List of United States presidential candidates by number of votes received

Following is a list of United States presidential candidates by number of votes received. Elections have tended to have more participation in each successive election, due to the increasing population of the United States, and, in some instances, expansion of the right to vote to larger segments of society. Prior to the election of 1824, most states did not have a popular vote. In the election of 1824, only 18 of the 24 states held a popular vote, but by the election of 1828, 22 of the 24 states held a popular vote. Minor candidates are excluded if they received fewer than 100,000 votes or less than 0.1% of the vote in their election year.

List of candidates

Popular votes in individual elections

List of presidential candidates by votes in individual elections

Candidate	Year	Party	Popular vote	Percentage	Notes
Joe Biden	2020	Democratic	81,283,501	51.3%	Winner.
Donald Trump	2024	Republican	77,297,721	49.9%	Winner (former president).
Kamala Harris	2024	Democratic	75,009,338	48.4%	Runner-up.
Donald Trump	2020	Republican	74,223,975	46.8%	Runner-up (incumbent).
Barack Obama	2008	Democratic	69,498,516	52.93%	Winner.
Barack Obama	2012	Democratic	65,915,795	51.06%	Winner (incumbent).
Hillary Clinton	2016	Democratic	65,853,514	48.2%	Runner-up. Won the popular vote, but lost the Electoral College.
Donald Trump	2016	Republican	62,984,828	46.1%	Winner. Lost the popular vote, but won the Electoral College.
George W. Bush	2004	Republican	62,040,610	50.73%	Winner (incumbent).
Mitt Romney	2012	Republican	60,933,504	47.20%	Runner-up.
John McCain	2008	Republican	59,948,323	45.65%	Runner-up.
John Kerry	2004	Democratic	59,028,444	48.27%	Runner-up.
Ronald Reagan	1984	Republican	54,455,472	58.8%	Winner (incumbent).
Al Gore	2000	Democratic	50,999,897	48.38%	Runner-up. Won the popular vote, but lost the Electoral College.
George W. Bush	2000	Republican	50,456,002	47.86%	Winner. Lost the popular vote, but won the Electoral College.
George H. W. Bush	1988	Republican	48,886,597	53.37%	Winner.
Bill Clinton	1996	Democratic	47,401,185	49.24%	Winner (incumbent).
Richard Nixon	1972	Republican	47,168,710	60.67%	Winner (incumbent).
Bill Clinton	1992	Democratic	44,909,889	43.01%	Winner.
Ronald Reagan	1980	Republican	43,903,230	50.75%	Winner.
Lyndon B. Johnson	1964	Democratic	43,127,041	61.05%	Winner (incumbent).
Michael Dukakis	1988	Democratic	41,809,476	45.65%	Runner-up.
Jimmy Carter	1976	Democratic	40,831,881	50.08%	Winner.
Bob Dole	1996	Republican	39,197,469	40.71%	Runner-up.
Gerald Ford	1976	Republican	39,148,634	48.02%	Runner-up (incumbent).
George H. W. Bush	1992	Republican	39,104,550	37.45%	Runner-up (incumbent).
Walter Mondale	1984	Democratic	37,577,352	40.6%	Runner-up.
Dwight D. Eisenhower	1956	Republican	35,579,180	57.37%	Winner (incumbent).
Jimmy Carter	1980	Democratic	35,480,115	41.01%	Runner-up (incumbent).
John F. Kennedy	1960	Democratic	34,220,984	49.72%	Winner.
Richard Nixon	1960	Republican	34,108,157	49.55%	Runner-up.
Dwight D. Eisenhower	1952	Republican	34,075,529	55.18%	Winner.
Richard Nixon	1968	Republican	31,783,783	43.4%	Winner.
Hubert Humphrey	1968	Democratic	31,271,839	42.7%	Runner-up.
George McGovern	1972	Democratic	29,173,222	37.52%	Runner-up.
Franklin D. Roosevelt	1936	Democratic	27,752,648	60.80%	Winner (incumbent).
Adlai Stevenson II	1952	Democratic	27,375,090	44.33%	Runner-up.
