Tagged "Presidential elections"

Anonymous Asks:

Who do you think was the most forgettable/obscure major-party presidential nominee of all-time?

deadpresidents Said:

We have had a handful of very forgettable major party candidates for President over the years — candidates who weren’t even thought of as particularly compelling contenders during their own time let alone ours. Such candidates usually won their party’s nomination because they happened to be compromise candidates palatable to enough delegates if their political party’s convention found itself deadlocked after a number of ballots while attempting to nominate a Presidential candidate. On several occasions these compromise nominees found themselves becoming unlikely, dark horse options for the Presidency itself. A few were even elected, like Franklin Pierce (won the 1852 Democratic nomination on the 49th ballot) and James Garfield (won the 1880 Republican nomination on the 36th ballot), for example.

In most cases, however, even the compromise candidates and darkest of dark horses were still politicians who had some form of support and at least some significant political experience, or were favorite son candidates that were well-known in their own states or regions.

The most forgettable Presidential nominee of a major party actually won the Democratic nomination on the very first ballot in 1904, but he was not a well-known man then and very few people remember him now. In 1904, popular President Theodore Roosevelt, who had succeeded William McKinley upon President McKinley’s assassination in September 1901, was seeking election to the Presidency in his own right. Many leading Democrats recognized that defeating Roosevelt was an unlikely prospect and declined to seek the Democratic nomination. William Jennings Bryan had been the Democratic nominee in 1896 and 1900 and would be nominated again in 1908, but he wanted no part of Roosevelt in 1904. Neither did former President Grover Cleveland, the Democratic nominee in 1884, 1888, and 1892, who leading Dems tried to convince to accept the ‘04 nomination.

Instead, the Democrats in 1904 turned to Alton B. Parker of New York. Parker had spent his career as a judge — he never served in the legislative or executive branch of any level of government at any point of his life. At the time of his nomination in 1904, Parker had been chief judge of the New York Court of Appeals since 1898. Prior to that, Parker had served as surrogate of Ulster County, New York (1877-1885) and as a New York State Supreme Court justice (1885-1898).

Judge Parker must have recognized that his chances were slim. He didn’t actively campaign and he made no big waves after resigning from the court to accept his party’s Presidential nomination. Parker understood that Roosevelt, a fellow New Yorker, was very popular. He also realized that the Democratic Party had given him a running mate who was nominated for Vice President almost as a lifetime achievement award. If Parker had even a puncher’s chance at the Presidency, the Democrats likely wouldn’t have nominated Henry Gassaway Davis for Vice President. Davis was a millionaire who had served in the United States Senate, representing West Virginia. However, Davis had left the Senate over 20 years earlier — when he retired as a Senator, Chester Arthur still had two full years left in his Presidency. In 1904, Henry G. Davis was 81 years old and still remains the oldest candidate ever nominated for the Presidency or Vice Presidency by a major party. It’s not likely that anybody will beat that record.

By nearly all accounts, Parker was an honest man, a dedicated public servant, and probably would have been a good President. But he never had a chance. Theodore Roosevelt handily defeated him and ensured his obscurity. Alton B. Parker is so obscure that he’s not even remembered by those who enjoy pointing out the obscurity of some of history’s once-important figures. I’ll turn to Irving Stone, author of one of the great books of Presidential (or, “almost-Presidential”) history, They Also Ran: The Story of the Men Who Were Defeated for the Presidency, to really hammer the point home about Judge Parker:

“He is the forgotten man among the forgotten men who Also Ran.

Of all the unsuccessful candidates for the Presidency of the United States no longer living, he [Alton B. Parker] alone has had no biography written about him.”

Today, 70 years after Irving Stone first wrote those lines in They Also Ran and nearly 50 years since the revised edition of Stone’s volume, Alton Brooks Parker remains forgotten and still has not been the subject of a biography.

Anonymous Asks:

Do you think any presidents besides Clinton could/would have run for a third term? I've heard conflicting claims on both Eisenhower and Reagan. On a related note, do you think Truman or LBJ would have run again (in 1952 and 1968 respectively) had they won their initial brief primary attempts, or bowed out anyway?

deadpresidents Said:

I think that Eisenhower and Reagan probably would have been tempted to seek a third term, if possible. They both had health problems during their Presidencies, but I could see Eisenhower seeking a third term anyway. He had a difficult time stepping away, which is one reason why he waited so long to give Richard Nixon a solid endorsement in 1960. It wasn’t necessarily a lack of confidence in Nixon’s abilities, but partly because Ike felt that he (Ike) was still the best man for the job.

Reagan, like Clinton, loved being President, too. But when Reagan left office in 1989, he was about two weeks away from his 78th birthday and, according to his official biographer, Edmund Morris, there were signs that he may have been facing the early stages of his Alzheimer’s in the last few weeks of his Administration. Since President Reagan looked relatively healthy and definitely looked fit for his age, it’s difficult for people to realize that he was almost a full eight years older than Eisenhower (70) was when Ike left office. Even if Eisenhower had served another term, Ike still would have been four years younger than Reagan at the end of that third term. I think Reagan’s age and deteriorating health would have prevented him from a third term if it was Constitutionally possible. As closely as his public image was protected by Nancy Reagan, there is no way she would have stood by while he hung on for another term and publicly started to suffer from serious Alzheimer’s symptoms.

An interesting thing is that, if they had the opportunity to run for a third term and their health allowed it, I think Eisenhower, Reagan, and Clinton all would have been easily elected to another term. I think George W. Bush would have had a much more difficult time with seeking a third term, if possible. However, I don’t think Bush would have run again even if he was Constitutionally eligible. In those last few months of 2008, President Bush looked SO ready to get back to Texas. Even if his chances of being re-elected were positive, I still think he would have chosen retirement instead of a third term.

As for the second part of your question, I think that Truman would have stepped away in 1952, no matter what. All Truman ever wanted to do was remain a U.S. Senator. When he was suggested as a potential Vice Presidential candidate, he was not interested, and when others reminded him that President Franklin D. Roosevelt likely wouldn’t survive the term, Truman declared that he didn’t want to be President either. Of course, he was elected Vice President and as in the case of almost every VP who succeeds to the Presidency, once Truman got to the White House he wanted to be elected to a term in his own right. Still, before Eisenhower declared that he was a Republican, Truman was suggesting that he (Truman) would be happy to step aside and be Eisenhower’s running mate if Ike wanted to run for President as a Democrat. So, Harry Truman did not mind retiring home to Missouri in 1952, and I think he would have done so, no matter what.

LBJ’s case was different. The fact that he was very nearly upset in the 1968 New Hampshire Democratic Primary by Eugene McCarthy really shook President Johnson up and showed that he was vulnerable. If there wasn’t a serious challenge from within his own party — first from McCarthy and then from RFK — LBJ would have stayed in that race in 1968. Despite his withdrawal from the race, deep down LBJ still had a flicker of hope that the Democratic National Convention would be deadlocked, turn to the outgoing LBJ, draft him into the race, nominate him, and he’d be the conquering hero, vanquishing Nixon and bringing the Vietnam War to an end.

LBJ was also a man of contradictions, though. Throughout his life, he always said that he would die young because all of the men in his family died by the time they were 64 or 65. As much as Johnson was addicted to power and craved the love of the American people (something that he never received like JFK did, which “broke his heart” according to Richard Nixon), he was also deeply worried that another four years in the White House would kill him. Worse yet, he would suffer an incapacitating stroke like Woodrow Wilson. LBJ often had a nightmare where he fell ill like Wilson and was an invalid — a shell of a once-powerful man bedridden or feebly being rolled through the White House in a wheelchair. It was an macabre thing to think about, but it was something that frequently haunted President Johnson, especially because he had suffered a near-fatal massive heart attack in 1955 when he was Senate Majority Leader. The confident, arrogant, impetuous, strong-willed LBJ wanted to take on Nixon and serve four more years in the White House. The sensitive, insecure, depressed LBJ considered resigning, didn’t think he’d live through the next term (1969-1973), and often had to receive a pep talk from Lady Bird to get his act together and go to work. So, with LBJ, it would actually depend on which LBJ you got on decision day when it comes to whether he would have sought a third term if not for the disastrous results of the 1968 New Hampshire Democratic Primary.

By the way, Lyndon Johnson died on January 22, 1973. If he had served a third term, it would have ended on January 20, 1973, just two days prior to the day that he actually died.

musings-of-a-genius Asks:

Could Mitt Romney have picked a better running mate that would have yielded a win in the general election?

deadpresidents Said:

No. I said that Romney should choose Paul Ryan as his running mate long before he actually picked him and I still think Paul Ryan was the very best Vice President that Romney could have chosen.

