This is a list of American electoral candidates for the offices ofPresident of the United States andVice President of the United States of the modernDemocratic 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	1828 (won),1832 (won)		Vice presidential nominee
Andrew Jackson ofTN (1767–1845)	Prior public experience U.S. House of Representatives (1796–1797) U.S. Senate (1797–1798, 1823–1825) Chair of theSenate Military Affairs Committee (1823–1825) Justice of theTennessee Supreme Court (1798–1804) Governor of Florida (1821) President (1829–1837) Higher education None	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 Litchfield Law School	John C. Calhoun ofSC (1782–1850) (1828)
		Prior public experience New York Senate (1813–1820) Attorney General of New York (1815–1819) U.S. Senate (1821–1828) Chair of theSenate 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	Martin Van Buren ofNY (1782–1862) (1832)
Opponent(s) John Quincy Adams (National Republican)	Electoral vote (President) Jackson: 178 (68.2%) Adams: 83 (31.8%) Electoral vote (Vice President)[1] 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)	Electoral vote (President)[2] 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)

Presidential nominee	1836 (won),1840 (lost)		Vice presidential nominee
Martin Van Buren ofNY (1782–1862)	Prior public experience New York Senate (1813–1820) Attorney General of New York (1815–1819) U.S. Senate (1821–1828) Chair of theSenate 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	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 theHouse Post Office Committee (1829–1832) Chair of theHouse 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	Richard Johnson ofKY (1780–1850)
Opponent(s) William Harrison (Northern Whig) Hugh White (Southern Whig)	Electoral vote (President)[3] 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)	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)

Presidential nominee	1844 (won)		Vice presidential nominee
James Polk ofTN (1795–1849)	Prior public experience Tennessee House of Representatives (1823–1825) U.S. House of Representatives (1825–1839) Chair of theHouse 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)	Prior public experience U.S. House of Representatives (1827–1829) Comptroller of New York (1829–1833) U.S. Senate (1833–1844) Chair of theSenate Finance Committee (1836–1841) Higher education Middlebury College (BA)	Silas Wright ofNY (1795–1847) (1844)[4]
		Prior public experience Mayor of Philadelphia, PA (1828–1829) U.S. Attorney for theEastern 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 theSenate Naval Affairs Committee (1832–1833) Higher education Princeton University (BA)	George Dallas ofPA (1792–1864) (1844)
Opponent(s) Henry Clay (Whig) James Birney (Liberty)	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)

Presidential nominee	1848 (lost)		Vice presidential nominee
Lewis Cass ofMI (1782–1866)	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 theSenate Armed Services Committee (1847–1848) Higher education None	Prior public experience Kentucky House of Representatives (1817–1818) U.S. House of Representatives (1839–1843) Higher education Transylvania University (BA)	William Butler ofKY (1791–1880)
Opponent(s) Zachary Taylor (Whig) Martin Van Buren (Free Soil)	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)

Presidential nominee	1852 (won)		Vice presidential nominee
Franklin Pierce ofNH (1804–1869)	Prior public experience New Hampshire House of Representatives (1829–1833) Speaker of theNew Hampshire House of Representatives (1831–1833) U.S. House of Representatives (1833–1837) U.S. Senate (1837–1842) Chair of theSenate Pensions Committee (1839–1841) U.S. Attorney for theDistrict of New Hampshire (1845) Higher education Bowdoin College Northampton Law School	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 theSenate Public Lands Committee (1831–1832) Chair of theSenate Commerce Committee (1832–1833, 1837–1841) President pro tempore of the U.S. Senate (1836–1841, 1850–1852) Chair of theSenate Foreign Relations Committee (1849–1850) Chair of theSenate Pensions Committee (1849–1850) U.S. Minister to France (1844–1846) Higher education University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (BA)	William King ofAL (1786–1853)
Opponent(s) Winfield Scott (Whig) John Hale (Free Soil)	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)