Franklin D. Roosevelt	1940	Democratic	27,313,945	54.74%	Winner (incumbent).
Barry Goldwater	1964	Republican	27,175,754	38.47%	Runner-up.
Adlai Stevenson II	1956	Democratic	26,028,028	41.97%	Runner-up.
Franklin D. Roosevelt	1944	Democratic	25,612,916	53.39%	Winner (incumbent).
Harry S. Truman	1948	Democratic	24,179,347	49.55%	Winner (incumbent).
Franklin D. Roosevelt	1932	Democratic	22,821,277	57.4%	Winner.
Wendell Willkie	1940	Republican	22,347,744	44.78%	Runner-up.
Thomas E. Dewey	1944	Republican	22,017,929	45.89%	Runner-up.
Thomas E. Dewey	1948	Republican	21,991,292	45.07%	Runner-up.
Herbert Hoover	1928	Republican	21,427,123	58.11%	Winner.
Ross Perot	1992	Independent	19,743,821	18.91%	Highest vote total of any third-party or independent candidate and highest vote total of anyone to not win electoral votes.
Alf Landon	1936	Republican	16,679,543	36.54%	Runner-up.
Warren G. Harding	1920	Republican	16,144,093	60.35%	Winner.
Herbert Hoover	1932	Republican	15,761,254	39.6%	Runner-up (incumbent).
Calvin Coolidge	1924	Republican	15,723,789	54.0%	Winner (incumbent).
Al Smith	1928	Democratic	15,015,464	40.90%	Runner-up.
George Wallace	1968	American Independent	9,901,118	13.5%	Third-party candidate. Last third-party candidate to receive pledged electoral college votes from any state.
James M. Cox	1920	Democratic	9,139,661	34.12%	Runner-up.
Woodrow Wilson	1916	Democratic	9,126,868	49.24%	Winner (incumbent).
Charles Evans Hughes	1916	Republican	8,548,728	46.12%	Runner-up.
John W. Davis	1924	Democratic	8,386,242	28.8%	Runner-up.
Ross Perot	1996	Reform	8,085,294	8.40%	Third-party candidate.
William Howard Taft	1908	Republican	7,678,335	51.57%	Winner.
Theodore Roosevelt	1904	Republican	7,630,557	56.42%	Winner (incumbent).
William McKinley	1900	Republican	7,228,864	51.64%	Winner (incumbent).
William McKinley	1896	Republican	7,112,138	51.03%	Winner.
William Jennings Bryan	1896	Democratic	6,509,052	46.70%	Runner-up. Also endorsed by the Populist Party and the Silver Party.
William Jennings Bryan	1908	Democratic	6,408,979	43.04%	Runner-up.
William Jennings Bryan	1900	Democratic	6,370,932	45.5%	Runner-up.
Woodrow Wilson	1912	Democratic	6,296,284	41.84%	Winner.
John B. Anderson	1980	Independent	5,719,850	6.61%	Independent candidate.
Grover Cleveland	1892	Democratic	5,553,898	46.02%	Winner (former president).
Grover Cleveland	1888	Democratic	5,534,488	48.6%	Runner-up (incumbent). Won the popular vote, but lost the Electoral College.
Benjamin Harrison	1888	Republican	5,443,633	47.8%	Winner. Lost the popular vote, but won the Electoral College.
Benjamin Harrison	1892	Republican	5,176,108	43.0%	Runner-up (incumbent).
Alton B. Parker	1904	Democratic	5,083,880	37.59%	Runner-up.
Grover Cleveland	1884	Democratic	4,914,482	48.8%	Winner.
James G. Blaine	1884	Republican	4,856,905	48.3%	Runner-up.
Robert M. La Follette	1924	Progressive	4,831,706	16.6%	Third-party candidate. Also endorsed by the Socialist Party and the Farmer–Labor Party.
Gary Johnson	2016	Libertarian	4,489,235	3.28%	Third-party candidate.
James A. Garfield	1880	Republican	4,453,337	48.32%	Winner.
