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- G Washington - J Adams - T Jefferson - J Madison - J Monroe - J Q Adams - A Jackson -
- M Van Buren - W H Harrison - J Tyler - J Polk - Z Taylor - M Fillmore - F Pierce - J Buchanan - A Lincoln -
- A Johnson - U S Grant - R B Hayes - J Garfield - C Arthur - G Cleveland - B Harrison - G Cleveland -
- W McKinley - T Roosevelt - - W Taft - W Wilson - W Harding - C Coolidge - H Hoover - F D Roosevelt -
- H Truman - D D Eisenhower - J F Kennedy - - L B Johnson - R Nixon - G Ford - J Carter -
- R Reagan - G H W Bush - B Clinton - G W Bush -

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Notes : The ^V1notation refers to notes in the red cell immediately below or to the side.
Popular Vote Results will vary among sources but will give a general idea of the percentage in relation to the other results.

Note: Popular vote figures exclude those states that did not use a popular vote
to select their electors to the Electoral College.

Article II, Section 1, of the U.S. Constitution sets the selection process as:
Each Elector has two votes; one for President and one for Vice President.
Directs that the candidate with a majority of electoral votes becomes president.
The person having the greatest number of votes after the president is selected becomes Vice President.

Year

Presidential Candidates

Party

Ele..Votes

Popular.Votes

*   In 1789 only 10 States participated in the election. North Carolina and Rhode Island had yet to ratify the U.S. Constitution.
*   New York chose no electors, as a deadlock in the legislature failed to appoint the state's 7 electors. One district in Virginia failed to select an elector.
It must have been assumed the votes not cast, were for the only candidate; George Washington, allowing a unamous vote.
38,818 people voted in the States using a popular vote; less than 1.3% of the population.
*   Electors in Connecticut, Georgia, New Jersey, New York and South Carolina were chosen by the state legislature.
Electors in Maryland and Pennsylvania were chosen by the voters, statewide.
In Massachusetts 2 electors were appointed by the state legislature with the remaining selected from a list of top 2 vote-getters in each congressional district.
In New Hampshire electors are chosen by voters statewide, but if no candidate wins a majority the state legislature appoints from the top two candidates.
Vir ginia selected electors by the voters of each "electoral district".

1789

George Washington ^V1
Votes not cast

(no party)---

69 8

38,818---

Vice Pres. Candidates:
John Adams ^V2
John Jay
Robert H. Harrison
John Rutledge
John Hancock
George Clinton
Samuel Huntington
John Milton
James Armstrong
Benjamin Lincoln
Edward Telfair
Votes not cast

---
(no party)
(no party)
(no party)
(no party)
(no party)
(no party)
(no party)
(no party)
(no party)
(no party)
(no party)
---

---
34
    9
    6
    6
    4
    3
    2
    2
    1
    1
    1
    8

---
---
---
---
---
---
---
---
---
---
---
---
---

Index

^V1	Washington ran un-opposed for President garnering 100% of the electoral vote to be unanimous.
^V2	John Adams received the most votes to become the first Vice President.

Year

Presidential Candidates

Party

Ele..Votes

Popular.Votes

* Kentucky and Vir ginia selected electors by the voters of each "electoral district".
In Massachusetts 2 electors were appointed by the state legislature with the remaining selected from a list of top 2 vote-getters in each congressional district.
In New Hampshire electors are chosen by voters statewide, but if no candidate wins a majority the state legislature appoints from the top two candidates.
All other states appoint the electors by the state legislature.

1792

George Washington ^V1
Votes not cast

Federalist---

132 6

13,332---

Vice Pres. Candidates:
John Adams ^V1
George Clinton
Thomas Jefferson
Aaron Burr
Votes not cast

---
Federalist
Anti-Federalist
Anti-Federalist
Anti-Federalist
---

---
77
50
   4
   1
   6

---
---
---
---
---
---

Index

^V1	Washington again ran un-opposed for President garnering 100% of the vote to be unanimous.
^V2	John Adams again receives the most votes to remain as Vice President.

