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Historical US Presidential Election Results
# From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election, with percentages for the winners added.
1st 1788–1789
George Washington (no party) – 69 electoral votes (56%)
John Adams (no party) – 34 electoral votes
John Jay (no party) – 9
Robert H. Harrison (no party) – 6
John Rutledge (no party) – 6
2nd 1792
George Washington (no party) – 132 (51%)
John Adams (Federalist) – 77
George Clinton (Democratic-Republican) – 50
3rd 1796
John Adams (Federalist) – 71 (27%)
Thomas Jefferson (Democratic-Republican) – 68
Thomas Pinckney (Federalist) – 59
Aaron Burr (Democratic-Republican) – 30
Samuel Adams (Democratic-Republican) – 15
Oliver Ellsworth (Federalist) – 11
George Clinton (Democratic-Republican) – 7
4th 1800
Thomas Jefferson (Democratic-Republican) – 73 (27%)
Aaron Burr (Democratic-Republican) – 73
John Adams (Federalist) – 65
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (Federalist) – 64
5th 1804
Thomas Jefferson (Democratic-Republican) – 162 (92%)
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (Federalist) – 14
6th 1808
James Madison (Democratic-Republican) – 122 (70%)
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (Federalist) – 47
George Clinton (Democratic-Republican) – 6
James Monroe (Democratic-Republican) – 0
7th 1812
James Madison (Democratic-Republican) – 128 (59%)
DeWitt Clinton (Federalist) – 89
8th 1816
James Monroe (Democratic-Republican) – 183 (84%)
Rufus King (Federalist) – 34
9th 1820
James Monroe (Democratic-Republican) – 228/231 (100%)
John Quincy Adams (Democratic-Republican) – 1
10th 1824
John Quincy Adams (Democratic-Republican) – 84 (32%)
Andrew Jackson† (Democratic-Republican) – 99
William H. Crawford (Democratic-Republican) – 41
Henry Clay (Democratic-Republican) – 37
11th 1828
Andrew Jackson (Democratic) – 178 (68%)
John Quincy Adams (National Republican) – 83
12th 1832
Andrew Jackson (Democratic) – 219 (77%)
Henry Clay (National Republican) – 49
John Floyd (Nullifier) – 11
William Wirt (Anti-Masonic) – 7
13th 1836
Martin Van Buren (Democratic) – 170 (58%)
William Henry Harrison (Whig) – 73
Hugh Lawson White (Whig) – 26
Daniel Webster (Whig) – 14
Willie Person Mangum (Whig) – 11
14th 1840
William Henry Harrison (Whig) – 234 (80%)
Martin Van Buren (Democratic) – 60
15th 1844
James K. Polk (Democratic) – 170 (62%)
Henry Clay (Whig) – 105
James G. Birney (Liberty) – 0
16th 1848
Zachary Taylor (Whig) – 163 (56%)
Lewis Cass (Democratic) – 127
Martin Van Buren (Free Soil) – 0
17th 1852
Franklin Pierce (Democratic) – 254 (86%)
Winfield Scott (Whig) – 42
John P. Hale (Free Soil) – 0
18th 1856
James Buchanan (Democratic) – 174 (59%)
John C. Frémont (Republican) – 114
Millard Fillmore (American Party/Whig) – 8
19th 1860
Abraham Lincoln (Republican) – 180 (59%)
John C. Breckinridge (Southern Democratic) – 72
John Bell (Constitutional Union) – 39
Stephen A. Douglas (Northern Democratic) – 12
20th 1864
Abraham Lincoln (National Union) – 212 (91%)
George B. McClellan (Democratic) – 21
21st 1868
Ulysses S. Grant (Republican) – 214 (73%)
Horatio Seymour (Democratic) – 80
22nd 1872
Ulysses S. Grant (Republican) – 286 (82%)
Horace Greeley (Democratic/Liberal Republican) – 0
Thomas A. Hendricks (Democratic) – 42
B. Gratz Brown (Democratic/Liberal Republican) – 18
Charles J. Jenkins (Democratic) – 2
23rd 1876
Rutherford B. Hayes (Republican) – 185 (50%)
Samuel J. Tilden‡ (Democratic) – 184
24th 1880 James A. Garfield (Republican) – 214 (58%)
Winfield Scott Hancock (Democratic) – 155
James Weaver (Greenback) – 0
25th 1884
Grover Cleveland (Democratic) – 219 (55%)
James G. Blaine (Republican) – 182
John St. John (Prohibition) – 0
Benjamin Franklin Butler (Greenback) – 0
26th 1888
Benjamin Harrison (Republican) – 233 (58%)
Grover Cleveland† (Democratic) – 168