Presidential nominee	1856 (won)		Vice presidential nominee
James Buchanan ofPA (1791–1868)	Prior public experience Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1814–1816) U.S. House of Representatives (1821–1831) Chair of theHouse Judiciary Committee (1829–1831) U.S. Minister to Russia (1832–1833) U.S. Senate (1834–1845) Chair of theSenate Foreign Relations Committee (1836–1841) U.S. Secretary of State (1845–1849) U.S. Minister to the United Kingdom (1853–1856) Higher education Dickinson College (BA)	Prior public experience Kentucky House of Representatives (1849–1851) U.S. House of Representatives (1851–1855) Higher education Centre College (BA) Princeton University Transylvania University	John Breckinridge ofKY (1821–1875)
Opponent(s) John Frémont (Republican) 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) William Dayton (Republican) Andrew Donelson (Know Nothing)

Presidential nominee	1860 (lost)[5]		Vice presidential nominee
Stephen Douglas ofIL (1813–1861)	Prior public experience Illinois House of Representatives (1836–1838) Secretary of State of Illinois (1840–1841) Associate Justice of theIllinois Supreme Court (1841–1843) U.S. House of Representatives (1843–1847) Chair of theHouse Territories Committee (1845–1847) U.S. Senate (1847–1861) Chair of the Senate Territories Committee (1847–1858) Higher education None	Prior public experience U.S. Senate (1848–1849) Chair of theSenate District of Columbia Committee (1848–1849) Governor of Georgia (1853–1857) Higher education University of Georgia (BA)	Herschel Johnson ofGA (1812–1880)
Opponent(s) Abraham Lincoln (Republican) John 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) Hannibal Hamlin (Republican) Joe Lane (Southern Democrats) Edward Everett (Constitutional Union)

Presidential nominee	1864 (lost)		Vice presidential nominee
George McClellan ofNJ (1826–1885)	Prior public experience Commanding General of the U.S. Army (1861–1862) Higher education University of Pennsylvania U.S. Military Academy (BS)	Prior public experience Ohio Senate (1854–1856) U.S. House of Representatives (1857–1865) Higher education University of Cincinnati Heidelberg University	George Pendleton ofOH (1825–1889)
Opponent(s) Abraham Lincoln (National Union)	Electoral vote Lincoln/Johnson: 212 (91.0%)[6] McClellan/Pendleton: 21 (9.0%)[7] Popular vote Lincoln/Johnson: 2,218,388 (55.0%) McClellan/Pendleton: 1,812,807 (45.0%)		Opponent(s) Andrew Johnson (National Union)

Presidential nominee	1868 (lost)		Vice presidential nominee
Horatio Seymour ofNY (1810–1886)	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 Norwich University (BA)	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 theHouse Armed Services Committee (1861–1862) Higher education Yale University University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Princeton University (BA) Transylvania University	Francis Blair ofMO (1821–1875)
Opponent(s) Ulysses S. Grant (Republican)	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)

Presidential nominee	1872 (lost)		Vice presidential nominee
Horace Greeley ofNY (1811–1872)	Prior public experience U.S. House of Representatives (1848–1849) Higher education None	Prior public experience Missouri House of Representatives (1852–1858) U.S. Senate (1863–1867) Chair of theSenate Audit Committee (1865–1866) Chair of theSenate Public Grounds Committee (1866–1867) Governor of Missouri (1871–1873) Higher education Transylvania University Yale University (BA) University of Louisville (LLB)	Gratz Brown ofMO (1826–1885)
Opponent(s) Ulysses S. Grant (Republican)	Electoral vote Grant/Wilson: 286 (81.3%)[8] Greeley/Brown: 66 (18.8%)*[9][10] Popular vote Grant/Wilson: 3,598,235 (55.6%) Greely/Brown: 2,834,761 (43.8%)		Opponent(s) Henry Wilson (Republican)

Presidential nominee	1876 (lost)		Vice presidential nominee
Samuel Tilden ofNY (1814–1886)	Prior public experience New York Assembly (1846–1847, 1872) Chair of theNew York Democratic Party (1866–1874) Governor of New York (1875–1876) Higher education Yale University New York University	Prior public experience Indiana House of Representatives (1848–1850) U.S. House of Representatives (1851–1855) Chair of theHouse Mileage Committee (1851–1853) Chair of theHouse 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)	Thomas Hendricks ofIN (1819–1885)
Opponent(s) Rutherford Hayes (Republican)	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)