Winfield Scott Hancock	1880	Democratic	4,444,976	48.21%	Runner-up.
Samuel J. Tilden	1876	Democratic	4,288,546	50.9%	Runner-up. Won the popular vote, but lost the Electoral College.
Theodore Roosevelt	1912	Progressive	4,122,721	27.40%	Runner-up (former president).
Rutherford B. Hayes	1876	Republican	4,034,142	47.9%	Winner. Lost the popular vote, but won the Electoral College.
Ulysses S. Grant	1872	Republican	3,597,439	55.6%	Winner (incumbent).
William Howard Taft	1912	Republican	3,486,242	23.17%	Third place (incumbent). Only post-Civil War election in which a candidate from one of the two major parties came in third place.
Ulysses S. Grant	1868	Republican	3,013,790	52.7%	Winner.
Ralph Nader	2000	Green	2,882,955	2.74%	Third-party candidate.
Horace Greeley	1872	Liberal Republican	2,834,761	43.8%	Runner-up. Also endorsed by the Democratic Party.
Horatio Seymour	1868	Democratic	2,708,744	47.3%	Runner-up.
Abraham Lincoln	1864	National Union	2,211,317	55.1%	Winner (incumbent). Lincoln was the only member of the National Union party elected president.
Jo Jorgensen	2020	Libertarian	1,865,724	1.18%	Third-party candidate.
Abraham Lincoln	1860	Republican	1,855,993	39.7%	Winner. Lincoln was the first member of the Republican party elected president.
James Buchanan	1856	Democratic	1,835,140	45.3%	Winner.
George B. McClellan	1864	Democratic	1,812,807	44.9%	Runner-up.
Franklin Pierce	1852	Democratic	1,605,943	50.84%	Winner.
Jill Stein	2016	Green	1,457,226	1.07%	Third-party candidate.
Winfield Scott	1852	Whig	1,386,942	43.87%	Runner-up.
Stephen A. Douglas	1860	Northern Democratic	1,380,202	21.5%	Runner-up.
Zachary Taylor	1848	Whig	1,360,235	47.3%	Winner. Taylor was the last member of the Whig party elected president.
John C. Frémont	1856	Republican	1,342,345	33.1%	Runner-up.
James K. Polk	1844	Democratic	1,339,570	49.4%	Winner.
Henry Clay	1844	Whig	1,300,004	48.2%	Runner-up.
Gary Johnson	2012	Libertarian	1,275,971	0.99%	Third-party candidate.
William Henry Harrison	1840	Whig	1,275,583	52.87%	Winner. Harrison was the first member of the Whig party elected president.
Lewis Cass	1848	Democratic	1,223,460	42.5%	Runner-up.
Strom Thurmond	1948	Dixiecrat	1,175,930	2.41%	Third-party candidate.
Henry A. Wallace	1948	Progressive	1,157,328	2.37%	Third-party candidate.
Martin Van Buren	1840	Democratic	1,128,854	46.82%	Runner-up (incumbent).
John G. Schmitz	1972	American Independent	1,100,868	1.42%	Independent candidate.
James B. Weaver	1892	Populist	1,041,028	8.6%	Third-party candidate.
Ed Clark	1980	Libertarian	921,128	1.06%	Third-party candidate.
Eugene V. Debs	1920	Socialist	913,693	3.41%	Third-party candidate.
Eugene V. Debs	1912	Socialist	901,551	5.99%	Third-party candidate.
William Lemke	1936	Union	892,378	1.95%	Third-party candidate.
Norman Thomas	1932	Socialist	884,885	2.23%	Third-party candidate.
Millard Fillmore	1856	American	873,053	21.5%	Third-party candidate. Also endorsed by the Whig Party.
John C. Breckinridge	1860	Southern Democratic	848,019	14.4%	Party split.
Jill Stein	2024	Green	782,114	0.5%	Third-party candidate.
Martin Van Buren	1836	Democratic	763,291	50.8%	Winner.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.	2024	Independent	755,018	0.5%	Independent candidate.
Eugene McCarthy	1976	Independent	740,460	0.91%	Independent candidate.