Year

Presidential Candidates

Party

Ele..Votes

Popular.Votes

* In 1796, the vote gave the Victory to John Adams; but rather than Pinckney, Adams running mate; elected Thomas Jefferson Vice President.

* Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina and Vir ginia selected electors by the voters of each "electoral district".
Electors in Georgia and Pennsylvania are selected by voters statewide.
In Massachusetts 2 electors were appointed by the state legislature with the remaining selected from a list of top 2 vote-getters in each congressional district.
In New Hampshire electors are chosen by voters statewide, but if no candidate wins a majority the state legislature appoints from the top two candidates.
In Tennessee an electoral delegate was chosen by popular vote in each county. The delegates in each district selected the elector from their district. one elector was chosen by each "electoral district"
All other states appoint the electors by the state legislature.

1796

John Adams
Thomas Jefferson^V1

Federalist
Dem.-Rep.

71
68

35,726
31,115

Vice Pres. Candidates
Thomas Pinckney:
Aaron Burr
Samuel Adams
Oliver Ellsworth
George Clinton
John Jay
James Iredell
George Washington
John Henry
Samuel Johnston
Charles C. Pinckney

---
Federalist
Dem.-Rep.
Dem.-Rep.
Federalist.
Dem.-Rep.
Federalist.
Federalist.
(none)
Dem.-Rep.
Federalist.
Federalist.

---
59
30
15
11
7
5
3
2
2
2
1

---
---
---
---
---
---
---
---
---
---
---
---

Index

^V1	Thomas Jefferson, who opposed Adams for president, received the second most votes to become Vice President. This was seen as a flaw in the Electoral Colege system.

Year

Presidential Candidates

Party

Ele..Votes

Popular.Votes

* In 1800, the electoral vote tie between Jefferson and Burr required that the U.S. House of Representatives chose the president from the top three. Jefferson received 10 votes, Burr 4 votes and 2 were not cast.
* Kentucky, Maryland, and North Carolina selected electors by the voters of each "electoral district".
Rhode Island and Vir ginia selected electors by voters statewide.
In Tennessee an electoral delegate was chosen by popular vote in each county. The delegates in each district selected the elector from their district. one elector was chosen by each "electoral district"
All other states appoint the electors by the state legislature.

1800

Thomas Jefferson
John Adams

Dem.-Rep.
Federalist

73
65

41,330
25,952

Vice Pres. Candidates
Aaron Burr ^V1
Charles C. Pinckney
John Jay

---
Dem.-Rep.
Federalist
Federalist

---
73
64
1

---
41,330
---
---

Index

^V1	Aaron Burr was Jefferson's running mate but tied with Jefferson, throwing the elections into the House of Representatives to decide who would be president. This highlighted a second flaw in the electoral system

Amendment XII - In 1804 the electors began voting for President and Vice President using separate ballots.

Index

The popular vote is shown for the Party Ticket.

Year

Presidential Candidates

Party

Electoral

Popular Vote

Vice Presidential Candidates

Party

Electoral

1804

Thomas Jefferson ^V1

Dem.-Rep.

162

104,110

George Clinton ^V2

Dem.-Rep.

162

Charles C. Pinckney

Federalist

38,919

Rufus King

Federalist

Index

^V1	Jefferson gained popularity during his first term. American trade boomed when the French Revolutionary War in Europe was suspended.
^V2	Governor of New York, George Clinton replaced Aaron Burr as Jefferson's running mate.
*	Only 11 States chose electors by popular vote, among the 17 United States. Those, that did, varied restrictions based upon property.

Year

Presidential Candidates

Party

Electoral

Popular Vote

Vice Presidential Candidates

Party

Electoral

1808

James Madison
---
Charles C. Pinckney
George Clinton ^V2
---
Vote not cast^V3
Unpledged Electors
James Monroe

Dem.-Rep.
---
Federalist
Dem.-Rep.
---
---
---
Dem-Rep.

