List of United States Republican Party presidential tickets

This is a list of the candidates for the offices of president of the United States and vice president of the United States of the Republican 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.

19th century

1856

Presidential nominee	1856 (lost)		Vice presidential nominee
John C. Frémont of CA (1813–1890) File:John Charles Fremont crop.jpg	Prior public experience Governor of California (1847) Shadow Senator (1849–1850) U.S. Senate (1850–1851) Higher education College of Charleston	Prior public experience Associate Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court (1838–1841) U.S. Senate (1842–1851) Chair of the Senate Public Buildings Committee (1842–1845) Chair of the Senate Engrossed Bills Committee (1844–1845) Higher education Princeton University (BA)	William L. Dayton of NJ (1807–1864) File:WLDayton-1856.png
Opponent(s) James Buchanan (Democratic) 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) John C. Breckinridge (Democratic) Andrew Jackson Donelson (Know Nothing)

1860, 1864

Presidential nominee	1860 (won), 1864 (won)		Vice presidential nominee
Abraham Lincoln of IL (1809–1865) File:Abraham Lincoln November 1863.jpg	Prior public experience Illinois House of Representatives (1834–1842) U.S. House of Representatives (1847–1849) President (1861–1865) Higher education None	Prior public experience Maine House of Representatives (1836–1841, 1847) Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives (1837–1838, 1839–1840) U.S. House of Representatives (1843–1847) Chair of the House Elections Committee (1845–1847) U.S. Senate (1848–1857, 1857–1861) Chair of the Senate Commerce Committee (1849–1856) Chair of the Senate Printing Committee (1852–1853) Governor of Maine (1857) Higher education None	Hannibal Hamlin of ME (1809–1891) File:Hannibal Hamlin, photo portrait seated, c1860-65-retouched-crop.jpg (1860)
		Prior public experience Tennessee House of Representatives (1835–1837, 1839–1841) Tennessee Senate (1841–1843) U.S. House of Representatives (1843–1853) Chair of the House Public Expenditures Committee (1849–1852) Governor of Tennessee (1853–1857, 1862–1865) U.S. Senate (1857–1862) Chair of the Senate Audit Committee (1859–1861) Higher education None	Andrew Johnson of TN (1808–1875) File:President Andrew Johnson.jpg (1864)
Opponent(s) Stephen A. Douglas (Democratic) John C. 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) Herschel Vespasian Johnson (Democratic) Joseph Lane (Southern Democrats) Edward Everett (Constitutional Union)
Opponent(s) George B. McClellan (Democratic)	Electoral vote Lincoln/Johnson: 212 (91.0%)^[1] McClellan/Pendleton: 21 (9.0%)^[2] Popular vote Lincoln/Johnson: 2,218,388 (55.0%) McClellan/Pendleton: 1,812,807 (45.0%)		Opponent(s) George H. Pendleton (Democratic)

1868, 1872

Presidential nominee	1868 (won), 1872 (won)		Vice presidential nominee
Ulysses S. Grant of IL (1822–1885) File:UlyssesGrant.jpg	Prior public experience Commanding General of the U.S. Army (1864–1869) Acting U.S. Secretary of War (1867–1868) President (1869–1877) Higher education U.S. Military Academy (BS)	Prior public experience U.S. House of Representatives (1855–1869) Chair of the House Post Office Committee (1859–1863) Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives (1863–1869) Higher education None	Schuyler Colfax of IN (1823–1885) File:Schuyler Colfax portrait.jpg (1868)
		Prior public experience Massachusetts House of Representatives (1841–1842) Massachusetts Senate (1844–1846, 1850–1852) President of the Massachusetts Senate (1851–1852) U.S. Senate (1855–1873) Chair of the Senate Military Affairs Committee (1861–1873) Higher education None	Henry Wilson of MA (1812–1875) File:Henry Wilson, VP of the United States.jpg (1872)
Opponent(s) Horatio Seymour (Democratic)	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) Francis Preston Blair Jr. (Democratic)
Opponent(s) Horace Greeley (Democratic)	Electoral vote Grant/Wilson: 286 (81.3%)^[3] Greeley/Brown: 66 (18.8%)^[4]^[5] Popular vote Grant/Wilson: 3,598,235 (55.6%)* Greely/Brown: 2,834,761 (43.8%)		Opponent(s) Benjamin Gratz Brown (Democratic)