Presidential nominee	1880 (lost)		Vice presidential nominee
Winfield Hancock ofPA (1824–1886)	Prior public experience Commander of theFifth Military District (1867–1868) Higher education U.S. Military Academy (BS)	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 theHouse Post Office Committee (1857–1859) Higher education Hanover College	William English ofIN (1822–1896)
Opponent(s) James Garfield (Republican) James 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) Chester Arthur (Republican) Barzillai Chambers (Greenback)

Presidential nominee	1884 (won),1888 (lost),1892 (won)		Vice presidential nominee
Grover Cleveland ofNY (1837–1908)	Prior public experience Mayor of Buffalo, NY (1882) Governor of New York (1883–1885) President (1885–1889) Higher education None	Prior public experience Indiana House of Representatives (1848–1850) U.S. House of Representatives (1851–1855) Chair of theHouse Mileage Committee (1851–1853) Chair of theHouse 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)	Thomas Hendricks ofIN (1819–1885) (1884)
		Prior public experience Ohio Supreme Court (1852–1856) Associate Justice of theOhio 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 theSenate Judiciary Committee (1879–1881) Higher education None	Allen Thurman ofOH (1813–1895) (1888)
		Prior public experience U.S. House of Representatives (1875–1877, 1879–1881) Higher education Illinois Wesleyan University Centre College (BA)	Adlai Stevenson ofIL (1835–1914) (1892)
Opponent(s) James Blaine (Republican) 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) John Logan (Republican) William Daniel (Prohibition) Absolom West (Greenback)
Opponent(s) Benjamin Harrison (Republican) 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) Levi Morton (Republican) John Brooks (Prohibition) Charles Cunningham (Union Labor)
Opponent(s) Benjamin Harrison (Republican) 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) Whitelaw Reid (Republican) James Field (Populist) James Cranfill (Prohibition)

Presidential nominee	1896 (lost),1900 (lost)		Vice presidential nominee
William Jennings Bryan ofNE (1860–1925)	Prior public experience U.S. House of Representatives (1891–1895) Higher education Illinois College (BA) Northwestern University (LLB)	Prior public experience None Higher education None	Arthur Sewall ofME (1835–1900) (1896)
		Prior public experience U.S. House of Representatives (1875–1877, 1879–1881) Vice President (1893–1897) Higher education Illinois Wesleyan University Centre College (BA)	Adlai Stevenson ofIL (1835–1914) (1900)
Opponent(s) William McKinley (Republican)	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)	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)

Presidential nominee	1904 (lost)		Vice presidential nominee
Alton Parker ofNY (1852–1926)	Prior public experience Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals (1898–1904) Higher education Union University, New York (LLB)	Prior public experience West Virginia House of Delegates (1865–1869) West Virginia Senate (1869–1871) U.S. Senate (1871–1883) Chair of theSenate Appropriations Committee (1879–1881) Higher education None	Henry Davis ofWV (1823–1916)
Opponent(s) Theodore Roosevelt (Republican) 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) Charles Fairbanks (Republican) Ben Hanford (Socialist) George Carroll (Prohibition)

Presidential nominee	1908 (lost)		Vice presidential nominee
William Jennings Bryan ofNE (1860–1925)	Prior public experience U.S. House of Representatives (1891–1895) Higher education Illinois College (BA) Northwestern University (LLB)	Prior public experience Indiana Senate (1893–1897) Higher education University of Michigan (LLB)	John Kern ofIN (1849–1917)
Opponent(s) William Taft (Republican) Gene Debs (Socialist) Eugene Chafin (Prohibition)	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)

