List of United States Democratic Party presidential tickets

This is a list of electoral candidates for the offices of President of the United States and Vice President of the United States of the modern Democratic Party, either duly preselected and nominated, or the presumptive nominees of a future preselection and election. Opponents who received over one percent of the popular vote or ran an official campaign that received Electoral College votes are listed. Offices held prior to Election Day are included, and those held on Election Day have an italicized end date.

19th century

1828, 1832

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!colspan=2 |<big>1828 (won), 1832 (won)</big>

!width=175 |Vice presidential nominee

|rowspan=2 style="text-align:center;" |Andrew Jackson of TN (1767–1845) 129px

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;Prior public experience

U.S. House of Representatives (1796–1797)
U.S. Senate (1797–1798, 1823–1825)
Chair of the Senate Military Affairs Committee (1823–1825)
Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (1823–1824)
Justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court (1798–1804)
Governor of Florida (1821)
President (1829–1837)

;Higher education

None

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;Prior public experience

South Carolina House of Representatives (1808–1809)
U.S. House of Representatives (1811–1817)
U.S. Secretary of War (1817–1825)
Vice President (1825–1832)

;Higher education

Yale University (attended)
Litchfield Law School (attended)

|style="text-align:center;" |John C. Calhoun of SC (1782–1850) 121px (1828)

;Prior public experience

New York Senate (1813–1820)
Attorney General of New York (1815–1819)
U.S. Senate (1821–1828)
Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee (1823–1828)
Governor of New York (1829)
U.S. Secretary of State (1829–1831)
U.S. Minister to the United Kingdom (1831–1832)

;Higher education

None

|style="text-align:center;" |Martin Van Buren of NY (1782–1862) 129px (1832)

|Opponent(s) John Quincy Adams (National Republican)

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;Electoral vote (President)

Jackson: 178 (68.2%)
Adams: 83 (31.8%)

;Electoral vote (Vice President)

Calhoun: 171 (65.5%)
Rush: 83 (31.8%)
Smith: 7 (2.7%)

;Popular vote

Jackson/Calhoun: 642,553 (55.9%)
Adams/Rush: 500,897 (43.7%)

|Opponent(s) Richard Rush (National Republican)

|Opponent(s) Henry Clay (Whig) William Wirt (Anti-Masonic)

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;Electoral vote (President)

Jackson: 219 (76.0%)
Clay: 49 (17.0%)
Floyd: 11 (3.8%)
Wirt: 7 (2.4%)
None: 2 (0.7%)

;Electoral vote (Vice President)

Van Buren: 189 (65.6%)
Sargent: 49 (17.0%)
Wilkins: 30 (10.4%)
Lee: 11 (3.8%)
Ellmaker: 7 (2.4%)
None: 2 (0.7%)

;Popular vote

Jackson/Van Buren: 701,780 (54.7%)
Clay/Sargent: 484,205 (36.9%)
Wirt/Ellmaker: 100,715 (7.8%)

|Opponent(s) John Sergeant (Whig) Amos Ellmaker (Anti-Masonic)

1836, 1840

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!colspan=2 |<big>1836 (won), 1840 (lost)</big>

!width=175 |Vice presidential nominee

|style="text-align:center;" |Martin Van Buren of NY (1782–1862) 129px

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;Prior public experience

New York Senate (1813–1820)
Attorney General of New York (1815–1819)
U.S. Senate (1821–1828)
Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee (1823–1828)
Governor of New York (1829)
U.S. Secretary of State (1829–1831)
U.S. Minister to the United Kingdom (1831–1832)
Vice President (1833–1837)
President (1837–1841)

;Higher education

None

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;Prior public experience

Kentucky House of Representatives (1804–1806, 1819)
U.S. House of Representatives (1807–1819, 1829–1837)
Chair of the House Claims Committee (1810–1811)
Chair of the War Department Expenditures Committee (1817–1819)
Chair of the House Post Office Committee (1829–1832)
Chair of the House Military Affairs Committee (1832–1837)
U.S. Senate (1819–1829)
Chair of the Senate Post Office Committee (1829–1832)
Vice President (1837–1841)

;Higher education

Transylvania University (attended)

|style="text-align:center;" |Richard Johnson of KY (1780–1850) 121px

|Opponent(s) William Harrison (Northern Whig) Hugh White (Southern Whig)

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;Electoral vote (President)

Van Buren: 170 (57.8%)
Harrison: 73 (24.8%)
White: 26 (8.8%)
Webster: 14 (4.8%)
Magnum: 11 (3.7%)

;Contingent vote (Vice President)

Johnson 33 (63.5%)
Granger: 16 (30.8%)
Blank: 3 (5.8%)

;Electoral vote (Vice President)

Johnson 147 (50.0%)
Granger: 77 (26.2%)
Tyler: 47 (16.0%)
Smith: 23 (7.8%)

;Popular vote

Van Buren/Johnson: 764,176 (50.8%)
Harrison/Granger: 550,816 (36.6%)
White/Tyler: 146,109 (9.7%)
Webster/Granger: 41,201 (2.7%)

|Opponent(s) Francis Granger (Northern Whig) John Tyler (Southern Whig)

|Opponent(s) William Harrison (Whig)

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;Electoral vote (President)

Harrison: 234 (79.6%)
Van Buren: 60 (20.4%)

;Electoral vote (Vice President)

Tyler: 234 (79.6%)
Johnson: 48 (16.3%)
Tazewell: 11 (3.7%)
Polk: 1 (0.3%)

;Popular vote

Harrison/Tyler: 1,275,390 (52.9%)
Van Buren/Johnson: 1,128,854 (46.8%)

|Opponent(s) John Tyler (Whig)

1844

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!width=175 |Presidential nominee

!colspan=2 |<big>1844 (won)</big>

!width=175 |Vice presidential nominee

|rowspan=2 style="text-align:center;" |James Polk of TN (1795–1849) 129px

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;Prior public experience

Tennessee House of Representatives (1823–1825)
U.S. House of Representatives (1825–1839)
Chair of the House Ways and Means Committee (1833–1835)
Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives (1835–1839)
Governor of Tennessee (1839–1841)

;Higher education

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (BA)

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;Prior public experience

U.S. House of Representatives (1827–1829)
Comptroller of New York (1829–1833)
U.S. Senate (1833–1844)
Chair of the Senate Finance Committee (1836–1841)

;Higher education

Middlebury College (BA)

|style="text-align:center;" |Silas Wright of NY (1795–1847) 121px (1844)

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;Prior public experience

Mayor of Philadelphia, PA (1828–1829)
U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (1829–1831)
Attorney General of Pennsylvania (1833–1835)
U.S. Minister to Russia (1837–1839)
U.S. Senate (1839–1841)
Chair of the Senate Naval Affairs Committee (1832–1833)

;Higher education

Princeton University (BA)

|style="text-align:center;" |George Dallas of PA (1792–1864) 121px (1844)

|Opponent(s) Henry Clay (Whig) James Birney (Liberty)

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;Electoral vote

Polk/Dallas: 170 (61.8%)
Clay/Frelinghuysen: 105 (38.2%)

;Popular vote

Polk/Dallas: 1,339,494 (49.5%)
Clay/Frelinghuysen: 1,300,004 (49.1%)
Birney/Morris: 62,103 (2.3%)

|Opponent(s) Theodore Frelinghuysen (Whig) Thomas Morris (Liberty)

