This is a list of the candidates for the offices ofpresident of the United States andvice president of the United States of theRepublican Party, either dulypreselected and nominated, or thepresumptive 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.

Presidential nominee	1856 (lost)		Vice presidential nominee
John C. Frémont ofCA (1813–1890)	Prior public experience Governor of California (1847) Shadow Senator (1849–1850) U.S. Senate (1850–1851) Higher education College of Charleston	Prior public experience Associate Justice of theNew Jersey Supreme Court (1838–1841) U.S. Senate (1842–1851) Chair of theSenate Public Buildings Committee (1842–1845) Chair of the Senate Engrossed Bills Committee (1844–1845) Higher education Princeton University (BA)	William L. Dayton ofNJ (1807–1864)
Opponent(s) James Buchanan (Democratic) Millard Fillmore (Know Nothing)	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)

Presidential nominee	1860 (won),1864 (won)		Vice presidential nominee
Abraham Lincoln ofIL (1809–1865)	Prior public experience Illinois House of Representatives (1834–1842) U.S. House of Representatives (1847–1849) President (1861–1865) Higher education None	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 theHouse Elections Committee (1845–1847) U.S. Senate (1848–1857, 1857–1861) Chair of theSenate Commerce Committee (1849–1856) Chair of the Senate Printing Committee (1852–1853) Governor of Maine (1857) Higher education None	Hannibal Hamlin ofME (1809–1891) (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 theSenate Audit Committee (1859–1861) Higher education None	Andrew Johnson ofTN (1808–1875) (1864)
Opponent(s) Stephen A. Douglas (Democratic) John C. Breckinridge (Southern Democrats) John Bell (Constitutional Union)	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)	Electoral vote Lincoln/Johnson: 212 (91.0%)[1] McClellan/Pendleton: 21 (9.0%)[2] Popular vote Lincoln/Johnson: 2,218,388 (55.0%) McClellan/Pendleton: 1,812,807 (45.0%)		Opponent(s) George H. Pendleton (Democratic)

Presidential nominee	1868 (won),1872 (won)		Vice presidential nominee
Ulysses S. Grant ofIL (1822–1885)	Prior public experience Commanding General of the U.S. Army (1864–1869) ActingU.S. Secretary of War (1867–1868) President (1869–1877) Higher education U.S. Military Academy (BS)	Prior public experience U.S. House of Representatives (1855–1869) Chair of theHouse Post Office Committee (1859–1863) Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives (1863–1869) Higher education None	Schuyler Colfax ofIN (1823–1885) (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 theSenate Military Affairs Committee (1861–1873) Higher education None	Henry Wilson ofMA (1812–1875) (1872)
Opponent(s) Horatio Seymour (Democratic)	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)	Electoral vote Grant/Wilson: 286 (81.3%)[3] Greeley/Brown: 66 (18.8%)*[4][5] Popular vote Grant/Wilson: 3,598,235 (55.6%) Greeley/Brown: 2,834,761 (43.8%)		Opponent(s) Benjamin Gratz Brown (Democratic)

Presidential nominee	1876 (won)		Vice presidential nominee
Rutherford B. Hayes ofOH (1822–1893)	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)	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 theHouse Commerce Committee (1873–1875) Higher education University of Vermont (BA)	William A. Wheeler ofNY (1819–1887)
Opponent(s) Samuel J. Tilden (Democratic)	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)

Presidential nominee	1880 (won)		Vice presidential nominee
James A. Garfield ofOH (1831–1881)	Prior public experience Ohio Senate (1859–1861) U.S. House of Representatives (1863–1881) Chair of theHouse Military Affairs Committee (1867–1869) Chair of theHouse Banking Committee (1869–1871) Chair of theHouse Appropriations Committee (1871–1875) Higher education Hiram College Williams College (BA)	Prior public experience Collector of the Port of New York (1871–1878) Chair of theNew York Republican Party (1879–1881) Higher education Union College State and National Law School	Chester A. Arthur ofNY (1829–1886)
Opponent(s) Winfield Scott Hancock (Democratic) James B. Weaver (Greenback)	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)