1876

Presidential nominee	1876 (won)		Vice presidential nominee
Rutherford B. Hayes of OH (1822–1893) File:President Rutherford Hayes 1870 - 1880.jpg	Prior public experience U.S. House of Representatives (1865–1867) Governor of Ohio (1868–1872, 1876–1877) Higher education Kenyon College (BA) Harvard University (LLB)	Prior public experience New York Assembly (1850–1851) New York Senate (1858–1859) U.S. House of Representatives (1861–1877) Chair of the House War Department Expenditures Committee (1861–1863) Chair of the House Commerce Committee (1873–1875) Higher education University of Vermont (BA)	William A. Wheeler of NY (1819–1887) File:VicePresident-WmAlWheeler.jpg
Opponent(s) Samuel J. Tilden (Democratic)	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) Thomas A. Hendricks (Democratic)

1880

Presidential nominee	1880 (won)		Vice presidential nominee
James A. Garfield of OH (1831–1881) File:James Abram Garfield, photo portrait seated.jpg	Prior public experience Ohio Senate (1859–1861) U.S. House of Representatives (1863–1881) Chair of the House Military Affairs Committee (1867–1869) Chair of the House Banking Committee (1869–1871) Chair of the House Appropriations Committee (1871–1875) Higher education Hiram College Williams College (BA)	Prior public experience Collector of the Port of New York (1871–1878) Chair of the New York Republican Party (1879–1881) Higher education Union College State and National Law School	Chester A. Arthur of NY (1829–1886) File:20 Chester Arthur 3x4.jpg
Opponent(s) Winfield Scott Hancock (Democratic) James B. 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) William Hayden English (Democratic) Barzillai J. Chambers (Greenback)

1884

Presidential nominee	1884 (lost)		Vice presidential nominee
James G. Blaine of ME (1830–1893) File:James G. Blaine - Brady-Handy.jpg	Prior public experience Maine House of Representatives (1859–1862) Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives (1861–1862) U.S. House of Representatives (1863–1876) Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives (1869–1875) Chair of the House Rules Committee (1873–1876) U.S. Senate (1876–1881) Chair of the Senate Civil Service Committee (1877) Chair of the Senate Rules Committee (1877–1879) U.S. Secretary of State (1881) Higher education Washington and Jefferson College (BA)	Prior public experience Illinois House of Representatives (1852–1853, 1856–1857) U.S. House of Representatives (1859–1862, 1867–1871) Chair of the House Unfinished Business Committee (1859–1862) Chair of the House Armed Services Committee (1869–1871) U.S. Senate (1871–1877, 1879–1886) Chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee (1872–1877, 1881–1886) Higher education Shiloh College University of Louisville (LLB)	John A. Logan of IL (1826–1886) File:John Alexander Logan crop.jpg
Opponent(s) Grover Cleveland (Democratic) John 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) Thomas A. Hendricks (Democratic) William Daniel (Prohibition) Absolom M. West (Greenback)

1888, 1892

Presidential nominee	1888 (won), 1892 (lost)		Vice presidential nominee
Benjamin Harrison of IN (1833–1901) File:Pach Brothers - Benjamin Harrison.jpg	Prior public experience U.S. Senate (1881–1887) Chair of the Senate Seaboard Transportation Routes Committee (1881–1883) Chair of the Senate Territories Committee (1884–1887) President (1889–1893) Higher education Ohio Military Institute Miami University (BA)	Prior public experience U.S. House of Representatives (1879–1881) U.S. Minister to France (1881–1885) Higher education None	Levi Morton of NY (1824–1920) File:Levi Morton - Brady-Handy portrait - standard crop.jpg (1888)
		Prior public experience U.S. Minister to France (1889–1892) Higher education None	Whitelaw Reid of NY (1837–1912) File:Whitelaw Reid.jpg (1892)
Opponent(s) Grover Cleveland (Democratic) 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) Allen Thurman (Democratic) John Brooks (Prohibition) Charles Cunningham (Union Labor)
Opponent(s) Grover Cleveland (Democratic) 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) Adlai Stevenson (Democratic) James Field (Populist) James Cranfill (Prohibition)