Presidential nominee	1912 (won),1916 (won)		Vice presidential nominee
Woodrow Wilson ofNJ (1856–1924)	Prior public experience Governor of New Jersey (1911–1913) President (1913–1921) Higher education Davidson College Princeton University (BA) University of Virginia Johns Hopkins University (MA,PhD)	Prior public experience Governor of Indiana (1909–1913) Vice President (1913–1921) Higher education Wabash College (BA)	Thomas Marshall ofIN (1854–1925)
Opponent(s) William Taft (Republican) Theodore Roosevelt (Progressive) Gene 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) Nicholas Butler (Republican) Hiram Johnson (Progressive) Emil Seidel (Socialist) Aaron Watkins (Prohibition)
Opponent(s) Charles Hughes (Republican) 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) Charles Fairbanks (Republican) Kirk Kirkpatrick (Socialist) Ira Landrith (Prohibition)

Presidential nominee	1920 (lost)		Vice presidential nominee
James Cox ofOH (1870–1957)	Prior public experience U.S. House of Representatives (1909–1913) Governor of Ohio (1913–1915, 1917–1921) Higher education None	Prior public experience New York Senate (1911–1913) Assistant Secretary of the Navy (1913–1920) Higher education Harvard University (BA) Columbia University	Franklin D. Roosevelt ofNY (1882–1945)
Opponent(s) Warren G. Harding (Republican) 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) Calvin Coolidge (Republican) Stedy Stedman (Socialist) Max Hayes (Farmer-Labor)

Presidential nominee	1924 (lost)		Vice presidential nominee
John Davis ofWV (1873–1955)	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)	Prior public experience Mayor of Lincoln, NE (1915–1917) Governor of Nebraska (1923–1925) Higher education Illinois College University of Chicago	Charles Bryan ofNE (1867–1945)
Opponent(s) Calvin Coolidge (Republican) Robert 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 Dawes (Republican) Burton Wheeler (Progressive)

Presidential nominee	1928 (lost)		Vice presidential nominee
Al Smith ofNY (1873–1944)	Prior public experience New York Assembly (1904–1915) Majority Leader of theNew York Assembly (1912, 1914–1915) Minority Leader of theNew York Assembly (1912) Speaker of the New York Assembly (1913) New York City Council (1917–1918) President of theNew York City Council (1917–1918) Governor of New York (1919–1920, 1923–1928) Higher education None	Prior public experience Arkansas House of Representatives (1895–1987) U.S. House of Representatives (1903–1912) Chair of theHouse 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 theSenate Claims Committee (1917–1919) Senate Majority Leader (1923–1933) Higher education University of Arkansas University of Virginia	Joe Robinson ofAR (1872–1937)
Opponent(s) Herbert Hoover (Republican)	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)

Presidential nominee	1932 (won),1936 (won),1940 (won),1944 (won)		Vice presidential nominee
Franklin D. Roosevelt ofNY (1882–1945)	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	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	Jack Garner ofTX (1868–1967) (1932, 1936)
		Prior public experience U.S. Secretary of Agriculture (1933–1940) Higher education Iowa State University (BS)	Henry Wallace ofIA (1888–1965) (1940)
		Prior public experience Presiding Judge of Jackson County, MO (1927–1935) U.S. Senate (1935–1945) Chair of theSenate National Defense Program Committee (1941–1944) Higher education Spalding's Commercial College University of Missouri, Kansas City	Harry S. Truman ofMO (1884–1972) (1944)
Opponent(s) Herbert Hoover (Republican) 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) Charles Curtis (Republican) James Maurer (Socialist)
Opponent(s) Alf Landon (Republican) 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) Frank Knox (Republican) Thomas O'Brien (Union)
Opponent(s) Wendell Willkie (Republican)	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)	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)

Presidential nominee	1948 (won)		Vice presidential nominee
Harry S. Truman ofMO (1884–1972)	Prior public experience Presiding Judge of Jackson County, MO (1927–1935) U.S. Senate (1935–1945) Chair of theSenate National Defense Program Committee (1941–1944) Vice President (1945) President (1945–1953) Higher education Spalding's Commercial College University of Missouri, Kansas City	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 theJoint Inaugural Ceremonies Committee (1948) Higher education Marvin College (BA) Emory University University of Virginia	Alben Barkley ofKY (1877–1956)
Opponent(s) Thomas Dewey (Republican) 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) Earl Warren (Republican) Fielding Wright (Dixiecrat) Glen Taylor (Progressive)