Presidential nominee	1884 (lost)		Vice presidential nominee
James G. Blaine ofME (1830–1893)	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 theHouse Rules Committee (1873–1876) U.S. Senate (1876–1881) Chair of theSenate Civil Service Committee (1877) Chair of theSenate Rules Committee (1877–1879) U.S. Secretary of State (1881) Higher education Washington and Jefferson College (BA)	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 theHouse Armed Services Committee (1869–1871) U.S. Senate (1871–1877, 1879–1886) Chair of theSenate Armed Services Committee (1872–1877, 1881–1886) Higher education Shiloh College University of Louisville (LLB)	John A. Logan ofIL (1826–1886)
Opponent(s) Grover Cleveland (Democratic) John St. John (Prohibition) Benjamin Butler (Greenback)	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)

Presidential nominee	1888 (won),1892 (lost)		Vice presidential nominee
Benjamin Harrison ofIN (1833–1901)	Prior public experience U.S. Senate (1881–1887) Chair of theSenate Seaboard Transportation Routes Committee (1881–1883) Chair of the Senate Territories Committee (1884–1887) President (1889–1893) Higher education Ohio Military Institute Miami University (BA)	Prior public experience U.S. House of Representatives (1879–1881) U.S. Minister to France (1881–1885) Higher education None	Levi Morton ofNY (1824–1920) (1888)
		Prior public experience U.S. Minister to France (1889–1892) Higher education None	Whitelaw Reid ofNY (1837–1912) (1892)
Opponent(s) Grover Cleveland (Democratic) Clinton Fisk (Prohibition) Alson Streeter (Union Labor)	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)	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)

Presidential nominee	1896 (won),1900 (won)		Vice presidential nominee
William McKinley ofOH (1843–1901)	Prior public experience U.S. House of Representatives (1877–1884, 1885–1891) Chair of the House Laws Revision Committee (1882–1883) Chair of theHouse Ways and Means Committee (1889–1891) Governor of Ohio (1892–1896) President (1897–1901) Higher education Allegheny College University of Mount Union Albany Law School	Prior public experience Chair of theNew Jersey Republican Party (1880–1891) New Jersey General Assembly (1873–1875) Speaker of theNew Jersey General Assembly (1874–1875) New Jersey Senate (1877–1883) President of theNew Jersey Senate (1881–1883) Higher education Rutgers University, New Brunswick (BA)	Garret Hobart ofNJ (1844–1899) (1896)
		Prior public experience New York Assembly (1882–1884) Minority Leader of theNew 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	Theodore Roosevelt ofNY (1858–1919) (1900)
Opponent(s) William Jennings Bryan (Democratic,Populist)	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)	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)

Presidential nominee	1904 (won)		Vice presidential nominee
Theodore Roosevelt ofNY (1858–1919)	Prior public experience New York Assembly (1882–1884) Minority Leader of theNew 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	Prior public experience U.S. Senate (1897–1905) Chair of the Senate Immigration Committee (1897–1899) Chair of theSenate Public Buildings Committee (1899–1905) Higher education Ohio Wesleyan University (BA,MA)	Charles Fairbanks ofIN (1852–1918)
Opponent(s) Alton Parker (Democratic) Gene Debs (Socialist) Silas Swallow (Prohibition)	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)

Presidential nominee	1908 (won),1912 (lost)		Vice presidential nominee
William Taft ofOH (1857–1930)	Prior public experience U.S. Solicitor General (1890–1892) Judge of theU.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (1892–1900) Governor-General of the Philippines (1901–1903) U.S. Secretary of War (1904–1908) ActingGovernor of Cuba (1906) President (1909–1913) Higher education Yale University (BA) University of Cincinnati (LLB)	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)	James S. Sherman ofNY (1855–1912) (1908, 1912)[6]
		Prior public experience None Higher education Columbia University (BA,MA,PhD)	Nicholas Butler ofNY (1862–1947) (1912)[6]
Opponent(s) William Jennings Bryan (Democratic) Gene Debs (Socialist) Eugene Chafin (Prohibition)	Electoral vote Taft/Sherman: 321 (66.5%) Bryan/Kern: 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) John Kern (Democratic) Ben Hanford (Socialist) Aaron Watkins (Prohibition)
Opponent(s) Woodrow Wilson (Democratic) Theodore Roosevelt (Progressive) Eugene Debs (Socialist) Eugene Chafin (Prohibition)	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) Thomas Marshall (Democratic) Hiram Johnson (Progressive) Emil Seidel (Socialist) Aaron Watkins (Prohibition)