1896, 1900

Presidential nominee	1896 (won), 1900 (won)		Vice presidential nominee
William McKinley of OH (1843–1901) File:McKinley (cropped).jpg	Prior public experience U.S. House of Representatives (1877–1884, 1885–1891) Chair of the House Laws Revision Committee (1882–1883) Chair of the House Ways and Means Committee (1889–1891) Governor of Ohio (1892–1896) President (1897–1901) Higher education Allegheny College University of Mount Union Albany Law School	Prior public experience Chair of the New Jersey Republican Party (1880–1891) New Jersey General Assembly (1873–1875) Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly (1874–1875) New Jersey Senate (1877–1883) President of the New Jersey Senate (1881–1883) Higher education Rutgers University, New Brunswick (BA)	Garret Hobart of NJ (1844–1899) File:Garret Augustus Hobart.jpg (1896)
		Prior public experience New York Assembly (1882–1884) Minority Leader of the New York Assembly (1883) United States Civil Service Commission (1889–1895) Police Commissioner of New York City (1895–1897) Assistant Secretary of the Navy (1897–1898) Governor of New York (1899–1900) Higher education Harvard University (BA) Columbia University	Theodore Roosevelt of NY (1858–1919) File:T Roosevelt.jpg (1900)
Opponent(s) William Jennings Bryan (Democratic, Populist)	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) Arthur Sewall (Democratic) Tom Watson (Populist)
Opponent(s) William Jennings Bryan (Democratic, Populist) 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) Adlai Stevenson (Democratic) Henry Metcalf (Prohibition)

20th century

1904

Presidential nominee	1904 (won)		Vice presidential nominee
Theodore Roosevelt of NY (1858–1919) File:T Roosevelt.jpg	Prior public experience New York Assembly (1882–1884) Minority Leader of the New York Assembly (1883) United States Civil Service Commission (1889–1895) Police Commissioner of New York City (1895–1897) Assistant Secretary of the Navy (1897–1898) Governor of New York (1899–1900) Vice President (1901) President (1901–1909) Higher education Harvard University (BA) Columbia University	Prior public experience U.S. Senate (1897–1905) Chair of the Senate Immigration Committee (1897–1899) Chair of the Senate Public Buildings Committee (1899–1905) Higher education Ohio Wesleyan University (BA, MA)	Charles Fairbanks of IN (1852–1918) File:Charles W Fairbanks by Harris & Ewing.jpg
Opponent(s) Alton Parker (Democratic) 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) Henry Davis (Democratic) Ben Hanford (Socialist) George Carroll (Prohibition)

1908, 1912

Presidential nominee	1908 (won), 1912 (lost)		Vice presidential nominee
William Taft of OH (1857–1930) File:William Howard Taft 1909.jpg	Prior public experience U.S. Solicitor General (1890–1892) Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (1892–1900) Governor-General of the Philippines (1901–1903) U.S. Secretary of War (1904–1908) Acting Governor of Cuba (1906) President (1909–1913) Higher education Yale University (BA) University of Cincinnati (LLB)	Prior public experience Mayor of Utica, NY (1884–1885) U.S. House of Representatives (1887–1891, 1893–1909) Chair of the House Justice Department Expenditures Committee (1889–1891) Chair of the House Indian Affairs Committee (1895–1909) Vice President (1909–1912) Higher education Hamilton College, New York (BA)	James S. Sherman of NY (1855–1912) File:James Sherman, Bain bw photo portrait facing left.jpg (1908, 1912)^[6]
		Prior public experience None Higher education Columbia University (BA, MA, PhD)	Nicholas Butler of NY (1862–1947) File:Portrait of Nicholas Murray Butler.jpg (1912)^[6]
Opponent(s) William Jennings Bryan (Democratic) Gene Debs (Socialist) Eugene Chafin (Prohibition)	Electoral vote Taft/Sherman: 321 (66.5%) Bryan/Kern: 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) John Kern (Democratic) Ben Hanford (Socialist) Aaron Watkins (Prohibition)
Opponent(s) Woodrow Wilson (Democratic) Theodore Roosevelt (Progressive) Eugene 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) Thomas Marshall (Democratic) Hiram Johnson (Progressive) Emil Seidel (Socialist) Aaron Watkins (Prohibition)

1916

Presidential nominee	1916 (lost)		Vice presidential nominee
Charles Hughes of NY (1862–1948) File:Governor Charles Evans Hughes.jpg	Prior public experience Governor of New York (1907–1910) Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1910–1916) Higher education Colgate University Brown University (BA) Columbia University (LLB)	Prior public experience U.S. Senate (1897–1905) Chair of the Senate Immigration Committee (1897–1899) Chair of the Senate Public Buildings Committee (1899–1905) Vice President (1905–1909) Higher education Ohio Wesleyan University (BA, MA)	Charles Fairbanks of IN (1852–1918) File:Charles W Fairbanks by Harris & Ewing.jpg
Opponent(s) Woodrow Wilson (Democratic) 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) Thomas Marshall (Democratic) Kirk Kirkpatrick (Socialist) Ira Landrith (Prohibition)

