List of United States Republican Party presidential tickets

This is a list of the candidates for the offices of president of the United States and vice president of the United States of the Republican 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

1856

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

!width=190 |Vice presidential nominee

|style="text-align:center;" |John C. Frémont of CA (1813–1890) 165x165px

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;Prior public experience

Governor of California (1847)
Shadow Senator (1849–1850)
U.S. Senate (1850–1851)

;Higher education

College of Charleston (attended)

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;Prior public experience

Associate Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court (1838–1841)
U.S. Senate (1842–1851)
Chair of the Senate Public Buildings Committee (1842–1845)
Chair of the Senate Engrossed Bills Committee (1844–1845)

;Higher education

Princeton University (BA)

|style="text-align:center;" |William L. Dayton of NJ (1807–1864) 121px

|Opponent(s) James Buchanan (Democratic) 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) John C. Breckinridge (Democratic) Andrew Jackson Donelson (Know Nothing)

1860, 1864

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!colspan=2 |<big>1860 (won), 1864 (won)</big>

!width=190 |Vice presidential nominee

|rowspan=2 style="text-align:center;" |Abraham Lincoln of IL (1809–1865) 129px

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;Prior public experience

Illinois House of Representatives (1834–1842)
U.S. House of Representatives (1847–1849)
President (1861–1865)

;Higher education

None

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;Prior public experience

Maine House of Representatives (1836–1841, 1847)
Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives (1837–1838, 1839–1840)
U.S. House of Representatives (1843–1847)
Chair of the House Elections Committee (1845–1847)
U.S. Senate (1848–1857, 1857–1861)
Chair of the Senate Commerce Committee (1849–1856)
Chair of the Senate Printing Committee (1852–1853)
Governor of Maine (1857)

;Higher education

None

|style="text-align:center;" |Hannibal Hamlin of ME (1809–1891) 121px (1860)

;Prior public experience

Tennessee House of Representatives (1835–1837, 1839–1841)
Tennessee Senate (1841–1843)
U.S. House of Representatives (1843–1853)
Chair of the House Public Expenditures Committee (1849–1852)
Governor of Tennessee (1853–1857, 1862–1865)
U.S. Senate (1857–1862)
Chair of the Senate Audit Committee (1859–1861)

;Higher education

None

|style="text-align:center;" |Andrew Johnson of TN (1808–1875) 121px (1864)

|Opponent(s) Stephen A. Douglas (Democratic) John C. 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) Herschel Vespasian Johnson (Democratic) Joseph Lane (Southern Democrats) Edward Everett (Constitutional Union)

|Opponent(s) George B. McClellan (Democratic)

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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) George H. Pendleton (Democratic)

1868, 1872

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!colspan=2 |<big>1868 (won), 1872 (won)</big>

!width=190 |Vice presidential nominee

|rowspan=2 style="text-align:center;" |Ulysses S. Grant of IL (1822–1885) 129px

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;Prior public experience

Commanding General of the U.S. Army (1864–1869)
Acting U.S. Secretary of War (1867–1868)
President (1869–1877)

;Higher education

U.S. Military Academy (BS)

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;Prior public experience

U.S. House of Representatives (1855–1869)
Chair of the House Post Office Committee (1859–1863)
Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives (1863–1869)

;Higher education

None

|style="text-align:center;" |Schuyler Colfax of IN (1823–1885) 121px (1868)

;Prior public experience

Massachusetts House of Representatives (1841–1842)
Massachusetts Senate (1844–1846, 1850–1852)
President of the Massachusetts Senate (1851–1852)
U.S. Senate (1855–1873)
Chair of the Senate Military Affairs Committee (1861–1873)

;Higher education

None

|style="text-align:center;" |Henry Wilson of MA (1812–1875) 121px (1872)

|Opponent(s) Horatio Seymour (Democratic)

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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) Francis Preston Blair Jr. (Democratic)

|Opponent(s) Horace Greeley (Democratic)

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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%)
Greeley/Brown: 2,834,761 (43.8%)

|Opponent(s) Benjamin Gratz Brown (Democratic)

1876

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!width=190 |Presidential nominee

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

!width=190 |Vice presidential nominee

|style="text-align:center;" |Rutherford B. Hayes of OH (1822–1893) 129px

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;Prior public experience

U.S. House of Representatives (1865–1867)
Governor of Ohio (1868–1872, 1876–1877)