Ralph Nader	2008	Independent	739,034	0.56%	Independent candidate.
Evan McMullin	2016	Independent	732,273	0.54%	Independent candidate.
Andrew Jackson	1832	Democratic	702,735	54.2%	Winner (incumbent).
Ralph Nader	1996	Green	685,297	0.71%	Third-party candidate.
Andrew Jackson	1828	Democratic	642,806	55.33%	Winner. Jackson was the first member of the Democratic party elected president.
Chase Oliver	2024	Libertarian	642,636	0.4%	Third-party candidate.
John Bell	1860	Constitutional Union	590,901	12.6%	Party split.
Allan L. Benson	1916	Socialist	590,524	3.19%	Third-party candidate.
William Henry Harrison	1836	Whig	550,816	36.6%	Runner-up.
Bob Barr	2008	Libertarian	523,715	0.40%	Third-party candidate.
John Quincy Adams	1828	National Republican	500,897	43.98%	Runner-up (incumbent).
Harry Browne	1996	Libertarian	485,759	0.50%	Third-party candidate.
Henry Clay	1832	National Republican	484,205	37.4%	Runner-up.
Jill Stein	2012	Green	469,627	0.36%	Third-party candidate.
Ralph Nader	2004	Independent	465,151	0.38%	Independent candidate. Also endorsed by the Reform Party.
Pat Buchanan	2000	Reform	448,895	0.43%	Third-party candidate.
Ron Paul	1988	Libertarian	431,750	0.47%	Third-party candidate.
Eugene V. Debs	1908	Socialist	420,852	2.83%	Third-party candidate.
Howie Hawkins	2020	Green	405,035	0.26%	Third-party candidate.
Eugene V. Debs	1904	Socialist	402,810	2.98%	Third-party candidate.
Michael Badnarik	2004	Libertarian	397,265	0.32%	Third-party candidate.
Harry Browne	2000	Libertarian	384,431	0.36%	Third-party candidate.
James B. Weaver	1880	Greenback	308,649	3.35%	Third-party candidate.
Martin Van Buren	1848	Free Soil	291,501	10.1%	Third-party candidate (former president).
Andre Marrou	1992	Libertarian	290,087	0.28%	Third-party candidate.
John Bidwell	1892	Prohibition	270,879	2.24%	Third-party candidate.
Norman Thomas	1928	Socialist	267,478	0.73%	Third-party candidate.
Parley P. Christensen	1920	Farmer–Labor	265,398	0.99%	Third-party candidate.
Silas C. Swallow	1904	Prohibition	259,102	1.92%	Third-party candidate.
Eugene W. Chafin	1908	Prohibition	254,087	1.71%	Third-party candidate.
Clinton B. Fisk	1888	Prohibition	249,819	2.20%	Third-party candidate.
Barry Commoner	1980	Citizens	233,052	0.27%	Third-party candidate.
David Bergland	1984	Libertarian	228,111	0.25%	Third-party candidate.
Frank Hanly	1916	Prohibition	221,302	1.19%	Third-party candidate.
Lenora Fulani	1988	New Alliance	217,221	0.24%	Third-party candidate.
John G. Woolley	1900	Prohibition	210,864	1.51%	Third-party candidate.
Eugene W. Chafin	1912	Prohibition	208,156	1.38%	Third-party candidate.
Darrell Castle	2016	Constitution	203,091	0.15%	Third-party candidate.
Chuck Baldwin	2008	Constitution	199,750	0.15%	Third-party candidate.
Aaron S. Watkins	1920	Prohibition	188,787	0.70%	Third-party candidate.
Norman Thomas	1936	Socialist	187,910	0.41%	Third-party candidate.
Howard Phillips	1996	Taxpayers	184,656	0.19%	Third-party candidate.
Roger MacBride	1976	Libertarian	172,557	0.21%	Third-party candidate.
Lester Maddox	1976	American Independent	170,274	0.21%	Third-party candidate.
Cynthia McKinney	2008	Green	161,797	0.12%	Third-party candidate.