1920

Presidential nominee	1920 (won)		Vice presidential nominee
Warren G. Harding of OH (1865–1923) File:Warren G Harding-Harris & Ewing.jpg	Prior public experience Ohio Senate (1900–1904) Lieutenant Governor of Ohio (1904–1906) U.S. Senate (1915–1921) Higher education Ohio Central College (BA)	Prior public experience Massachusetts House of Representatives (1907–1908) Massachusetts Senate (1912–1915) President of the Massachusetts Senate (1914–1915) Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts (1916–1919) Governor of Massachusetts (1919–1921) Higher education Amherst College (BA)	Calvin Coolidge of MA (1872–1933) File:John Calvin Coolidge, Bain bw photo portrait.jpg
Opponent(s) James Cox (Democratic) 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) Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic) Stedy Stedman (Socialist) Max Hayes (Farmer-Labor)

1924

Presidential nominee	1924 (won)		Vice presidential nominee
Calvin Coolidge of MA (1872–1933) File:John Calvin Coolidge, Bain bw photo portrait.jpg	Prior public experience Massachusetts House of Representatives (1907–1908) Massachusetts Senate (1912–1915) President of the Massachusetts Senate (1914–1915) Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts (1916–1919) Governor of Massachusetts (1919–1921) Vice President (1921–1923) President (1923–1929) Higher education Amherst College (BA)	Prior public experience Comptroller of the Currency (1898–1901) Director of the U.S. Bureau of the Budget (1921–1922) Higher education Marietta College (BA) University of Cincinnati (LLB)	Charles Dawes of IL (1865–1951) File:Chas G Dawes-H&E.jpg
Opponent(s) John Davis (Democratic) Bob 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 Bryan (Democratic) Burton Wheeler (Progressive)

1928, 1932

Presidential nominee	1928 (won), 1932 (lost)		Vice presidential nominee
Herbert Hoover of CA (1874–1964) File:President Hoover portrait.jpg	Prior public experience Director of the U.S. Food Administration (1917–1918) U.S. Secretary of Commerce (1921–1928) President (1929–1933) Higher education Stanford University (BS)	Prior public experience U.S. House of Representatives (1893–1907) Chair of the House Interior Expenditures Committee (1895–1903) U.S. Senate (1907–1913, 1915–1929) Chair of the Senate Indian Depredations Committee (1907–1911) Secretary of the Senate Republican Conference (1911–1913) Chair of the Senate Coast Defenses Committee (1911–1913) President pro tempore of the U.S. Senate (1911) Senate Minority Whip (1915–1919) Senate Majority Whip (1919–1924) Chair of the Senate Rules Committee (1921–1929) Senate Majority Leader (1924–1929) Chair of the Joint Inaugural Ceremonies Committee (1924–1925) Vice President (1929–1933) Higher education None	Charles Curtis of KS (1860–1936) File:Charles Curtis-portrait.jpg
Opponent(s) Al Smith (Democratic)	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) Joe Robinson (Democratic)
Opponent(s) Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic) 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) Jack Garner (Democratic) James Maurer (Socialist)

1936

Presidential nominee	1936 (lost)		Vice presidential nominee
Alf Landon of KS (1887–1987) File:LandonPortr.jpg	Prior public experience Chair of the Kansas Republican Party (1928–1930) Governor of Kansas (1933–1937) Higher education University of Kansas, Lawrence (LLB)	Prior public experience None Higher education Alma College (BA)	Frank Knox of IL (1874–1944) File:FrankKnox c1943 g399009.jpg
Opponent(s) Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic) 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) Jack Garner (Democratic) Thomas O'Brien (Union)

1940

Presidential nominee	1940 (lost)		Vice presidential nominee
Wendell Willkie of NY (1892–1944) File:Wendell Willkie cph.3a38684.jpg	Prior public experience None Higher education Indiana University, Bloomington (BA, LLB)	Prior public experience Associate Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court (1913–1915) U.S. Senate (1917–1918, 1918–1944) Chair of the Arid Lands Committee (1919–1926) Chair of the Senate Agriculture Committee (1926–1933) Senate Minority Leader (1933–1940) Higher education Stanford University	Charles McNary of OR (1874–1944) File:Charles Linza McNary cph.3b18950.jpg
Opponent(s) Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)	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) Henry Wallace (Democratic)