122
---
47
    6
---
    1
---
    0

124,732
---
62,431
---
---
---
680
4,848

George Clinton
John Langdon
Rufus King
James Madison ^V1
James Monroe
Vote not cast^V3
---
---

Dem.-Rep.
Ind. (no party)
Federalist
Dem.-Rep.
Dem.-Rep.
---
---
---

113
    9
47
    3
    3
    1
---0

Index

^V1	James Madison elected president also received 3 electoral votes as candidate for Vice President.
^V2	George Clinton had been Thomas Jefferson's Vice President and the first of two to remain Vice President under a new President. The other would be John C. Calhoun in 1828. Clinton also garnering 6 electoral votes for president from 6 unfaithful electors from New York.
^V3	One Kentucky elector did not vote.
*	10 of the 17 States voted for Presidential electors by popular vote with varied restrictions based upon property ownership.

Year

Presidential Candidates

Party

Electoral

Popular Vote

Vice Presidential Candidates

Party

Electoral

1812

James Madison ^V1
De Witt Clinton ^V3
Rufus King
Vote not cast ^V4

Dem.-Rep.
Federalist
Federalist
---

128
89
0
1

140.431
132,781
5,574
---

Elbridge Gerry
Jared Ingersoll
---
Vote not cast

Dem.-Rep.
Federalist
---
---

131 ^V2
86
---
1

Index

^V1	Madison won the election by a comfortable margin. He obtained the leadership to wage the War of 1812.
^V2	Gerry received 3 additional votes when three Federalist electors in Massachusetts, Gerry's home state, voted a split party ticket giving 3 votes to Elbridge Gerry.
^V3	Clinton tailored his campaign dependent on the sentiment of the region; anti-war in some and pro-war in others.
^V4	One Ohio elector did not vote.
*	The War of 1812 had been declared during the nominating campaigns.
*	9 of 18 states voted their electors by popular vote with varying voting restrictions based on property ownership.

Year

Presidential Candidates

Party

Electoral

Popular Vote

Vice Presidential Candidates

Party

Electoral

1816

James Monroe^V1
Rufus King^V2
---
---
---
Votes not cast^V3
(Unpledged Electors)

Dem.-Rep.
Federalist

---

183
34
---
---
---
4

76,592
34,740
---
---
---
1,038

Daniel D. Tompkins
John E. Howard
James Ross
John Marshall
Robert G. Harper
Votes not cast^V3

Dem.-Rep.
Federalist
Ind (no party)
Federalist
Ind. (no party)
---

183
22
    5
    4
    3
    4

Index

^V1	James Monroe was popular for the victorious end of the War of 1812, which discredited the Federalists opposition to the war. Monroe preempted the Federalists by adopting their most prominent issues such as protective tariffs and a national bank.
^V2	The three states that King won gave their vice president electoral votes to a different person. Massachusetts electors chose former U.S. Senator John E. Howard, who later became Governor of Maryland. Delaware chose U.S. Senator Robert G. Harper. Connecticut's electors split between Pennsylvanian James Ross and Chief Justice John Marshall.
^V3	Delaware had one elector and Maryland three electors that did not cast votes.
*	10 of 19 states chose electors by a popular vote that had various restrictions based on property ownership.
*	The popular vote was nearly 2 to 1 in favor of James Monroe who won 16 of the 19 states.

Year

Presidential Candidates

Party

Electoral

Popular Vote

Vice Presidential Candidates

Party

Electoral

1820

James Monroe^V1
---
    James Monroe
    James Monroe
    James Monroe
John Quincy Adams
Unpledged ElectorsDewitt Clinton

Dem-Rep
Federalist
(Split ticket)
(Split ticket)
(Split ticket)
Republican
---^V3
No Party

231^V2
---
---
---
---
1
---
0

87,343
17,465
---
---
---
---
1,658
1,893

Daniel D. Tompkins
---
Richard Stockton
Daniel Rodney
Robert G. Harper
Richard Rush
Unpledged Electors^V3
---

Dem.-Rep.---FederalistFederalistFederalist
Dem-Rep
---
---

218^V2---841
1
0---

Index

^V1	The Federalist Party having virtually collapsed, left Monroe without opposition that effectively left him without a need to campaign.
^V2	A dispute over the validity of Missouri's electoral votes arose putting 3 electoral votes in question. Those votes are included in the Talley for Monroe and Tompkins.
^V3	Unpledged Electors are those who were uncommitted prior to the election.
*	15 of 24 states chose electors by a popular vote that had various restrictions based on property ownership.