If I was running Romney’s campaign and I had 100 chances to make changes that I thought would result in a win, I would have picked Paul Ryan as his running mate all 100 times. Win-or-lose, Ryan was a solid choice for VP. The Republicans should second-guess a lot of things, but that’s not one of them.

Anonymous Asks:

When does the electoral college meet to officially cast their votes for president and is that done at the capital building in Washington?

deadpresidents Said:

The Electoral College actually never gathers together for a meeting. The Electors who American voters chose on Election Day last month will meet on December 17th in their respective state capitals. The Electoral College meets to officially cast their votes on the first Monday after the second Wednesday of December following Election Day.

While each state has their own process for the meeting of their Presidential Electors, they don’t differ all that dramatically. There are various formalities and for the casting of the votes and some strict protocols for officially sending the votes to state officials and then to Congress, which officially counts and certifies the Electoral College results. That takes place in a Joint Session of Congress in early January and that responsibility is one of the first major actions of the new Congress. That means that, for the 2012 election, it will be the 113th Congress (which begins on January 3, 2013) instead of the 112th Congress (the Congress in office at the time of the 2012 election) which counts and officially certifies the Electoral College results. In our case, that’s probably a good thing because if anybody could screw up counting the Electoral votes, it’s the abysmal 112th Congress.

Interestingly, it is usually the Vice President, in his Constitutional role as President of the Senate, who presides over the Joint Session and the certification of the Electoral College results. Sometimes, that can lead to what must be an awkward and probably even somewhat heartbreaking experience of a Vice President presiding over the official certification of an election that he lost — something that has happened a few times recently: 1960 (Nixon, lost the Presidential election to Kennedy), 1968 (Humphrey, lost the Presidential election to Nixon), 1980 (Mondale, as Carter’s running mate), 1992 (Quayle, as Bush’s running mate), and, of course, 2000 (Gore, as famously seen in Fahrenheit 9/11.)

Presidential Stats: How Your State Has Voted (Part IV)

Listed under each state is the party and candidate who carried the state in the election year shown.

Michigan
1836    Democratic [Martin Van Buren]
1840    Whig [William Henry Harrison]
1844    Democratic [James K. Polk]
1848    Democratic [Lewis Cass]
1852    Democratic [Franklin Pierce]
1856    Republican [John C. Frémont]
1860    Republican [Abraham Lincoln]
1864    Republican/National Union [Abraham Lincoln]
1868    Republican [Ulysses S. Grant]
1872    Republican [Ulysses S. Grant]
1876    Republican [Rutherford B. Hayes]
1880    Republican [James Garfield]
1884    Republican [James G. Blaine]
1888    Republican [Benjamin Harrison]
1892    Republican [Benjamin Harrison]
1896    Republican [William McKinley]
1900    Republican [William McKinley]
1904    Republican [Theodore Roosevelt]
1908    Republican [William Howard Taft]
1912    Progressive/Bull Moose [Theodore Roosevelt]
1916    Republican [Charles Evans Hughes]
1920    Republican [Warren G. Harding]
1924    Republican [Calvin Coolidge]
1928    Republican [Herbert Hoover]
1932    Democratic [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1936    Democratic [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1940    Republican [Wendell Willkie]
1944    Democratic [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1948    Republican [Thomas E. Dewey]
1952    Republican [Dwight D. Eisenhower]
1956    Republican [Dwight D. Eisenhower]
1960    Democratic [John F. Kennedy]
1964    Democratic [Lyndon B. Johnson]
1968    Democratic [Hubert H. Humphrey]
1972    Republican [Richard Nixon]
1976    Republican [Gerald Ford]
1980    Republican [Ronald Reagan]
1984    Republican [Ronald Reagan]
1988    Republican [George H.W. Bush]
1992    Democratic [Bill Clinton]
1996    Democratic [Bill Clinton]
2000    Democratic [Al Gore]
2004    Democratic [John Kerry]
2008    Democratic [Barack Obama]

Minnesota
1860    Republican [Abraham Lincoln]
1864    Republican/National Union [Abraham Lincoln]
1868    Republican [Ulysses S. Grant]
1872    Republican [Ulysses S. Grant]
1876    Republican [Rutherford B. Hayes]
1880    Republican [James Garfield]
1884    Republican [James G. Blaine]
1888    Republican [Benjamin Harrison]
1892    Republican [Benjamin Harrison]
1896    Republican [William McKinley]
1900    Republican [William McKinley]
1904    Republican [Theodore Roosevelt]
1908    Republican [William Howard Taft]
1912    Progressive/Bull Moose [Theodore Roosevelt]
1916    Republican [Charles Evans Hughes]
1920    Republican [Warren G. Harding]
1924    Republican [Calvin Coolidge]
1928    Republican [Herbert Hoover]
1932    Democratic [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1936    Democratic [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1940    Democratic [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1944    Democratic [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1948    Democratic [Harry S. Truman]
1952    Republican [Dwight D. Eisenhower]
1956    Republican [Dwight D. Eisenhower]
1960    Democratic [John F. Kennedy]
1964    Democratic [Lyndon B. Johnson]
1968    Democratic [Hubert H. Humphrey]
1972    Republican [Richard Nixon]
1976    Democratic [Jimmy Carter]
1980    Democratic [Jimmy Carter]
1984    Democratic [Walter Mondale]
1988    Democratic [Michael Dukakis]
1992    Democratic [Bill Clinton]
1996    Democratic [Bill Clinton]
2000    Democratic [Al Gore]
2004    Democratic [John Kerry]
2008    Democratic [Barack Obama]

Mississippi
1820    Democratic-Republican [James Monroe]
1824**    Democratic-Republican [Andrew Jackson]
1828    Democratic [Andrew Jackson]
1832    Democratic [Andrew Jackson]
1836    Democratic [Martin Van Buren]
1840    Whig [William Henry Harrison]
1844    Democratic [James K. Polk]
1848    Democratic [Lewis Cass]
1852    Democratic [Franklin Pierce]
1856    Democratic [James Buchanan]
1860    Democratic [John C. Breckinridge]
1872    Republican [Ulysses S. Grant]
1876    Democratic [Samuel J. Tilden]
1880    Democratic [Winfield Scott Hancock]
1884    Democratic [Grover Cleveland]
1888    Democratic [Grover Cleveland]
1892    Democratic [Grover Cleveland]
1896    Democratic [William Jennings Bryan]
1900    Democratic [William Jennings Bryan]
1904    Democratic [Alton B. Parker]
1908    Democratic [William Jennings Bryan]
1912    Democratic [Woodrow Wilson]
1916    Democratic [Woodrow Wilson]
1920    Democratic [James M. Cox]
1924    Democratic [John W. Davis]
1928    Democratic [Al Smith]
1932    Democratic [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1936    Democratic [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1940    Democratic [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1944    Democratic [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1948    States’ Rights/Dixiecrat [Strom Thurmond]
1952    Democratic [Adlai E. Stevenson]
1956    Democratic [Adlai E. Stevenson]
1960****    Democratic [Harry F. Byrd]
1964    Republican [Barry Goldwater]
1968    American Independent [George C. Wallace]
1972    Republican [Richard Nixon]
1976    Democratic [Jimmy Carter]
1980    Republican [Ronald Reagan]
1984    Republican [Ronald Reagan]
1988    Republican [George H.W. Bush]
1992    Republican [George H.W. Bush]
1996    Republican [Bob Dole]
2000    Republican [George W. Bush]
2004    Republican [George W. Bush]
2008    Republican [John McCain]
**The 1824 election was decided in the House of Representatives because none of the four candidates won a majority of votes in the Electoral College.
****In 1960, unpledged electors awarded a majority of Electoral votes from Alabama and Mississippi to Harry F. Byrd. Although he was not an official candidate, Byrd was awarded those two states in the Electoral College.

