Senate (1971–1993) Chair of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (1983–1985) Chair of the Joint Economic Committee (1983–1985) Chair of the Senate Finance Committee (1987–1993) Higher education University of Texas at Austin (LLB)	Lloyd Bentsen of TX (1921–2006)
Opponent(s) George H. W. Bush (Republican)	Electoral vote (President) Bush: 426 (79.2%) Dukakis: 111 (20.6%)^[15] Bentsen: 1 (0.2%) Electoral vote (Vice President) Quayle: 426 (79.2%) Bentsen: 111 (20.6%)^[15] Dukakis: 1 (0.2%) Popular vote Bush/Quayle: 48,886,097 (53.4%) Dukakis/Bentsen: 41,809,074 (45.7%)		Opponent(s) Dan Quayle (Republican)

Presidential nominee	1992 (won), 1996 (won)		Vice presidential nominee
Bill Clinton of AR (born 1946)	Prior public experience Attorney General of Arkansas (1977–1979) Governor of Arkansas (1979–1981, 1983–1992) Chair of the National Governors Association (1986–1987) Chair of the Democratic Governors Association (1987–1988) President (1993–2001) Higher education Georgetown University (BS) University College, Oxford Yale University (JD)	Prior public experience U.S. House of Representatives (1977–1985) U.S. Senate (1985–1993) Vice President (1993–2001) Higher education Harvard University (BA) Vanderbilt University	Al Gore of TN (born 1948)
Opponent(s) George H. W. Bush (Republican) Ross Perot (Independent)	Electoral vote Clinton/Gore: 370 (68.8%) Bush/Quayle: 168 (31.2%) Popular vote Clinton/Gore: 44,909,806 (43.0%) Bush/Quayle: 39,104,550 (37.5%) Perot/Stockdale: 19,743,821 (18.9%)		Opponent(s) Dan Quayle (Republican) James Stockdale (Independent)
Opponent(s) Bob Dole (Republican) Ross Perot (Reform)	Electoral vote Clinton/Gore: 379 (70.4%) Dole/Kemp: 159 (29.6%) Popular vote Clinton/Gore: 47,401,185 (49.2%) Dole/Kemp: 39,197,469 (40.7%) Perot/Choate: 8,085,294 (8.4%)		Opponent(s) Jack Kemp (Republican) Pat Choate (Reform)

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Presidential nominee	2000 (lost)		Vice presidential nominee
Al Gore of TN (born 1948)	Prior public experience U.S. House of Representatives (1977–1985) U.S. Senate (1985–1993) Vice President (1993–2001) Higher education Harvard University (BA) Vanderbilt University	Prior public experience Connecticut Senate (1971–1981) Majority Leader of the Connecticut Senate (1975–1981) Attorney General of Connecticut (1983–1989) U.S. Senate (1989–2013) Higher education Yale University (BA, LLB)	Joe Lieberman of CT (1942–2024)
Opponent(s) George W. Bush (Republican) Ralph Nader (Green)	Electoral vote Bush/Cheney: 271 (50.4%) Gore/Lieberman: 266 (49.4%)^[16] Popular vote Gore/Lieberman: 50,999,897 (48.4%) Bush/Cheney: 50,456,002 (47.9%) Nader/LaDuke: 2,882,955 (2.7%)		Opponent(s) Dick Cheney (Republican) Winona LaDuke (Green)

Presidential nominee	2004 (lost)		Vice presidential nominee
John Kerry of MA (born 1943)	Prior public experience Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts (1983–1985) U.S. Senate (1985–2013) Chair of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (1987–1989) Chair of the Senate POW/MIA Affairs Committee (1991–1993) Ranking Member of the Senate Small Business Committee (1997–2001, 2003–2007) Chair of the Senate Small Business Committee (2001–2003) Higher education Yale University (BA) Boston College (JD)	Prior public experience U.S. Senate (1999–2005) Higher education Clemson University North Carolina State University (BA) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (JD)	John Edwards of NC (born 1953)
Opponent(s) George W. Bush (Republican)	Electoral vote (President) Bush: 286 (53.2%) Kerry: 251 (46.7%)^[17] Edwards: 1 (0.2%) Electoral vote (Vice President) Cheney: 286 (53.2%) Edwards: 252 (46.8%) Popular vote Bush/Cheney: 62,040,610 (50.7%) Kerry/Edwards: 59,028,444 (48.3%)		Opponent(s) Dick Cheney (Republican)