Presidential nominee	1916 (lost)		Vice presidential nominee
Charles Hughes ofNY (1862–1948)	Prior public experience Governor of New York (1907–1910) Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1910–1916) Higher education Colgate University Brown University (BA) Columbia University (LLB)	Prior public experience U.S. Senate (1897–1905) Chair of the Senate Immigration Committee (1897–1899) Chair of theSenate Public Buildings Committee (1899–1905) Vice President (1905–1909) Higher education Ohio Wesleyan University (BA,MA)	Charles Fairbanks ofIN (1852–1918)
Opponent(s) Woodrow Wilson (Democratic) Allan Benson (Socialist) Frank Hanly (Prohibition)	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) Thomas Marshall (Democratic) Kirk Kirkpatrick (Socialist) Ira Landrith (Prohibition)

Presidential nominee	1920 (won)		Vice presidential nominee
Warren G. Harding ofOH (1865–1923)	Prior public experience Ohio Senate (1900–1904) Lieutenant Governor of Ohio (1904–1906) U.S. Senate (1915–1921) Higher education Ohio Central College (BA)	Prior public experience Massachusetts House of Representatives (1907–1908) Massachusetts Senate (1912–1915) President of the Massachusetts Senate (1914–1915) Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts (1916–1919) Governor of Massachusetts (1919–1921) Higher education Amherst College (BA)	Calvin Coolidge ofMA (1872–1933)
Opponent(s) James Cox (Democratic) Gene Debs (Socialist) Parley Christensen (Farmer-Labor)	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) Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic) Stedy Stedman (Socialist) Max Hayes (Farmer-Labor)

Presidential nominee	1924 (won)		Vice presidential nominee
Calvin Coolidge ofMA (1872–1933)	Prior public experience Massachusetts House of Representatives (1907–1908) Massachusetts Senate (1912–1915) President of the Massachusetts Senate (1914–1915) Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts (1916–1919) Governor of Massachusetts (1919–1921) Vice President (1921–1923) President (1923–1929) Higher education Amherst College (BA)	Prior public experience Comptroller of the Currency (1898–1901) Director of theU.S. Bureau of the Budget (1921–1922) Higher education Marietta College (BA) University of Cincinnati (LLB)	Charles Dawes ofIL (1865–1951)
Opponent(s) John Davis (Democratic) Bob La Follette (Progressive)	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 Bryan (Democratic) Burton Wheeler (Progressive)

Presidential nominee	1928 (won),1932 (lost)		Vice presidential nominee
Herbert Hoover ofCA (1874–1964)	Prior public experience Director of theU.S. Food Administration (1917–1918) U.S. Secretary of Commerce (1921–1928) President (1929–1933) Higher education Stanford University (BS)	Prior public experience U.S. House of Representatives (1893–1907) Chair of the House Interior Expenditures Committee (1895–1903) U.S. Senate (1907–1913, 1915–1929) Chair of theSenate Indian Depredations Committee (1907–1911) Secretary of the Senate Republican Conference (1911–1913) Chair of theSenate Coast Defenses Committee (1911–1913) President pro tempore of the U.S. Senate (1911) Senate Minority Whip (1915–1919) Senate Majority Whip (1919–1924) Chair of theSenate Rules Committee (1921–1929) Senate Majority Leader (1924–1929) Chair of theJoint Inaugural Ceremonies Committee (1924–1925) Vice President (1929–1933) Higher education None	Charles Curtis ofKS (1860–1936)
Opponent(s) Al Smith (Democratic)	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) Joe Robinson (Democratic)
Opponent(s) Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic) Norman Thomas (Socialist)	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) Jack Garner (Democratic) James Maurer (Socialist)