1944, 1948

Presidential nominee	1944 (lost), 1948 (lost)		Vice presidential nominee
Thomas E. Dewey of NY (1902–1971) File:Thomas Edmund Dewey.tif	Prior public experience Acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York (1933) District Attorney of New York County, NY (1938–1941) Governor of New York (1943–1954) Higher education University of Michigan (BA) Columbia University (JD)	Prior public experience Attorney General of Ohio (1933–1937) Governor of Ohio (1939–1945) Higher education Ohio State University (BA, LLB)	John W. Bricker of OH (1893–1986) File:John W. Bricker cph.3b31299.jpg (1944)
		Prior public experience District Attorney of Alameda County, CA (1925–1939) Chair of the California Republican Party (1932–1938) Attorney General of California (1939–1943) Governor of California (1943–1953) Higher education University of California, Berkeley (BA, JD)	Earl Warren of CA (1891–1974) File:Earl Warren Portrait, half figure, seated, facing front, as Governor.jpg (1948)
Opponent(s) Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)	Electoral vote Roosevelt/Truman: 432 (81.4%) Dewey/Bricker: 99 (18.6%) Popular vote Roosevelt/Truman: 25,612,916 (53.4%) Dewey/Bricker: 22,017,929 (45.3%)		Opponent(s) Harry S. Truman (Democratic)
Opponent(s) Harry S. Truman (Democratic) 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) Alben Barkley (Democratic) Fielding Wright (Dixiecrat) Glen Taylor (Progressive)

1952, 1956

Presidential nominee	1952 (won), 1956 (won)		Vice presidential nominee
Dwight D. Eisenhower of NY (1952), PA (1956) (1890–1969) File:Dwight D. Eisenhower, official photo portrait, May 29, 1959 (cropped).jpg	Prior public experience Commanding General of the U.S. Army Europe (1942–1943, 1944–1945) Governor of the American Zone of Occupied Germany (1945) Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army (1945–1948) Supreme Allied Commander Europe (1951–1952) President (1953–1961) Higher education U.S. Military Academy (BS)	Prior public experience U.S. House of Representatives (1947–1950) U.S. Senate (1950–1953) Vice President (1953–1961) Higher education Whittier College (BA) Duke University (JD)	Richard Nixon of CA (1913–1994) File:Richard Nixon official portrait as Vice President (cropped).tiff
Opponent(s) Adlai Stevenson (Democratic)	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) John Sparkman (Democratic)
Opponent(s) Adlai Stevenson (Democratic)	Electoral vote Eisenhower/Nixon: 457 (86.1%)^[7] 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) Estes Kefauver (Democratic)

1960

Presidential nominee	1960 (lost)		Vice presidential nominee
Richard Nixon of CA (1913–1994) File:Richard Nixon official portrait as Vice President (cropped).tiff	Prior public experience U.S. House of Representatives (1947–1950) U.S. Senate (1950–1953) Vice President (1953–1961) Higher education Whittier College (BA) Duke University (JD)	Prior public experience Massachusetts House of Representatives (1933–1936) U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations (1953–1960) U.S. Senate (1937–1944, 1947–1953) Higher education Harvard University (BA)	Henry Cabot Lodge of MA (1902–1985) File:HenryCabotLodgeJr.jpg
Opponent(s) John F. Kennedy (Democratic) Harry 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) Lyndon Johnson (Democratic) Strom Thurmond (Southern Democrats)

1964

Presidential nominee	1964 (lost)		Vice presidential nominee
Barry Goldwater of AZ (1909–1998) File:Unsuccessful 1964.jpg	Prior public experience U.S. Senate (1953–1965) Chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee (1955–1957, 1961–1963) Higher education University of Arizona	Prior public experience U.S. House of Representatives (1951–1953, 1953–1965) Chair of the National Republican Congressional Committee (1960–1961) Chair of the Republican National Committee (1961–1964) Higher education University of Notre Dame (BA) Union University, New York (LLB)	William Miller of NY (1914–1983) File:William E. Miller.jpg
Opponent(s) Lyndon Johnson (Democratic)	Electoral vote Johnson/Humphrey: 486 (90.3%) Goldwater/Miller: 52 (9.7%) Popular vote Johnson/Humphrey: 43,127,041 (61.1%) Goldwater/Miller: 27,175,754 (38.5%)		Opponent(s) Hubert Humphrey (Democratic)