Missouri
1820    Democratic-Republican [James Monroe]
1824**    Democratic-Republican [Henry Clay]
1828    Democratic [Andrew Jackson]
1832    Democratic [Andrew Jackson]
1836    Democratic [Martin Van Buren]
1840    Democratic [Martin Van Buren]
1844    Democratic [James K. Polk]
1848    Democratic [Lewis Cass]
1852    Democratic [Franklin Pierce]
1856    Democratic [James Buchanan]
1860    Democratic [Stephen A. Douglas]
1864    Republican/National Union [Abraham Lincoln]
1868    Republican [Ulysses S. Grant]
1872***    Democratic/Liberal Republican [B. Gratz Brown]
1876    Democratic [Samuel J. Tilden]
1880    Democratic [Winfield Scott Hancock]
1884    Democratic [Grover Cleveland]
1888    Democratic [Grover Cleveland]
1892    Democratic [Grover Cleveland]
1896    Democratic [William Jennings Bryan]
1900    Democratic [William Jennings Bryan]
1904    Republican [Theodore Roosevelt]
1908    Republican [William Howard Taft]
1912    Democratic [Woodrow Wilson]
1916    Democratic [Woodrow Wilson]
1920    Republican [Warren G. Harding]
1924    Republican [Calvin Coolidge]
1928    Republican [Herbert Hoover]
1932    Democratic [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1936    Democratic [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1940    Democratic [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1944    Democratic [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1948    Democratic [Harry S. Truman]
1952    Republican [Dwight D. Eisenhower]
1956    Democratic [Adlai E. Stevenson]
1960    Democratic [John F. Kennedy]
1964    Democratic [Lynon B. Johnson]
1968    Republican [Richard Nixon]
1972    Republican [Richard Nixon]
1976    Democratic [Jimmy Carter]
1980    Republican [Ronald Reagan]
1984    Republican [Ronald Reagan]
1988    Republican [George H.W. Bush]
1992    Democratic [Bill Clinton]
1996    Democratic [Bill Clinton]
2000    Republican [George W. Bush]
2004    Republican [George W. Bush]
2008    Republican [John McCain]
**The 1824 election was decided in the House of Representatives because none of the four candidates won a majority of votes in the Electoral College.
***1872 Liberal Republican/Democratic nominee Horace Greeley died between Election Day and the meeting of the Electoral College, so his Electoral votes were divided amongst various candidates.

Montana
1892    Republican [Benjamin Harrison]
1896    Democratic [William Jennings Bryan]
1900    Democratic [William Jennings Bryan]
1904    Republican [Theodore Roosevelt]
1908    Republican [William Howard Taft]
1912    Democratic [Woodrow Wilson]
1916    Democratic [Woodrow Wilson]
1920    Republican [Warren G. Harding]
1924    Republican [Calvin Coolidge]
1928    Republican [Herbert Hoover]
1932    Democratic [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1936    Democratic [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1940    Democratic [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1944    Democratic [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1948    Democratic [Harry S. Truman]
1952    Republican [Dwight D. Eisenhower]
1960    Republican [Richard Nixon]
1964    Democratic [Lyndon B. Johnson]
1968    Republican [Richard Nixon]
1972    Republican [Richard Nixon]
1976    Republican [Gerald Ford]
1980    Republican [Ronald Reagan]
1984    Republican [Ronald Reagan]
1988    Republican [George H.W. Bush]
1992    Democratic [Bill Clinton]
1996    Republican [Bob Dole]
2000    Republican [George W. Bush]
2004    Republican [George W. Bush]
2008    Republican [John McCain]

Nebraska
1868    Republican [Ulysses S. Grant]
1872    Republican [Ulysses S. Grant]
1876    Republican [Rutherford B. Hayes]
1880    Republican [James Garfield]
1884    Republican [James G. Blaine]
1888    Republican [Benjamin Harrison]
1892    Republican [Benjamin Harrison]
1896    Democratic [William Jennings Bryan]
1900    Republican [William McKinley]
1904    Republican [Theodore Roosevelt]
1908    Democratic [William Jennings Bryan]
1912    Democratic [Woodrow Wilson]
1916    Democratic [Woodrow Wilson]
1920    Republican [Warren G. Harding]
1924    Republican [Calvin Coolidge]
1928    Republican [Herbert Hoover]
1932    Democratic [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1936    Democratic [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1940    Republican [Wendell Willkie]
1944    Republican [Thomas E. Dewey]
1948    Republican [Thomas E. Dewey]
1952    Republican [Dwight D. Eisenhower]
1956    Republican [Dwight D. Eisenhower]
1960    Republican [Richard Nixon]
1964    Democratic [Lyndon B. Johnson]
1968    Republican [Richard Nixon]
1972    Republican [Richard Nixon]
1976    Republican [Gerald Ford]
1980    Republican [Ronald Reagan]
1984    Republican [Ronald Reagan]
1988    Republican [George H.W. Bush]
1992    Republican [George H.W. Bush]
1996    Republican [Bob Dole]
2000    Republican [George W. Bush]
2004    Republican [George W. Bush]
2008    Republican [John McCain]

Nevada
1864    Republican/National Union [Abraham Lincoln]
1868    Republican [Ulysses S. Grant]
1872    Republican [Ulysses S. Grant]
1876    Republican [Rutherford B. Hayes]
1880    Democratic [Winfield Scott Hancock]
1884    Republican [James G. Blaine]
1888    Republican [Benjamin Harrison]
1892    People’s/Populist [James B. Weaver]
1896    Democratic [William Jennings Bryan]
1900    Democratic [William Jennings Bryan]
1904    Republican [Theodore Roosevelt]
1908    Democratic [William Jennings Bryan]
1912    Democratic [Woodrow Wilson]
1916    Democratic [Woodrow Wilson]
1920    Republican [Warren G. Harding]
1924    Republican [Calvin Coolidge]
1928    Republican [Herbert Hoover]
1932    Democratic [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1936    Democratic [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1940    Democratic [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1944    Democratic [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1948    Democratic [Harry S. Truman]
1952    Republican [Dwight D. Eisenhower]
1956    Republican [Dwight D. Eisenhower]
1960    Democratic [John F. Kennedy]
1964    Democratic [Lyndon B. Johnson]
1968    Republican [Richard Nixon]
1972    Republican [Richard Nixon]
1976    Republican [Gerald Ford]
1980    Republican [Ronald Reagan]
1984    Republican [Ronald Reagan]
1988    Republican [George H.W. Bush]
1992    Democratic [Bill Clinton]
1996    Democratic [Bill Clinton]
2000    Republican [George W. Bush]
2004    Republican [George W. Bush]
2008    Democratic [Barack Obama]

New Hampshire
1789    Federalist [George Washington]
1792    Federalist [George Washington]
1796    Federalist [John Adams]
1800*    Federalist [John Adams]
1804    Democratic-Republican [Thomas Jefferson]
1808    Federalist [Charles Cotesworth Pinckney]
1812    Federalist [DeWitt Clinton]
1816    Democratic-Republican [James Monroe]
1820    Democratic-Republican [James Monroe]
1824**    Democratic-Republican [John Quincy Adams]
1828    National Republican [John Quincy Adams]
1832    Democratic [Andrew Jackson]
1836    Democratic [Martin Van Buren]
1840    Democratic [Martin Van Buren]
1844    Democratic [James K. Polk]
1848    Democratic [Lewis Cass]
1852    Democratic [Franklin Pierce]
1856    Republican [John C. Frémont]
1860    Republican [Abraham Lincoln]
1864    Republican/National Union [Abraham Lincoln]
1868    Republican [Ulysses S. Grant]
1872    Republican [Ulysses S. Grant]
1876    Republican [Rutherford B. Hayes]
1880    Republican [James Garfield]
1884    Republican [James G. Blaine]
1888    Republican [Benjamin Harrison]
1892    Republican [Benjamin Harrison]
1896    Republican [William McKinley]
1900    Republican [William McKinley]
1904    Republican [Theodore Roosevelt]
1908    Republican [William Howard Taft]
1912    Democratic [Woodrow Wilson]
1916    Democratic [Woodrow Wilson]
1920    Republican [Warren G. Harding]
1924    Republican [Calvin Coolidge]
1928    Republican [Herbert Hoover]
1932    Republican [Herbert Hoover]
1936    Democratic [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1940    Democratic [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1944    Democratic [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1948    Republican [Thomas E. Dewey]
1952    Republican [Dwight D. Eisenhower]
1956    Republican [Dwight D. Eisenhower]
1960    Republican [Richard Nixon]
1964    Democratic [Lyndon B. Johnson]
1968    Republican [Richard Nixon]
1972    Republican [Richard Nixon]
1976    Republican [Gerald Ford]
1980    Republican [Ronald Reagan]
1984    Republican [Ronald Reagan]
1988    Republican [George H.W. Bush]
1992    Democratic [Bill Clinton]
1996    Democratic [Bill Clinton]
2000    Republican [George W. Bush]
2004    Democratic [John Kerry]
2008    Democratic [Barack Obama]
**The 1824 election was decided in the House of Representatives because none of the four candidates won a majority of votes in the Electoral College.

