Presidential Candidate Elec States
1789
George Washington (VA) 69 10
Political Experience:
Washington
1759-1774 VA Assembly, House of Burgesses
1774 First Continental Congress
1775 Second Continental Congress
1787 president Constitutional Convention
Presidential Candidate Elec States
1792
George Washington (VA) 132 15
Political Experience:
Washington
1759-1774 VA Assembly, House of Burgesses
1774 First Continental Congress
1775 Second Continental Congress
1787 president Constitutional Convention
1789-1793 President
Presidential Candidate Elec States
1796
John Adams (F-MA) 71 12
Thomas Jefferson (DR-VA) 68 8
Political Experience:
Adams Jefferson
1773 MA Assembly 1769-1776 VA Assembly, House of Burgesses
1774 First Continental Congress 1775 Second Continental Congress
1775 Second Continental Congress 1776 Declaration of Independence
1776 Declaration of Independence 1779-1781 VA Governor
1778-1779 Minister to France 1783-1784 Continental Congress
1779 MA constitutional convention 1784-1789 Minister to France
1779-1781 Minister to Great Britain 1790-1793 Secretary of State
1781-1782 Minister to Holland
1785-1788 Minister to Great Britain
1789-1797 Vice President
Presidential Candidate Elec States
1800
Thomas Jefferson (DR-VA) 73 9
John Adams (F-MA) 65 10
Political Experience:
Jefferson Adams
1769-1776 VA Assembly, House of Burgesses 1773 MA Assembly
1775 Second Continental Congress 1774 First Continental Congress
1776 Declaration of Independence 1775 Second Continental Congress
1779-1781 VA Governor 1776 Declaration of Independence
1783-1784 Continental Congress 1778-1779 Minister to France
1784-1789 Minister to France 1779 MA constitutional convention
1790-1793 Secretary of State 1779-1781 Minister to Great Britain
1797-1801 Vice President 1781-1782 Minister to Holland
1785-1788 Minister to Great Britain
1789-1797 Vice President
1797-1801 President
Presidential Candidate Elec States Vice Presidential Candidate
1804
Thomas Jefferson (DR-VA) 162 15 George Clinton (DR-NY)
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (F-SC) 14 2 Rufus King (F-NY)
Political Experience:
Jefferson Pinckney
1769-1776 VA Assembly, House of Burgesses 1769-1772 SC House of Commons
1775 Second Continental Congress 1774-1776 SC provincial congress
1776 Declaration of Independence 1776-1786 SC General Assembly
1779-1781 VA Governor 1787 Constitutional Convention
1783-1784 Continental Congress 1796 Minister to France
1784-1789 Minister to France 1801-1802 SC State Senator
1790-1793 Secretary of State
1797-1801 Vice President
1801-1805 President
Presidential Candidate Elec States Vice Presidential Candidate
1808
James Madison (DR-VA) 122 12 George Clinton (DR-NY)
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (F-SC) 47 5 Rufus King (F-NY)
Political Experience:
Madison Pinckney
1774 committee of safety, Orange Co, VA 1769-1772 SC House of Commons
1776 VA constitutional convention 1774-1776 SC provincial congress
1776-1777 VA Assembly, House of Delegates 1776-1786 SC General Assembly
1777-1779 VA council of safety 1787 Constitutional Convention
1780-1783 Continental Congress 1796 Minister to France
1784-1786 VA Assembly, House of Delegates 1801-1802 SC State Senator
1787 Continental Congress
1787 Constitutional Convention
1789-1797 Representative VA
1791 drafted Bill of Rights
1799-1800 VA Assembly
1801-1809 Secretary of State
Presidential Candidate Elec States Vice Presidential Candidate
1812
James Madison (DR-VA) 128 11 Elbridge Gerry (DR-MA)
DeWitt Clinton (F-NY) 89 7 Charles Jared Ingersoll (F-PA)
Political Experience:
Madison Clinton
1774 committee of safety, Orange Co, VA 1798 NY Assembly
1776 VA constitutional convention 1798-1802 NY State Senator
1776-1777 VA Assembly, House of Delegates 1802-1803 Senator NY
1777-1779 VA council of safety 1806-1811 NY State Senator
1780-1783 Continental Congress 1803-1807 Mayor New York, NY
1784-1786 VA Assembly, House of Delegates 1810-1811 Mayor New York, NY
1787 Continental Congress 1811-1813 NY Lt Governor
1787 Constitutional Convention
1789-1797 Representative VA
1791 drafted Bill of Rights
1799-1800 VA Assembly
1801-1809 Secretary of State
1809-1813 President
Presidential Candidate Elec States Vice Presidential Candidate
1816
James Monroe (DR-VA) 183 16 Daniel D Tompkins (DR-NY)
Rufus King (F-NY) 34 3 John Eager Howard (F-MD)
Political Experience:
Monroe King