Thomas J. Anderson	1976	American	158,271	0.19%	Third-party candidate.
John P. Hale	1852	Free Soil	155,210	4.91%	Third-party candidate.
Claudia De la Cruz	2024	Socialism and Liberation	158,248	0.10%	Third-party candidate.
Andrew Jackson	1824	Democratic-Republican	151,271	40.5%	Runner-up. Won the popular vote and received the most electoral votes, but lost the electoral college majority and contingent election.
John St. John	1884	Prohibition	147,482	1.50%	Third-party candidate.
Alson Streeter	1888	Union Labor	146,602	1.31%	Third-party candidate.
Hugh Lawson White	1836	Whig	146,109	9.7%	The Whig Party fielded two different presidential tickets in different parts of the country.
Michael Peroutka	2004	Constitution	143,630	0.12%	Third-party candidate.
Vincent Hallinan	1952	Progressive	140,746	0.23%	Third-party candidate.
James Madison	1812	Democratic-Republican	140,431	52.3%	Winner (incumbent). A limited number of states counted the popular vote.
Norman Thomas	1948	Socialist	139,569	0.29%	Third-party candidate.
John M. Palmer	1896	National Democratic	134,645	0.97%	Third-party candidate.
Benjamin Butler	1884	Anti-Monopoly	134,294	1.33%	Third-party candidate. Also endorsed by the Greenback Party.
DeWitt Clinton	1812	Democratic-Republican	132,781	45.4%	Runner-up. Also endorsed by much of the Federalist Party. A limited number of states counted the popular vote.
Joshua Levering	1896	Prohibition	131,312	0.94%	Third-party candidate.
James Madison	1808	Democratic-Republican	124,732	65.0%	Winner. A limited number of states counted the popular vote.
David Cobb	2004	Green	119,859	0.10%	Third-party candidate.
Norman Thomas	1940	Socialist	116,599	0.23%	Third-party candidate.
Thomas E. Watson	1904	Populist	114,070	0.84%	Third-party candidate.
John Hagelin	1996	Natural Law	113,670	0.12%	Third-party candidate.
John Quincy Adams	1824	Democratic-Republican	113,142	32.7%	Winner. Lost the popular vote and electoral college, but won the contingent election. Adams was the last member of the Democratic-Republican party elected president and the only member of the National Republican party elected president.
T. Coleman Andrews	1956	States' Rights	108,956	0.18%	Third-party candidate.
Bo Gritz	1992	Populist	106,152	0.10%	Third-party candidate.
Thomas Jefferson	1804	Democratic-Republican	104,110	73.2%	Winner (incumbent). A limited number of states counted the popular vote.
Claude A. Watson	1948	Prohibition	103,708	0.21%	Third-party candidate.
William Z. Foster	1932	Communist	103,307	0.26%	Third-party candidate.
William Wirt	1832	Anti-Masonic	100,715	7.8%	Third-party candidate.

Lifetime popular votes

The following list indicates lifetime popular votes received across multiple elections in which the candidate was the nominee of a political party or was otherwise on a presidential ballot. It does include write-in votes that may have been received by candidates in elections in which they were not candidates.