Presidential nominee	1952 (lost),1956 (lost)		Vice presidential nominee
Adlai Stevenson II ofIL (1900–1965)	Prior public experience Governor of Illinois (1949–1953) Higher education Princeton University (BA) Northwestern University (JD)	Prior public experience U.S. House of Representatives (1937–1946) House Majority Whip (1946) U.S. Senate (1946–1979) Chair of theSenate Small Business Committee (1955–1967) Higher education University of Alabama (BA,LLB)	John Sparkman ofAL (1899–1985) (1952)
		Prior public experience U.S. House of Representatives (1939–1949) U.S. Senate (1949–1963) Chair of theSenate Interstate Commerce Crime Committee (1950–1951) Higher education University of Tennessee, Knoxville (BA) Yale University (LLB)	Estes Kefauver ofTN (1903–1963) (1956)
Opponent(s) Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)	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) Richard Nixon (Republican)
	Electoral vote Eisenhower/Nixon: 457 (86.1%)[11] 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%)

Presidential nominee	1960 (won)		Vice presidential nominee
John F. Kennedy ofMA (1917–1963)	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 Harvard University (BA) Stanford University	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 theSenate 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)	Lyndon B. Johnson ofTX (1908–1973)
Opponent(s) Richard Nixon (Republican) Harry F. 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) Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (Republican) Strom Thurmond (Southern Democrats)

Presidential nominee	1964 (won)		Vice presidential nominee
Lyndon B. Johnson ofTX (1908–1973)	Prior public experience U.S. House of Representatives (1937–1949) U.S. Senate (1949–1961) Chair of the Senate Reception Room Committee (1955–1957) Chair of theSenate 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)	Prior public experience Mayor of Minneapolis, MN (1945–1948) U.S. Senate (1949–1964) Senate Majority Whip (1961–1964) Chair of theSenate Disarmament Committee (1955–1959) Higher education Capitol College of Pharmacy University of Minnesota (BA) Louisiana State University (MA)	Hubert Humphrey ofMN (1911–1978)
Opponent(s) Barry Goldwater (Republican)	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)

Presidential nominee	1968 (lost)		Vice presidential nominee
Hubert Humphrey ofMN (1911–1978)	Prior public experience Mayor of Minneapolis, MN (1945–1948) U.S. Senate (1949–1964) Senate Majority Whip (1961–1964) Chair of theSenate Disarmament Committee (1955–1959) Vice President (1965–1969) Higher education Capitol College of Pharmacy University of Minnesota (BA) Louisiana State University (MA)	Prior public experience Maine House of Representatives (1947–1951) Minority Leader of theMaine House of Representatives (1949–1951) Governor of Maine (1955–1959) U.S. Senate (1959–1980) Chair of theDemocratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (1967–1969) Higher education Bates College (BA) Cornell University (LLB)	Edmund Muskie ofME (1914–1996)
Opponent(s) Richard Nixon (Republican) 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) Spiro Agnew (Republican) Curtis LeMay (American Independent)

Presidential nominee	1972 (lost)		Vice presidential nominee
George McGovern ofSD (1922–2012)	Prior public experience U.S. House of Representatives (1957–1961) Director ofFood for Peace (1961–1962) U.S. Senate (1963–1981) Chair of theSenate Nutrition Committee (1968–1977) Higher education Dakota Wesleyan University (BA) Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary Northwestern University (MA,PhD)	Prior public experience Attorney General of Missouri (1961–1965) Lieutenant Governor of Missouri (1965–1968) U.S. Senate (1968–1987) Higher education Amherst College (BA) University of Oxford Harvard University (LLB)	Tom Eagleton ofMO (1929–2007) (1972)[12]
		Prior public experience Director of thePeace Corps (1961–1966) Director of theOffice of Economic Opportunity (1964–1968) U.S. Ambassador to France (1968–1970) Higher education Yale University (BA,LLB)	Sargent Shriver ofMD (1915–2011) (1972)
Opponent(s) Richard Nixon (Republican) John G. Schmitz (American Independent)	Electoral vote Nixon/Agnew: 520 (96.7%)[13] McGovern/Shriver: 17 (3.2%) Hospers/Nathan: 1 (0.2%)[13] 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) Spiro Agnew (Republican) Thomas J. Anderson (American Independent)