Presidential nominee	1936 (lost)		Vice presidential nominee
Alf Landon ofKS (1887–1987)	Prior public experience Chair of theKansas Republican Party (1928–1930) Governor of Kansas (1933–1937) Higher education University of Kansas, Lawrence (LLB)	Prior public experience None Higher education Alma College (BA)	Frank Knox ofIL (1874–1944)
Opponent(s) Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic) William Lemke (Union)	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) Jack Garner (Democratic) Thomas O'Brien (Union)

Presidential nominee	1940 (lost)		Vice presidential nominee
Wendell Willkie ofNY (1892–1944)	Prior public experience None Higher education Indiana University, Bloomington (BA,LLB)	Prior public experience Associate Justice of theOregon Supreme Court (1913–1915) U.S. Senate (1917–1918, 1918–1944) Chair of the Arid Lands Committee (1919–1926) Chair of theSenate Agriculture Committee (1926–1933) Senate Minority Leader (1933–1940) Higher education Stanford University	Charles McNary ofOR (1874–1944)
Opponent(s) Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)	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) Henry Wallace (Democratic)

Presidential nominee	1944 (lost),1948 (lost)		Vice presidential nominee
Thomas E. Dewey ofNY (1902–1971)	Prior public experience ActingU.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York (1933) District Attorney of New York County, NY (1938–1941) Governor of New York (1943–1954) Higher education University of Michigan (BA) Columbia University (JD)	Prior public experience Attorney General of Ohio (1933–1937) Governor of Ohio (1939–1945) Higher education Ohio State University (BA,LLB)	John W. Bricker ofOH (1893–1986) (1944)
		Prior public experience District Attorney ofAlameda County, CA (1925–1939) Chair of theCalifornia Republican Party (1932–1938) Attorney General of California (1939–1943) Governor of California (1943–1953) Higher education University of California, Berkeley (BA,JD)	Earl Warren ofCA (1891–1974) (1948)
Opponent(s) Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)	Electoral vote Roosevelt/Truman: 432 (81.4%) Dewey/Bricker: 99 (18.6%) Popular vote Roosevelt/Truman: 25,612,916 (53.4%) Dewey/Bricker: 22,017,929 (45.3%)		Opponent(s) Harry S. Truman (Democratic)
Opponent(s) Harry S. Truman (Democratic) Strom Thurmond (Dixiecrat) Henry Wallace (Progressive)	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) Alben Barkley (Democratic) Fielding Wright (Dixiecrat) Glen Taylor (Progressive)

Presidential nominee	1952 (won),1956 (won)		Vice presidential nominee
Dwight D. Eisenhower ofNY (1952),PA (1956) (1890–1969)	Prior public experience Commanding General of theU.S. Army Europe (1942–1943, 1944–1945) Governor of the American Zone of Occupied Germany (1945) Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army (1945–1948) Supreme Allied Commander Europe (1951–1952) President (1953–1961) Higher education U.S. Military Academy (BS)	Prior public experience U.S. House of Representatives (1947–1950) Ranking Member of theHouse Un-American Activities Committee (1950) U.S. Senate (1950–1953) Vice President (1953–1961) Higher education Whittier College (BA) Duke University (JD)	Richard Nixon ofCA (1913–1994)
Opponent(s) Adlai Stevenson (Democratic)	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%)		Opponent(s) John Sparkman (Democratic)
	Electoral vote Eisenhower/Nixon: 457 (86.1%) Stevenson/Kefauver: 73 (13.7%)[7] 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)

Presidential nominee	1960 (lost)		Vice presidential nominee
Richard Nixon ofCA (1913–1994)	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)	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 theSenate Rules Committee (1951–1953) Higher education Harvard University (BA)	Henry Cabot Lodge ofMA (1902–1985)
Opponent(s) John F. Kennedy (Democratic) Harry Byrd (Southern Democrats)	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)

Presidential nominee	1964 (lost)		Vice presidential nominee
Barry Goldwater ofAZ (1909–1998)	Prior public experience U.S. Senate (1953–1965) Chair of theNational Republican Senatorial Committee (1955–1957, 1961–1963) Ranking Member of theSenate Labor Committee (1959–1965) Higher education University of Arizona	Prior public experience U.S. House of Representatives (1951–1953, 1953–1965) Chair of theNational Republican Congressional Committee (1960–1961) Chair of theRepublican National Committee (1961–1964) Higher education University of Notre Dame (BA) Union University, New York (LLB)	William Miller ofNY (1914–1983)
Opponent(s) Lyndon Johnson (Democratic)	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)