1783-1786 Continental Congress 1783-1784 MA House of Representatives
1786-1790 VA Assembly 1784-1787 Continental Congress
1790-1794 Senator VA 1787 Constitutional Convention
1794-1796 Minister to France 1788-1789 NY General Assembly
1799-1802 VA Governor 1789-1796 Senator NY
1803-1805 Minister to France & Spain 1796-1803 Minister to Great Britain
1803-1807 Minister to Great Britain 1813-1825 Senator NY
1810 VA Assembly
1811 VA Governor
1811-1817 Secretary of State
1814-1815 Secretary of War
Presidential Candidate Elec States Vice Presidential Candidate
1820
James Monroe (DR-VA) 231 24 Daniel D Tompkins (DR-NY)
Political Experience:
Monroe
1783-1786 Continental Congress
1786-1790 VA Assembly
1790-1794 Senator VA
1794-1796 Minister to France
1799-1802 VA Governor
1803-1805 Minister to France & Spain
1803-1807 Minister to Great Britain
1810 VA Assembly
1811 VA Governor
1811-1817 Secretary of State
1814-1815 Secretary of War
1817-1821 President
Presidential Candidate Popular Elec States Vice Presidential Candidate
1824
John Quincy Adams (DR-MA) 113,122 84 7 John Caldwell Calhoun (DR-SC)
Andrew Jackson (DR-TN) 151,271 99 11 John Caldwell Calhoun (DR-SC)
William Harris Crawford (DR-GA) 40,856 41 3 Nathaniel Macon (DR-NC)
Henry Clay (DR-KY) 47,531 37 3 Nathan Sanford (DR-NY)
Political Experience:
Adams Jackson
1794-1796 Minister to Holland 1796-1797 Representative TN
1797-1801 Minister to Prussia 1797-1798 Senator TN
1801-1803 MA State Senator 1798-1804 TN Superior Court judge
1803-1808 Senator MA 1821 military Governor FL
1809-1815 Minister to Russia 1823-1825 Senator TN
1815-1817 Minister to Great Britain
1817-1825 Secretary of State
Crawford Clay
1803-1807 GA Legislature 1803 KY Legislature
1807-1813 Senator GA 1808-1809 KY House of Representatives
1813-1815 Minister to France 1810-1811 Senator KY
1815-1816 Secretary of War 1811-1821 Representative KY, Sp 1811-1820
1816-1825 Secretary of Treasury 1823-1825 Representative KY, Sp 1823-1825
Presidential Candidate Popular Elec States Vice Presidential Candidate
1828
Andrew Jackson (D-TN) 642,553 178 15 John Caldwell Calhoun (D-SC)
John Quincy Adams (NR-MA) 500,897 83 9 Richard Rush (NR-PA)
Political Experience:
Jackson Adams
1796-1797 Representative TN 1794-1796 Minister to Holland
1797-1798 Senator TN 1797-1801 Minister to Prussia
1798-1804 TN Superior Court judge 1801-1803 MA State Senator
1821 military Governor FL 1803-1808 Senator MA
1823-1825 Senator TN 1809-1815 Minister to Russia
1815-1817 Minister to Great Britain
1817-1825 Secretary of State
1825-1829 President
Presidential Candidate Popular Elec States Vice Presidential Candidate
1832
Andrew Jackson (D-TN) 701,780 219 16 Martin Van Buren (D-NY)
Henry Clay (NR-KY) 484,205 49 6 John Sargeant (NR-PA)
Political Experience:
Jackson Clay
1796-1797 Representative TN 1803 KY Legislature
1797-1798 Senator TN 1808-1809 KY House of Representatives
1798-1804 judge TN superior court 1810-1811 Senator KY
1821 military Governor FL 1811-1821 Representative KY, Sp 1811-1820
1823-1825 Senator TN 1823-1825 Representative KY, Sp 1823-1825
1829-1833 President 1825-1829 Secretary of State
1831-1842 Senator KY
Presidential Candidate Popular Elec States Vice Presidential Candidate
1836
Martin Van Buren (D-NY) 764,176 170 15 Richard Mentor Johnson (D-KY)
William Henry Harrison (W-OH) 550,816 73 7 Francis Granger (W-NY)
Hugh Lawson White (W-TN) 146,107 26 2 John Tyler (W-VA)
Daniel Webster (W-MA) 41,201 14 1
Political Experience:
Van Buren Harrison
1813-1820 NY State Senator 1798-1801 secretary Northwest Territory
1815-1819 NY Attorney General 1801-1812 Governor Indiana Territory
1821-1828 Senator NY 1804 Governor Louisiana Territory
1829 NY Governor 1816-1819 Representative OH
1829-1831 Secretary of State 1819-1824 OH State Senator
1831-1832 Minister to Great Britain 1825-1828 Senator OH
1833-1837 Vice President 1828-1829 Minister to Columbia
White Webster
1801-1807 TN Superior Court judge 1813-1817 Representative NH
1807-1809 TN State Senator 1822 MA House of Representatives
1808-1809 US District Attorney 1823-1827 Representative MA
1809-1815 TN Supreme Court 1827-1841 Senator MA
1817-1825 TN State Senator
1821-1824 Comm for Spanish land claims
1825-1840 Senator TN, President Pro Tempore 1832-1840
Presidential Candidate Popular Elec States Vice Presidential Candidate
1840
William Henry Harrison (W-OH) 1,275,390 234 19 John Tyler (W-VA)