Presidential nominee	1976 (won),1980 (lost)		Vice presidential nominee
Jimmy Carter ofGA (1924–2024)	Prior public experience Georgia Senate (1963–1967) Governor of Georgia (1971–1975) President (1977–1981) Higher education Georgia Southwestern State University Georgia Institute of Technology United States Naval Academy (BS)	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 University of Minnesota (BA,JD)	Walter Mondale ofMN (1928–2021)
Opponent(s) Gerald Ford (Republican)	Electoral vote (President) Carter: 297 (55.2%) Ford: 240 (44.6%)[14] 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)	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)

Presidential nominee	1984 (lost)		Vice presidential nominee
Walter Mondale ofMN (1928–2021)	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 University of Minnesota (BA,JD)	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)	Geraldine Ferraro ofNY (1935–2011)
Opponent(s) Ronald Reagan (Republican)	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)

Presidential nominee	1988 (lost)		Vice presidential nominee
Michael Dukakis ofMA (born 1933)	Prior public experience Massachusetts House of Representatives (1965–1971) Governor of Massachusetts (1975–1979, 1983–1991) Chair of theDemocratic Governors Association (1986–1987) Higher education Swarthmore College (BA) Harvard University (JD)	Prior public experience U.S. House of Representatives (1948–1955) U.S. Senate (1971–1993) Chair of theDemocratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (1973–1976) Chair of theDemocratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (1983–1985) Chair of theJoint Economic Committee (1983–1985) Chair of theSenate Finance Committee (1987–1993) Higher education University of Texas at Austin (LLB)	Lloyd Bentsen ofTX (1921–2006)
Opponent(s) George H. W. Bush (Republican)	Electoral vote (President) Bush: 426 (79.2%) Dukakis: 111 (20.6%)[15] Bentsen: 1 (0.2%) Electoral vote (Vice President) Quayle: 426 (79.2%) Bentsen: 111 (20.6%)[15] Dukakis: 1 (0.2%) Popular vote Bush/Quayle: 48,886,097 (53.4%) Dukakis/Bentsen: 41,809,074 (45.7%)		Opponent(s) Dan Quayle (Republican)

Presidential nominee	1992 (won),1996 (won)		Vice presidential nominee
Bill Clinton ofAR (born 1946)	Prior public experience Attorney General of Arkansas (1977–1979) Governor of Arkansas (1979–1981, 1983–1992) Chair of theNational Governors Association (1986–1987) Chair of theDemocratic Governors Association (1987–1988) President (1993–2001) Higher education Georgetown University (BS) University College, Oxford Yale University (JD)	Prior public experience U.S. House of Representatives (1977–1985) U.S. Senate (1985–1993) Vice President (1993–2001) Higher education Harvard University (BA) Vanderbilt University	Al Gore ofTN (born 1948)
Opponent(s) George H. W. Bush (Republican) 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) Dan Quayle (Republican) James Stockdale (Independent)
Opponent(s) Bob Dole (Republican) 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) Jack Kemp (Republican) Pat Choate (Reform)

Presidential nominee	2000 (lost)		Vice presidential nominee
Al Gore ofTN (born 1948)	Prior public experience U.S. House of Representatives (1977–1985) U.S. Senate (1985–1993) Vice President (1993–2001) Higher education Harvard University (BA) Vanderbilt University	Prior public experience Connecticut Senate (1971–1981) Majority Leader of theConnecticut Senate (1975–1981) Attorney General of Connecticut (1983–1989) U.S. Senate (1989–2013) Higher education Yale University (BA,LLB)	Joe Lieberman ofCT (1942–2024)
Opponent(s) George W. Bush (Republican) Ralph Nader (Green)	Electoral vote Bush/Cheney: 271 (50.4%) Gore/Lieberman: 266 (49.4%)[16] 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)