Clinton B. Fisk (Prohibition) – 0
Alson Streeter (Union Labor) – 0
27th 1892
Grover Cleveland (Democratic) – 277 (62%)
Benjamin Harrison (Republican) – 145
James Weaver (Populist) – 22
John Bidwell (Prohibition) – 0
28th 1896
William McKinley (Republican) – 271 (61%)
William Jennings Bryan (Democratic/Populist) – 176
29th 1900
William McKinley (Republican) – 292 (65%)
William Jennings Bryan (Democratic) – 155
John Woolley (Prohibition) – 0
30th 1904
Theodore Roosevelt (Republican) – 336 (71%)
Alton B. Parker (Democratic) – 140
Eugene V. Debs (Socialist) – 0
Silas C. Swallow (Prohibition) – 0
31st 1908
William Howard Taft (Republican) – 321 (66%)
William Jennings Bryan (Democratic) – 162
Eugene V. Debs (Socialist) – 0
Eugene W. Chafin (Prohibition) – 0
32nd 1912
Woodrow Wilson (Democratic) – 435 (82%)
Theodore Roosevelt (Progressive) – 88
William Howard Taft (Republican) – 8
Eugene V. Debs (Socialist) – 0
Eugene W. Chafin (Prohibition) – 0
33rd 1916
Woodrow Wilson (Democratic) – 277 (52%)
Charles Evans Hughes (Republican) – 254
Allan L. Benson (Socialist) – 0
James Hanly (Prohibition) – 0
34th 1920
Warren G. Harding (Republican) – 404 (76%)
James M. Cox (Democratic) – 127
Eugene V. Debs (Socialist) – 0
35th 1924
Calvin Coolidge (Republican) – 382 (72%)
John W. Davis (Democratic) – 136
Robert M. La Follette, Sr. (Progressive) – 13
36th 1928
Herbert Hoover (Republican) – 444 (84%)
Al Smith (Democratic) – 87
37th 1932
Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic) – 472 (89%)
Herbert Hoover (Republican) – 59
Norman Thomas (Socialist) – 0
38th 1936
Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic) – 523 (98%)
Alf Landon (Republican) – 8
William Lemke (Union) – 0
39th 1940
Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic) – 449 (85%)
Wendell Willkie (Republican) – 82
40th 1944
Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic) – 432 (81%)
Thomas E. Dewey (Republican) – 99
41st 1948
Harry S. Truman (Democratic) – 303 (57%)
Thomas E. Dewey (Republican) – 189
Strom Thurmond (States' Rights Democratic) – 39
Henry A. Wallace (Progressive/Labor) – 0
42nd 1952
Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican) – 442 (83%)
Adlai Stevenson (Democratic) – 89
43rd 1956
Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican) – 457 (86%)
Adlai Stevenson (Democratic) – 73
44th 1960
John F. Kennedy (Democratic) – 303 (56%)
Richard Nixon (Republican) – 219
Harry F. Byrd (Democratic) – 15
45th 1964
Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic) – 486 (90%)
Barry Goldwater (Republican) – 52
46th 1968
Richard Nixon (Republican) – 301 (56%)
Hubert Humphrey (Democratic) – 191
George Wallace (American Independent) – 46
47th 1972
Richard Nixon (Republican) – 520 (97%)
George McGovern (Democratic) – 17
John G. Schmitz (American) – 0
John Hospers (Libertarian) – 1
48th 1976
Jimmy Carter (Democratic) – 297 (55%)
Gerald Ford (Republican) – 240
49th 1980
Ronald Reagan (Republican) – 489 (91%)
Jimmy Carter (Democratic) – 49
John B. Anderson (no party) – 0
Ed Clark (Libertarian) – 0
50th 1984
Ronald Reagan (Republican) – 525 (98%)
Walter Mondale (Democratic) – 13
51st 1988
George H. W. Bush (Republican) – 426 (79%)
Michael Dukakis (Democratic) – 111
52nd 1992
Bill Clinton (Democratic) – 370 (69%)
George H. W. Bush (Republican) – 168
Ross Perot (no party) – 0
53rd 1996
Bill Clinton (Democratic) – 379 (70%)
Bob Dole (Republican) – 159
Ross Perot (Reform) – 0
54th 2000
George W. Bush (Republican) – 271 (50%)
Al Gore† (Democratic) – 266
Ralph Nader (Green) – 0
55th 2004
George W. Bush (Republican) – 286 (53%)
John Kerry (Democratic) – 251
56th 2008
Barack Obama (Democratic) – 365 (83%)
John McCain (Republican) – 173
57th 2012
Barack Obama (Democratic) – 303 (60%)
Mitt Romney (Republican) – 206
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