Martin Van Buren (D-NY) 1,128,854 60 7 Richard Mentor Johnson (D-KY)
Political Experience:
Harrison Van Buren
1798-1801 secretary Northwest Territory 1813-1820 NY State Senator
1801-1812 Governor Indiana Territory 1815-1819 NY Attorney General
1804 Governor Louisiana Territory 1821-1828 Senator NY
1816-1819 Representative OH 1829 NY Governor
1819-1824 OH State Senator 1829-1831 Secretary of State
1825-1828 Senator OH 1831-1832 Minister to Great Britain
1828-1829 Minister to Columbia 1833-1837 Vice President
1837-1841 President
Presidential Candidate Popular Elec States Vice Presidential Candidate
1844
James Knox Polk (D-TN) 1,339,494 170 15 George Mifflin Dallas (D-PA)
Henry Clay (W-KY) 1,300,004 105 11 Theodore Frelinghuysen (W-NJ)
Political Experience:
Polk Clay
1823-1825 TN House of Representatives 1803 KY Legislature
1825-1839 Representative TN, Sp 1835-1839 1808-1809 KY House of Representatives
1839-1841 TN Governor 1810-1811 Senator KY
1811-1821 Representative KY, Sp 1811-1820
1823-1825 Representative KY, Sp 1823-1825
1825-1829 Secretary of State
1831-1842 Senator KY
Presidential Candidate Popular Elec States Vice Presidential Candidate
1848
Zachary Taylor (W-LA) 1,361,393 163 15 Millard Fillmore (W-NY)
Lewis Cass (D-MI) 1,223,460 127 15 William Orlando Butler (D-KY)
Martin Van Buren (FS-NY) 291,501 0 0 Charles Francis Adams (FS-MA)
Political Experience:
Taylor Cass Van Buren
none 1804-1806 Dist Atty Muskingum, OH 1813-1820 NY State Senator
1806-1807 OH House of Representatives 1815-1819 NY Attorney General
1807-1812 US Marshal for OH 1821-1828 Senator NY
1813 Admin of MI and Upper Canada 1829 NY Governor
1813-1831 Governor of MI Territory 1829-1831 Secretary of State
1831-1836 Secretary of War 1831-1832 Minister to Great Britain
1836-1842 Minister to France 1833-1837 Vice President
1845-1848 Senator MI 1837-1841 President
Presidential Candidate Popular Elec States Vice Presidential Candidate
1852
Franklin Pierce (D-NH) 1,607,510 254 27 William Rufus Devane King (D-AL)
Winfield Scott (W-NJ) 1,386,942 42 4 William Alexander Graham (W-NC)
Political Experience:
Pierce Scott
1829-1833 NH State Legislature, Speaker none
1833-1837 Representative NH
1837-1842 Senator NH
1844-1846 US District Attorney NH
Presidential Candidate Popular Elec States Vice Presidential Candidate
1856
James Buchanan (D-PA) 1,836,072 174 19 John Cabell Breckinridge (D-KY)
John Charles Fremont (R-CA) 1,342,345 114 11 William Lewis Dayton (R-NJ)
Millard Fillmore (Am-NY) 873,053 8 1 Andrew Jackson Donelson (Am-TN)
Political Experience:
Buchanan Fremont Fillmore
1814-1816 PA Assembly 1850-1851 Senator CA 1828-1832 NY Assembly
1821-1831 Representative PA 1833-1835 Representative NY
1831-1833 Minister to Russia 1837-1843 Representative NY
1834-1845 Senator PA 1848-1849 NY comptroller
1845-1849 Secretary of State 1849-1850 Vice President
1853-1856 Minister to GB 1850-1853 President
Presidential Candidate Popular Elec States Vice Presidential Candidate
1860
Abraham Lincoln (R-IL) 1,865,908 180 18 Hannibal Hamlin (R-ME)
John Cabell Breckinridge (D-KY) 848,019 72 11 Joseph Lane (D-OR)
John Bell (CU-TN) 590,901 39 3 Edward Everett (CU-MA)
Stephen Arnold Douglas (D-IL) 1,380,202 12 1 Herschel Vespasian Johnson (D-GA)
Political Experience:
Lincoln Douglas
1834-1846 IL Assembly 1835 IL State’s Attorney
1847-1849 Representative IL 1836-1837 IL Representative
1854 IL Assembly 1840-1841 IL Secretary of State
1841-1842 IL Supreme Court
1843-1847 Representative IL
1847-1861 Senator IL
Breckinridge Bell
1849-1855 KY House of Representatives 1817-1819 TN State Senator
1857-1861 Vice President 1827-1841 Representative TN, Sp 1834-1835
1841 Secretary of War
1847 TN House of Representatives
1847-1859 Senator TN
Presidential Candidate Popular Elec States Vice Presidential Candidate
1864
Abraham Lincoln (R-IL) 2,218,388 212 22 Andrew Johnson (D-TN)
George Brinton McClellan (D-NY) 1,812,807 21 3 George Hunt Pendleton (D-OH)
Political Experience:
Lincoln McClellan
1834-1846 IL Assembly none
1847-1849 Representative IL
1854 IL Assembly
1861-1865 President
Presidential Candidate Popular Elec States Vice Presidential Candidate
1868
Ulysses Simpson Grant (R-IL) 3,013,650 214 26 Schuyler Colfax (R-IN)
Horatio Seymour (D-NY) 2,708,744 80 8 Francis Preston Blair (D-MO)
Political Experience:
Grant Seymour
none 1841-1842 NY Assembly
1842-1843 Mayor Utica, NY
1844-1845 NY Assembly
1852-1854 NY Governor