;Higher education

Kenyon College (BA)
Harvard University (LLB)

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;Prior public experience

New York Assembly (1850–1851)
New York Senate (1858–1859)
U.S. House of Representatives (1861–1877)
Chair of the House War Department Expenditures Committee (1861–1863)
Chair of the House Commerce Committee (1873–1875)

;Higher education

University of Vermont (BA)

|style="text-align:center;" |William A. Wheeler of NY (1819–1887) 121px

|Opponent(s) Samuel J. Tilden (Democratic)

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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) Thomas A. Hendricks (Democratic)

1880

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!width=190 |Presidential nominee

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

!width=190 |Vice presidential nominee

|style="text-align:center;" |James A. Garfield of OH (1831–1881) 129px

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;Prior public experience

Ohio Senate (1859–1861)
U.S. House of Representatives (1863–1881)
Chair of the House Military Affairs Committee (1867–1869)
Chair of the House Banking Committee (1869–1871)
Chair of the House Appropriations Committee (1871–1875)

;Higher education

Hiram College (attended)
Williams College (BA)

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;Prior public experience

Collector of the Port of New York (1871–1878)
Chair of the New York Republican Party (1879–1881)

;Higher education

Union College (attended)
State and National Law School (attended)

|style="text-align:center;" |Chester A. Arthur of NY (1829–1886) 121px

|Opponent(s) Winfield Scott Hancock (Democratic) James B. 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) William Hayden English (Democratic) Barzillai J. Chambers (Greenback)

1884

{|class="wikitable"

!width=190 |Presidential nominee

!colspan=2 |<big>1884 (lost)</big>

!width=190 |Vice presidential nominee

|style="text-align:center;" |James G. Blaine of ME (1830–1893) 129px

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;Prior public experience

Maine House of Representatives (1859–1862)
Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives (1861–1862)
U.S. House of Representatives (1863–1876)
Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives (1869–1875)
Chair of the House Rules Committee (1873–1876)
U.S. Senate (1876–1881)
Chair of the Senate Civil Service Committee (1877)
Chair of the Senate Rules Committee (1877–1879)
U.S. Secretary of State (1881)

;Higher education

Washington and Jefferson College (BA)

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;Prior public experience

Illinois House of Representatives (1852–1853, 1856–1857)
U.S. House of Representatives (1859–1862, 1867–1871)
Chair of the House Unfinished Business Committee (1859–1862)
Chair of the House Armed Services Committee (1869–1871)
U.S. Senate (1871–1877, 1879–1886)
Chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee (1872–1877, 1881–1886)

;Higher education

Shiloh College (attended)
University of Louisville (LLB)

|style="text-align:center;" |John A. Logan of IL (1826–1886) 121px

|Opponent(s) Grover Cleveland (Democratic) John 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) Thomas A. Hendricks (Democratic) William Daniel (Prohibition) Absolom M. West (Greenback)

1888, 1892

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!width=190 |Presidential nominee

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

!width=190 |Vice presidential nominee

|rowspan=2 style="text-align:center;" |Benjamin Harrison of IN (1833–1901) 129px

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;Prior public experience

U.S. Senate (1881–1887)
Chair of the Senate Seaboard Transportation Routes Committee (1881–1883)
Chair of the Senate Territories Committee (1884–1887)
President (1889–1893)

;Higher education

Ohio Military Institute (attended)
Miami University (BA)

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;Prior public experience

U.S. House of Representatives (1879–1881)
U.S. Minister to France (1881–1885)

;Higher education

None

|style="text-align:center;" |Levi Morton of NY (1824–1920) 121px (1888)

;Prior public experience

U.S. Minister to France (1889–1892)

;Higher education

None

|style="text-align:center;" |Whitelaw Reid of NY (1837–1912) 121px (1892)

|Opponent(s) Grover Cleveland (Democratic) 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) Allen Thurman (Democratic) John Brooks (Prohibition) Charles Cunningham (Union Labor)

|Opponent(s) Grover Cleveland (Democratic) 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) Adlai Stevenson (Democratic) James Field (Populist) James Cranfill (Prohibition)

1896, 1900

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!width=190 |Presidential nominee