Presidential nominee	1968 (won),1972 (won)		Vice presidential nominee
Richard Nixon ofNY (1968),CA (1972) (1913–1994)	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)	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)	Spiro Agnew ofMD (1918–1996)
Opponent(s) Hubert Humphrey (Democratic) George Wallace (American Independent)	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)	Electoral vote Nixon/Agnew: 520 (96.7%)[8] McGovern/Shriver: 17 (3.2%) Hospers/Nathan: 1 (0.2%)[8] Popular vote Nixon/Agnew: 47,168,710 (60.6%) McGovern/Shriver 29,173,222 (37.5%) Schmitz/Anderson: 1,100,868 (1.4%)		Opponent(s) Sargent Shriver (Democratic) Thomas Anderson (American Independent)

Presidential nominee	1976 (lost)		Vice presidential nominee
Gerald Ford ofMI (1913–2006)	Prior public experience U.S. House of Representatives (1949–1973) Chair of the House Republican Conference (1963–1965) House Minority Leader (1965–1973) Vice President (1973–1974) President (1974–1977) Higher education University of Michigan (BA) Yale University (JD)	Prior public experience Kansas House of Representatives (1951–1953) U.S. House of Representatives (1961–1969) U.S. Senate (1969–1996) Chair of theRepublican National Committee (1971–1973) Higher education University of Kansas, Lawrence University of Arizona Washburn University (BA,LLB)	Bob Dole ofKS (1923–2021)
Opponent(s) Jimmy Carter (Democratic)	Electoral vote (President) Carter: 297 (55.2%) Ford: 240 (44.6%)[9] 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)

Presidential nominee	1980 (won),1984 (won)		Vice presidential nominee
Ronald Reagan ofCA (1911–2004)	Prior public experience Governor of California (1967–1975) Chair of theRepublican Governors Association (1968–1970) President (1981–1989) Higher education Eureka College (BA)	Prior public experience U.S. House of Representatives (1967–1971) U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations (1971–1973) Chair of theRepublican 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)	George H. W. Bush ofTX (1924–2018)
Opponent(s) Jimmy Carter (Democratic) John Anderson (Independent) Ed Clark (Libertarian)	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)	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)

Presidential nominee	1988 (won),1992 (lost)		Vice presidential nominee
George H. W. Bush ofTX (1924–2018)	Prior public experience U.S. House of Representatives (1967–1971) U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations (1971–1973) Chair of theRepublican 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)	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)	Dan Quayle ofIN (born 1947)
Opponent(s) Michael Dukakis (Democratic)	Electoral vote (President) Bush: 426 (79.2%) Dukakis: 111 (20.6%)[10] Bentsen: 1 (0.2%) Electoral vote (Vice President) Quayle: 426 (79.2%) Bentsen: 111 (20.6%)[10] Dukakis: 1 (0.2%) Popular vote Bush/Quayle: 48,886,097 (53.4%) Dukakis/Bentsen: 41,809,074 (45.7%)		Opponent(s) Lloyd Bentsen (Democratic)
Opponent(s) Bill Clinton (Democratic) Ross Perot (Independent)	Electoral vote Clinton/Gore: 370 (68.8%) Bush/Quayle: 168 (31.2%) Popular vote Clinton/Gore: 44,909,806 (43.0%) Bush/Quayle: 39,104,550 (37.5%) Perot/Stockdale: 19,743,821 (18.9%)		Opponent(s) Al Gore (Democratic) James Stockdale (Independent)