New Jersey
1789    Federalist [George Washington]
1792    Federalist [George Washington]
1796    Federalist [John Adams]
1800*    Federalist [John Adams]
1804    Democratic-Republican [Thomas Jefferson]
1808    Democratic-Republican [James Madison]
1812    Federalist [DeWitt Clinton]
1816    Democratic-Republican [James Monroe]
1820    Democratic-Republican [James Monroe]
1824**    Democratic-Republican [Andrew Jackson]
1828    National Republican [John Quincy Adams]
1832    Democratic [Andrew Jackson]
1836    Whig [William Henry Harrison]
1840    Whig [William Henry Harrison]
1844    Whig [Henry Clay]
1848    Whig [Zachary Taylor]
1852    Democratic [Franklin Pierce]
1856    Democratic [James Buchanan]
1860    Republican [Abraham Lincoln]
1864    Democratic [George B. McClellan]
1868    Democratic [Horatio Seymour]
1872    Republican [Ulysses S. Grant]
1876    Democratic [Samuel J. Tilden]
1880    Democratic [Winfield Scott Hancock]
1884    Democratic [Grover Cleveland]
1888    Democratic [Grover Cleveland]
1892    Democratic [Grover Cleveland]
1896    Republican [William McKinley]
1900    Republican [William McKinley]
1904    Republican [Theodore Roosevelt]
1908    Republican [William Howard Taft]
1912    Democratic [Woodrow Wilson]
1916    Republican [Charles Evans Hughes]
1920    Republican [Warren G. Harding]
1924    Republican [Calvin Coolidge]
1928    Republican [Herbert Hoover]
1932    Democratic [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1936    Democratic [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1940    Democratic [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1944    Democratic [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1948    Republican [Thomas E. Dewey]
1952    Republican [Dwight D. Eisenhower]
1956    Republican [Dwight D. Eisenhower]
1960    Democratic [John F. Kennedy]
1964    Democratic [Lyndon B. Johnson]
1968    Republican [Richard Nixon]
1972    Republican [Richard Nixon]
1976    Republican [Gerald Ford]
1980    Republican [Ronald Reagan]
1984    Republican [Ronald Reagan]
1988    Republican [George H.W. Bush]
1992    Democratic [Bill Clinton]
1996    Democratic [Bill Clinton]
2000    Democratic [Al Gore]
2004    Democratic [John Kerry]
2008    Democratic [Barack Obama]
*The 1800 election was decided in the House of Representatives because no candidate won a majority of votes in the Electoral College.
**The 1824 election was decided in the House of Representatives because none of the four candidates won a majority of votes in the Electoral College.

New Mexico
1912    Democratic [Woodrow Wilson]
1916    Democratic [Woodrow Wilson]
1920    Republican [Warren G. Harding]
1924    Republican [Calvin Coolidge]
1928    Republican [Herbert Hoover]
1932    Democratic [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1936    Democratic [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1940    Democratic [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1944    Democratic [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1948    Democratic [Harry S. Truman]
1952    Republican [Dwight D. Eisenhower]
1956    Republican [Dwight D. Eisenhower]
1960    Democratic [John F. Kennedy]
1964    Democratic [Lyndon B. Johnson]
1968    Republican [Richard Nixon]
1972    Republican [Richard Nixon]
1976    Republican [Gerald Ford]
1980    Republican [Ronald Reagan]
1984    Republican [Ronald Reagan]
1988    Republican [George H.W. Bush]
1992    Democratic [Bill Clinton]
1996    Democratic [Bill Clinton]
2000    Democratic [Al Gore]
2004    Republican [George W. Bush]
2008    Democratic [Barack Obama]

New York
1792    Federalist [George Washington]
1796    Federalist [John Adams]
1800*    Democratic-Republican [Thomas Jefferson]
1804    Democratic-Republican [Thomas Jefferson]
1808    Democratic-Republican [James Madison]
1812    Federalist [DeWitt Clinton]
1816    Democratic-Republican [James Monroe]
1820    Democratic-Republican [James Monroe]
1824**    Democratic-Republican [John Quincy Adams]
1828    Democratic [Andrew Jackson]
1832    Democratic [Andrew Jackson]
1836    Democratic [Martin Van Buren]
1840    Whig [William Henry Harrison]
1844    Democratic [James K. Polk]
1848    Whig [Zachary Taylor]
1852    Democratic [Franklin Pierce]
1856    Republican [John C. Frémont]
1860    Republican [Abraham Lincoln]
1864    Republican/National Union [Abraham Lincoln]
1868    Democratic [Horatio Seymour]
1872    Republican [Ulysses S. Grant]
1876    Democratic [Samuel J. Tilden]
1880    Republican [James Garfield]
1884    Democratic [Grover Cleveland]
1888    Republican [Benjamin Harrison]
1892    Democratic [Grover Cleveland]
1896    Republican [William McKinley]
1900    Republican [William McKinley]
1904    Republican [Theodore Roosevelt]
1908    Republican [William Howard Taft]
1912    Democratic [Woodrow Wilson]
1916    Republican [Charles Evans Hughes]
1920    Republican [Warren G. Harding]
1924    Republican [Calvin Coolidge]
1928    Republican [Herbert Hoover]
1932    Democratic [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1936    Democratic [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1940    Democratic [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1944    Democratic [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1948    Republican [Thomas E. Dewey]
1952    Republican [Dwight D. Eisenhower]
1956    Republican [Dwight D. Eisenhower]
1960    Democratic [John F. Kennedy]
1964    Democratic [Lyndon B. Johnson]
1968    Democratic [Hubert H. Humphrey]
1972    Republican [Richard Nixon]
1976    Democratic [Jimmy Carter]
1980    Republican [Ronald Reagan]
1984    Republican [Ronald Reagan]
1988    Democratic [Michael Dukakis]
1992    Democratic [Bill Clinton]
1996    Democratic [Bill Clinton]
2000    Democratic [Al Gore]
2004    Democratic [John Kerry]
2008    Democratic [Barack Obama]
*The 1800 election was decided in the House of Representatives because no candidate won a majority of votes in the Electoral College.
**The 1824 election was decided in the House of Representatives because none of the four candidates won a majority of votes in the Electoral College.

North Carolina
1792    Federalist [George Washington]
1796    Democratic-Republican [John Adams]
1800*    Democratic-Republican [Thomas Jefferson]
1804    Democratic-Republican [Thomas Jefferson]
1808    Democratic-Republican [James Madison]
1812    Democratic-Republican [James Madison]
1816    Democratic-Republican [James Monroe]
1820    Democratic-Republican [James Monroe]
1824**    Democratic-Republican [Andrew Jackson]
1828    Democratic [Andrew Jackson]
1832    Democratic [Andrew Jackson]
1836    Democratic [Martin Van Buren]
1840    Whig [William Henry Harrison]
1844    Whig [Henry Clay]
1848    Whig [Zachary Taylor]
1852    Democratic [Franklin Pierce]
1856    Democratic [James Buchanan]
1860    Democratic [John C. Breckinridge]
1868    Republican [Ulysses S. Grant]
1872    Republican [Ulysses S. Grant]
1876    Democratic [Samuel J. Tilden]
1880    Democratic [Winfield Scott Hancock]
1884    Democratic [Grover Cleveland]
1888    Democratic [Grover Cleveland]
1892    Democratic [Grover Cleveland]
1896    Democratic [William Jennings Bryan]
1900    Democratic [William Jennings Bryan]
1904    Democratic [Alton B. Parker]
1908    Democratic [William Jennings Bryan]
1912    Democratic [Woodrow Wilson]
1916    Democratic [Woodrow Wilson]
1920    Democratic [James M. Cox]
1924    Democratic [John W. Davis]
1928    Republican [Herbert Hoover]
1932    Democratic [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1936    Democratic [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1940    Democratic [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1944    Democratic [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1948    Democratic [Harry S. Truman]
1952    Democratic [Adlai E. Stevenson]
1956    Democratic [Adlai E. Stevenson]
1960    Democratic [John F. Kennedy]
1964    Democratic [Lyndon B. Johnson]
1968    Republican [Richard Nixon]
1972    Republican [Richard Nixon]
1976    Democratic [Jimmy Carter]
1980    Republican [Ronald Reagan]
1984    Republican [Ronald Reagan]
1988    Republican [George H.W. Bush]
1992    Republican [George H.W. Bush]
1996    Republican [Bob Dole]
2000    Republican [George W. Bush]
2004    Republican [George W. Bush]
2008    Democratic [Barack Obama]
*The 1800 election was decided in the House of Representatives because no candidate won a majority of votes in the Electoral College.
**The 1824 election was decided in the House of Representatives because none of the four candidates won a majority of votes in the Electoral College.