Candidate	Party	Popular vote	Elections
Donald Trump	Republican	214,484,382	2016 W, 2020 L, 2024 W
Barack Obama	Democratic	135,414,311	2008 W, 2012 W
Richard Nixon	Republican	113,060,650	1960 L, 1968 W, 1972 W
George W. Bush	Republican	112,496,612	2000 W, 2004 W
Franklin D. Roosevelt	Democratic	103,500,786	1932 W, 1936 W, 1940 W, 1944 W
Ronald Reagan	Republican	98,358,702	1980 W, 1984 W
Bill Clinton	Democratic	92,311,074	1992 W, 1996 W
George H. W. Bush	Republican	87,991,147	1988 W, 1992 L
Joe Biden	Democratic	81,283,485	2020 W
Jimmy Carter	Democratic	76,311,996	1976 W, 1980 L
Kamala Harris	Democratic	75,009,338	2024 L
Dwight D. Eisenhower	Republican	69,654,709	1952 W, 1956 W
Hillary Clinton	Democratic	65,853,514	2016 L
Mitt Romney	Republican	60,933,504	2012 L
John McCain	Republican	59,948,323	2008 L
John Kerry	Democratic	59,028,444	2004 L
Adlai Stevenson II	Democratic	53,403,118	1952 L, 1956 L
Al Gore	Democratic	50,999,897	2000 L
Thomas E. Dewey	Republican	44,009,221	1944 L, 1948 L
Lyndon B. Johnson	Democratic	43,127,041	1964 W
Michael Dukakis	Democratic	41,809,074	1988 L
Bob Dole	Republican	39,197,469	1996 L
Gerald Ford	Republican	39,148,634	1976 L
Walter Mondale	Democratic	37,577,352	1984 L
Herbert Hoover	Republican	37,188,377	1928 W, 1932 L
John F. Kennedy	Democratic	34,220,984	1960 W
Hubert Humphrey	Democratic	31,271,839	1968 L
George McGovern	Democratic	29,173,222	1972 L
Ross Perot	Independent	27,829,115	1992 L, 1996 L
Barry Goldwater	Republican	27,175,754	1964 L
Harry S. Truman	Democratic	24,179,347	1948 W
Wendell Willkie	Republican	22,347,744	1940 L
William Jennings Bryan	Democratic	19,288,963	1896 L, 1900 L, 1908 L
Alf Landon	Republican	16,679,543	1936 L
Warren G. Harding	Republican	16,144,093	1920 W
Grover Cleveland	Democratic	16,002,868	1884 W, 1888 L, 1892 W
Calvin Coolidge	Republican	15,723,789	1924 W
Woodrow Wilson	Democratic	15,423,152	1912 W, 1916 W
Al Smith	Democratic	15,015,464	1928 L
William McKinley	Republican	14,341,002	1896 W, 1900 W
Theodore Roosevelt	Republican	11,753,278	1904 W, 1912 L
William Howard Taft	Republican	11,164,577	1908 W, 1912 L
Benjamin Harrison	Republican	10,619,741	1888 W, 1892 L
George Wallace	American Independent	9,901,118	1968 L
James M. Cox	Democratic	9,139,661	1920 L
Charles Evans Hughes	Republican	8,548,728	1916 L
John W. Davis	Democratic	8,386,242	1924 L
Ulysses S. Grant	Republican	6,611,229	1868 W, 1872 W
Gary Johnson	Libertarian	5,765,206	2012 L, 2016 L
John B. Anderson	Independent	5,719,850	1980 L
Alton B. Parker	Democratic	5,083,880	1904 L
James G. Blaine	Republican	4,856,905	1880 L
Robert M. La Follette	Progressive	4,831,706	1924 L
Ralph Nader	Green	4,772,437	1996 L, 2000 L, 2004 L, 2008 L
James A. Garfield	Republican	4,453,337	1880 W
Winfield Scott Hancock	Democratic	4,444,976	1880 L
Samuel J. Tilden	Democratic	4,288,546	1876 L
Abraham Lincoln	Republican	4,067,310	1860 W, 1864 W
Rutherford B. Hayes	Republican	4,034,142	1876 W
Horace Greeley	Liberal Republican	2,834,761	1872 L
Eugene V. Debs	Socialist	2,726,851	1900 L, 1904 L, 1908 L, 1912 L, 1920 L
Jill Stein	Green	2,708,959	2012 L, 2016 L, 2024 L
Horatio Seymour	Democratic	2,700,974	1868 L
Martin Van Buren	Democratic	2,183,646	1836 W, 1840 L, 1848 L
Jo Jorgensen	Libertarian	1,865,720	2020 L
James Buchanan	Democratic	1,835,140	1856 W
Henry Clay	Whig	1,831,740	1824 L, 1832 L, 1844 L
William Henry Harrison	Whig	1,826,399	1836 L, 1840 W
George B. McClellan	Democratic	1,812,807	1864 L
Norman Thomas	Socialist	1,675,458	1928 L, 1932 L, 1936 L, 1940 L, 1944 L, 1948 L
Franklin Pierce	Democratic	1,605,943	1852 W
Andrew Jackson	Democratic	1,496,812	1824 L, 1828 W, 1832 W
Winfield Scott	Whig	1,386,942	1852 L
Stephen A. Douglas	Northern Democratic	1,380,202	1860 L
Zachary Taylor	Whig	1,360,235	1848 W
James B. Weaver	Populist	1,349,677	1880 L, 1892 L