1848

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!width=175 |Presidential nominee

!colspan=2 |<big>1848 (lost)</big>

!width=175 |Vice presidential nominee

|style="text-align:center;" |Lewis Cass of MI (1782–1866) 129px

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;Prior public experience

Ohio House of Representatives (1806)
Governor of Michigan (1813–1831)
U.S. Secretary of War (1831–1836)
U.S. Minister to France (1836–1842)
U.S. Senate (1845–1848)
Chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee (1847–1848)

;Higher education

None

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;Prior public experience

Kentucky House of Representatives (1817–1818)
U.S. House of Representatives (1839–1843)

;Higher education

Transylvania University (BA)

|style="text-align:center;" |William Butler of KY (1791–1880) 121px

|Opponent(s) Zachary Taylor (Whig) Martin Van Buren (Free Soil)

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;Electoral vote

Taylor/Fillmore: 163 (56.2%)
Cass/Butler: 127 (43.8%)

;Popular vote

Taylor/Fillmore: 1,361,393 (47.1%)
Cass/Butler: 1,223,460 (42.5%)
Van Buren/Adams 291,501 (10.1%)

|Opponent(s) Millard Fillmore (Whig) Charles Adams (Free Soil)

1852

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!width=175 |Presidential nominee

!colspan=2 |<big>1852 (won)</big>

!width=175 |Vice presidential nominee

|style="text-align:center;" |Franklin Pierce of NH (1804–1869) 129px

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;Prior public experience

New Hampshire House of Representatives (1829–1833)
Speaker of the New Hampshire House of Representatives (1831–1833)
U.S. House of Representatives (1833–1837)
U.S. Senate (1837–1842)
Chair of the Senate Pensions Committee (1839–1841)
U.S. Attorney for the District of New Hampshire (1845)

;Higher education

Bowdoin College (attended)
Northampton Law School (attended)

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;Prior public experience

North Carolina House of Representatives (1807–1809)
U.S. House of Representatives (1811–1816)
U.S. Senate (1819–1844, 1848–1852)
Chair of the Senate Public Lands Committee (1831–1832)
Chair of the Senate Commerce Committee (1832–1833, 1837–1841)
President pro tempore of the U.S. Senate (1836–1841, 1850–1852)
Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (1849–1850)
Chair of the Senate Pensions Committee (1849–1850)
U.S. Minister to France (1844–1846)

;Higher education

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (BA)

|style="text-align:center;" |William King of AL (1786–1853) 121px

|Opponent(s) Winfield Scott (Whig) John Hale (Free Soil)

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;Electoral vote

Pierce/King: 254 (85.8%)
Scott/Graham: 42 (14.2%)

;Popular vote

Pierce/King: 1,607,510 (50.8%)
Scott/Graham: 1,386,942 (43.9%)
Hale/Julian: 155,210 (4.9%)

|Opponent(s) William Graham (Whig) George Julian (Free Soil)

1856

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!width=190 |Presidential nominee

!colspan=2 |<big>1856 (won)</big>

!width=190 |Vice presidential nominee

|style="text-align:center;" |James Buchanan of PA (1791–1868) 129px

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;Prior public experience

Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1814–1816)
U.S. House of Representatives (1821–1831)
Chair of the House Judiciary Committee (1829–1831)
U.S. Minister to Russia (1832–1833)
U.S. Senate (1834–1845)
Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (1836–1841)
Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (1841–1845)
U.S. Secretary of State (1845–1849)
U.S. Minister to the United Kingdom (1853–1856)

;Higher education

Dickinson College (BA)

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;Prior public experience

Kentucky House of Representatives (1849–1851)
U.S. House of Representatives (1851–1855)

;Higher education

Centre College (BA)
Princeton University (attended)
Transylvania University (attended)

|style="text-align:center;" |John Breckinridge of KY (1821–1875) 121px

|Opponent(s) John Frémont (Republican) Millard Fillmore (Know Nothing)

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;Electoral vote

Buchanan/Breckinridge: 174 (58.8%)
Frémont/Dayton: 114 (38.5%)
Fillmore/Donelson: 8 (2.7%)

;Popular vote

Buchanan/Breckinridge: 1,836,072 (45.3%)
Frémont/Dayton: 1,342,345 (33.1%)
Fillmore/Donelson: 873,053 (21.5%)

|Opponent(s) William Dayton (Republican) Andrew Donelson (Know Nothing)

1860

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!width=190 |Presidential nominee

!colspan=2 |<big>1860 (lost)</big>

!width=190 |Vice presidential nominee

|style="text-align:center;" |Stephen Douglas of IL (1813–1861) 129px

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;Prior public experience

Illinois House of Representatives (1836–1838)
Secretary of State of Illinois (1840–1841)
Associate Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court (1841–1843)
U.S. House of Representatives (1843–1847)
Chair of the House Territories Committee (1845–1847)
U.S. Senate (1847–1861)
Chair of the Senate Territories Committee (1847–1858)
Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (1850–1851)

;Higher education

None

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;Prior public experience

U.S. Senate (1848–1849)
Chair of the Senate District of Columbia Committee (1848–1849)
Governor of Georgia (1853–1857)

;Higher education

University of Georgia (BA)

|style="text-align:center;" |Herschel Johnson of GA (1812–1880) 121px

|Opponent(s) Abraham Lincoln (Republican) John Breckinridge (Southern Democrats) John Bell (Constitutional Union)

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;Electoral vote

Lincoln/Hamlin: 180 (59.4%)
Breckinridge/Lane: 72 (23.8%)
Bell/Everett: 39 (12.9%)
Douglas/Johnson: 12 (4.0%)

;Popular vote

Lincoln/Hamlin: 1,865,908 (39.7%)
Douglas/Johnson: 1,380,202 (29.5%)
Breckinridge/Lane: 848,019 (18.2%)
Bell/Everett: 590,901 (12.7%)

|Opponent(s) Hannibal Hamlin (Republican) Joe Lane (Southern Democrats) Edward Everett (Constitutional Union)

1864

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!width=190 |Presidential nominee

!colspan=2 |<big>1864 (lost)</big>

!width=190 |Vice presidential nominee

|style="text-align:center;" |George McClellan of NJ (1826–1885) 129px

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;Prior public experience

Commanding General of the U.S. Army (1861–1862)

;Higher education

University of Pennsylvania (attended)
U.S. Military Academy (BS)

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;Prior public experience

Ohio Senate (1854–1856)
U.S. House of Representatives (1857–1865)

;Higher education

University of Cincinnati (attended)
Heidelberg University (attended)

|style="text-align:center;" |George Pendleton of OH (1825–1889) 129px

|Opponent(s) Abraham Lincoln (National Union)

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;Electoral vote

Lincoln/Johnson: 212 (91.0%)
McClellan/Pendleton: 21 (9.0%)

;Popular vote

Lincoln/Johnson: 2,218,388 (55.0%)
McClellan/Pendleton: 1,812,807 (45.0%)

|Opponent(s) Andrew Johnson (National Union)

1868

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!width=190 |Presidential nominee

!colspan=2 |<big>1868 (lost)</big>

!width=190 |Vice presidential nominee

|style="text-align:center;" |Horatio Seymour of NY (1810–1886) 129px

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;Prior public experience

New York Assembly (1842, 1944–1845)
Speaker of the New York Assembly (1845)
Governor of New York (1853–1854, 1863–1864)