1862-1864 NY Governor
Presidential Candidate Popular Elec States Vice Presidential Candidate
1872
Ulysses Simpson Grant (R-IL) 3,598,235 286 29 Henry Wilson (R-MA)
Horace Greeley (D-NY) 2,834,761 66 8 Benjamin Gratz Brown (D-MO)
Political Experience:
Grant Greeley
1869-1873 President 1848-1849 Representative NY
Presidential Candidate Popular Elec States Vice Presidential Candidate
1876
Rutherford Birchard Hayes (R-OH) 4,034,311 185* 21 William Almon Wheeler (R-NY)
Samuel Jones Tilden (D-NY) 4,288,546 184 17 Thomas Andrews Hendricks (D-IN)
Political Experience:
Hayes Tilden
1865-1867 Representative OH 1843-1844 Counsel for New York, NY
1868-1872 OH Governor 1846 NY Assembly
1875-1877 OH Governor 1866-1874 NY Democratic Party Chairman
1874-1876 NY Legislature
1875-1877 NY Governor
Presidential Candidate Popular Elec States Vice Presidential Candidate
1880
James Abram Garfield (R-OH) 4,446,158 214 19 Chester Alan Arthur (R-NY)
Winfield Scott Hancock (D-PA) 4,444,260 155 19 William Hayden English (D-IN)
Political Experience:
Garfield Hancock
1864-1880 Representative OH none
Presidential Candidate Popular Elec States Vice Presidential Candidate
1884
Grover Cleveland (D-NY) 4,874,621 219 20 Thomas Andrews Hendricks (D-IN)
James Gillespie Blaine (R-ME) 4,848,936 182 18 John Alexander Logan (R-IL)
Political Experience:
Cleveland Blaine
1871-1874 Sheriff Erie Co, NY 1859-1881 ME Republican State Committee
1882 Mayor Buffalo, NY 1859-1863 ME Legislature
1883-1885 NY Governor 1863-1876 Representative ME, Sp 1869-1875
1876-1881 Senator ME
1881 Secretary of State
Presidential Candidate Popular Elec States Vice Presidential Candidate
1888
Benjamin Harrison (R-IN) 5,443,892 233 20 Levi Parsons Morton (R-NY)
Grover Cleveland (D-NY) 5,534,488 168 18 Allen Granberry Thurman (D-OH)
Political Experience:
Harrison Cleveland
1881-1887 Senator IN 1871-1874 Sheriff Erie Co, NY
1882 Mayor Buffalo, NY
1883-1885 NY Governor
1885-1889 President
Presidential Candidate Popular Elec States Vice Presidential Candidate
1892
Grover Cleveland (D-NY) 5,551,883 277 23 Adlai Ewing Stevenson (D-IL)
Benjamin Harrison (R-IN) 5,179,244 145 16 Whitelaw Reid (R-NY)
Political Experience:
Cleveland Harrison
1871-1874 Sheriff Erie Co, NY 1881-1887 Senator IN
1882 Mayor Buffalo, NY 1889-1893 President
1883-1885 NY Governor
1885-1889 President
Presidential Candidate Popular Elec States Vice Presidential Candidate
1896
William McKinley (R-OH) 7,108,480 271 23 Garret Augustus Hobart (R-NJ)
William Jennings Bryan (D-NE) 6,511,495 176 22 Arthur Sewall (D-ME)
Political Experience:
McKinley Bryan
1877-1890 Representative OH 1891-1895 Representative NE
1892-1896 OH Governor
1892-1897 chairman Republican National Convention
Presidential Candidate Popular Elec States Vice Presidential Candidate
1900
William McKinley (R-OH) 7,218,039 292 28 Theodore Roosevelt (R-NY)
William Jennings Bryan (D-NE) 6,358,345 155 17 Adlai Ewing Stevenson (D-IL)
Political Experience:
McKinley Bryan
1877-1890 Representative OH 1891-1895 Representative NE
1892-1896 OH Governor
1892-1897 chairman Republican National Convention
1897-1901 President
Presidential Candidate Popular Elec States Vice Presidential Candidate
1904
Theodore Roosevelt (R-NY) 7,626,593 336 32 Charles Warren Fairbanks (R-IN)
Alton Brooks Parker (D-NY) 5,082,989 140 13 Henry Gassaway Davis (D-WV)
Political Experience:
Roosevelt Parker
1882-1884 NY Assembly 1885 Chairman NY Democratic Executive Committee
1885-1886 dep sheriff Billings, Dakota 1885-1889 NY Supreme Court justice
1889-1895 US Civil Service Commission 1889-1896 NY Court of Appeals justice
1895-1897 NYC police commissioner 1896-1897 NY Supreme Court justice
1897-1898 Asst Secretary of Navy 1898-1904 Chief Justice NY Court of Appeals
1899-1901 NY Governor
1901 Vice President
1901-1905 President
Presidential Candidate Popular Elec States Vice Presidential Candidate
1908
William Howard Taft (R-OH) 7,676,258 321 29 James Schoolcraft Sherman (R-NY)
William Jennings Bryan (D-NE) 6,406,801 162 17 John Worth Kern (D-IN)
Political Experience:
Taft Bryan
1888-1892 Superior Court judge 1891-1895 Representative NE
1892-1901 US Circuit judge
1901-1903 Governor-General Philippines
1904-1908 Secretary of War
1906 provisional Governor Cuba
Presidential Candidate Popular Elec States Vice Presidential Candidate
1912
Woodrow Wilson (D-NJ) 6,293,152 435 40 Thomas Riley Marshall (D-IN)