Presidential nominee	2008 (won), 2012 (won)		Vice presidential nominee
Barack Obama of IL (born 1961)	Prior public experience Illinois Senate (1997–2004) U.S. Senate (2005–2008) President (2009–2017) Higher education Occidental College Columbia University (BA) Harvard University (JD)	Prior public experience U.S. Senate (1973–2009) Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee (1981–1987, 1995–1997) Ranking Member of the Senate Narcotics Caucus (1985–1987, 1995–2001, 2003–2007) Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee (1987–1995) Chair of the Senate Narcotics Caucus (1987–1995, 2001–2003, 2007–2009) Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (1997–2001, 2003–2007) Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (2001–2003, 2007–2009) Vice President (2009–2017) Higher education University of Delaware (BA) Syracuse University (JD)	Joe Biden of DE (born 1942)
Opponent(s) John McCain (Republican)	Electoral vote Obama/Biden: 365 (67.8%) McCain/Palin: 173 (32.2%) Popular vote Obama/Biden: 69,498,516 (52.9%) McCain/Palin: 59,948,323 (45.7%)		Opponent(s) Sarah Palin (Republican)
Opponent(s) Mitt Romney (Republican)	Electoral vote Obama/Biden: 332 (61.7%) Romney/Ryan: 206 (38.3%) Popular vote Obama/Biden: 65,915,796 (51.1%) Romney/Ryan: 60,933,500 (47.2%) Johnson/Gray: 1,275,971 (1.0%)		Opponent(s) Paul Ryan (Republican)

Presidential nominee	2016 (lost)		Vice presidential nominee
Hillary Clinton of NY (born 1947)	Prior public experience Chair of the Legal Services Corporation (1978–1980) First Lady of Arkansas (1979–1981, 1983–1992) First Lady of the United States (1993–2001) U.S. Senate (2001–2009) Chair of the Senate Democratic Steering and Outreach Committee (2005–2007) U.S. Secretary of State (2009–2013) Higher education Wellesley College (BA) Yale University (JD)	Prior public experience Mayor of Richmond, VA (1998–2001) Lieutenant Governor of Virginia (2002–2006) Governor of Virginia (2006–2010) Chair of the Democratic National Committee (2009–2011) U.S. Senate (2013–present) Higher education University of Missouri (BA) Harvard University (JD)	Tim Kaine of VA (born 1958)
Opponent(s) Donald Trump (Republican) Gary Johnson (Libertarian) Jill Stein (Green)	Electoral vote (President)^[18] Trump: 304 (56.5%) Clinton: 227 (42.2%) Powell: 3 (0.6%) Kasich: 1 (0.2%) Paul: 1 (0.2%) Sanders: 1 (0.2%) Spotted Eagle: 1 (0.2%) Electoral vote (Vice President) Pence: 305 (56.7%) Kaine: 227 (42.2%) Warren: 2 (0.4%) Cantwell: 1 (0.2%) Collins: 1 (0.2%) Fiorina: 1 (0.2%) LaDuke: 1 (0.2%) Popular vote Clinton/Kaine: 65,853,516 (48.2%) Trump/Pence: 62,984,825 (46.1%) Johnson/Weld: 4,489,221 (3.3%) Stein/Baraka: 1,457,216 (1.1%)		Opponent(s) Mike Pence (Republican) Bill Weld (Libertarian) Ajamu Baraka (Green)

Presidential nominee	2020 (won), 2024 (pending)		Vice presidential nominee
Joe Biden of DE (born 1942)	Prior public experience U.S. Senate (1973–2009) Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee (1981–1987, 1995–1997) Ranking Member of the Senate Narcotics Caucus (1985–1987, 1995–2001, 2003–2007) Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee (1987–1995) Chair of the Senate Narcotics Caucus (1987–1995, 2001–2003, 2007–2009) Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (1997–2001, 2003–2007) Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (2001–2003, 2007–2009) Vice President (2009–2017) President (2021–present) Higher education University of Delaware (BA) Syracuse University (JD)	Prior public experience District Attorney of San Francisco, CA (2004–2011) Attorney General of California (2011–2017) U.S. Senate (2017–2021) Vice President (2021–present) Higher education Howard University (BA) University of California, Hastings (JD)	Kamala Harris of CA (born 1964)
Opponent(s) Donald Trump (Republican) Jo Jorgensen (Libertarian)	Electoral vote Biden/Harris: 306 (56.9%) Trump/Pence: 232 (43.1%) Popular vote Biden/Harris: 81,268,924 (51.3%) Trump/Pence: 74,216,154 (46.9%) Jorgensen/Cohen: 1,865,724 (1.2%)		Opponent(s) Mike Pence (Republican) Spike Cohen (Libertarian)
Opponent(s) Donald Trump (Republican, presumptive)	Electoral vote Biden/Harris: pending Trump/TBD: pending Popular vote Biden/Harris: pending Trump/Pence: pending		Opponent(s) TBD (Republican)