History of American Presidential Elections and the Electoral Votes Margin

OrderElection yearWinnerOther major candidates[31]
1st1788–1789George Washington (no party) – 69 electoral votesJohn Adams** (no party) – 34 electoral votes
John Jay (no party) – 9
Robert H. Harrison (no party) – 6
John Rutledge (no party) – 6
2nd1792George Washington (no party) – 132John Adams** (Federalist) – 77
George Clinton (Democratic-Republican) – 50
3rd1796John Adams (Federalist) – 71Thomas 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
4th1800Thomas Jefferson (Democratic-Republican) – 73[32]Aaron Burr** (Democratic-Republican) – 73[32]
John Adams (Federalist) – 65
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (Federalist) – 64
5th1804Thomas Jefferson (Democratic-Republican) – 162Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (Federalist) – 14
6th1808James Madison (Democratic-Republican) – 122Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (Federalist) – 47
George Clinton (Democratic-Republican) – 6
James Monroe (Democratic-Republican) – 0
7th1812James Madison (Democratic-Republican) – 128DeWitt Clinton (Federalist) – 89
8th1816James Monroe (Democratic-Republican) – 183Rufus King (Federalist) – 34
9th1820James Monroe (Democratic-Republican) – 228/231 [33]John Quincy Adams (Democratic-Republican) – 1
10th1824*†John Quincy Adams* (Democratic-Republican) – 84[34]Andrew Jackson† (Democratic-Republican) – 99[34]
William H. Crawford (Democratic-Republican) – 41
Henry Clay (Democratic-Republican) – 37
11th1828Andrew Jackson (Democratic) – 178John Quincy Adams (National Republican) – 83
12th1832Andrew Jackson (Democratic) – 219Henry Clay (National Republican) – 49
John Floyd (Nullifier) – 11
William Wirt (Anti-Masonic) – 7
13th1836Martin Van Buren (Democratic) – 170William Henry Harrison (Whig) – 73
Hugh Lawson White (Whig) – 26
Daniel Webster (Whig) – 14
Willie Person Mangum (Whig) – 11
14th1840William Henry Harrison (Whig) – 234Martin Van Buren (Democratic) – 60
15th1844*James K. Polk* (Democratic) – 170Henry Clay (Whig) – 105
James G. Birney (Liberty) – 0
16th1848*Zachary Taylor (Whig) – 163Lewis Cass (Democratic) – 127
Martin Van Buren (Free Soil) – 0
17th1852Franklin Pierce (Democratic) – 254Winfield Scott (Whig) – 42
John P. Hale (Free Soil) – 0
18th1856*James Buchanan* (Democratic) – 174John C. Frémont (Republican) – 114
Millard Fillmore (American Party/Whig) – 8
19th1860*Abraham Lincoln* (Republican) – 180John C. Breckinridge (Southern Democratic) – 72
John Bell (Constitutional Union) – 39
Stephen A. Douglas (Northern Democratic) – 12
20th1864[35]Abraham Lincoln (National Union) – 212George B. McClellan (Democratic) – 21
21st1868Ulysses S. Grant (Republican) – 214Horatio Seymour (Democratic) – 80
22nd1872Ulysses S. Grant (Republican) – 286Horace Greeley (Democratic/Liberal Republican) – 0[36]
Thomas A. Hendricks (Democratic) – 42
B. Gratz Brown (Democratic/Liberal Republican) – 18
Charles J. Jenkins (Democratic) – 2
23rd1876*‡Rutherford B. Hayes* (Republican) – 185Samuel J. Tilden‡ (Democratic) – 184
24th1880*James A. Garfield* (Republican) – 214Winfield Scott Hancock (Democratic) – 155
James Weaver (Greenback) – 0
25th1884*Grover Cleveland* (Democratic) – 219James G. Blaine (Republican) – 182
John St. John (Prohibition) – 0
Benjamin Franklin Butler (Greenback) – 0
26th1888*†Benjamin Harrison* (Republican) – 233Grover Cleveland† (Democratic) – 168
Clinton B. Fisk (Prohibition) – 0
Alson Streeter (Union Labor) – 0
27th1892*Grover Cleveland* (Democratic) – 277Benjamin Harrison (Republican) – 145