Year

Presidential Candidates

Party

Electoral

Popular Vote

Vice Presidential Candidates

Party

Electoral

1824

^V1

John Quincy Adams
Andrew Jackson^V2
William H. Crawford
Henry Clay^V5
---
---
---
---
---
---
(MA Unpledged Electors)
Other

Dem-Rep
Dem-Rep
Dem-Rep^V4
Dem-Rep
---
---
---
---
---
---
---
(nominal parties)

84
99
41
37
---
---
---
---
---
---
0
0

113,122
151,271
40.856
47531
---
---
---
---
---
---
6,616
6,437

---
John C. Calhoun^V3
---
---
Nathan Sanford
Nathaniel Macon
Andrew Jackson
Martin Van Buren
Henry Clay
Votes not cast^V6
---
---

---
Dem-Rep
---
---
Dem-Rep
Dem-Rep
Dem-Rep
Dem-Rep
Dem-Rep
---
---
---

---
182
---
---
30
24
13
   9
   2
   1---
---

Index

^V1	No Presidential candidate received the necessary 51% of the electoral vote to win. The House of Representatives chose John Quincy Adams on the first ballot, over Jackson and Crawford with Clay having been dropped out of the running. House votes cast : Adams received 13 votes, Jackson received 7, and 4 were cast for Crawford. Clay
^V2	Andrew Jackson received the most popular votes and the most, but not 51%, of the electoral votes, throwing the election to the House of Representatives.
^V3	John C Calhoun received votes from both Adams and Jackson supporters.
^V4	Crawford suffered a stroke crippling his bid for president.
^V5	Henry had thrown his support to Adams when it was evident he had less electoral votes.
^V6	One vote for vice president was not cast.

Year

Presidential Candidates

Party

Electoral

Popular Vote

Vice Presidential Candidates

Party

Electoral

1828

Andrew Jackson ^V1
---
John Quincy Adams
Other

Democratic
---
Natl. Republican ^V3
(nominal parties)

178
---
83
---

642,553
---
500897
4,568

John C. Calhoun ^V2
William Smith
Richard Rush
---

Democratic
Democratic
Natl. Republican
---

171
7
83
---

Index

^V1	Andrew Jackson had been "campaigning" since the 1824 election by demeaning President Adams at every opportunity claiming a "corrupt bargain" had been struck between Adams and Henry Clay when Clay was made Secretary of State. Jackson also claimed that Adams had purchased gambling devices for the White House, that in reality were a chess set and a pool table.
^V2	John C Calhoun is the second of two Vice Presidents to remain in office under a new President. The first was George Clinton in 1808.
^V3	John Quincy Adams attacked Jackson's marriage to a woman who's divorce was not quite yet final. Adams also attacked Jackson for the court martial and execution of deserters during his service as a General. Adams won the same states that his father, John Adams, won in 1800.

Year

Presidential Candidates

Party

Electoral

Popular Vote

Vice Presidential Candidates

Party

Electoral

1832

Andrew Jackson ^V1
---
Henry Clay ^V1
John Floyd
William Wirt
Votes not cast ^V1
Other

Democratic
---
National Republicans
Ind. (no party)
Anti-Masonic ^V1
---
(nominal parties)

219
---
49
11
    7
    2
   0

701,780
---
484,205
0
0
07,273

Martin Van Buren
William Wilkins
John Sergeant
Henry Lee
Amos Ellmaker
Votes not cast ^V1
---