Theodore Roosevelt (P-NY) 4,119,207 88 6 Hiram Warren Johnson (P-CA)
William Howard Taft (R-OH) 3,486,333 8 2 Nicholas Murray Butler (R-NY)
Political Experience:
Wilson Roosevelt Taft
1911-1913 NJ Governor 1882-1884 NY Assembly 1888-1892 Superior Court judge
1885-1886 dep sher Billings 1892-1901 US Circuit judge
1889-1895 US Civil Service Comm 1901-1903 Governor-General Philippines
1895-1897 NYC police comm 1904-1908 Secretary of War
1897-1898 Asst Secretary Navy 1906 provisional Governor Cuba
1899-1901 NY Governor 1909-1913 President
1901 Vice President
1901-1909 President
Presidential Candidate Popular Elec States Vice Presidential Candidate
1916
Woodrow Wilson (D-NJ) 9,126,300 277 30 Thomas Riley Marshall (D-IN)
Charles Evans Hughes (R-NY) 8,546,789 254 18 Charles Warren Fairbanks (R-IN)
Political Experience:
Wilson Hughes
1911-1913 NJ Governor 1907-1910 NY Governor
1913-1917 President 1910-1916 Associate Justice Supreme Court
Presidential Candidate Popular Elec States Vice Presidential Candidate
1920
Warren Gamaliel Harding (R-OH) 16,153,115 404 37 Calvin Coolidge (R-MA)
James Middleton Cox (D-OH) 9,133,092 127 11 Franklin Delano Roosevelt (D-NY)
Political Experience:
Harding Cox
1899-1903 OH State Senator 1909-1913 Representative OH
1903-1905 OH Lt Governor 1913-1915 OH Governor
1915-1921 Senator OH 1917-1921 OH Governor
Presidential Candidate Popular Elec States Vice Presidential Candidate
1924
Calvin Coolidge (R-MA) 15,719,921 382 35 Charles Gates Dawes (R-IL)
John William Davis (D-WV) 8,386,704 136 12 Charles Wayland Bryan (D-NE)
Robert Marion La Follette (P-WI) 4,832,532 13 1 Burton Kendall Wheeler (P-MT)
Political Experience:
Coolidge Davis La Follette
1907-1909 MA House of Representatives 1898-1900 WV House of Delegates 1880-1884 Dist Atty Dane Co, WI
1910-1911 Mayor Northampton, MA 1911-1913 Representative WV 1885-1891 Representative WI
1912-1915 MA State Senator 1913-1918 US Solicitor General 1901-1906 WI Governor
1915-1919 MA Lt Governor 1918-1921 Amb to Great Britain 1906-1925 Senator WI
1919-1921 MA Governor
1921-1923 Vice President
1923-1925 President
Presidential Candidate Popular Elec States Vice Presidential Candidate
1928
Herbert Clark Hoover (R-CA) 21,437,277 444 40 Charles Curtis (R-KS)
Alfred Emanuel Smith (D-NY) 15,007,698 87 8 Joseph Taylor Robinson (D-AR)
Political Experience:
Hoover Smith
1917-1918 US Food Administrator 1904-1915 NY Assembly
1921-1928 Secretary of Commerce 1916-1917 Sheriff New York Co
1919-1921 NY Governor
1923-1929 NY Governor
Presidential Candidate Popular Elec States Vice Presidential Candidate
1932 (52.5% voter turnout)
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (D-NY) 22,829,501 472 42 John Nance Garner (D-TX)
Herbert Clark Hoover (R-CA) 15,760,684 59 6 Charles Curtis (R-KS)
Political Experience:
Roosevelt Hoover
1911-1913 NY State Senator 1917-1918 US Food Administrator
1913-1920 Asst Secretary of Navy 1921-1928 Secretary of Commerce
1929-1933 NY Governor 1929-1933 President
Presidential Candidate Popular Elec States Vice Presidential Candidate
1936 (56.9% voter turnout)
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (D-NY) 27,757,333 523 46 John Nance Garner (D-TX)
Alfred Mossman Landon (R-KS) 16,684,231 8 2 William Franklin Knox (R-IL)
Political Experience:
Roosevelt Landon
1911-1913 NY State Senator 1933-1937 KS Governor
1913-1920 Assistant Secretary of Navy
1929-1933 NY Governor
1933-1937 President
Presidential Candidate Popular Elec States Vice Presidential Candidate
1940 (58.9% voter turnout)
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (D-NY) 27,313,041 449 38 Henry Agard Wallace (D-IA)
Wendell Lewis Willkie (R-IN) 22,348,480 82 10 Charles Linza McNary (R-OR)
Political Experience:
Roosevelt Willkie
1911-1913 NY State Senator none
1913-1920 Assistant Secretary of Navy
1929-1933 NY Governor
1933-1941 President
Presidential Candidate Popular Elec States Vice Presidential Candidate
1944 (56% voter turnout)
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (D-NY) 25,612,610 432 36 Harry S Truman (D-MO)
Thomas Edmund Dewey (R-NY) 22,017,617 99 12 John William Bricker (R-OH)
Political Experience:
Roosevelt Dewey
1911-1913 NY State Senator 1931-1935 Chief Asst US Attorney
1913-1920 Assistant Secretary of Navy 1935-1937 prosecutor New York, NY
1929-1933 NY Governor 1937-1941 Dist Attorney New York, NY
1933-1945 President 1943-1955 NY Governor