James Weaver (Populist) – 22
John Bidwell (Prohibition) – 0
28th1896William McKinley (Republican) – 271William Jennings Bryan (Democratic/Populist) – 176
29th1900William McKinley (Republican) – 292William Jennings Bryan (Democratic) – 155
John Woolley (Prohibition) – 0
30th1904Theodore Roosevelt (Republican) – 336Alton B. Parker (Democratic) – 140
Eugene V. Debs (Socialist) – 0
Silas C. Swallow (Prohibition) – 0
31st1908William Howard Taft (Republican) – 321William Jennings Bryan (Democratic) – 162
Eugene V. Debs (Socialist) – 0
Eugene W. Chafin (Prohibition) – 0
32nd1912*Woodrow Wilson* (Democratic) – 435Theodore Roosevelt (Progressive) – 88
William Howard Taft (Republican) – 8
Eugene V. Debs (Socialist) – 0
Eugene W. Chafin (Prohibition) – 0
33rd1916*Woodrow Wilson* (Democratic) – 277Charles Evans Hughes (Republican) – 254
Allan L. Benson (Socialist) – 0
James Hanly (Prohibition) – 0
34th1920Warren G. Harding (Republican) – 404James M. Cox (Democratic) – 127
Eugene V. Debs (Socialist) – 0
35th1924Calvin Coolidge (Republican) – 382John W. Davis (Democratic) – 136
Robert M. La Follette, Sr. (Progressive) – 13
36th1928Herbert Hoover (Republican) – 444Al Smith (Democratic) – 87
37th1932Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic) – 472Herbert Hoover (Republican) – 59
Norman Thomas (Socialist) – 0
38th1936Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic) – 523Alf Landon (Republican) – 8
William Lemke (Union) – 0
39th1940Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic) – 449Wendell Willkie (Republican) – 82
40th1944Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic) – 432Thomas E. Dewey (Republican) – 99
41st1948*Harry S. Truman* (Democratic) – 303Thomas E. Dewey (Republican) – 189
Strom Thurmond (States' Rights Democratic) – 39
Henry A. Wallace (Progressive/Labor) – 0
42nd1952Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican) – 442Adlai Stevenson (Democratic) – 89
43rd1956Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican) – 457Adlai Stevenson (Democratic) – 73
44th1960*John F. Kennedy* (Democratic) – 303Richard Nixon (Republican) – 219
Harry F. Byrd (Democratic) – 15[37]
45th1964Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic) – 486Barry Goldwater (Republican) – 52
46th1968*Richard Nixon* (Republican) – 301Hubert Humphrey (Democratic) – 191
George C. Wallace (American Independent) – 46
47th1972Richard Nixon (Republican) – 520George McGovern (Democratic) – 17
John G. Schmitz (American) – 0
John Hospers (Libertarian) – 1
48th1976Jimmy Carter (Democratic) – 297Gerald Ford (Republican) – 240
49th1980Ronald Reagan (Republican) – 489Jimmy Carter (Democratic) – 49
John B. Anderson (no party) – 0
Ed Clark (Libertarian) – 0
50th1984Ronald Reagan (Republican) – 525Walter Mondale (Democratic) – 13
51st1988George H. W. Bush (Republican) – 426Michael Dukakis (Democratic) – 111
52nd1992*Bill Clinton* (Democratic) – 370George H. W. Bush (Republican) – 168
Ross Perot (no party) – 0
53rd1996*Bill Clinton* (Democratic) – 379Bob Dole (Republican) – 159
Ross Perot (Reform) – 0
54th2000*†George W. Bush* (Republican) – 271Al Gore† (Democratic) – 266
Ralph Nader (Green) – 0
55th2004George W. Bush (Republican) – 286John Kerry (Democratic) – 251
56th2008Barack Obama (Democratic) – 365John McCain (Republican) – 173
57th2012Barack Obama (Democratic) – 332Mitt Romney (Republican) – 206
58th2016*†Donald Trump* (Republican) – 306 (preliminary)Hillary Clinton† (Democratic) – 232 (preliminary)

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