;Higher education

Hobart College (attended)
Norwich University (BA)

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;Prior public experience

Attorney General of New Mexico (1847)
Missouri House of Representatives (1852–1856)
U.S. House of Representatives (1857–1859, 1860, 1861–1864)
Chair of the House Armed Services Committee (1861–1862)

;Higher education

Yale University (attended)
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (attended)
Princeton University (BA)
Transylvania University

|style="text-align:center;" |Francis Blair of MO (1821–1875) 121px

|Opponent(s) Ulysses S. Grant (Republican)

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;Electoral vote

Grant/Colfax: 214 (72.8%)
Seymour/Blair: 80 (27.2%)

;Popular vote

Grant/Colfax: 3,013,421 (52.7%)
Seymour/Blair: 2,706,829 (47.3%)

|Opponent(s) Schuyler Colfax (Republican)

1872

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!width=190 |Presidential nominee

!colspan=2 |<big>1872 (lost)</big>

!width=190 |Vice presidential nominee

|style="text-align:center;" |Horace Greeley of NY (1811–1872) 129px

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;Prior public experience

U.S. House of Representatives (1848–1849)

;Higher education

None

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;Prior public experience

Missouri House of Representatives (1852–1858)
U.S. Senate (1863–1867)
Chair of the Senate Audit Committee (1865–1866)
Chair of the Senate Public Grounds Committee (1866–1867)
Governor of Missouri (1871–1873)

;Higher education

Transylvania University (attended)
Yale University (BA)
University of Louisville (LLB)

|style="text-align:center;" |Benjamin Gratz Brown of MO (1826–1885) 121px

|Opponent(s) Ulysses S. Grant (Republican)

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;Electoral vote

Grant/Wilson: 286 (81.3%)
Greeley/Brown: 66 (18.8%)*

;Popular vote

Grant/Wilson: 3,598,235 (55.6%)
Greely/Brown: 2,834,761 (43.8%)

|Opponent(s) Henry Wilson (Republican)

1876

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!width=190 |Presidential nominee

!colspan=2 |<big>1876 (lost)</big>

!width=190 |Vice presidential nominee

|style="text-align:center;" |Samuel Tilden of NY (1814–1886) 129px

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;Prior public experience

New York Assembly (1846–1847, 1872)
Chair of the New York Democratic Party (1866–1874)
Governor of New York (1875–1876)

;Higher education

Yale University (attended)
New York University (attended)

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;Prior public experience

Indiana House of Representatives (1848–1850)
U.S. House of Representatives (1851–1855)
Chair of the House Mileage Committee (1851–1853)
Chair of the House Invalid Pensions Committee (1853–1855)
Commissioner of the General Land Office (1855–1859)
U.S. Senate (1863–1869)
Governor of Indiana (1873–1877)

;Higher education

Hanover College (BA)

|style="text-align:center;" |Thomas Hendricks of IN (1819–1885) 121px

|Opponent(s) Rutherford Hayes (Republican)

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;Electoral vote

Hayes/Wheeler: 185 (50.1%)
Tilden/Hendricks: 184 (49.9%)

;Popular vote

Tilden/Hendricks: 4,288,546 (50.9%)
Hayes/Wheeler: 4,034,311 (47.9%)

|Opponent(s) William Wheeler (Republican)

1880

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!width=190 |Presidential nominee

!colspan=2 |<big>1880 (lost)</big>

!width=190 |Vice presidential nominee

|style="text-align:center;" |Winfield Hancock of PA (1824–1886) 129px

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;Prior public experience

Commander of the Fifth Military District (1867–1868)

;Higher education

U.S. Military Academy (BS)

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;Prior public experience

Indiana House of Representatives (1851–1853)
Speaker of the Indiana House of Representatives (1852)
U.S. House of Representatives (1853–1861)
Chair of the House Post Office Committee (1857–1859)

;Higher education

Hanover College (attended)

|style="text-align:center;" |William English of IN (1822–1896) 121px

|Opponent(s) James Garfield (Republican) James Weaver (Greenback)

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;Electoral vote

Garfield/Arthur: 214 (58.0%)
Hancock/English: 155 (42.0%)

;Popular vote

Garfield/Arthur: 4,446,158 (48.3%)
Hancock/English: 4,444,260 (48.2%)
Weaver/Chambers: 308,649 (3.4%)

|Opponent(s) Chester Arthur (Republican) Barzillai Chambers (Greenback)

1884, 1888, 1892

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!width=175 |Presidential nominee

!colspan=2 |<big>1884 (won), 1888 (lost), 1892 (won)</big>

!width=175 |Vice presidential nominee

|rowspan=3 style="text-align:center;" |Grover Cleveland of NY (1837–1908) 129px

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;Prior public experience

Mayor of Buffalo, NY (1882)
Governor of New York (1883–1885)
President (1885–1889)

;Higher education

None

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;Prior public experience

Indiana House of Representatives (1848–1850)
U.S. House of Representatives (1851–1855)
Chair of the House Mileage Committee (1851–1853)
Chair of the House Invalid Pensions Committee (1853–1855)
Commissioner of the General Land Office (1855–1859)
U.S. Senate (1863–1869)
Governor of Indiana (1873–1877)

;Higher education

Hanover College (BA)

|style="text-align:center;" |Thomas Hendricks of IN (1819–1885) 121px (1884)

;Prior public experience

Ohio Supreme Court (1852–1856)
Associate Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court (1852–1854)
Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court (1854–1856)
U.S. Senate (1869–1881)
Chair of the Senate Private Land Claims Committee (1872–1879)
President pro tempore of the U.S. Senate (1879–1880)
Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee (1879–1881)

;Higher education

None

|style="text-align:center;" |Allen Thurman of OH (1813–1895) 129px (1888)

;Prior public experience

U.S. House of Representatives (1875–1877, 1879–1881)

;Higher education

Illinois Wesleyan University (attended)
Centre College (BA)

|style="text-align:center;" |Adlai Stevenson of IL (1835–1914) 129px (1892)

|Opponent(s) James Blaine (Republican) St. John (Prohibition) Benjamin Butler (Greenback)

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;Electoral vote

Cleveland/Hendricks: 219 (54.6%)
Blaine/Logan: 182 (45.4%)

;Popular vote

Cleveland/Hendricks: 4,914,482 (48.9%)
Blaine/Logan: 4,856,905 (48.3%)
St. John/Daniel: 147,482 (1.5%)
Butler/West: 134,294 (1.3%)

|Opponent(s) John Logan (Republican) William Daniel (Prohibition) Absolom West (Greenback)

|Opponent(s) Benjamin Harrison (Republican) Clinton Fisk (Prohibition) Alson Streeter (Union Labor)

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;Electoral vote

Harrison/Morton: 233 (58.1%)
Cleveland/Thurman: 168 (41.9%)

;Popular vote

Cleveland/Thurman: 5,534,488 (48.6%)
Harrison/Morton: 5,443,892 (47.8%)
Fisk/Brooks: 249,819 (2.2%)
Streeter/Cunningham: 146,602 (1.3%)

|Opponent(s) Levi Morton (Republican) John Brooks (Prohibition) Charles Cunningham (Union Labor)

|Opponent(s) Benjamin Harrison (Republican) James Weaver (Populist) John Bidwell (Prohibition)

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;Electoral vote

Cleveland/Stevenson: 277 (62.4%)
Harrison/Reid: 145 (32.7%)
Weaver/Field: 22 (5.0%)