John C. Frémont	Republican	1,342,345	1856 L
James K. Polk	Democratic	1,339,570	1844 W
Lewis Cass	Democratic	1,223,460	1848 L
Strom Thurmond	Dixiecrat	1,175,930	1948 L
Henry A. Wallace	Progressive	1,157,328	1948 L
John G. Schmitz	American Independent	1,100,868	1972 L
Ed Clark	Libertarian	921,128	1980 L
William Lemke	Union	892,378	1936 L
Millard Fillmore	American	873,053	1856 L
Harry Browne	Libertarian	870,190	1996 L, 2000 L
John C. Breckinridge	Southern Democratic	848,019	1860 L
Eugene McCarthy	Independent	796,999	1968 L, 1976 L, 1988 L
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.	Independent	755,018	2024 L
Evan McMullin	Independent	732,273	2016 L
Chase Oliver	Libertarian	642,636	2024 L
John Quincy Adams	National Republican	614,039	1824 W, 1828 L
John Bell	Constitutional Union	590,901	1860 L
Allan L. Benson	Socialist	590,524	1916 L
Bob Barr	Libertarian	523,715	2008 L
Ron Paul	Libertarian	500,380	1988 L, 2008 L, 2012 L
Eugene W. Chafin	Prohibition	462,243	1908 L, 1912 L
Pat Buchanan	Reform	448,895	2000 L
Howie Hawkins	Green	405,035	2020 L
Michael Badnarik	Libertarian	397,265	2004 L
Howard Phillips	Taxpayers	326,045	1992 L, 1996 L, 2000 L
Lenora Fulani	New Alliance	290,843	1988 L, 1992 L
Andre Marrou	Libertarian	290,087	1992 L
John Bidwell	Prohibition	270,879	1892 L
Parley P. Christensen	Farmer–Labor	265,398	1920 L
James Madison	Democratic-Republican	265,163	1808 W, 1812 W
Silas C. Swallow	Prohibition	259,102	1904 L
Clinton B. Fisk	Prohibition	249,819	1888 L
John Hagelin	Natural Law	234,509	1992 L, 1996 L, 2000 L
Barry Commoner	Citizens	233,052	1980 L
David Bergland	Libertarian	228,111	1984 L
Frank Hanly	Prohibition	221,302	1916 L
John G. Woolley	Prohibition	210,864	1900 L
Darrell Castle	Constitution	203,091	2016 L
Chuck Baldwin	Constitution	199,750	2008 L
William Z. Foster	Communist	190,527	1924 L, 1928 L, 1932 L
Aaron S. Watkins	Prohibition	188,787	1920 L
Claude A. Watson	Prohibition	178,466	1944 L, 1948 L
Thomas Jefferson	Democratic-Republican	176,555	1796 L, 1800 W, 1804 W
Roger MacBride	Libertarian	172,557	1976 L
Lester Maddox	American Independent	170,373	1976 L
Cynthia McKinney	Green	161,797	2008 L
Thomas J. Anderson	American	158,724	1976 L
John P. Hale	Free Soil	155,210	1852 L
Claudia De la Cruz	PSL	151,319	2024 L
John St. John	Prohibition	147,482	1884 L
Alson Streeter	Union Labor	146,602	1888 L
Hugh Lawson White	Whig	146,109	1836 L
Michael Peroutka	Constitution	143,630	2004 L
Thomas E. Watson	Populist	142,932	1904 L, 1908 L
Vincent Hallinan	Progressive	140,746	1952 L
DeWitt Clinton	Democratic-Republican	134,674	1812 L, 1820 L
John M. Palmer	National Democratic	134,645	1896 L
Benjamin Butler	Democratic	134,294	1884 L
Joshua Levering	Prohibition	131,312	1896 L
David Cobb	Green	119,859	2004 L
Bernie Sanders	Independent	111,609	2016 L
T. Coleman Andrews	States' Rights	108,956	1956 L
Bo Gritz	Populist	106,152	1992 L
William Wirt	Anti-Masonic	100,715	1832 L

Lifetime electoral votes

The following list indicates lifetime electoral votes received across multiple elections in which the candidate was the nominee of a political party or was otherwise on a presidential ballot. Note that the counting for Electoral College votes for this purpose is complicated by the fact that in the earliest elections, the Electoral College did not distinguish between votes for president and vice-president, with the candidate receiving the second-highest number of such votes becoming the vice-president. As with the popular vote, the total number of Electoral College votes available has increased over time, as additional states have been admitted to the union. For a complete list of electoral votes received in individual elections, see the list of people who received an electoral vote in the United States Electoral College.