Presidential nominee	2004 (lost)		Vice presidential nominee
John Kerry ofMA (born 1943)	Prior public experience Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts (1983–1985) U.S. Senate (1985–2013) Chair of theDemocratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (1987–1989) Chair of theSenate POW/MIA Affairs Committee (1991–1993) Ranking Member of theSenate Small Business Committee (1997–2001, 2003–2007) Chair of theSenate Small Business Committee (2001–2003) Higher education Yale University (BA) Boston College (JD)	Prior public experience U.S. Senate (1999–2005) Higher education Clemson University North Carolina State University (BA) University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (JD)	John Edwards ofNC (born 1953)
Opponent(s) George W. Bush (Republican)	Electoral vote (President) Bush: 286 (53.2%) Kerry: 251 (46.7%)[17] 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)

Presidential nominee	2008 (won),2012 (won)		Vice presidential nominee
Barack Obama ofIL (born 1961)	Prior public experience Illinois Senate (1997–2004) U.S. Senate (2005–2008) President (2009–2017) Higher education Occidental College Columbia University (BA) Harvard University (JD)	Prior public experience U.S. Senate (1973–2009) Ranking Member of theSenate Judiciary Committee (1981–1987, 1995–1997) Ranking Member of theSenate Narcotics Caucus (1985–1987, 1995–2001, 2003–2007) Chair of theSenate Judiciary Committee (1987–1995) Chair of theSenate Narcotics Caucus (1987–1995, 2001–2003, 2007–2009) Ranking Member of theSenate Foreign Relations Committee (1997–2001, 2003–2007) Chair of theSenate Foreign Relations Committee (2001–2003, 2007–2009) Vice President (2009–2017) Higher education University of Delaware (BA) Syracuse University (JD)	Joe Biden ofDE (born 1942)
Opponent(s) John McCain (Republican)	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)	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)

Presidential nominee	2016 (lost)		Vice presidential nominee
Hillary Clinton ofNY (born 1947)	Prior public experience Chair of theLegal 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 theSenate Democratic Steering and Outreach Committee (2005–2007) U.S. Secretary of State (2009–2013) Higher education Wellesley College (BA) Yale University (JD)	Prior public experience Mayor of Richmond, VA (1998–2001) Lieutenant Governor of Virginia (2002–2006) Governor of Virginia (2006–2010) Chair of theDemocratic National Committee (2009–2011) U.S. Senate (2013–present) Higher education University of Missouri (BA) Harvard University (JD)	Tim Kaine ofVA (born 1958)
Opponent(s) Donald Trump (Republican) Gary Johnson (Libertarian) Jill Stein (Green)	Electoral vote (President)[18] 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)

Presidential nominee	2020 (won)		Vice presidential nominee
Joe Biden ofDE (born 1942)	Prior public experience U.S. Senate (1973–2009) Ranking Member of theSenate Judiciary Committee (1981–1987, 1995–1997) Ranking Member of theSenate Narcotics Caucus (1985–1987, 1995–2001, 2003–2007) Chair of theSenate Judiciary Committee (1987–1995) Chair of theSenate Narcotics Caucus (1987–1995, 2001–2003, 2007–2009) Ranking Member of theSenate Foreign Relations Committee (1997–2001, 2003–2007) Chair of theSenate Foreign Relations Committee (2001–2003, 2007–2009) Vice President (2009–2017) Higher education University of Delaware (BA) Syracuse University (JD)	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)	Kamala Harris ofCA (born 1964)
Opponent(s) Donald Trump (Republican) Jo Jorgensen (Libertarian)	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)

Presidential nominee	2024 (lost)		Vice presidential nominee
Kamala Harris ofCA (born 1964)	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)	Prior public experience U.S. House of Representatives (2007–2019) Ranking Member of theHouse Veterans' Affairs Committee (2017–2019) Governor of Minnesota (2019–present) Chair of theDemocratic Governors Association (2023–2024) Higher education University of Houston Chadron State College (BS) Minnesota State University, Mankato (MS) Saint Mary's University of Minnesota	Tim Walz ofMN (born 1964)
Opponent(s) Donald Trump (Republican)	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)

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