;Popular vote

Cleveland/Stevenson: 5,556,918 (46.0%)
Harrison/Reid: 5,176,108 (43.0%)
Weaver/Field: 1,041,028 (8.5%)
Bidwell/Cranfill: 270,879 (2.2%)

|Opponent(s) Whitelaw Reid (Republican) James Field (Populist) James Cranfill (Prohibition)

1896, 1900

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!width=175 |Presidential nominee

!colspan=2 |<big>1896 (lost), 1900 (lost)</big>

!width=175 |Vice presidential nominee

|rowspan=2 style="text-align:center;" |William Jennings Bryan of NE (1860–1925) 129px

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;Prior public experience

U.S. House of Representatives (1891–1895)

;Higher education

Illinois College (BA)
Northwestern University (LLB)

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;Prior public experience

President of the Maine Central Railroad (1884-1893)

;Higher education

None

|style="text-align:center;" |Arthur Sewall of ME (1835–1900) 121px (1896)

;Prior public experience

U.S. House of Representatives (1875–1877, 1879–1881)
Vice President (1893–1897)

;Higher education

Illinois Wesleyan University (attended)
Centre College (BA)

|style="text-align:center;" |Adlai Stevenson of IL (1835–1914) 129px (1900)

|Opponent(s) William McKinley (Republican)

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;Electoral vote (President)

McKinley: 271 (60.6%)
Bryan: 176 (39.4%)

;Electoral vote (Vice President)

Hobart: 271 (60.6%)
Sewall: 149 (33.3%)
Watson: 27 (6.0%)

;Popular vote

McKinley/Hobart: 7,102,246 (51.0%)
Bryan/Sewall-Watson: 6,492,559 (46.7%)

|Opponent(s) Garret Hobart (Republican) Thomas E. Watson (Populist)

|Opponent(s) William McKinley (Republican) John Woolley (Prohibition)

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;Electoral vote

McKinley/Roosevelt: 292 (65.3%)
Bryan/Stevenson: 155 (34.7%)

;Popular vote

McKinley/Roosevelt: 7,228,864 (51.6%)
Bryan/Stevenson: 6,370,932 (45.5%)
Woolley/Metcalf: 210,864 (1.5%)

|Opponent(s) Theodore Roosevelt (Republican) Henry Metcalf (Prohibition)

20th century

1904

{|class="wikitable"

!width=190 |Presidential nominee

!colspan=2 |<big>1904 (lost)</big>

!width=190 |Vice presidential nominee

|style="text-align:center;" |Alton Parker of NY (1852–1926) 129px

|width=350 |

;Prior public experience

Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals (1898–1904)

;Higher education

Union University, New York (LLB)

|width=350 |

;Prior public experience

West Virginia House of Delegates (1865–1869)
West Virginia Senate (1869–1871)
U.S. Senate (1871–1883)
Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee (1879–1881)

;Higher education

None

|style="text-align:center;" |Henry Davis of WV (1823–1916) 121px

|Opponent(s) Theodore Roosevelt (Republican) Gene Debs (Socialist) Silas Swallow (Prohibition)

|colspan=2 |

;Electoral vote

Roosevelt/Fairbanks: 336 (70.6%)
Parker/Davis: 140 (29.4%)

;Popular vote

Roosevelt/Fairbanks: 7,630,457 (56.4%)
Parker/Davis: 5,083,880 (37.6%)
Debs/Hanford: 402,810 (3.0%)
Swallow/Carroll: 259,102 (1.9%)

|Opponent(s) Charles Fairbanks (Republican) Ben Hanford (Socialist) George Carroll (Prohibition)

1908

{|class="wikitable"

!width=190 |Presidential nominee

!colspan=2 |<big>1908 (lost)</big>

!width=190 |Vice presidential nominee

|style="text-align:center;" |William Jennings Bryan of NE (1860–1925) 129px

|width=350 |

;Prior public experience

U.S. House of Representatives (1891–1895)

;Higher education

Illinois College (BA)
Northwestern University (LLB)

|width=350 |

;Prior public experience

Indiana Senate (1893–1897)

;Higher education

University of Michigan (LLB)

|style="text-align:center;" |John Kern of IN (1849–1917) 121px

|Opponent(s) William Taft (Republican) Gene Debs (Socialist) Eugene Chafin (Prohibition)

|colspan=2 |

;Electoral vote

Taft/Sherman: 321 (66.5%)
Parker/Davis: 162 (33.5%)

;Popular vote

Taft/Sherman: 7,678,335 (51.6%)
Bryan/Kern: 6,408,979 (43.0%)
Debs/Hanford: 420,852 (2.8%)
Chafin/Watkins: 254,087 (1.7%)

|Opponent(s) Jim Sherman (Republican) Ben Hanford (Socialist) Aaron Watkins (Prohibition)

1912, 1916

{|class="wikitable"

!width=190 |Presidential nominee

!colspan=2 |<big>1912 (won), 1916 (won)</big>

!width=190 |Vice presidential nominee

|style="text-align:center;" |Woodrow Wilson of NJ (1856–1924) 129px

|width=350 |

;Prior public experience

Governor of New Jersey (1911–1913)
President (1913–1921)

;Higher education

Davidson College (attended)
Princeton University (BA)
University of Virginia
Johns Hopkins University (MA, PhD)

|width=350 |

;Prior public experience

Governor of Indiana (1909–1913)
Vice President (1913–1921)

;Higher education

Wabash College (BA)

|style="text-align:center;" |Thomas Marshall of IN (1854–1925) 121px

|Opponent(s) William Taft (Republican) Theodore Roosevelt (Progressive) Gene Debs (Socialist) Eugene Chafin (Prohibition)

|colspan=2 |

;Electoral vote

Wilson/Marshall: 435 (81.9%)
Roosevelt/Johnson: 88 (16.6%)
Taft/Butler: 8 (1.5%)

;Popular vote

Wilson/Marshall: 6,296,284 (41.8%)
Roosevelt/Johnson: 4,122,721 (24.7%)
Taft/Butler: 3,486,242 (23.2%)
Debs/Seidel: 901,551 (6.0%)
Chafin/Watkins: 208,156 (1.7%)

|Opponent(s) Nicholas Butler (Republican) Hiram Johnson (Progressive) Emil Seidel (Socialist) Aaron Watkins (Prohibition)

|Opponent(s) Charles Hughes (Republican) Allan Benson (Socialist) Frank Hanly (Prohibition)

|colspan=2 |

;Electoral vote

Wilson/Marshall: 277 (52.2%)
Hughes/Fairbanks: 254 (47.8%)

;Popular vote

Wilson/Marshall: 9,126,868 (49.2%)
Hughes/Fairbanks: 8,548,728 (46.1%)
Benson/Kirkpatrick: 590,524 (3.2%)
Hanly/Landrith: 221,302 (1.2%)

|Opponent(s) Charles Fairbanks (Republican) Kirk Kirkpatrick (Socialist) Ira Landrith (Prohibition)

1920

{|class="wikitable"

!width=190 |Presidential nominee

!colspan=2 |<big>1920 (lost)</big>

!width=190 |Vice presidential nominee

|style="text-align:center;" |James Cox of OH (1870–1957) 129px

|width=350 |

;Prior public experience

U.S. House of Representatives (1909–1913)
Governor of Ohio (1913–1915, 1917–1921)