1968, 1972

Presidential nominee	1968 (won), 1972 (won)		Vice presidential nominee
Richard Nixon of NY (1968), CA (1972) (1913–1994) File:Richard Nixon presidential portrait (cropped).jpg	Prior public experience U.S. House of Representatives (1947–1950) U.S. Senate (1950–1953) Vice President (1953–1961) President (1969–1974) Higher education Whittier College (BA) Duke University (JD)	Prior public experience Executive of Baltimore County (1962–1966) Governor of Maryland (1967–1969) Vice President (1969–1973) Higher education Johns Hopkins University (BA) University of Baltimore (LLB)	Spiro Agnew of MD (1918–1996) File:Spiro Agnew.jpg
Opponent(s) Hubert Humphrey (Democratic) 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) Ed Muskie (Democratic) Curtis LeMay (American Independent)
Opponent(s) George McGovern (Democratic) John Schmitz (American Independent)	Electoral vote Nixon/Agnew: 520 (96.7%)^[8] McGovern/Shriver: 17 (3.2%) Hospers/Nathan: 1 (0.2%)^[8] 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) Sargent Shriver (Democratic) Thomas Anderson (American Independent)

1976

Presidential nominee	1976 (lost)		Vice presidential nominee
Gerald Ford of MI (1913–2006) File:Gerald Ford presidential portrait (cropped 2).jpg	Prior public experience U.S. House of Representatives (1949–1973) Chair of the House Republican Conference (1963–1965) House Minority Leader (1965–1973) Vice President (1973–1974) President (1974–1977) Higher education University of Michigan (BA) Yale University (JD)	Prior public experience Kansas House of Representatives (1951–1953) U.S. House of Representatives (1961–1969) U.S. Senate (1969–1996) Chair of the Republican National Committee (1971–1973) Higher education University of Kansas, Lawrence University of Arizona Washburn University (BA, LLB)	Bob Dole of KS (1923–2021) File:Ks 1996 dole (cropped).jpg
Opponent(s) Jimmy Carter (Democratic)	Electoral vote (President) Carter: 297 (55.2%) Ford: 240 (44.6%)^[9] 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) Walter Mondale (Democratic)

1980, 1984

Presidential nominee	1980 (won), 1984 (won)		Vice presidential nominee
Ronald Reagan of CA (1911–2004) File:Official Portrait of President Reagan 1981-cropped.jpg	Prior public experience Governor of California (1967–1975) Chair of the Republican Governors Association (1968–1970) President (1981–1989) Higher education Eureka College (BA)	Prior public experience U.S. House of Representatives (1967–1971) U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations (1971–1973) Chair of the Republican National Committee (1973–1974) Chief of the U.S. Liaison Office to the People's Republic of China (1974–1975) Director of Central Intelligence (1976–1977) Vice President (1981–1989) Higher education Yale University (BA)	George H. W. Bush of TX (1924–2018) File:VP George Bush crop.jpg
Opponent(s) Jimmy Carter (Democratic) John 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) Walter Mondale (Democratic) Patrick Lucey (Independent) David Koch (Libertarian)
Opponent(s) Walter Mondale (Democratic)	Electoral vote Reagan/Bush: 525 (97.6%) Mondale/Ferraro: 13 (2.4%) Popular vote Reagan/Bush: 54,455,472 (58.8%) Mondale/Ferraro: 37,577,352 (40.6%)		Opponent(s) Geraldine Ferraro (Democratic)