Democratic
Ind. (no party)
National Republicans
Independent (no pty)
Anti-Masonic^V1
---
---

189
30
49
11
7
2
---

Index

^V1	Andrew Jackson was nominated by the same states as the previous two elections. The first Democrat convention resolved, "we most cordially concur in the repeated nominations which he has received in various parts of the union."
^V2	Clays attempts to attack Jackson on his use of the veto power but the public views Jackson as defending them against the privileged elite.
^V3	The Anti-Masonic Party was the first party to hold a nominating convention to select the presidential and vice presidential candidates. The Convention was held on September 26, 1831.
^V4	Maryland had two votes not cast.
*	1932 was the first election preceded by nominating conventions.

Year

Presidential Candidates

Party

Electoral

Popular Vote

Vice Presidential Candidates

Party

Electoral

1836

Martin Van Buren^V1
---
William Henry Harrison
Hugh L. White
Daniel Webster
Willie P. Mangum
Other

Democratic
---
Whig^V3
Whig
Whig
Whig
(nominal parties)

170
---
73
26
14
11^V4
0

764,176
---
550,816
146,107
41,201
---
1,234

Richard M. Johnson^V2
William Smith
Francis Granger
John Tyler
---
---
---

Democratic
Democratic
Whig
Whig
---
---
---

147
23
77
47
---
---
---

Index

^V1	Van Buren commanded a strong party organization that carried him to the majority in the Electoral College.
^V2	Without a clear majority Johnson was chosen by the Senate (33-14) over Francis Granger. The others were legally out of the running.
^V3	The Whig party attempted and failed to split the vote by running favorites in different regions of the country. The hope was to divide the vote so that the House of Representatives would decide between the competing Whig candidates.
^V4	Willie Person Mangum received his electoral votes from South Carolina, his home state, that choses its electors by the legislature.
*	The validity of Michigan being a state at the time the state's electors cast their ballots became a controversy but when realized there was no bearing on the results, was resolved by reading the results twice, once with Michigan's votes and once without.
*	1836 was the first and only time a Vice Presidential race was thrown into the Senate.

Year

Presidential Candidates

Party

Electoral

Popular Vote

Vice Presidential Candidates

Party

Electoral

1840
^V1

William Henry Harrison
Martin Van Buren
---
---
James G.Birney
Other

Whig
Democratic
---
---
Liberty Party
(nominal parties)

234
60
---
---
0
0

1,275,390
1,128,854
---
---
6797
767

John Tyler^V2
Richard M. Johnson
L. W. Tazewell
James K. Polk
Thomas Earle
---

Whig
Democratic
Ind. (no party)
Democratic
Liberty Party
---

234
48
11
1
0
---

Index

^V1	Harrison was the oldest president until Ronald Reagan in 1980. -- "Tippecanoe and Tyler too."
^V2	John Tyler was selected as running mate to provide a southern balance to Harrison, a "northerner." Tyler would succeed Harrison upon his death.
^V3	Van Buren in his bid for re-election had failed to overcome blame for the depressed economy.
*	Van Buren, Harrison, Tyler, and Polk all, either had been or would be president.

1840

John Tyler Ascended to the presidency on April 6th after Harrison's death on April 4th.
Tyler who was expelled from the Whig Party failed to garner support for a third party to facilitate a promising re-election bid.
Rather than run and lose, splitting votes away from Polk, he withdrew from the race around the end of August 1844.

Year

Presidential Candidates

Party

Electoral

Popular Vote

Vice Presidential Candidates

Party

Electoral

1844

James Knox Polk ^V1
Henry Clay ^V2
James G. Birney
Others

Democratic
Whig
(anti-slavery) Liberty ^V3
(nominal parties)

170
105
0
0

1,339,494
1,300,004
62,103
2,058

George M. Dallas
Theo. Frelinghuysen
Thomas Morris
---

Democratic
Whig
Liberty
---

170
105
0
---

Index

^V1	James K. Polk favored the annexation of Texas and the Oregon Territory and tied the two together as one issue to avoid charges of being pro-slavery.
^V2	Henry Clay opposed expansionism to annex the Oregon Territory and Texas into the Union.
^V3	The Liberty Party may have been a "spoiler" but it is unknown how many of Birney's supporters would have voted for Clay.
*	1844 would be the last time the presidential election would be held in differing days among the states.
*	Joseph Smith, Jr., founder of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, prior to being murdered, had intended a run for the presidency with Sidney Rigdon as his running mate.