;Higher education

None

|width=350 |

;Prior public experience

New York Senate (1911–1913)
Assistant Secretary of the Navy (1913–1920)

;Higher education

Harvard University (BA)
Columbia University (attended)

|style="text-align:center;" |Franklin D. Roosevelt of NY (1882–1945) 121px

|Opponent(s) Warren G. Harding (Republican) Gene Debs (Socialist) Parley Christensen (Farmer-Labor)

|colspan=2 |

;Electoral vote

Harding/Coolidge: 404 (76.1%)
Cox/Roosevelt: 127 (23.9%)

;Popular vote

Harding/Coolidge: 16,144,093 (60.3%)
Cox/Roosevelt: 9,139,661 (34.2%)
Debs/Stedman: 913,693 (3.4%)
Christensen/Hayes: 265,398 (1.0%)

|Opponent(s) Calvin Coolidge (Republican) Stedy Stedman (Socialist) Max Hayes (Farmer-Labor)

1924

{|class="wikitable"

!width=175 |Presidential nominee

!colspan=2 |<big>1924 (lost)</big>

!width=175 |Vice presidential nominee

|style="text-align:center;" |John Davis of WV (1873–1955) 129px

|width=350 |

;Prior public experience

West Virginia House of Delegates (1899)
U.S. House of Representatives (1911–1913)
U.S. Solicitor General (1913–1918)
U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom (1918–1921)

;Higher education

Washington and Lee University (BA, LLB)

|width=350 |

;Prior public experience

Mayor of Lincoln, NE (1915–1917)
Governor of Nebraska (1923–1925)

;Higher education

Illinois College (attended)
University of Chicago (attended)

|style="text-align:center;" |Charles Bryan of NE (1867–1945) 121px

|Opponent(s) Calvin Coolidge (Republican) Robert La Follette (Progressive)

|colspan=2 |

;Electoral vote

Coolidge/Dawes: 382 (71.9%)
Davis/Bryan: 136 (25.6%)
La Follette/Wheeler: 13 (2.4%)

;Popular vote

Coolidge/Dawes: 15,723,789 (54.0%)
Davis/Bryan: 8,386,242 (28.8%)
La Follette/Wheeler: 4,831,706 (16.6%)

|Opponent(s) Charles Dawes (Republican) Burton Wheeler (Progressive)

1928

{|class="wikitable"

!width=190 |Presidential nominee

!colspan=2 |<big>1928 (lost)</big>

!width=190 |Vice presidential nominee

|style="text-align:center;" |Al Smith of NY (1873–1944) 129px

|width=350 |

;Prior public experience

New York Assembly (1904–1915)
Majority Leader of the New York Assembly (1912, 1914–1915)
Minority Leader of the New York Assembly (1912)
Speaker of the New York Assembly (1913)
New York City Council (1917–1918)
President of the New York City Council (1917–1918)
Governor of New York (1919–1920, 1923–1928)

;Higher education

None

|width=350 |

;Prior public experience

Arkansas House of Representatives (1895–1987)
U.S. House of Representatives (1903–1912)
Chair of the House Public Lands Committee (1911–1912)
Governor of Arkansas (1913)
U.S. Senate (1913–1937)
Chair of the Senate Treasury Department Expenditures Committee (1913–1917)
Chair of the Senate Claims Committee (1917–1919)
Senate Majority Leader (1923–1933)

;Higher education

University of Arkansas (attended)
University of Virginia (attended)

|style="text-align:center;" |Joe Robinson of AR (1872–1937) 121px

|Opponent(s) Herbert Hoover (Republican)

|colspan=2 |

;Electoral vote

Hoover/Curtis: 444 (83.6%)
Smith/Robinson: 87 (16.4%)

;Popular vote

Hoover/Curtis: 21,427,123: (58.2%)
Smith/Robinson: 15,015,464 (40.8%)

|Opponent(s) Charles Curtis (Republican)

1932, 1936, 1940, 1944

{|class="wikitable"

!width=175 |Presidential nominee

!colspan=2 |<big>1932 (won), 1936 (won), 1940 (won), 1944 (won)</big>

!width=175 |Vice presidential nominee

|rowspan=3 style="text-align:center;" |Franklin D. Roosevelt of NY (1882–1945) 129px

|rowspan=3 width=350 |

;Prior public experience

New York Senate (1911–1913)
Assistant Secretary of the Navy (1913–1920)
Governor of New York (1929–1932)
President (1933–1945)

;Higher education

Harvard University (BA)
Columbia University (attended)

|width=350 |

;Prior public experience

Texas House of Representatives (1898–1902)
U.S. House of Representatives (1903–1933)
House Minority Leader (1929–1931)
Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives (1931–1933)
Vice President (1933–1941)

;Higher education

Vanderbilt University (attended)

|style="text-align:center;" |Jack Garner of TX (1868–1967) 121px (1932, 1936)

;Prior public experience

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture (1933–1940)

;Higher education

Iowa State University (BS)

|style="text-align:center;" |Henry Wallace of IA (1888–1965) 121px (1940)

;Prior public experience

Presiding Judge of Jackson County, MO (1927–1935)
U.S. Senate (1935–1945)
Chair of the Senate National Defense Program Committee (1941–1944)

;Higher education

Spalding's Commercial College (attended)
University of Missouri, Kansas City (attended)

|style="text-align:center;" |Harry S. Truman of MO (1884–1972) 121px (1944)

|Opponent(s) Herbert Hoover (Republican) Norman Thomas (Socialist)

|colspan=2 |

;Electoral vote

Roosevelt/Garner: 472 (88.9%)
Hoover/Curtis: 59 (11.1%)

;Popular vote

Roosevelt/Garner: 22,821,277 (57.4%)
Hoover/Curtis: 15,761,254 (39.7%)
Thomas/Maurer: 884,885 (2.2%)

|Opponent(s) Charles Curtis (Republican) James Maurer (Socialist)

|Opponent(s) Alf Landon (Republican) William Lemke (Union)

|colspan=2 |

;Electoral vote

Roosevelt/Garner: 523 (98.5%)
Landon/Knox: 8 (1.5%)

;Popular vote

Roosevelt/Garner: 27,752,648 (60.8%)
Landon/Knox: 16,681,862 (36.5%)
Lemke/O'Brien: 892,378 (2.0%)

|Opponent(s) Frank Knox (Republican) Thomas O'Brien (Union)

|Opponent(s) Wendell Willkie (Republican)

|colspan=2 |

;Electoral vote

Roosevelt/Wallace: 449 (84.6%)
Willkie/McNary: 82 (15.4%)

;Popular vote

Roosevelt/Wallace 27,313,945: (54.7%)
Willkie/McNary: (44.8%)

|Opponent(s) Charles L. McNary (Republican)

|Opponent(s) Thomas Dewey (Republican)

|colspan=2 |

;Electoral vote

Roosevelt/Truman: 432 (81.4%)
Dewey/Bicker: 99 (18.6%)

;Popular vote

Roosevelt/Truman: 25,612,916 (53.4%)
Dewey/Bicker: 22,017,929 (45.3%)

|Opponent(s) John Bricker (Republican)

1948

{|class="wikitable"