North Dakota
1892    Electoral votes divided equally between all three candidates [Grover Cleveland (Democrat); Benjamin Harrison (Republican); James B. Weaver (People’s/Populist)
1896    Republican [William McKinley]
1900    Republican [William McKinley]
1904    Republican [Theodore Roosevelt]
1908    Republican [William Howard Taft]
1912    Democratic [Woodrow Wilson]
1916    Democratic [Woodrow Wilson]
1920    Republican [Warren G. Harding]
1924    Republican [Calvin Coolidge]
1928    Republican [Herbert Hoover]
1932    Democratic [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1936    Democratic [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1940    Republican [Wendell Willkie]
1944    Republican [Thomas E. Dewey]
1948    Republican [Thomas E. Dewey]
1952    Republican [Dwight D. Eisenhower]
1956    Republican [Dwight D. Eisenhower]
1960    Republican [Richard Nixon]
1964    Democratic [Lyndon B. Johnson]
1968    Republican [Richard Nixon]
1972    Republican [Richard Nixon]
1976    Republican [Gerald Ford]
1980    Republican [Ronald Reagan]
1984    Republican [Ronald Reagan]
1988    Republican [George H.W. Bush]
1992    Republican [George H.W. Bush]
1996    Republican [Bob Dole]
2000    Republican [George W. Bush]
2004    Republican [George W. Bush]
2008    Republican [John McCain]

Ohio
1804    Democratic-Republican [Thomas Jefferson]
1808    Democratic-Republican [James Madison]
1812    Democratic-Republican [James Madison]
1816    Democratic-Republican [James Monroe]
1820    Democratic-Republican [James Monroe]
1824**    Democratic-Republican [Henry Clay]
1828    Democratic [Andrew Jackson]
1832    Democratic [Andrew Jackson]
1836    Whig [William Henry Harrison]
1840    Whig [William Henry Harrison]
1844    Whig [Henry Clay]
1848    Democratic [Lewis Cass]
1852    Democratic [Franklin Pierce]
1856    Republican [John C. Frémont]
1860    Republican [Abraham Lincoln]
1864    Republican/National Union [Abraham Lincoln]
1868    Republican [Ulysses S. Grant]
1872    Republican [Ulysses S. Grant]
1876    Republican [Rutherford B. Hayes]
1880    Republican [James Garfield]
1884    Republican [James G. Blaine]
1888    Republican [Benjamin Harrison]
1892    Republican [Benjamin Harrison]
1896    Republican [William McKinley]
1900    Republican [William McKinley]
1904    Republican [Theodore Roosevelt]
1908    Republican [William Howard Taft]
1912    Democratic [Woodrow Wilson]
1916    Democratic [Woodrow Wilson]
1920    Republican [Warren G. Harding]
1924    Republican [Calvin Coolidge]
1928    Republican [Herbert Hoover]
1932    Democratic [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1936    Democratic [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1940    Democratic [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1944    Republican [Thomas E. Dewey]
1948    Democratic [Harry S. Truman]
1952    Republican [Dwight D. Eisenhower]
1956    Republican [Dwight D. Eisenhower]
1960    Republican [Richard Nixon]
1964    Democratic [Lyndon B. Johnson]
1968    Republican [Richard Nixon]
1972    Republican [Richard Nixon]
1976    Democratic [Jimmy Carter]
1980    Republican [Ronald Reagan]
1984    Republican [Ronald Reagan]
1988    Republican [George H.W. Bush]
1992    Democratic [Bill Clinton]
1996    Democratic [Bill Clinton]
2000    Republican [George W. Bush]
2004    Republican [George W. Bush]
2008    Democratic [Barack Obama]
**The 1824 election was decided in the House of Representatives because none of the four candidates won a majority of votes in the Electoral College.

Oklahoma
1908    Democratic [William Jennings Bryan]
1912    Democratic [Woodrow Wilson]
1916    Democratic [Woodrow Wilson]
1920    Republican [Warren G. Harding]
1924    Democratic [John W. Davis]
1928    Republican [Herbert Hoover]
1932    Democratic [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1936    Democratic [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1940    Democratic [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1944    Democratic [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1948    Democratic [Harry S. Truman]
1952    Republican [Dwight D. Eisenhower]
1956    Republican [Dwight D. Eisenhower]
1960    Republican [Richard Nixon]
1964    Democratic [Lyndon B. Johnson]
1968    Republican [Richard Nixon]
1972    Republican [Richard Nixon]
1976    Republican [Gerald Ford]
1980    Republican [Ronald Reagan]
1984    Republican [Ronald Reagan]
1988    Republican [George H.W. Bush]
1992    Republican [George H.W. Bush]
1996    Republican [Bob Dole]
2000    Republican [George W. Bush]
2004    Republican [George W. Bush]
2008    Republican [John McCain]

Presidential Stats: How Your State Has Voted (Part III)

Listed under each state is the party and candidate who carried the state in the election year shown.

Idaho
1892    People’s/Populist [James B. Weaver]
1896    Democratic [William Jennings Bryan]
1900    Democratic [William Jennings Bryan]
1904    Republican [Theodore Roosevelt]
1908    Republican [William Howard Taft]
1912    Democratic [Woodrow Wilson]
1916    Democratic [Woodrow Wilson]
1920    Republican [Warren G. Harding]
1924    Republican [Calvin Coolidge]
1928    Republican [Herbert Hoover]
1932    Democratic [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1936    Democratic [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1940    Democratic [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1944    Democratic [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1948    Democratic [Harry S. Truman]
1952    Republican [Dwight D. Eisenhower]
1956    Republican [Dwight D. Eisenhower]
1960    Republican [Richard Nixon]
1964    Democratic [Lyndon B. Johnson]
1968    Republican [Richard Nixon]
1972    Republican [Richard Nixon]
1976    Republican [Gerald Ford]
1980    Republican [Ronald Reagan]
1984    Republican [Ronald Reagan]
1988    Republican [George H.W. Bush]
1992    Republican [George H.W. Bush]
1996    Republican [Bob Dole]
2000    Republican [George W. Bush]
2004    Republican [George W. Bush]
2008    Republican [John McCain]

Illinois
1820    Democratic-Republican [James Monroe]
1824**    Democratic-Republican [Andrew Jackson]
1828    Democratic [Andrew Jackson]
1832    Democratic [Andrew Jackson]
1836    Democratic [Martin Van Buren]
1840    Democratic [Martin Van Buren]
1844    Democratic [James K. Polk]
1848    Democratic [Lewis Cass]
1852    Democratic [Franklin Pierce]
1856    Democratic [James Buchanan]
1860    Republican [Abraham Lincoln]
1864    Republican/National Union [Abraham Lincoln]
1868    Republican [Ulysses S. Grant]
1872    Republican [Ulysses S. Grant]
1876    Republican [Rutherford B. Hayes]
1880    Republican [James Garfield]
1884    Republican [James G. Blaine]
1888    Republican [Benjamin Harrison]
1892    Democratic [Grover Cleveland]
1896    Republican [William McKinley]
1900    Republican [William McKinley]
1904    Republican [Theodore Roosevelt]
1908    Republican [William Howard Taft]
1912    Democratic [Woodrow Wilson]
1916    Republican [Charles Evans Hughes]
1920    Republican [Warren G. Harding]
1924    Republican [Calvin Coolidge]
1928    Republican [Herbert Hoover]
1932    Democratic [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1936    Democratic [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1940    Democratic [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1944    Democratic [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1948    Democratic [Harry S. Truman]
1952    Republican [Dwight D. Eisenhower]
1956    Republican [Dwight D. Eisenhower]
1960    Democratic [John F. Kennedy]
1964    Democratic [Lyndon B. Johnson]
1968    Republican [Richard Nixon]
1972    Republican [Richard Nixon]
1976    Republican [Gerald Ford]
1980    Republican [Ronald Reagan]
1984    Republican [Ronald Reagan]
1988    Republican [George H.W. Bush]
1992    Democratic [Bill Clinton]
1996    Democratic [Bill Clinton]
2000    Democratic [Al Gore]
2004    Democratic [John Kerry]
2008    Democratic [Barack Obama]
**The 1824 election was decided in the House of Representatives because none of the four candidates won a majority of votes in the Electoral College.