Presidential Candidate Popular Elec States Vice Presidential Candidate
1948 (51.1% voter turnout)
Harry S Truman (D-MO) 24,179,345 303 28 Alben William Barkley (D-KY)
Thomas Edmund Dewey (R-NY) 21,991,291 189 16 Earl Warren (R-CA)
James Strom Thurmond (SR-SC) 1,176,125 39 4 Fielding Lewis Wright (SR-MS)
Political Experience:
Truman Dewey Thurmond
1915 postmaster 1931-1935 Chief Asst US Attorney 1933-1938 SC State Senator
1923-1925 county judge 1935-1937 prosecutor New York, NY 1947-1951 SC Governor
1927-1934 judge 1937-1941 Dist Attorney New York, NY
1935-1945 Senator MO 1943-1955 NY Governor
1945 Vice President
1945-1949 President
Presidential Candidate Popular Elec States Vice Presidential Candidate
1952 (61.6% voter turnout)
Dwight David Eisenhower (R-NY) 33,936,234 442 39 Richard Milhous Nixon (R-CA)
Adlai Ewing Stevenson (D-IL) 27,314,992 89 9 John Jackson Sparkman (D-AL)
Political Experience:
Eisenhower Stevenson
1949-1951 Joint Chiefs 1933-1934 Asst Gen Counsel Agricultural Adjustment Administration
1934 Chief Attorney Federal Alcohol Control Administration
1941-1944 administrative asst to Secretary of Navy Frank Knox
1945-1946 special asst to Secretary of State James Byrnes
1946-1947 Alternate Delegate to United Nations
1949-1953 IL Governor
Presidential Candidate Popular Elec States Vice Presidential Candidate
1956 (59.3% voter turnout)
Dwight David Eisenhower (R-NY) 35,590,472 457 41 Richard Milhous Nixon (R-CA)
Adlai Ewing Stevenson (D-IL) 26,022,752 73 7 Carey Estes Kefauver (D-TN)
Political Experience:
Eisenhower Stevenson
1949-1951 Joint Chiefs 1933-1934 Asst Gen Counsel Agricultural Adjustment Administration
1953-1957 President 1934 Chief Attorney Federal Alcohol Control Administration
1941-1944 administrative asst to Secretary of Navy Frank Knox
1945-1946 special asst to Secretary of State James Byrnes
1946-1947 Alternate Delegate to United Nations
1949-1953 IL Governor
Presidential Candidate Popular Elec States Vice Presidential Candidate
1960 (62.8% voter turnout)
John Fitzgerald Kennedy (D-MA) 34,226,731 303 22 Lyndon Baines Johnson (D-TX)
Richard Milhous Nixon (R-CA) 34,108,157 219 26 Henry Cabot Lodge (R-MA)
Political Experience:
Kennedy Nixon
1947-1953 Representative MA 1947-1951 Representative CA
1953-1961 Senator MA 1951-1952 Senator CA
1953-1961 Vice President
Presidential Candidate Popular Elec States Vice Presidential Candidate
1964 (61.9% voter turnout)
Lyndon Baines Johnson (D-TX) 43,129,566 486 44 Hubert Horatio Humphrey (D-MN)
Barry Morris Goldwater (R-AZ) 27,178,188 52 6 William Edward Miller (R-NY)
Political Experience:
Johnson Goldwater
1935-1937 Dir Nat’l Youth Admin 1950-1952 Phoenix, AZ City Council
1937-1949 Representative TX 1953-1965 Senator AZ
1949-1961 Senator TX, Whip/Leader 1951-1955
1961-1963 Vice President
1963-1965 President
Presidential Candidate Popular Elec States Vice Presidential Candidate
1968 (60.9% voter turnout)
Richard Milhous Nixon (R-CA) 31,785,480 301 32 Spiro Theodore Agnew (R-MD)
Hubert Horatio Humphrey (D-MN) 31,275,166 191 13 Edmund Sixtus Muskie (D-ME)
George Corley Wallace (Ind-AL) 9,906,473 46 5 Curtis Emerson LeMay (Ind-OH)
Political Experience:
Nixon Humphrey Wallace
1947-1951 Representative CA 1942 MN Dir War Production Training 1946 AL Asst Atty General
1951-1952 Senator CA 1943 Asst Dir War Manpower Commission 1947-1953 AL House of Representatives
1953-1961 Vice President 1945-1949 Mayor Minneapolis 1953-1959 Circuit Judge
1949-1965 Senator MN, Whip 1961-1964 1963-1967 AL Governor
1965-1969 Vice President
Presidential Candidate Popular Elec States Vice Presidential Candidate
1972 (55.2% voter turnout)
Richard Milhous Nixon (R-CA) 47,169,911 520 49 Spiro Theodore Agnew (R-MD)
George Stanley McGovern (D-SD) 29,170,383 17 1 Robert Sargent Shriver (D-MD)
Political Experience:
Nixon McGovern
1947-1951 Representative CA 1953-1956 Executive Secretary, SD Democratic Party
1951-1952 Senator CA 1957-1961 Representative SD
1953-1961 Vice President 1961-1962 Food for Peace Director
1969-1973 President 1963-1981 Senator SD
Presidential Candidate Popular Elec States Vice Presidential Candidate
1976 (53.5% voter turnout)
James Earl Carter (D-GA) 40,830,763 297 21 Walter Frederick Mondale (D-MN)
Gerald Rudolph Ford (R-MI) 39,147,793 240 29 Robert Joseph Dole (R-KS)
Political Experience:
Carter Ford
1963-1967 GA State Senator 1949-1973 Representative MI, Minority Leader 1965-1973