!width=190 |Presidential nominee

!colspan=2 |<big>1948 (won)</big>

!width=190 |Vice presidential nominee

|style="text-align:center;" |Harry S. Truman of MO (1884–1972) 129px

|width=350 |

;Prior public experience

Presiding Judge of Jackson County, MO (1927–1935)
U.S. Senate (1935–1945)
Chair of the Senate National Defense Program Committee (1941–1944)
Vice President (1945)
President (1945–1953)

;Higher education

Spalding's Commercial College (attended)
University of Missouri, Kansas City (attended)

|width=350 |

;Prior public experience

U.S. House of Representatives (1913–1927)
U.S. Senate (1927–1949)
Senate Majority Leader (1937–1947)
Senate Minority Leader (1947–1949)
Chair of the Joint Inaugural Ceremonies Committee (1948)

;Higher education

Marvin College (BA)
Emory University (attended)
University of Virginia (attended)

|style="text-align:center;" |Alben Barkley of KY (1877–1956) 121px

|Opponent(s) Thomas Dewey (Republican) Strom Thurmond (Dixiecrat) Henry Wallace (Progressive)

|colspan=2 |

;Electoral vote

Truman/Barkley: 303 (57.1%)
Dewey/Warren: 189 (35.6%)
Thurmond/Wright: 39 (7.3%)

;Popular vote

Truman/Barkley: 24,179,347 (49.6%)
Dewey/Warren: 21,991,292 (45.1%)
Thurmond/Wright: 1,175,930 (2.4%)
Wallace/Taylor: 1,157,328 (2.3%)

|Opponent(s) Earl Warren (Republican) Fielding Wright (Dixiecrat) Glen Taylor (Progressive)

1952, 1956

{|class="wikitable"

!width=175 |Presidential nominee

!colspan=2 |<big>1952 (lost), 1956 (lost)</big>

!width=175 |Vice presidential nominee

|rowspan=2 style="text-align:center;" |Adlai Stevenson II of IL (1900–1965) 129px

|rowspan=2 width=350 |

;Prior public experience

Governor of Illinois (1949–1953)

;Higher education

Princeton University (BA)
Northwestern University (JD)

|width=350 |

;Prior public experience

U.S. House of Representatives (1937–1946)
House Majority Whip (1946)
U.S. Senate (1946–1979)
Chair of the Senate Small Business Committee (1955–1967)

;Higher education

University of Alabama (BA, LLB)

|style="text-align:center;" |John Sparkman of AL (1899–1985) 121px (1952)

;Prior public experience

U.S. House of Representatives (1939–1949)
U.S. Senate (1949–1963)
Chair of the Senate Interstate Commerce Crime Committee (1950–1951)

;Higher education

University of Tennessee, Knoxville (BA)
Yale University (LLB)

|style="text-align:center;" |Estes Kefauver of TN (1903–1963) 121px (1956)

|rowspan=2 |Opponent(s) Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)

|colspan=2 |

;Electoral vote

Eisenhower/Nixon: 442 (83.2%)
Stevenson/Sparkman: 89 (16.8%)

;Popular vote

Eisenhower/Nixon: 34,075,529 (55.2%)
Stevenson/Sparkman: 27,375,090 (44.2%)

|rowspan=2 |Opponent(s) Richard Nixon (Republican)

|colspan=2 |

;Electoral vote

Eisenhower/Nixon: 457 (86.1%)
Stevenson/Kefauver: 73 (13.7%)
Jones/Talmadge: 1 (0.2%)

;Popular vote

Eisenhower/Nixon: 35,579,180 (57.4%)
Stevenson/Kefauver: 26,028,028 (42.0%)

1960

{|class="wikitable"

!width=190 |Presidential nominee

!colspan=2 |<big>1960 (won)</big>

!width=190 |Vice presidential nominee

|style="text-align:center;" |John F. Kennedy of MA (1917–1963) 129px

|width=350 |

;Prior public experience

U.S. House of Representatives (1947–1953)
U.S. Senate (1953–1960)
Chair of the Senate Reception Room Committee (1956–1959)

;Higher education

Princeton University (attended)
Harvard University (BA)
Stanford University (attended)

|width=350 |

;Prior public experience

U.S. House of Representatives (1937–1949)
U.S. Senate (1949–1961)
Chair of the Senate Reception Room Committee (1955–1956)
Chair of the Senate Space Committee (1958–1961)
Senate Majority Whip (1951–1953)
Senate Minority Leader (1953–1955)
Senate Majority Leader (1955–1961)

;Higher education

Southwest Texas State Teachers College (BA)
Georgetown University (attended)

|style="text-align:center;" |Lyndon B. Johnson of TX (1908–1973) 121px

|Opponent(s) Richard Nixon (Republican) Harry F. Byrd (Southern Democrats)

|colspan=2 |

;Electoral vote (President)

Kennedy: 303 (56.4%)
Nixon: 219 (40.8%)
Byrd: 15 (2.8%)

;Electoral vote (Vice President)

Johnson: 303 (56.4%)
Lodge: 219 (40.8%)
Thurmond: 14 (2.6%)
Goldwater: 1 (0.2%)

;Popular vote

Kennedy/Johnson: 34,220,984 (49.7%)
Nixon/Lodge: 34,108,157 (49.6%)
Byrd/Thurmond: 116,248 (0.2%)

|Opponent(s) Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (Republican) Strom Thurmond (Southern Democrats)

1964

{|class="wikitable"

!width=190 |Presidential nominee

!colspan=2 |<big>1964 (won)</big>

!width=190 |Vice presidential nominee

|style="text-align:center;" |Lyndon B. Johnson of TX (1908–1973) 129px

|width=350 |

;Prior public experience

U.S. House of Representatives (1937–1949)
U.S. Senate (1949–1961)
Chair of the Senate Reception Room Committee (1955–1956)
Chair of the Senate Space Committee (1958–1961)
Senate Majority Whip (1951–1953)
Senate Minority Leader (1953–1955)
Senate Majority Leader (1955–1961)
Vice President (1961–1963)
President (1963–1969)

;Higher education

Southwest Texas State Teachers College (BA)
Georgetown University (attended)

|width=350 |

;Prior public experience

Mayor of Minneapolis, MN (1945–1948)
U.S. Senate (1949–1964)
Senate Majority Whip (1961–1964)
Chair of the Senate Disarmament Committee (1955–1959)

;Higher education

Capitol College of Pharmacy (attended)
University of Minnesota (BA)
Louisiana State University (MA)

|style="text-align:center;" |Hubert Humphrey of MN (1911–1978) 121px

|Opponent(s) Barry Goldwater (Republican)

|colspan=2 |

;Electoral vote

Johnson/Humphrey: 486 (90.3%)
Goldwater/Miller: 52 (9.7%)

;Popular vote

Johnson/Humphrey: 43,127,041 (61.1%)
Goldwater/Miller: 27,175,754 (38.5%)

|Opponent(s) William E. Miller (Republican)

1968

{|class="wikitable"

!width=190 |Presidential nominee

!colspan=2 |<big>1968 (lost)</big>

!width=190 |Vice presidential nominee

|style="text-align:center;" |Hubert Humphrey of MN (1911–1978) 129px

|width=350 |

;Prior public experience

Mayor of Minneapolis, MN (1945–1948)
U.S. Senate (1949–1964)
Senate Majority Whip (1961–1964)
Chair of the Senate Disarmament Committee (1955–1959)
Vice President (1965–1969)