1988, 1992

Presidential nominee	1988 (won), 1992 (lost)		Vice presidential nominee
George H. W. Bush of TX (1924–2018) File:George H. W. Bush presidential portrait (cropped 2).jpg	Prior public experience U.S. House of Representatives (1967–1971) U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations (1971–1973) Chair of the Republican National Committee (1973–1974) Chief of the U.S. Liaison Office to the People's Republic of China (1974–1975) Director of Central Intelligence (1976–1977) Vice President (1981–1989) President (1989–1993) Higher education Yale University (BA)	Prior public experience U.S. House of Representatives (1977–1981) U.S. Senate (1981–1989) Chair of the Senate System Study Committee (1984) Vice President (1989–1993) Higher education DePauw University (BA) Indiana University, Indianapolis (JD)	Dan Quayle of IN (born 1947) File:Dan Quayle (cropped).jpg
Opponent(s) Michael Dukakis (Democratic)	Electoral vote (President) Bush: 426 (79.2%) Dukakis: 111 (20.6%)^[10] Bentsen: 1 (0.2%) Electoral vote (Vice President) Quayle: 426 (79.2%) Bentsen: 111 (20.6%)^[10] Dukakis: 1 (0.2%) Popular vote Bush/Quayle: 48,886,097 (53.4%) Dukakis/Bentsen: 41,809,074 (45.7%)		Opponent(s) Lloyd Bentsen (Democratic)
Opponent(s) Bill Clinton (Democratic) 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) Al Gore (Democratic) James Stockdale (Independent)

1996

Presidential nominee	1996 (lost)		Vice presidential nominee
Bob Dole of KS (1923–2021) File:Ks 1996 dole (cropped).jpg	Prior public experience Kansas House of Representatives (1951–1953) U.S. House of Representatives (1961–1969) U.S. Senate (1969–1996) Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Committee (1975–1979) Chair of the Senate Finance Committee (1981–1985) Senate Majority Leader (1985–1987, 1995–1996) Chair of the Senate Europe Security and Cooperation Committee (1985–1987) Senate Minority Leader (1987–1995) Chair of the Republican National Committee (1971–1973) Higher education University of Kansas University of Arizona Washburn University (BA, LLB)	Prior public experience U.S. House of Representatives (1971–1989) Chair of the House Republican Conference (1981–1987) U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (1989–1993) Higher education Occidental College (BA) California State University, Long Beach California Western University, San Diego	Jack Kemp of NY (1935–2009) File:Jack Kemp official portrait (cropped 3x4).jpg
Opponent(s) Bill Clinton (Democratic) 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) Al Gore (Democratic) Pat Choate (Reform)

21st century

2000, 2004

Presidential nominee	2000 (won), 2004 (won)		Vice presidential nominee
George W. Bush of TX (born 1946) File:George-W-Bush.jpeg	Prior public experience Governor of Texas (1995–2000) President (2001–2009) Higher education Yale University (BA) Harvard University (MBA)	Prior public experience White House Chief of Staff (1975–1977) U.S. House of Representatives (1979–1989) Chair of the House Republican Policy Committee (1981–1987) Chair of the House Republican Conference (1987–1989) Ranking Member of the House Iran-Contra Committee (1987) House Minority Whip (1989) U.S. Secretary of Defense (1989–1993) Vice President (2001–2009) Higher education Yale University University of Wyoming (BA, MA) University of Wisconsin, Madison	Dick Cheney of WY (born 1941) File:46 Dick Cheney 3x4.jpg
Opponent(s) Al Gore (Democratic) Ralph Nader (Green)	Electoral vote Bush/Cheney: 271 (50.4%) Gore/Lieberman: 266 (49.4%)^[11] 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) Joe Lieberman (Democratic) Winona LaDuke (Green)
Opponent(s) John Kerry (Democratic)	Electoral vote (President) Bush: 286 (53.2%) Kerry: 251 (46.7%)^[12] 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) John Edwards (Democratic)

2008

Presidential nominee	2008 (lost)		Vice presidential nominee
John McCain of AZ (1936–2018) File:John McCain official portrait 2009 (cropped).jpg	Prior public experience U.S. House of Representatives (1983–1987) United States Senate (1987–2018) Chair of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee (1995–1997, 2005–2007) Chair of the Senate Commerce Committee (1997–2001, 2003–2005) Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce Committee (2001–2003) Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (2007–2013) Higher education United States Naval Academy (BS)	Prior public experience Governor of Alaska (2006–2009) Higher education University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Hawaii Pacific University North Idaho College Matanuska-Susitna College University of Idaho (BA)	Sarah Palin of AK (born 1964) File:Sarah Palin by Gage Skidmore 2 (cropped 3x4).jpg
Opponent(s) Barack Obama (Democratic)	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) Joe Biden (Democratic)