Beginning in 1848 all States hold the presidential election on the same day in November.

Year

Presidential Candidates

Party

Electoral

Popular Vote

Vice Presidential Candidates

Party

Electoral

1848

Zachary Taylor^V1
Lewis Cass ^V2
Martin Van Buren
Other

Whig
Democratic
Free Soil^V4
(nominal parties)

163
127
0
---

1,361,393
1,223,460
291,501
2,830

Millard Fillmore
William Orlando Butler^V3
Charles Frances Adams, Sr.
---

Whig
Democratic
Free Soil
---

163
127
0
---

Index

^V1	Zachary Taylor was a war hero of the Mexican War and did not subscribe fully to the Whig policies.
^V2	Cass was pro-slavery causing many anti-slavery democrats to leave joining the Free Soil Party.
^V3	Butler defeated 5 other candidates for the position on the Democrat ticket. Among those defeated would be future Vice President Rufus King and Confederate President Jefferson Davis.
^V4	The Free Soil Party opposed extending slavery into the territories to the west.
*	All States begin to vote on the same day except South Carolina where the electors are chosen by its legislature.

1850

Millard Fillmore ascended to the presidency on July 10th the day after Zachary Taylor's death.

Year

Presidential Candidates

Party

Electoral

Popular Vote

Vice Presidential Candidates

Party

Electoral

1852

Franklin Pierce^V1
Winfield Scott^V3
John Parker Hale
Daniel Webster^V4
Others

Democratic
Whig
Free Soil
Union^V5
(nominal parties)

254
42
0
0---

1,607,510
1,386,942
155,210
6,994
5,174

William R. King^V2
William A. Graham^V2
George Washington Julian
Charles Jones Jenkins---

Democratic
Whig
Free Soil
Union---

254
42
0
0---

Index

^V1	Pierce and King had won the largest electoral victory as of 1852.
^V1	King and Graham were both born in North Carolina; attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (roughly 20 years apart); were members of different debate societies, the Dialectic Society and the Philantropic Society; both had served North Carolina politics with King as a Representative and Graham as governor.
^V1	Scott wins the nomination over incumbent President, Millard Fillmore.
^V1	Daniel Webster died a week before the election. Remaining on the ballot in Massachusetts and Georgia Webster still pulled 6,994 votes.
^V1	The Union Party began after the Democratic nomination by Pro-Union Whigs. This was the beginning of the Whig Party decline.

Year

Presidential Candidates

Party

Electoral

Popular Vote

Vice Presidential Candidates

Party

Electoral

1856

James Buchanan^V1
John C. Fremont^V2
Millard Fillmore
Other

Democratic
Republican^V3
American^V4/Whig^V5
(nominal parties)

174
114
8
0

1,836,072
1,342,345
873,053
3,177

John C. Breckinridge
William L. Dayton
Andrew Jackson Donelson
---

Democratic
Republican
American/Whig
---

174
114
8
---

Index

^V1	James Buchanan won the Democratic nomination over incumbent Franklin Pierce
^V2	Freemont won less than 600 votes from the slave states.
^V3	Opposing slavery the new Republican Party gave a strong showing, suggesting a future victory by winning two more states.
^V4	The American Party was better known as the Know-Nothing Party
^V5	The Whig Party lost much support to the newly formed Republican Party and the American Party.