Indiana
1816    Democratic-Republican [James Monroe]
1820    Democratic-Republican [James Monroe]
1824**    Democratic-Republican [Andrew Jackson]
1828    Democratic [Andrew Jackson]
1832    Democratic [Andrew Jackson]
1836    Whig [William Henry Harrison]
1840    Whig [William Henry Harrison]
1844    Democratic [James K. Polk]
1848    Democratic [Lewis Cass]
1852    Democratic [Franklin Pierce]
1856    Democratic [James Buchanan]
1860    Republican [Abraham Lincoln]
1864    Republican/National Union [Abraham Lincoln]
1868    Republican [Ulysses S. Grant]
1872    Republican [Ulysses S. Grant]
1876    Democratic [Samuel J. Tilden]
1880    Republican [James Garfield]
1884    Democratic [Grover Cleveland]
1888    Republican [Benjamin Harrison]
1892    Democratic [Grover Cleveland]
1896    Republican [William McKinley]
1900    Republican [William McKinley]
1904    Republican [Theodore Roosevelt]
1908    Republican [William Howard Taft]
1912    Democratic [Woodrow Wilson]
1916    Republican [Charles Evans Hughes]
1920    Republican [Warren G. Harding]
1924    Republican [Calvin Coolidge]
1928    Republican [Herbert Hoover]
1932    Democratic [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1936    Democratic [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1940    Republican [Wendell Willkie]
1944    Republican [Thomas E. Dewey]
1948    Republican [Thomas E. Dewey]
1952    Republican [Dwight D. Eisenhower]
1956    Republican [Dwight D. Eisenhower]
1960    Republican [Richard Nixon]
1964    Democratic [Lyndon B. Johnson]
1968    Republican [Richard Nixon]
1972    Republican [Richard Nixon]
1976    Republican [Gerald Ford]
1980    Republican [Ronald Reagan]
1984    Republican [Ronald Reagan]
1988    Republican [George H.W. Bush]
1992    Republican [George H.W. Bush]
1996    Republican [Bob Dole]
2000    Republican [George W. Bush]
2004    Republican [George W. Bush]
2008    Democratic [Barack Obama]
**The 1824 election was decided in the House of Representatives because none of the four candidates won a majority of votes in the Electoral College.

Iowa
1848    Democratic [Lewis Cass]
1852    Democratic [Franklin Pierce]
1856    Republican [John C. Frémont]
1860    Republican [Abraham Lincoln]
1864    Republican/National Union [Abraham Lincoln]
1868    Republican [Ulysses S. Grant]
1872    Republican [Ulysses S. Grant]
1876    Republican [Rutherford B. Hayes]
1880    Republican [James Garfield]
1884    Republican [James G. Blaine]
1888    Republican [Benjamin Harrison]
1892    Republican [Benjamin Harrison]
1896    Republican [William McKinley]
1900    Republican [William McKinley]
1904    Republican [Theodore Roosevelt]
1908    Republican [William Howard Taft]
1912    Democratic [Woodrow Wilson]
1916    Republican [Charles Evans Hughes]
1920    Republican [Warren G. Harding]
1924    Republican [Calvin Coolidge]
1928    Republican [Herbert Hoover]
1932    Democratic [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1936    Democratic [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1940    Republican [Wendell Willkie]
1944    Republican [Thomas E. Dewey]
1948    Democratic [Harry S. Truman]
1952    Republican [Dwight D. Eisenhower]
1956    Republican [Dwight D. Eisenhower]
1960    Republican [Richard Nixon]
1964    Democratic [Lyndon B. Johnson]
1968    Republican [Richard Nixon]
1972    Republican [Richard Nixon]
1976    Republican [Gerald Ford]
1980    Republican [Ronald Reagan]
1984    Republican [Ronald Reagan]
1988    Democratic [Michael Dukakis]
1992    Democratic [Bill Clinton]
1996    Democratic [Bill Clinton]
2000    Democratic [Al Gore]
2004    Republican [George W. Bush]
2008    Democratic [Barack Obama]

Kansas
1864    Republican/National Union [Abraham Lincoln]
1868    Republican [Ulysses S. Grant]
1872    Republican [Ulysses S. Grant]
1876    Republican [Rutherford B. Hayes]
1880    Republican [James Garfield]
1884    Republican [James G. Blaine]
1888    Republican [Benjamin Harrison]
1892    People’s/Populist [James B. Weaver]
1896    Democratic [William Jennings Bryan]
1900    Republican [William McKinley]
1904    Republican [Theodore Roosevelt]
1908    Republican [William Howard Taft]
1912    Democratic [Woodrow Wilson]
1916    Democratic [Woodrow Wilson]
1920    Republican [Warren G. Harding]
1924    Republican [Calvin Coolidge]
1928    Republican [Herbert Hoover]
1932    Democratic [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1936    Democratic [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1940    Republican [Wendell Willkie]
1944    Republican [Thomas E. Dewey]
1948    Republican [Thomas E. Dewey]
1952    Republican [Dwight D. Eisenhower]
1956    Republican [Dwight D. Eisenhower]
1960    Republican [Richard Nixon]
1964    Democratic [Lyndon B. Johnson]
1968    Republican [Richard Nixon]
1972    Republican [Richard Nixon]
1976    Republican [Gerald Ford]
1980    Republican [Ronald Reagan]
1984    Republican [Ronald Reagan]
1988    Republican [George H.W. Bush]
1992    Republican [George H.W. Bush]
1996    Republican [Bob Dole]
2000    Republican [George W. Bush]
2004    Republican [George W. Bush]
2008    Republican [John McCain]

Kentucky
1792    Federalist [George Washington]
1796    Democratic-Republican [Thomas Jefferson]
1800*    Democratic-Republican [Thomas Jefferson]
1804    Democratic-Republican [Thomas Jefferson]
1808    Democratic-Republican [James Madison]
1812    Democratic-Republican [James Madison]
1816    Democratic-Republican [James Monroe]
1820    Democratic-Republican [James Monroe]
1824**    Democratic-Republican [Henry Clay]
1828    Democratic [Andrew Jackson]
1832    National Republican [Henry Clay]
1836    Whig [William Henry Harrison]
1840    Whig [William Henry Harrison]
1844    Whig [Henry Clay]
1848    Whig [Zachary Taylor]
1852    Whig [Winfield Scott]
1856    Democratic [James Buchanan]
1860    Constitutional Union [John Bell]
1864    Democratic [George B. McClellan]
1868    Democratic [Horatio Seymour]
1872***    Democratic/Liberal Republican [Thomas A. Hendricks]
1876    Democratic [Samuel J. Tilden]
1880    Democratic [Winfield Scott Hancock]
1884    Democratic [Grover Cleveland]
1888    Democratic [Grover Cleveland]
1892    Democratic [Grover Cleveland]
1896    Republican [William McKinley]
1900    Democratic [William Jennings Bryan]
1904    Democratic [Alton B. Parker]
1908    Democratic [William Jennings Bryan]
1912    Democratic [Woodrow Wilson]
1916    Democratic [Woodrow Wilson]
1920    Democratic [James M. Cox]
1924    Republican [Calvin Coolidge]
1928    Republican [Herbert Hoover]
1932    Democratic [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1936    Democratic [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1940    Democratic [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1944    Democratic [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1948    Democratic [Harry S. Truman]
1952    Democratic [Adlai E. Stevenson]
1956    Republican [Dwight D. Eisenhower]
1960    Republican [John F. Kennedy]
1964    Democratic [Lyndon B. Johnson]
1968    Republican [Richard Nixon]
1972    Republican [Richard Nixon]
1976    Democratic [Jimmy Carter]
1980    Republican [Ronald Reagan]
1984    Republican [Ronald Reagan]
1988    Republican [George H.W. Bush]
1992    Democratic [Bill Clinton]
1996    Democratic [Bill Clinton]
2000    Republican [George W. Bush]
2004    Republican [George W. Bush]
2008    Republican [John McCain]
*The 1800 election was decided in the House of Representatives because no candidate won a majority of votes in the Electoral College.
**The 1824 election was decided in the House of Representatives because none of the four candidates won a majority of votes in the Electoral College.
***1872 Liberal Republican/Democratic nominee Horace Greeley died between Election Day and the meeting of the Electoral College, so his Electoral votes were divided amongst various candidates.