2012

Presidential nominee	2012 (lost)		Vice presidential nominee
Mitt Romney of MA (born 1947) File:Mitt Romney by Gage Skidmore 6 cropped.jpg	Prior public experience Governor of Massachusetts (2003–2007) Chair of the Republican Governors Association (2005–2006) Higher education Stanford University Brigham Young University (BA) Harvard University (JD, MBA)	Prior public experience U.S. House of Representatives (1999–2019) Chair of the House Budget Committee (2011–2015) Higher education Miami University (BA)	Paul Ryan of WI (born 1970) File:Paul Ryan official portrait (cropped 3x4).jpg
Opponent(s) Barack Obama (Democratic)	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) Joe Biden (Democratic)

2016, 2020, 2024

Presidential nominee	2016 (won), 2020 (lost), 2024 (won)		Vice presidential nominee
Donald Trump of NY (2016), FL (2020, 2024) (born 1946) File:Donald Trump official portrait (cropped).jpg	Prior public experience President (2017–2021) Higher education Fordham University University of Pennsylvania (BS)	Prior public experience U.S. House of Representatives (2001–2013) Chair of the Republican Study Committee (2005–2007) Ranking Member of the House Voting Irregularities Committee (2007–2008) Chair of the House Republican Conference (2009–2011) Governor of Indiana (2013–2017) Vice President (2017–2021) Higher education Hanover College (BA) Indiana University, Indianapolis (JD)	Mike Pence of IN (born 1959) File:Vice President Pence Official Portrait (cropped).jpg (2016, 2020)
		Prior public experience U.S. Senate (2023–present) Higher education Ohio State University (BA) Yale University (JD)	JD Vance of OH (born 1984) File:Senator Vance official portrait. 118th Congress (cropped 2).jpg (2024)
Opponent(s) Hillary Clinton (Democratic) Gary Johnson (Libertarian) Jill Stein (Green)	Electoral vote (President)^[13] 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) Tim Kaine (Democratic) Bill Weld (Libertarian) Ajamu Baraka (Green)
Opponent(s) Joe Biden (Democratic) Jo Jorgensen (Libertarian)	Electoral vote Biden/Harris: 306 (56.9%) Trump/Pence: 232 (43.1%) Popular vote Biden/Harris: 81,268,924 (51.4%) Trump/Pence: 74,216,154 (46.9%) Jorgensen/Cohen: 1,865,724 (1.2%)		Opponent(s) Kamala Harris (Democratic) Spike Cohen (Libertarian)
Opponent(s) Kamala Harris (Democratic)	Electoral vote Trump/Vance: 312 (58.0%) Harris/Walz: 226 (42.0%) Popular vote Trump/Vance: 77,189,203 (50.0%) Harris/Walz: 74,893,762 (48.4%)		Opponent(s) Tim Walz (Democratic)

Notes

↑ If not for am unpledged elector and 17 invalidated electors from Union-occupied Louisiana and Texas, Lincoln and Johnson would have won 213 (91.0%) or 230 (91.6%) votes.
↑ If not for the 17 invalidated electors from Union-occupied Louisiana and Texas, McClellan and Pendleton would have won 8.4% of votes.
↑ If not for the 14 invalidated electors from voting irregularities in Arkansas and Louisiana, Grant and Wilson would have won 300 (82.0%) votes.
↑ 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.
↑ 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%.
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 Sherman died before the 1912 election and Butler was declared the running mate after the election to receive his Electoral College votes.
↑ If not for a faithless elector, Eisenhower and Nixon would have won 458 (86.3%) in 1956.
↑ ^8.0 ^8.1 If not for a faithless elector, Nixon and Agnew would have won 521 (96.8%) Electoral College votes.
↑ If not for a faithless elector, Ford would have won 241 (44.8%) votes.
↑ ^10.0 ^10.1 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.
↑ 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.
↑ A faithless elector voted Edwards for president and vice president in the Electoral College, otherwise Kerry would have won 252 (46.8%) votes.
↑ 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.

[1] If not for am unpledged elector and 17 invalidated electors from Union-occupied Louisiana and Texas, Lincoln and Johnson would have won 213 (91.0%) or 230 (91.6%) votes.

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

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

[4] 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.

[5] 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%.

[Sherman_death-6] 6.0 ^6.1 Sherman died before the 1912 election and Butler was declared the running mate after the election to receive his Electoral College votes.

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

[1972_EC-8] 8.0 ^8.1 If not for a faithless elector, Nixon and Agnew would have won 521 (96.8%) Electoral College votes.

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

[1988_Election-10] 10.0 ^10.1 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.

[11] 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.

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

[13] 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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