;Higher education

Capitol College of Pharmacy (attended)
University of Minnesota (BA)
Louisiana State University (MA)

|width=350 |

;Prior public experience

Maine House of Representatives (1947–1951)
Minority Leader of the Maine House of Representatives (1949–1951)
Governor of Maine (1955–1959)
U.S. Senate (1959–1980)
Chair of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (1967–1969)

;Higher education

Bates College (BA)
Cornell University (LLB)

|style="text-align:center;" |Edmund Muskie of ME (1914–1996) 121px

|Opponent(s) Richard Nixon (Republican) George Wallace (American Independent)

|colspan=2 |

;Electoral vote

Nixon/Agnew: 301 (55.9%)
Humphrey/Muskie: 191 (35.5%)
Wallace/LeMay: 46 (8.6%)

;Popular vote

Nixon/Agnew: 31,783,783 (43.4%)
Humphrey/Muskie: 31,271,839 (42.7%)
Wallace/LeMay: 9,901,118 (13.5%)

|Opponent(s) Spiro Agnew (Republican) Curtis LeMay (American Independent)

1972

{|class="wikitable"

!width=175 |Presidential nominee

!colspan=2 |<big>1972 (lost)</big>

!width=175 |Vice presidential nominee

|rowspan=2 style="text-align:center;" |George McGovern of SD (1922–2012) 129px

|rowspan=2 width=350 |

;Prior public experience

U.S. House of Representatives (1957–1961)
Director of Food for Peace (1961–1962)
U.S. Senate (1963–1981)
Chair of the Senate Nutrition Committee (1968–1977)

;Higher education

Dakota Wesleyan University (BA)
Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary (attended)
Northwestern University (MA, PhD)

|width=350 |

;Prior public experience

Attorney General of Missouri (1961–1965)
Lieutenant Governor of Missouri (1965–1968)
U.S. Senate (1968–1987)
Chair of the Senate District of Columbia Committee (1971–1977)

;Higher education

Amherst College (BA)
University of Oxford (attended)
Harvard University (LLB)

|style="text-align:center;" |Tom Eagleton of MO (1929–2007) 121px (1972)

;Prior public experience

Director of the Peace Corps (1961–1966)
Director of the Office of Economic Opportunity (1964–1968)
U.S. Ambassador to France (1968–1970)

;Higher education

Yale University (BA, LLB)

|style="text-align:center;" |Sargent Shriver of MD (1915–2011) 121px (1972)

|Opponent(s) Richard Nixon (Republican) John G. Schmitz (American Independent)

|colspan=2 |

;Electoral vote

Nixon/Agnew: 520 (96.7%)
McGovern/Shriver: 17 (3.2%)
Hospers/Nathan: 1 (0.2%)
Reagan: 1 (0.2%)

;Electoral vote (Vice President)

Mondale: 297 (55.2%)
Dole: 241 (44.8%)

;Popular vote

Carter/Mondale: 40,831,881 (50.1%)
Ford/Dole: 39,148,634 (48.0%)

|Opponent(s) Bob Dole (Republican)

|Opponent(s) Ronald Reagan (Republican) John B. Anderson (Independent) Ed Clark (Libertarian)

|colspan=2 |

;Electoral vote

Reagan/Bush: 489 (90.9%)
Carter/Mondale: 49 (9.1%)

;Popular vote

Reagan/Bush: 43,903,230 (50.8%)
Carter/Mondale: 35,480,115 (41.0%)
Anderson/Lucey: 5,719,850 (6.6%)
Clark/Koch: 921,128 (1.1%)

|Opponent(s) George H. W. Bush (Republican) Patrick Lucey (Independent) David Koch (Libertarian)

1984

{|class="wikitable"

!width=190 |Presidential nominee

!colspan=2 |<big>1984 (lost)</big>

!width=190 |Vice presidential nominee

|style="text-align:center;" |Walter Mondale of MN (1928–2021) 129px

|width=350 |

;Prior public experience

Attorney General of Minnesota (1960–1964)
U.S. Senate (1964–1976)
Chair of the Senate Equal Education Opportunity Committee (1969–1973)
Vice President (1977–1981)

;Higher education

Macalester College (attended)
University of Minnesota (BA, JD)

|width=350 |

;Prior public experience

U.S. House of Representatives (1979–1985)
Secretary of the House Democratic Caucus (1981–1985)

;Higher education

Marymount Manhattan College (BA)
Fordham University (JD)

|style="text-align:center;" |Geraldine Ferraro of NY (1935–2011) 121px

|Opponent(s) Ronald Reagan (Republican)

|colspan=2 |

;Electoral vote

Reagan/Bush: 525 (97.6%)
Mondale/Ferraro: 13 (2.4%)

;Popular vote

Reagan/Bush: 54,455,472 (58.8%)
Mondale/Ferraro: 37,577,352 (40.6%)

|Opponent(s) George H. W. Bush (Republican)

1988

{|class="wikitable"

!width=190 |Presidential nominee

!colspan=2 |<big>1988 (lost)</big>

!width=190 |Vice presidential nominee

|style="text-align:center;" |Michael Dukakis of MA (born 1933) 129px

|width=350 |

;Prior public experience

Massachusetts House of Representatives (1965–1971)
Governor of Massachusetts (1975–1979, 1983–1991)
Chair of the Democratic Governors Association (1986–1987)

;Higher education

Swarthmore College (BA)
Harvard University (JD)

|width=350 |

;Prior public experience

U.S. House of Representatives (1948–1955)
U.S. Senate (1971–1993)
Chair of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (1973–1976)
Chair of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (1983–1985)
Chair of the Joint Economic Committee (1983–1985)
Chair of the Senate Finance Committee (1987–1993)

;Higher education

University of Texas, Austin (LLB)

|style="text-align:center;" |Lloyd Bentsen of TX (1921–2006) 121px

|Opponent(s) George H. W. Bush (Republican)

|colspan=2 |

;Electoral vote (President)

Bush: 426 (79.2%)
Dukakis: 111 (20.6%)
Bentsen: 1 (0.2%)

;Electoral vote (Vice President)

Quayle: 426 (79.2%)
Bentsen: 111 (20.6%)

;Popular vote

Gore/Lieberman: 50,999,897 (48.4%)
Bush/Cheney: 50,456,002 (47.9%)
Nader/LaDuke: 2,882,955 (2.7%)

|Opponent(s) Dick Cheney (Republican) Winona LaDuke (Green)

2004

{|class="wikitable"

!width=190 |Presidential nominee

!colspan=2 |<big>2004 (lost)</big>

!width=190 |Vice presidential nominee

|style="text-align:center;" |John Kerry of MA (born 1943) 129px

|width=350 |

;Prior public experience

Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts (1983–1985)
U.S. Senate (1985–2013)
Chair of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (1987–1989)
Chair of the Senate Democratic Steering Committee (1995–2003)
Chair of the Senate POW/MIA Affairs Committee (1991–1993)
Ranking Member of the Senate Small Business Committee (1997–2001, 2003–2007)
Chair of the Senate Small Business Committee (2001–2003)

;Higher education

Yale University (BA)
Boston College (JD)

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;Prior public experience

U.S. Senate (1999–2005)

;Higher education

Clemson University (attended)
North Carolina State University (BA)
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (JD)

|style="text-align:center;" |John Edwards of NC (born 1953) 121px

|Opponent(s) George W. Bush (Republican)

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;Electoral vote (President)

Bush: 286 (53.2%)
Kerry: 251 (46.7%)
Edwards: 1 (0.2%)