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

!width=190 |Vice presidential nominee

|rowspan=2 style="text-align:center;" |William McKinley of OH (1843–1901) 129px

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;Prior public experience

U.S. House of Representatives (1877–1884, 1885–1891)
Chair of the House Laws Revision Committee (1882–1883)
Chair of the House Ways and Means Committee (1889–1891)
Governor of Ohio (1892–1896)
President (1897–1901)

;Higher education

Allegheny College (attended)
University of Mount Union (attended)
Albany Law School (attended)

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;Prior public experience

Chair of the New Jersey Republican Party (1880–1891)
New Jersey General Assembly (1873–1875)
Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly (1874–1875)
New Jersey Senate (1877–1883)
President of the New Jersey Senate (1881–1883)

;Higher education

Rutgers University, New Brunswick (BA)

|style="text-align:center;" |Garret Hobart of NJ (1844–1899) 121px (1896)

;Prior public experience

New York Assembly (1882–1884)
Minority Leader of the New York Assembly (1883)
United States Civil Service Commission (1889–1895)
Police Commissioner of New York City (1895–1897)
Assistant Secretary of the Navy (1897–1898)
Governor of New York (1899–1900)

;Higher education

Harvard University (BA)
Columbia University (attended)

|style="text-align:center;" |Theodore Roosevelt of NY (1858–1919) 129px (1900)

|Opponent(s) William Jennings Bryan (Democratic, Populist)

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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) Arthur Sewall (Democratic) Tom Watson (Populist)

|Opponent(s) William Jennings Bryan (Democratic, Populist) 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) Adlai Stevenson (Democratic) Henry Metcalf (Prohibition)

20th century

1904

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!width=190 |Presidential nominee

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

!width=190 |Vice presidential nominee

|style="text-align:center;" |Theodore Roosevelt of NY (1858–1919) 129px

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;Prior public experience

New York Assembly (1882–1884)
Minority Leader of the New York Assembly (1883)
United States Civil Service Commission (1889–1895)
Police Commissioner of New York City (1895–1897)
Assistant Secretary of the Navy (1897–1898)
Governor of New York (1899–1900)
Vice President (1901)
President (1901–1909)

;Higher education

Harvard University (BA)
Columbia University (attended)

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;Prior public experience

U.S. Senate (1897–1905)
Chair of the Senate Immigration Committee (1897–1899)
Chair of the Senate Public Buildings Committee (1899–1905)

;Higher education

Ohio Wesleyan University (BA, MA)

|style="text-align:center;" |Charles Fairbanks of IN (1852–1918) 121px

|Opponent(s) Alton Parker (Democratic) Gene Debs (Socialist) Silas Swallow (Prohibition)

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;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) Henry Davis (Democratic) Ben Hanford (Socialist) George Carroll (Prohibition)

1908, 1912

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!width=190 |Presidential nominee

!colspan=2 |<big>1908 (won), 1912 (lost)</big>

!width=190 |Vice presidential nominee

|rowspan=2 style="text-align:center;" |William Taft of OH (1857–1930) 129px

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;Prior public experience

U.S. Solicitor General (1890–1892)
Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (1892–1900)
Governor-General of the Philippines (1901–1903)
U.S. Secretary of War (1904–1908)
Acting Governor of Cuba (1906)
President (1909–1913)

;Higher education

Yale University (BA)
University of Cincinnati (LLB)

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;Prior public experience

Mayor of Utica, NY (1884–1885)
U.S. House of Representatives (1887–1891, 1893–1909)
Chair of the House Justice Department Expenditures Committee (1889–1891)
Chair of the House Indian Affairs Committee (1895–1909)
Vice President (1909–1912)

;Higher education

Hamilton College, New York (BA)

|style="text-align:center;" |James S. Sherman of NY (1855–1912) 121px (1908, 1912)

;Prior public experience

None

;Higher education

Columbia University (BA, MA, PhD)

|style="text-align:center;" |Nicholas Butler of NY (1862–1947) 121px (1912)

Jones/Talmadge: 1 (0.2%)

;Popular vote:

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

|Opponent(s) Estes Kefauver (Democratic)

1960

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!width=190 |Presidential nominee

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

!width=190 |Vice presidential nominee

|style="text-align:center;" |Richard Nixon of CA (1913–1994) 129px

|width=350 |

;Prior public experience

U.S. House of Representatives (1947–1950)
U.S. Senate (1950–1953)
Vice President (1953–1961)

;Higher education

Whittier College (BA)
Duke University (JD)