Year

Presidential Candidates

Party

Electoral

Popular Vote

Vice Presidential Candidates

Party

Electoral

1860

Abraham Lincoln^V1
John C. Breckinridge
John Bell
Stephen A. Douglas
Other

Republican^V2
Southern Democratic^V3
Const. Union / Whig^V4
Northern Democratic^V5
(nominal parties)

180
72
39
12
0

1,865,908
848,019
590,901
1,380,202
531

Hannibal Hamlin
Joseph Lane
Edward Everett
Herchel Vespasian Johnson
---

Republican
Southern Democratic
Const. Union / Whig
Northern Democratic
---

180
72
39
12
---

Index

^V1	Lincoln garnered just 40% of the popular vote but won the electoral votes of 17states (all North) with an additional 4 electoral votes from New Jersey. Lincoln received a majority of the popular vote in 15 of the states he won. Lincoln won only two of the 996 counties of the South.
^V2	Because of its anti-slavery stance The Republican Party was virtually non-existent in many southern states. The Republican Party was not on the ballot in 9 states; Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee and Texas. In South Carolina The legislature gave all the state's electoral votes to the Southern Democrat Party. The Republican Party's victory was the catalyst in South Carolina's decision to secede from the Union.
^V3	Breckenridge of the Southern Democratic Party won every slave state, except for Missouri.
^V4	The fusion of former staunch Whigs and Know-Nothings that were unable to support either the Republican or Democratic Party created the Constitutional Union Party. Though many had split from the Republican Party the votes they garnered had no effect on the outcome of the election.
^V5	Steven Arnold Douglas received the second most votes but won only Missouri with 3 electoral votes from New Jersey. Douglas was the first Presidential Candidate to take on a nationwide speaking tour.
*	The voter turnout rate was the highest on record at 81.2%, becoming second only to 1876 at 81.8%.

Year

Presidential Candidates

Party

Electoral

Popular Vote

Vice Presidential Candidates

Party

Ele..Votes

1864

Abraham Lincoln^V1

National Union^V2

212

2,218,388

Andrew Johnson

Union^V1

212

George B. McClellan

Democratic^V3^x

1,812,807

G. H. Pendleton

Democratic

Other^x

(nominal parties)

692

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Index

^V1	Lincoln runs for re-election on a coalition ticket; Republican Party and Constitution Union Party.
^V2	The Republican Convention of 1864 adopted the name National Union Party having formed a coalition with the Constitution Union Party.
^V3	McClellan was ridiculed for his pacifist platform, though he personally rejected the idea of pacifism.
*	Soldiers in the field are allowed for the first time to vote in presidential elections. Abraham Lincoln received 70% of the the Union Army vote in the 1864 election.
*	Those states that had seceded from the Union were excluded from casting electoral votes.

1865

Andrew Johnson ascended to the Presidency on the same day (April 15, 1865) as the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
Although having ran on the Union ticket in 1864, President Johnson was known as a War Democrat who never became a Republican but also refused to ask the Democrats to support him for president.

Year

Presidential Candidates

Party

Electoral

Popular Vote

Vice Presidential Candidates

Party

Electoral

1868
^V1

Ulysses S. Grant
Horatio Seymour^V3
Votes not counted
Other

Republican^V2
Democratic
---
(nominal parties)^V4

214 *
80
(23)**
0

3,013,650
2,708,744
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46

Schuyler Colfax
Francis P. Blair, Jr.
Votes not counted^V4
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Republican
Democratic
---
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214
80
(23)
0

Index

^V1	Ulysses Simpson Grant had won the popular vote in every region as well as an overwhelming majority of electoral votes.
^V2	To maintain the Union victory, Republicans passed the 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution to give Blacks the vote.
^V3	Seymour had won the Democratic nomination over George H Pendleton, vice president nominee 1864; Thomas Andrews Hendricks, future Vice President 1876 and Winfield Scott Hancock, Presidential nominee in 1880.
^V4	23 Southern States were excluded from casting electoral votes.
*	The State legislature of Florida selected the electoral votes.
*	Nebraska had become a State adding to the total electoral count.
**	Mississippi, Texas and Virginia had not yet been readmitted to the Union as yet, and were not allowed to cast electoral votes.