Candidate	Electoral votes
Franklin D. Roosevelt	1,876
Richard Nixon	1,040
Ronald Reagan	1,015
Dwight D. Eisenhower	899
Donald Trump	848
Bill Clinton	749
Woodrow Wilson	712
Barack Obama	697
Grover Cleveland	664
George H. W. Bush	594
William McKinley	563
George W. Bush	557
Herbert Hoover	503
Ulysses S. Grant	500
Andrew Jackson	496
William Jennings Bryan	493
Lyndon B. Johnson	486
Theodore Roosevelt	424
James Monroe	414
Warren G. Harding	404
Abraham Lincoln	392
Calvin Coolidge	382
Benjamin Harrison	378
Jimmy Carter	346
William Howard Taft	329
William Henry Harrison	307
Joe Biden	306
Thomas Jefferson	303
John F. Kennedy	303
Harry S. Truman	303
Thomas E. Dewey	288
Al Gore	266
Charles Evans Hughes	254
Franklin Pierce	254
John Kerry	251
James Madison	250
John Adams	247
Gerald Ford	240
Martin Van Buren	230
Hillary Clinton	227
Kamala Harris	226
James A. Garfield	214
Mitt Romney	206
George Washington	203
Henry Clay	191
Hubert Humphrey	191
Rutherford B. Hayes	185
Samuel J. Tilden	184
James G. Blaine	182
James Buchanan	174
John McCain	173
James K. Polk	170
John Quincy Adams	168
Zachary Taylor	163
Adlai Stevenson II	162
Bob Dole	159
Winfield Scott Hancock	155
Alton B. Parker	140
John W. Davis	136
Lewis Cass	127
James M. Cox	127
John C. Frémont	114
Michael Dukakis	111
DeWitt Clinton	89
Al Smith	87
Wendell Willkie	82
Horatio Seymour	80
John C. Breckinridge	72
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney	61
Barry Goldwater	52
George Wallace	46
Thomas A. Hendricks	42
Winfield Scott	42
William H. Crawford	41
John Bell	39
Strom Thurmond	39
Rufus King	34
Hugh Lawson White	26
James B. Weaver	22
George B. McClellan	21
B. Gratz Brown	18
George McGovern	17
Harry F. Byrd	15
Daniel Webster	14
Robert M. La Follette	13
Walter Mondale	13
Stephen A. Douglas	12
John Floyd	11
Willie P. Mangum	11
Millard Fillmore	8
Alf Landon	8
William Wirt	7
George Clinton	6
Colin Powell	3
Charles J. Jenkins	2
Lloyd Bentsen	1
David Davis	1
John Edwards	1
John Hospers	1
Walter Burgwyn Jones	1
John Kasich	1
Ron Paul	1
Bernie Sanders	1
Faith Spotted Eagle	1

See also

• List of people who received an electoral vote in the United States Electoral College
• List of United States presidential elections by popular vote margin
• List of United States presidential elections in which the winner lost the popular vote
• List of United States presidential candidates by number of primary votes received