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;Prior public experience

Massachusetts House of Representatives (1933–1936)
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations (1953–1960)
U.S. Senate (1937–1944, 1947–1953)
Ranking Member of the Senate Rules Committee (1951–1953)

;Higher education

Harvard University (BA)

|style="text-align:center;" |Henry Cabot Lodge of MA (1902–1985) 121px

|Opponent(s) John F. Kennedy (Democratic) Harry Byrd (Southern Democrats)

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;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) Lyndon Johnson (Democratic) Strom Thurmond (Southern Democrats)

1964

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!width=190 |Presidential nominee

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

!width=190 |Vice presidential nominee

|style="text-align:center;" |Barry Goldwater of AZ (1909–1998) 129px

|width=350 |

;Prior public experience

U.S. Senate (1953–1965)
Chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee (1955–1957, 1961–1963)
Ranking Member of the Senate Labor Committee (1959–1965)

;Higher education

University of Arizona (attended)

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;Prior public experience

U.S. House of Representatives (1951–1953, 1953–1965)
Chair of the National Republican Congressional Committee (1960–1961)
Chair of the Republican National Committee (1961–1964)

;Higher education

University of Notre Dame (BA)
Union University, New York (LLB)

|style="text-align:center;" |William Miller of NY (1914–1983) 121px

|Opponent(s) Lyndon Johnson (Democratic)

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;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) Hubert Humphrey (Democratic)

1968, 1972

{|class="wikitable"

!width=190 |Presidential nominee

!colspan=2 |<big>1968 (won), 1972 (won)</big>

!width=190 |Vice presidential nominee

|style="text-align:center;" |Richard Nixon of NY (1968), CA (1972) (1913–1994) 129px

|width=350 |

;Prior public experience

U.S. House of Representatives (1947–1950)
U.S. Senate (1950–1953)
Vice President (1953–1961)
President (1969–1974)

;Higher education

Whittier College (BA)
Duke University (JD)

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;Prior public experience

Executive of Baltimore County (1962–1966)
Governor of Maryland (1967–1969)
Vice President (1969–1973)

;Higher education

Johns Hopkins University (BA)
University of Baltimore (LLB)

|style="text-align:center;" |Spiro Agnew of MD (1918–1996) 121px

|Opponent(s) Hubert Humphrey (Democratic) George Wallace (American Independent)

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;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) Ed Muskie (Democratic) Curtis LeMay (American Independent)

|Opponent(s) George McGovern (Democratic) John Schmitz (American Independent)

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;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) Walter Mondale (Democratic)

1980, 1984

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!width=190 |Presidential nominee

!colspan=2 |<big>1980 (won), 1984 (won)</big>

!width=190 |Vice presidential nominee

|style="text-align:center;" |Ronald Reagan of CA (1911–2004) 129px

|width=350 |

;Prior public experience

Governor of California (1967–1975)
Chair of the Republican Governors Association (1968–1970)
President (1981–1989)

;Higher education

Eureka College (BA)

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;Prior public experience

U.S. House of Representatives (1967–1971)
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations (1971–1973)
Chair of the Republican National Committee (1973–1974)
Chief of the U.S. Liaison Office to the People's Republic of China (1974–1975)
Director of Central Intelligence (1976–1977)
Vice President (1981–1989)

;Higher education

Yale University (BA)

|style="text-align:center;" |George H. W. Bush of TX (1924–2018) 121px

|Opponent(s) Jimmy Carter (Democratic) John Anderson (Independent) Ed Clark (Libertarian)

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;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) Walter Mondale (Democratic) Patrick Lucey (Independent) David Koch (Libertarian)

|Opponent(s) Walter Mondale (Democratic)

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;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) Geraldine Ferraro (Democratic)

1988, 1992

{|class="wikitable"

!width=190 |Presidential nominee

!colspan=2 |<big>1988 (won), 1992 (lost)</big>

!width=190 |Vice presidential nominee

|style="text-align:center;" |George H. W. Bush of TX (1924–2018) 129px

|width=350 |

;Prior public experience

U.S. House of Representatives (1967–1971)
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations (1971–1973)
Chair of the Republican National Committee (1973–1974)
Chief of the U.S. Liaison Office to the People's Republic of China (1974–1975)
Director of Central Intelligence (1976–1977)
Vice President (1981–1989)
President (1989–1993)