1971-1975 GA Governor 1973-1974 Vice President
1974-1977 President
Presidential Candidate Popular Elec States Vice Presidential Candidate
1980 (52.8% voter turnout)
Ronald Wilson Reagan (R-CA) 43,904,153 489 44 George Herbert Walker Bush (R-TX)
James Earl Carter (D-GA) 35,483,883 49 6 Walter Frederick Mondale (D-MN)
John Bayard Anderson (Ind-IL) 5,720,020 0 0
Political Experience:
Reagan Carter Anderson
1966-1974 CA Governor 1963-1967 GA State Senator 1961-1981 Representative IL
1971-1975 GA Governor
1977-1981 President
Presidential Candidate Popular Elec States Vice Presidential Candidate
1984 (53.3% voter turnout)
Ronald Wilson Reagan (R-CA) 54,455,075 525 49 George Herbert Walker Bush (R-TX)
Walter Frederick Mondale (D-MN) 37,577,185 13 1 Geraldine Ferraro (D-NY)
Political Experience:
Reagan Mondale
1966-1974 CA Governor 1960-1964 MN Attorney General
1981-1985 President 1964-1976 Senator MN
1977-1981 Vice President
Presidential Candidate Popular Elec States Vice Presidential Candidate
1988 (50.3% voter turnout)
George Herbert Walker Bush (R-TX) 48,886,097 426 40 James Danforth Quayle (R-IN)
Michael Stanley Dukakis (D-MA) 41,809,074 111 10 Lloyd Millard Bentsen (D-TX)
Political Experience:
Bush Dukakis
1966-1970 Representative TX 1963-1970 MA House of Representatives
1971-1973 US Ambassador to UN 1975-1979 Governor MA
1974-1975 Chief Envoy to China 1983-1991 Governor MA
1976-1977 Director of CIA
1981-1989 Vice President
Presidential Candidate Popular Elec States Vice Presidential Candidate
1992 (55.1% voter turnout)
William Jefferson Clinton (D-AR) 44,909,326 370 32 Albert Arnold Gore (D-TN)
George Herbert Walker Bush (R-TX) 39,103,883 168 18 James Danforth Quayle (R-IN)
H Ross Perot (Ind-TX) 19,741,657 0 0 James Stockdale (Ind-CA)
Political Experience:
Clinton Bush Perot
1976 AR Attorney General 1966-1970 Representative TX none
1978-1980 AR Governor 1971-1973 US Ambassador to UN
1982-1993 AR Governor 1974-1975 Chief Envoy to China
1976-1977 Director of CIA
1981-1989 Vice President
1989-1993 President
Presidential Candidate Popular Elec States Vice Presidential Candidate
1996 (48.9% voter turnout)
William Jefferson Clinton (D-AR) 47,401,185 379 31 Albert Arnold Gore (D-TN)
Robert Joseph Dole (R-KS) 39,197,469 159 19 Jack French Kemp (R-NY)
Political Experience:
Clinton Dole
1976 AR Attorney General 1951-1953 KS Legislature
1978-1980 AR Governor 1953-1960 prosecuting attorney Russell Co, KS
1982-1993 AR Governor 1961-1969 Representative KS
1993-1997 President 1969-1996 Senator KS
Presidential Candidate Popular Elec States Vice Presidential Candidate
2000 (51.2% voter turnout)
George Walker Bush (R-TX) 50,459,211 271* 30 Richard Bruce Cheney (R-WY)
Albert Arnold Gore (D-TN) 51,003,894 266 20 Joseph Lieberman (D-CT)
Political Experience:
Bush Gore
1995-2001 Governor TX 1977-1985 Representative TN
1985-1993 Senator TN
1993-2001 Vice President
Senate House Governor CA Richard Nixon CA Richard Nixon AR Bill Clinton IN Benjamin Harrison IL Abraham Lincoln CA Ronald Reagan MA John Q Adams MA John Q Adams [2] FL Andrew Jackson [4] MA John Kennedy MA John Kennedy GA Jimmy Carter MO Harry Truman MI Gerald Ford IN William Harrison [4] NH Franklin Pierce NH Franklin Pierce LA William Harrison [4] NY Martin Van Buren NY Millard Fillmore MA Calvin Coolidge OH James Garfield [1] OH James Garfield NJ Woodrow Wilson OH Warren Harding OH William Harrison NY Grover Cleveland OH William Harrison OH Rutherford Hayes NY Franklin Roosevelt PA James Buchanan OH William McKinley NY Theodore Roosevelt TN Andrew Jackson PA James Buchanan NY Martin Van Buren TN Andrew Johnson TN Andrew Jackson OH Rutherford Hayes TX Lyndon Johnson TN Andrew Johnson OH William McKinley VA James Monroe TN James Polk [3] TN Andrew Johnson VA John Tyler TX George Bush TN James Polk TX Lyndon Johnson TX George W Bush VA James Madison VA Thomas Jefferson VA John Tyler VA James Monroe VA John Tyler[1] Garfield was elected but never served in the Senate
Office Under President Vice President John Adams Washington Thomas Jefferson Adams Martin Van Buren Jackson John Tyler W Harrison Millard Fillmore Taylor Andrew Johnson Lincoln Chester Arthur Garfield Theodore Roosevelt McKinley Calvin Coolidge Harding Harry Truman F Roosevelt Lyndon Johnson Kennedy Richard Nixon Eisenhower Gerald Ford Nixon George Bush Reagan Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson Washington James Madison Jefferson James Monroe Madison John Q Adams Monroe Martin Van Buren Jackson James Buchanan Polk Secretary of War James Monroe Madison Ulysses Grant A Johnson William Taft T Roosevelt Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover Harding Asst Secretary of Navy Theodore Roosevelt McKinley Franklin Roosevelt Wilson
