APPENDIX 2

Table A           US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORAL OUTCOMES

Election Year

The Winner

Runner Up/s (a)

Runner Up/s
Born

 Runner Up/s
Died

1789

George Washington John Adams# * *
1792 George Washington John Adams#
George Clinton
*
July 26, 1739

*
April 20, 1812

1796

John Adams Thomas Jefferson#
Thomas Pinckney
Aaron Burr
*
October 23, 1750
February 6, 1756

*
November 2, 1828
September14, 1836

1800 Thomas Jefferson Aaron Burr
John Adams#
Charles Pinckery
see 1796
*
October 26, 1757

see 1796
*
October 29, 1824

1804 Thomas Jefferson Charles Pinckery see 1800 see 1800
1808 James Madison Charles Pinckery see 1800 see 1800
1812 James Madison DeWitt Clinton March 2, 1769 February 11, 1828
1816 James Monroe Rufus King April 7, 1786 April 18, 1853
1820 James Monroe John Q Adams# * *
1824 John Quincy Adams Andrew Jackson#
Henry Clay
W H Crawford

*
April 12, 1777
February 22, 1772

*
June 29, 1852
September 15, 1834

1828 Andrew Jackson John Q Adams#  *  *
1832 Andrew Jackson Henry Clay see 1824 see 1824
1836 Martin Van Buren William H Harrison#
Hugh White

October 30, 1773


April 10, 1840

1840 William H Harrison Martin Van Buren#  *  *
1844 James Polk Henry Clay April 12, 1777 June 29, 1852
1848 Zachary Taylor Lewis Cass October 9, 1782 June 17, 1866
1852 Franklin Pierce Winfield Scott June 13, 1786 May 29, 1866
1856 James Buchanan John Fremont

January 21, 1813

July 13, 1890
1860 Abraham Lincoln John Breckenridge
John Bell
January 21, 1821
February 15, 1797
May 17, 1875
September 10, 1869
1864 Abraham Lincoln George McClellan December 3, 1826 October 29, 1885
1868 Ulysses S Grant Horatio Seymour May 31, 1810 February 12, 1886
1872 Ulysses S Grant Harace Greeley
Thomas A Hendricks
February 3, 1811
September 7, 1819
November 29, 1872
November 25, 1885
1876 Rutherford Hayes Samuel Tilden February 9, 1814 August 4, 1886
1880 James Garfield Winfield S Hancock February 14, 1824 February 9, 1886
1884 Grover Cleveland James Blaine January 31, 1830 January 27, 1893
1888 Benjamin Harrison Grover Cleveland# * *
1892 Grover Cleveland Benjamin Harrison#
James Weaver
*
June 12, 1833

*
February 6, 1912

1896 William McKinley William Bryan March 19, 1860 July 26, 1925
1900 William McKinley William Bryan see 1896 see 1896
1904 Theodore Roosevelt Alton B Parker May 14, 1852 May 10, 1926
1908 William Taft William Bryan see 1896 see 1896
1912 Woodrow Wilson Theodore Roosevelt#
William H Taft#
*
*
*
*
1916 Woodrow Wilson Charles Hughes April 11, 1862 August 27, 1948
1920 Warren Harding James Cox March 31, 1870 July 15, 1957
1924 Calvin Coolidge John W Davis April 13, 1873 March 24, 1955
1928 Herbert Hoover Alfred Smith December 30, 1873 October 4, 1944
1932 Franklin Roosevelt Herbert Hoover# * *
1936 Franklin Roosevelt Alfred Landon September 9, 1887 October 12, 1987
1940 Franklin Roosevelt Wendell L Willkie February 18, 1892 October 8, 1944
1944 Franklin Roosevelt Thomas A Dewey March 24, 1902 March 16, 1971
1948 Harry Truman Thomas A Dewey
Strom Thurmond
see 1944
December 5, 1902
see 1944
1952 Dwight Eisenhower Adlai E Stevenson February 5, 1900 July 14, 1965
1956 Dwight Eisenhower Adlai Stevenson see 1952 see 1952
1960 John F Kennedy Richard M Nixon#  *
1964 Lyndon Johnson Barry Goldwater January 1, 1909 May 29, 1998
1968 Richard M Nixon Hubert Humphrey
George Wallace
May 27, 1911
August 25, 1919
January 13, 1978
September13, 1998
1972 Richard M Nixon George McGovern July 19, 1922  
1976 Jimmy Carter Gerald Ford# * *
1980 Ronald Reagan Jimmy Carter#  * *
1984 Ronald Reagan Walter Mondale  January 5, 1928   
1988 George Bush Michael S Dukakis  November 3, 1933   
1992 Bill Clinton George Bush#  * *
1996 Bill Clinton Bob Dole  July 22, 1923   
2000 George W  Bush Albert Gore Jr  March 31, 1948  


(a) All runner up presidential candidates have been included who achieved 20 or more electoral votes.
# Presidential candidate served as the US president at some stage in their careers.
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