Louisiana
1812    Democratic-Republican [James Madison]
1816    Democratic-Republican [James Monroe]
1820    Democratic-Republican [James Monroe]
1824**    Democratic-Republican [Andrew Jackson]
1828    Democratic [Andrew Jackson]
1832    Democratic [Andrew Jackson]
1836    Democratic [Martin Van Buren]
1840    Whig [William Henry Harrison]
1844    Democratic [James K. Polk]
1848    Whig [Zachary Taylor]
1852    Democratic [Franklin Pierce]
1856    Democratic [James Buchanan]
1860    Democratic [John C. Breckinridge]
1868    Democratic [Horatio Seymour]
1872    Results disputed and not counted
1876    Republican [Rutherford B. Hayes]
1880    Democratic [Winfield Scott Hancock]
1884    Democratic [Grover Cleveland]
1888    Democratic [Grover Cleveland]
1892    Democratic [Grover Cleveland]
1896    Democratic [William Jennings Bryan]
1900    Democratic [William Jennings Bryan]
1904    Democratic [Alton B. Parker]
1908    Democratic [William Jennings Bryan]
1912    Democratic [Woodrow Wilson]
1916    Democratic [Woodrow Wilson]
1920    Democratic [James M. Cox]
1924    Democratic [John W. Davis]
1928    Democratic [Al Smith]
1932    Democratic [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1936    Democratic [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1940    Democratic [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1944    Democratic [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1948    States’ Rights/Dixiecrat [Strom Thurmond]
1952    Democratic [Adlai E. Stevenson]
1956    Republican [Dwight D. Eisenhower]
1960    Democratic [John F. Kennedy]
1964    Republican [Barry Goldwater]
1968    American Independent [George C. Wallace]
1972    Republican [Richard Nixon]
1976    Democratic [Jimmy Carter]
1980    Republican [Ronald Reagan]
1984    Republican [Ronald Reagan]
1988    Republican [George H.W. Bush]
1992    Democratic [Bill Clinton]
1996    Democratic [Bill Clinton]
2000    Republican [George W. Bush]
2004    Republican [George W. Bush]
2008    Republican [John McCain]
**The 1824 election was decided in the House of Representatives because none of the four candidates won a majority of votes in the Electoral College.

Maine
1820    Democratic-Republican [James Monroe]
1824**    Democratic-Republican [John Quincy Adams]
1828    National Republican [John Quincy Adams]
1832    Democratic [Andrew Jackson]
1836    Democratic [Martin Van Buren]
1840    Whig [William Henry Harrison]
1844    Democratic [James K. Polk]
1848    Democratic [Lewis Cass]
1852    Democratic [Franklin Pierce]
1856    Republican [John C. Frémont]
1860    Republican [Abraham Lincoln]
1864    Republican/National Union [Abraham Lincoln]
1868    Republican [Ulysses S. Grant]
1872    Republican [Ulysses S. Grant]
1876    Republican [Rutherford B. Hayes]
1880    Republican [James Garfield]
1884    Republican [James G. Blaine]
1888    Republican [Benjamin Harrison]
1892    Republican [Benjamin Harrison]
1896    Republican [William McKinley]
1900    Republican [William McKinley]
1904    Republican [Theodore Roosevelt]
1908    Republican [William Howard Taft]
1912    Democratic [Woodrow Wilson]
1916    Republican [Charles Evans Hughes]
1920    Republican [Warren G. Harding]
1924    Republican [Calvin Coolidge]
1928    Republican [Herbert Hoover]
1932    Republican [Herbert Hoover]
1936    Republican [Alf Landon]
1940    Republican [Wendell Willkie]
1944    Republican [Thomas E. Dewey]
1948    Republican [Thomas E. Dewey]
1952    Republican [Dwight D. Eisenhower]
1956    Republican [Dwight D. Eisenhower]
1960    Republican [Richard Nixon]
1964    Democratic [Lyndon B. Johnson]
1968    Democratic [Hubert H. Humphrey]
1972    Republican [Richard Nixon]
1976    Republican [Gerald Ford]
1980    Republican [Ronald Reagan]
1984    Republican [Ronald Reagan]
1988    Republican [George H.W. Bush]
1992    Democratic [Bill Clinton]
1996    Democratic [Bill Clinton]
2000    Democratic [Al Gore]
2004    Democratic [John Kerry]
2008    Democratic [Barack Obama]
**The 1824 election was decided in the House of Representatives because none of the four candidates won a majority of votes in the Electoral College.

Maryland
1789    Federalist [George Washington]
1792    Federalist [George Washington]
1796    Federalist [John Adams]
1804    Democratic-Republican [Thomas Jefferson]
1808    Democratic-Republican [James Madison]
1812    Democratic-Republican [James Madison]
1816    Democratic-Republican [James Monroe]
1820    Democratic-Republican [James Monroe]
1824**    Democratic-Republican [Andrew Jackson]
1828    National Republican [John Quincy Adams]
1832    National Republican [Henry Clay]
1836    Whig [William Henry Harrison]
1840    Whig [William Henry Harrison]
1844    Whig [Henry Clay]
1848    Whig [Zachary Taylor]
1852    Democratic [Franklin Pierce]
1856    American/Know-Nothing [Millard Fillmore]
1860    Democratic [John C. Breckinridge]
1864    Republican/National Union [Abraham Lincoln]
1868    Democratic [Horatio Seymour]
1872***    Democratic/Liberal Republican [Thomas A. Hendricks]
1876    Democratic [Samuel J. Tilden]
1880    Democratic [Winfield Scott Hancock]
1884    Democratic [Grover Cleveland]
1888    Democratic [Grover Cleveland]
1892    Democratic [Grover Cleveland]
1896    Republican [William McKinley]
1900    Republican [William McKinley]
1904    Democratic [Alton B. Parker]
1908    Democratic [William Jennings Bryan]
1912    Democratic [Woodrow Wilson]
1916    Democratic [Woodrow Wilson]
1920    Republican [Warren G. Harding]
1924    Republican [Calvin Coolidge]
1928    Republican [Herbert Hoover]
1932    Democratic [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1936    Democratic [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1940    Democratic [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1944    Democratic [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1948    Republican [Thomas E. Dewey]
1952    Republican [Dwight D. Eisenhower]
1956    Republican [Dwight D. Eisenhower]
1960    Democratic [John F. Kennedy]
1964    Democratic [Lyndon B. Johnson]
1968    Democratic [Hubert H. Humphrey]
1972    Republican [Richard Nixon]
1976    Democratic [Jimmy Carter]
1980    Democratic [Jimmy Carter]
1984    Republican [Ronald Reagan]
1988    Republican [George H.W. Bush]
1992    Democratic [Bill Clinton]
1996    Democratic [Bill Clinton]
2000    Democratic [Al Gore]
2004    Democratic [John Kerry]
2008    Democratic [Barack Obama]
**The 1824 election was decided in the House of Representatives because none of the four candidates won a majority of votes in the Electoral College.
***1872 Liberal Republican/Democratic nominee Horace Greeley died between Election Day and the meeting of the Electoral College, so his Electoral votes were divided amongst various candidates.

Massachusetts
1789    Federalist [George Washington]
1792    Federalist [George Washington]
1796    Federalist [John Adams]
1800*    Federalist [John Adams]
1804    Democratic-Republican [Thomas Jefferson]
1808    Federalist [Charles Cotesworth Pinckney]
1812    Federalist [DeWitt Clinton]
1816    Federalist [Rufus King]
1820    Democratic-Republican [James Monroe]
1824**    Democratic-Republican [John Quincy Adams]
1828    National Republican [John Quincy Adams]
1832    National Republican [Henry Clay]
1836    Whig [Daniel Webster]
1840    Whig [William Henry Harrison]
1844    Whig [Henry Clay]
1848    Whig [Zachary Taylor]
1852    Whig [Winfield Scott]
1856    Republican [John C. Frémont]
1860    Republican [Abraham Lincoln]
1864    Republican/National Union [Abraham Lincoln]
1868    Republican [Ulysses S. Grant]
1872    Republican [Ulysses S. Grant]
1876    Republican [Rutherford B. Hayes]
1880    Republican [James Garfield]
1884    Republican [James G. Blaine]
1888    Republican [Benjamin Harrison]
1892    Republican [Benjamin Harrison]
1896    Republican [William McKinley]
1900    Republican [William McKinley]
1904    Republican [Theodore Roosevelt]
1908    Republican [William Howard Taft]
1912    Democratic [Woodrow Wilson]
1916    Republican [Charles Evans Hughes]
1920    Republican [Warren G. Harding]
1924    Republican [Calvin Coolidge]
1928    Democratic [Al Smith]
1932    Democratic [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1936    Democratic [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1940    Democratic [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1944    Democratic [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1948    Democratic [Harry S. Truman]
1952    Republican [Dwight D. Eisenhower]
1956    Republican [Dwight D. Eisenhower]
1960    Democratic [John F. Kennedy]
1964    Democratic [Lyndon B. Johnson]
1968    Democratic [Hubert H. Humphrey]
1972    Democratic [George McGovern]
1976    Democratic [Jimmy Carter]
1980    Republican [Ronald Reagan]
1984    Republican [Ronald Reagan]
1988    Democratic [Michael Dukakis]
1992    Democratic [Bill Clinton]
1996    Democratic [Bill Clinton]
2000    Democratic [Al Gore]
2004    Democratic [John Kerry]
2008    Democratic [Barack Obama]
*The 1800 election was decided in the House of Representatives because no candidate won a majority of votes in the Electoral College.
**The 1824 election was decided in the House of Representatives because none of the four candidates won a majority of votes in the Electoral College.