Ambassador to Appointed by Great Britain John Adams Continental Congress James Monroe Jefferson John Q Adams Madison Martin Van Buren Jackson James Buchanan Pierce China George Bush* Nixon Columbia William Harrison JQ Adams France John Adams Continental Congress Thomas Jefferson Continental Congress James Monroe Washington, Jefferson Holland John Adams Continental Congress John Q Adams Washington Prussia John Q Adams Adams Russia John Q Adams Madison James Buchanan Jackson Spain James Monroe Jefferson United Nations George Bush Nixon* Formal diplomatic relations were not yet recognised and Bush’s title was Chief, US Liaison Office, Bejing
By Occupation Actor Ronald Reagan Publisher Warren Harding Engineer Herbert Hoover Sheriff Grover Cleveland Farmer Jimmy Carter Theodore Roosevelt Haberdasher Harry Truman Soldier Jimmy Carter Judge Andrew Jackson Dwight Eisenhower William Taft Ulysses Grant Harry Truman William Harrison Lawyer John Adams Andrew Jackson John Q Adams Zachary Taylor Chester Arthur George Washington James Buchanan Surveyor George Washington Grover Cleveland Tailor Andrew Johnson Bill Clinton Teacher John Adams Calvin Coolidge Chester Arthur Millard Fillmore Grover Cleveland Gerald Ford Bill Clinton Benjamin Harrison Millard Fillmore Rutherford Hayes James Garfield Andrew Jackson Lyndon Johnson Thomas Jefferson William Taft Abraham Lincoln Woodrow Wilson William McKinley Writer Thomas Jefferson James Monroe John Kennedy Richard Nixon Franklin Pierce James Polk Franklin Roosevelt William Taft John Tyler Martin Van Buren Woodrow WilsonOnly positions held for a significant amount of time have been included.
[1] Washington was promoted to General of the United States (6 star) by Congress in 1976Military Experience Rank President Wars General of the Army***** Dwight Eisenhower WWI, WWII Ulysses Grant Mexican, Civil Lieutenant General*** George Washington [1] Revolution Major General** James Garfield Civil William Harrison 1812 Rutherford Hayes Civil [2] Andrew Jackson Revolution [2][3], 1812 Zachary Taylor 1812, Mexican Brigadier General* Benjamin Harrison Civil Andrew Johnson Civil Franklin Pierce Mexican Colonel James Madison [4] Revolution Theodore Roosevelt Spanish Lieutenant Colonel James Monroe [4] Revolution [2] Major William McKinley Civil Harry Truman WWI Captain Abraham Lincoln [4] Mexican Ronald Reagan WWII John Tyler [4] 1812 Commander (Navy) Jimmy Carter --- Lieutenant Commander (Navy) Gerald Ford WWII Lyndon Johnson WWII Richard Nixon WWII Lieutenant (Navy) George Bush WWII John Kennedy WWII
By College
Albany Law William McKinley *
Allegheny (PA) William McKinley*
Amherst Calvin Coolidge
Bowdoin Franklin Pierce
Cincinnati Law William Taft
Columbia Franklin Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt*
Dickinson (PA) James Buchanan
Duke Richard Nixon
Eureka College (IL) Ronald Reagan
Georgetown Bill Clinton
Lyndon Johnson*
Hampden-Sydney (VA) William Harrison*
Harvard John Adams
John Q Adams
Rutherford Hayes
John Kennedy
Franklin Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Johns Hopkins Woodrow Wilson
Kansas City Law Harry Truman*
Kenyon College (OH) Rutherford Hayes
London School of Economics John Kennedy
Miami College (OH) Benjamin Harrison
University of Michigan Gerald Ford
University of North Carolina James Polk
Ohio Central College Warren Harding*
Oxford Bill Clinton
Princeton John Kennedy
James Madison
Woodrow Wilson
Southwest Texas Teachers College Lyndon Johnson
Stanford Herbert Hoover
John Kennedy*
Union College (NY) Chester Arthur
US Military Academy, West Point Dwight Eisenhower
Ulysses Grant
US Naval Academy, Annapolis Jimmy Carter
University of Virginia Law Woodrow Wilson*
Whittier College Richard Nixon
William & Mary Thomas Jefferson*
John Tyler*
James Monroe*
Williams College (MA) James Garfield
Yale George Bush
George W Bush
Bill Clinton
Gerald Ford
William Taft
none Grover Cleveland
Millard Fillmore
Andrew Jackson
Andrew Johnson
Abraham Lincoln
Zachary Taylor
Martin Van Buren
George Washington
* did not graduate