;Higher education

Yale University (BA)

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;Prior public experience

U.S. House of Representatives (1977–1981)
U.S. Senate (1981–1989)
Chair of the Senate Committee System Study Committee (1984)
Vice President (1989–1993)

;Higher education

DePauw University (BA)
Indiana University, Indianapolis (JD)

|style="text-align:center;" |Dan Quayle of IN (born 1947) 121px

|Opponent(s) Michael Dukakis (Democratic)

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;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) Joe Lieberman (Democratic) Winona LaDuke (Green)

|Opponent(s) John Kerry (Democratic)

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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) John Edwards (Democratic)

2008

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!width=190 |Vice presidential nominee

|style="text-align:center;" |John McCain of AZ (1936–2018) 129px

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;Prior public experience

U.S. House of Representatives (1983–1987)
United States Senate (1987–2018)
Chair of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee (1995–1997, 2005–2007)
Chair of the Senate Commerce Committee (1997–2001, 2003–2005)
Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce Committee (2001–2003)
Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (2007–2013)

;Higher education

United States Naval Academy (BS)

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;Prior public experience

Governor of Alaska (2006–2009)

;Higher education

University of Hawaii, Hilo (attended)
Hawaii Pacific University (attended)
North Idaho College (attended)
Matanuska-Susitna College (attended)
University of Idaho (BA)

|style="text-align:center;" |Sarah Palin of AK (born 1964) 121px

|Opponent(s) Barack Obama (Democratic)

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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) Joe Biden (Democratic)

2012

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!width=190 |Presidential nominee

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!width=190 |Vice presidential nominee

|style="text-align:center;" |Mitt Romney of MA (born 1947) 129px

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;Prior public experience

Governor of Massachusetts (2003–2007)
Chair of the Republican Governors Association (2005–2006)

;Higher education

Stanford University (attended)
Brigham Young University (BA)
Harvard University (JD, MBA)

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;Prior public experience

U.S. House of Representatives (1999–2019)
Chair of the House Budget Committee (2011–2015)

;Higher education

Miami University (BA)

|style="text-align:center;" |Paul Ryan of WI (born 1970) 121px

|Opponent(s) Barack Obama (Democratic)

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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) Joe Biden (Democratic)

2016, 2020, 2024

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!width=190 |Presidential nominee

!colspan=2 |<big>2016 (won), 2020 (lost), 2024 (won)</big>

!width=190 |Vice presidential nominee

|rowspan=2 style="text-align:center;" |Donald Trump of NY (2016), FL (2020, 2024) (born 1946) 129px

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;Prior public experience

President (2017–2021)

;Higher education

Fordham University (attended)
University of Pennsylvania (BS)

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;Prior public experience

U.S. House of Representatives (2001–2013)
Chair of the Republican Study Committee (2005–2007)
Ranking Member of the House Voting Irregularities Committee (2007–2008)
Chair of the House Republican Conference (2009–2011)
Governor of Indiana (2013–2017)
Vice President (2017–2021)

;Higher education

Hanover College (BA)
Indiana University, Indianapolis (JD)

|style="text-align:center;" |Mike Pence of IN (born 1959) 121px (2016, 2020)

;Prior public experience

U.S. Senate (2023–2025)

;Higher education

Ohio State University (BA)
Yale University (JD)

|style="text-align:center;" |JD Vance of OH (born 1984) 121px (2024)

|Opponent(s) Hillary Clinton (Democratic) 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) Tim Kaine (Democratic) Bill Weld (Libertarian) Ajamu Baraka (Green)

|Opponent(s) Joe Biden (Democratic) Jo Jorgensen (Libertarian)

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;Electoral vote

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

;Popular vote:

Biden/Harris: 81,268,924 (51.4%)
Trump/Pence: 74,223,975 (46.9%)
Jorgensen/Cohen: 1,865,535 (1.2%)

|Opponent(s) Kamala Harris (Democratic) Spike Cohen (Libertarian)

|Opponent(s) Kamala Harris (Democratic)

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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) Tim Walz (Democratic)

List of United States Republican Party presidential tickets

19th century

1856

1860, 1864

1868, 1872

1876

1880

1884

1888, 1892

1896, 1900

20th century

1904

1908, 1912

1960

1964

1968, 1972

1980, 1984

1988, 1992

2008

2012

2016, 2020, 2024

See also

Notes