Presidential nominee	1996 (lost)		Vice presidential nominee
Bob Dole ofKS (1923–2021)	Prior public experience Kansas House of Representatives (1951–1953) U.S. House of Representatives (1961–1969) U.S. Senate (1969–1996) Ranking Member of theSenate Agriculture Committee (1975–1979) Chair of theSenate Finance Committee (1981–1985) Chair of the Senate Europe Security and Cooperation Committee (1983–1985) Senate Majority Leader (1985–1987, 1995–1996) Senate Minority Leader (1987–1995) Chair of theRepublican National Committee (1971–1973) Higher education University of Kansas University of Arizona Washburn University (BA,LLB)	Prior public experience U.S. House of Representatives (1971–1989) Chair of the House Republican Conference (1981–1987) U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (1989–1993) Higher education Occidental College (BA) California State University, Long Beach California Western University, San Diego	Jack Kemp ofNY (1935–2009)
Opponent(s) Bill Clinton (Democratic) Ross Perot (Reform)	Electoral vote Clinton/Gore: 379 (70.4%) Dole/Kemp: 159 (29.6%) Popular vote Clinton/Gore: 47,401,185 (49.2%) Dole/Kemp: 39,197,469 (40.7%) Perot/Choate: 8,085,294 (8.4%)		Opponent(s) Al Gore (Democratic) Pat Choate (Reform)

Presidential nominee	2000 (won),2004 (won)		Vice presidential nominee
George W. Bush ofTX (born 1946)	Prior public experience Governor of Texas (1995–2000) President (2001–2009) Higher education Yale University (BA) Harvard University (MBA)	Prior public experience White House Chief of Staff (1975–1977) U.S. House of Representatives (1979–1989) Chair of theHouse Republican Policy Committee (1981–1987) Chair of the House Republican Conference (1987–1989) Ranking Member of theHouse Iran-Contra Committee (1987) House Minority Whip (1989) U.S. Secretary of Defense (1989–1993) Vice President (2001–2009) Higher education Yale University University of Wyoming (BA,MA) University of Wisconsin, Madison	Dick Cheney ofWY (1941–2025)
Opponent(s) Al Gore (Democratic) Ralph Nader (Green)	Electoral vote Bush/Cheney: 271 (50.4%) Gore/Lieberman: 266 (49.4%)[11] 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)	Electoral vote (President) Bush: 286 (53.2%) Kerry: 251 (46.7%)[12] 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)

Presidential nominee	2008 (lost)		Vice presidential nominee
John McCain ofAZ (1936–2018)	Prior public experience U.S. House of Representatives (1983–1987) United States Senate (1987–2018) Chair of theSenate Indian Affairs Committee (1995–1997, 2005–2007) Chair of theSenate Commerce Committee (1997–2001, 2003–2005) Ranking Member of theSenate Commerce Committee (2001–2003) Ranking Member of theSenate Armed Services Committee (2007–2013) Higher education United States Naval Academy (BS)	Prior public experience Governor of Alaska (2006–2009) Higher education University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Hawaii Pacific University North Idaho College Matanuska-Susitna College University of Idaho (BA)	Sarah Palin ofAK (born 1964)
Opponent(s) Barack Obama (Democratic)	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)

Presidential nominee	2012 (lost)		Vice presidential nominee
Mitt Romney ofMA (born 1947)	Prior public experience Governor of Massachusetts (2003–2007) Chair of theRepublican Governors Association (2005–2006) Higher education Stanford University Brigham Young University (BA) Harvard University (JD,MBA)	Prior public experience U.S. House of Representatives (1999–2019) Chair of theHouse Budget Committee (2011–2015) Higher education Miami University (BA)	Paul Ryan ofWI (born 1970)
Opponent(s) Barack Obama (Democratic)	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)

Presidential nominee	2016 (won),2020 (lost),2024 (won)		Vice presidential nominee
Donald Trump ofNY (2016),FL (2020, 2024) (born 1946)	Prior public experience President (2017–2021) Higher education Fordham University University of Pennsylvania (BS)	Prior public experience U.S. House of Representatives (2001–2013) Chair of theRepublican Study Committee (2005–2007) Ranking Member of theHouse 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)	Mike Pence ofIN (born 1959) (2016, 2020)
		Prior public experience U.S. Senate (2023–2025) Higher education Ohio State University (BA) Yale University (JD)	JD Vance ofOH (born 1984) (2024)
Opponent(s) Hillary Clinton (Democratic) Gary Johnson (Libertarian) Jill Stein (Green)	Electoral vote (President)[13] 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)	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)	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)

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