;Electoral vote (Vice President)

Cheney: 286 (53.2%)
Edwards: 252 (46.8%)

;Popular vote

Bush/Cheney: 62,040,610 (50.7%)
Kerry/Edwards: 59,028,444 (48.3%)

|Opponent(s) Dick Cheney (Republican)

2008, 2012

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!width=190 |Presidential nominee

!colspan=2 |<big>2008 (won), 2012 (won)</big>

!width=190 |Vice presidential nominee

|style="text-align:center;" |Barack Obama of IL (born 1961) 129px

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;Prior public experience

Illinois Senate (1997–2004)
U.S. Senate (2005–2008)
President (2009–2017)

;Higher education

Occidental College (attended)
Columbia University (BA)
Harvard University (JD)

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;Prior public experience

U.S. Senate (1973–2009)
Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee (1981–1987, 1995–1997)
Ranking Member of the Senate Narcotics Caucus (1985–1987, 1995–2001, 2003–2007)
Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee (1987–1995)
Chair of the Senate Narcotics Caucus (1987–1995, 2001–2003, 2007–2009)
Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (1997–2001, 2003–2007)
Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (2001–2003, 2007–2009)
Vice President (2009–2017)

;Higher education

University of Delaware (BA)
Syracuse University (JD)

|style="text-align:center;" |Joe Biden of DE (born 1942) 121px

|Opponent(s) John McCain (Republican)

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;Electoral vote

Obama/Biden: 365 (67.8%)
McCain/Palin: 173 (32.2%)

;Popular vote

Obama/Biden: 69,498,516 (52.9%)
McCain/Palin: 59,948,323 (45.7%)

|Opponent(s) Sarah Palin (Republican)

|Opponent(s) Mitt Romney (Republican)

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;Electoral vote

Obama/Biden: 332 (61.7%)
Romney/Ryan: 206 (38.3%)

;Popular vote

Obama/Biden: 65,915,795 (51.1%)
Romney/Ryan: 60,933,504 (47.2%)
Johnson/Gray: 1,275,971 (1.0%)

|Opponent(s) Paul Ryan (Republican)

2016

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!width=190 |Presidential nominee

!colspan=2 |<big>2016 (lost)</big>

!width=190 |Vice presidential nominee

|style="text-align:center;" |Hillary Clinton of NY (born 1947) 129px

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;Prior public experience

Chair of the Legal Services Corporation (1978–1980)
First Lady of Arkansas (1979–1981, 1983–1992)
First Lady of the United States (1993–2001)
U.S. Senate (2001–2009)
Chair of the Senate Democratic Steering Committee (2003–2007)
U.S. Secretary of State (2009–2013)

;Higher education

Wellesley College (BA)
Yale University (JD)

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;Prior public experience

Mayor of Richmond, VA (1998–2001)
Lieutenant Governor of Virginia (2002–2006)
Governor of Virginia (2006–2010)
Chair of the Democratic National Committee (2009–2011)
U.S. Senate (2013–present)

;Higher education

University of Missouri (BA)
Harvard University (JD)

|style="text-align:center;" |Tim Kaine of VA (born 1958) 121px

|Opponent(s) Donald Trump (Republican) Gary Johnson (Libertarian) Jill Stein (Green)

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;Electoral vote (President)

Trump: 304 (56.5%)
Clinton: 227 (42.2%)
Powell: 3 (0.6%)
Kasich: 1 (0.2%)
Paul: 1 (0.2%)
Sanders: 1 (0.2%)
Spotted Eagle: 1 (0.2%)

;Electoral vote (Vice President)

Pence: 305 (56.7%)
Kaine: 227 (42.2%)
Warren: 2 (0.4%)
Cantwell: 1 (0.2%)
Collins: 1 (0.2%)
Fiorina: 1 (0.2%)
LaDuke: 1 (0.2%)

;Popular vote

Clinton/Kaine: 65,853,514 (48.2%)
Trump/Pence: 62,984,828 (46.1%)
Johnson/Weld: 4,489,341 (3.3%)
Stein/Baraka: 1,457,218 (1.1%)

|Opponent(s) Mike Pence (Republican) Bill Weld (Libertarian) Ajamu Baraka (Green)

2020

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!width=190 |Presidential nominee

!colspan=2 |<big>2020 (won)</big>

!width=190 |Vice presidential nominee

|style="text-align:center;" |Joe Biden of DE (born 1942) 129px

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;Prior public experience

U.S. Senate (1973–2009)
Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee (1981–1987, 1995–1997)
Ranking Member of the Senate Narcotics Caucus (1985–1987, 1995–2001, 2003–2007)
Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee (1987–1995)
Chair of the Senate Narcotics Caucus (1987–1995, 2001–2003, 2007–2009)
Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (1997–2001, 2003–2007)
Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (2001–2003, 2007–2009)
Vice President (2009–2017)

;Higher education

University of Delaware (BA)
Syracuse University (JD)

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;Prior public experience

District Attorney of San Francisco, CA (2004–2011)
Attorney General of California (2011–2017)
U.S. Senate (2017–2021)

;Higher education

Howard University (BA)
University of California, Hastings (JD)

|style="text-align:center;" |Kamala Harris of CA (born 1964) 121px

|Opponent(s) Donald Trump (Republican) Jo Jorgensen (Libertarian)

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;Electoral vote

Biden/Harris: 306 (56.9%)
Trump/Pence: 232 (43.1%)

;Popular vote

Biden/Harris: 81,283,501 (51.3%)
Trump/Pence: 74,223,975 (46.9%)
Jorgensen/Cohen: 1,865,535 (1.2%)

|Opponent(s) Mike Pence (Republican) Spike Cohen (Libertarian)

2024

{|class="wikitable"

!width=190 |Presidential nominee

!colspan=2 |<big>2024 (lost)</big>

!width=190 |Vice presidential nominee

|style="text-align:center;" |Kamala Harris of CA (born 1964) 129px

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;Prior public experience

District Attorney of San Francisco, CA (2004–2011)
Attorney General of California (2011–2017)
U.S. Senate (2017–2021)
Vice President (2021–2025)

;Higher education

Howard University (BA)
University of California, Hastings (JD)

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;Prior public experience

U.S. House of Representatives (2007–2019)
Ranking Member of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee (2017–2019)
Governor of Minnesota (2019–present)
Chair of the Democratic Governors Association (2023–2024)

;Higher education

University of Houston (attended)
Chadron State College (BS)
Minnesota State University, Mankato (MS)
Saint Mary's University of Minnesota (attended)

|style="text-align:center;" |Tim Walz of MN (born 1964) 121px

|Opponent(s) Donald Trump (Republican)

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;Electoral vote

Trump/Vance: 312 (58.0%)
Harris/Walz: 226 (42.0%)

;Popular vote

Trump/Vance: 77,302,580 (49.8%)
Harris/Walz: 75,017,613 (48.3%)

|Opponent(s) JD Vance (Republican)

List of United States Democratic Party presidential tickets

19th century

1828, 1832

1836, 1840

1844

1848

1852

1856

1860

1864

1868

1872

1876

1880

1884, 1888, 1892

1896, 1900

20th century

1904

1908

1912, 1916

1920

1924

1928

1932, 1936, 1940, 1944

1948

1952, 1956

1960

1964

1968

1972

1984

1988

2004

2008, 2012

2016

2020

2024

See also

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