Presidential Stats: How Your State Has Voted (Part II)

Listed under each state is the party and candidate who carried the state in the election year shown.

California
1852    Democratic [Franklin Pierce]
1856    Democratic [James Buchanan]
1860    Republican [Abraham Lincoln]
1864    Republican/National Union [Abraham Lincoln]
1868    Republican [Ulysses S. Grant]
1872    Republican [Ulysses S. Grant]
1876    Republican [Rutherford B. Hayes]
1880    Democratic [Winfield Scott Hancock]
1884    Republican [James G. Blaine]
1888    Republican [Benjamin Harrison]
1892    Democratic [Grover Cleveland]
1896    Republican [William McKinley]
1900    Republican [William McKinley]
1904    Republican [Theodore Roosevelt]
1908    Republican [William Howard Taft]
1912    Progressive/Bull Moose [Theodore Roosevelt]
1916    Democratic [Woodrow Wilson]
1920    Republican [Warren G. Harding]
1924    Republican [Calvin Coolidge]
1928    Republican [Herbert Hoover]
1932    Democratic [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1936    Democratic [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1940    Democratic [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1944    Democratic [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1948    Democratic [Harry S. Truman]
1952    Republican [Dwight D. Eisenhower]
1956    Republican [Dwight D. Eisenhower]
1960    Republican [Richard Nixon]
1964    Democratic [Lyndon B. Johnson]
1968    Republican [Richard Nixon]
1972    Republican [Richard Nixon]
1976    Republican [Gerald Ford]
1980    Republican [Ronald Reagan]
1984    Republican [Ronald Reagan]
1988    Republican [George H.W. Bush]
1992    Democratic [Bill Clinton]
1996    Democratic [Bill Clinton]
2000    Democratic [Al Gore]
2004    Democratic [John Kerry]
2008    Democratic [Barack Obama]

Colorado
1876    Republican [Rutherford B. Hayes]
1880    Republican [James Garfield]
1884    Republican [James G. Blaine]
1888    Republican [Benjamin Harrison]
1892    People’s/Populist [James B. Weaver]
1896    Democratic [William Jennings Bryan]
1900    Democratic [William Jennings Bryan]
1904    Republican [Theodore Roosevelt]
1908    Democratic [William Jennings Bryan]
1912    Democratic [Woodrow Wilson]
1916    Democratic [Woodrow Wilson]
1920    Republican [Warren G. Harding]
1924    Republican [Calvin Coolidge]
1928    Republican [Herbert Hoover]
1932    Democratic [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1936    Democratic [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1940    Republican [Wendell Willkie]
1944    Republican [Thomas E. Dewey]
1948    Democratic [Harry S. Truman]
1952    Republican [Dwight D. Eisenhower]
1956    Republican [Dwight D. Eisenhower]
1960    Republican [Richard Nixon]
1964    Democratic [Lyndon B. Johnson]
1968    Republican [Richard Nixon]
1972    Republican [Richard Nixon]
1976    Republican [Gerald Ford]
1980    Republican [Ronald Reagan]
1984    Republican [Ronald Reagan]
1988    Republican [George H.W. Bush]
1992    Democratic [Bill Clinton]
1996    Republican [Bob Dole]
2000    Republican [George W. Bush]
2004    Republican [George W. Bush]
2008    Democratic [Barack Obama]

Connecticut
1789    Federalist [George Washington]
1792    Federalist [George Washington]
1796    Federalist [John Adams]
1800*    Federalist [John Adams]
1804    Federalist [Charles Cotesworth Pinckney]
1808    Federalist [Charles Cotesworth Pinckney]
1812    Federalist [DeWitt Clinton]
1816    Federalist [Rufus King]
1820    Democratic-Republican [James Monroe]
1824**    Democratic-Republican [John Quincy Adams]
1828    National Republican [John Quincy Adams]
1832    National Republican [Henry Clay]
1836    Democratic [Martin Van Buren]
1840    Whig [William Henry Harrison]
1844    Whig [Henry Clay]
1848    Whig [Zachary Taylor]
1852    Democratic [Franklin Pierce]
1856    Republican [John C. Frémont]
1860    Republican [Abraham Lincoln]
1864    Republican/National Union [Abraham Lincoln]
1868    Republican [Ulysses S. Grant]
1872    Republican [Ulysses S. Grant]
1876    Democratic [Samuel J. Tilden]
1880    Republican [James Garfield]
1884    Democratic [Grover Cleveland]
1888    Democratic [Grover Cleveland]
1892    Democratic [Grover Cleveland]
1896    Republican [William McKinley]
1900    Republican [William McKinley]
1904    Republican [Theodore Roosevelt]
1908    Republican [William Howard Taft]
1912    Democratic [Woodrow Wilson]
1916    Republican [Charles Evans Hughes]
1920    Republican [Warren G. Harding]
1924    Republican [Calvin Coolidge]
1928    Republican [Herbert Hoover]
1932    Republican [Herbert Hoover]
1936    Democratic [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1940    Democratic [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1944    Democratic [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1948    Republican [Thomas E. Dewey]
1952    Republican [Dwight D. Eisenhower]
1956    Republican [Dwight D. Eisenhower]
1960    Democratic [John F. Kennedy]
1964    Democratic [Lyndon B. Johnson]
1968    Democratic [Hubert H. Humphrey]
1972    Republican [Richard Nixon]
1976    Republican [Gerald Ford]
1980    Republican [Ronald Reagan]
1984    Republican [Ronald Reagan]
1988    Republican [George H.W. Bush]
1992    Democratic [Bill Clinton]
1996    Democratic [Bill Clinton]
2000    Democratic [Al Gore]
2004    Democratic [John Kerry]
2008    Democratic [Barack Obama]
*The 1800 election was decided in the House of Representatives because no candidate won a majority of votes in the Electoral College.
**The 1824 election was decided in the House of Representatives because none of the four candidates won a majority of votes in the Electoral College.

Delaware
1789    Federalist [George Washington]
1792    Federalist [George Washington]
1796    Federalist [John Adams]
1800*    Federalist [John Adams]
1804    Federalist [Charles Cotesworth Pinckney]
1808    Federalist [Charles Cotesworth Pinckney]
1812    Federalist [DeWitt Clinton]
1816    Federalist [Rufus King]
1820    Democratic-Republican [James Monroe]
1824**    Democratic-Republican [William H. Crawford]
1828    National Republican [John Quincy Adams]
1832    National Republican [Henry Clay]
1836    Whig [William Henry Harrison]
1840    Whig [William Henry Harrison]
1844    Whig [Henry Clay]
1848    Whig [Zachary Taylor]
1852    Democratic [Franklin Pierce]
1856    Democratic [James Buchanan]
1860    Democratic [John C. Breckinridge]
1864    Democratic [George B. McClellan]
1868    Democratic [Horatio Seymour]
1872    Republican [Ulysses S. Grant]
1876    Democratic [Samuel J. Tilden]
1880    Democratic [Winfield Scott Hancock]
1884    Democratic [Grover Cleveland]
1888    Democratic [Grover Cleveland]
1892    Democratic [Grover Cleveland]
1896    Republican [William McKinley]
1900    Republican [William McKinley]
1904    Republican [Theodore Roosevelt]
1908    Republican [William Howard Taft]
1912    Democratic [Woodrow Wilson]
1916    Republican [Charles Evans Hughes]
1920    Republican [Warren G. Harding]
1924    Republican [Calvin Coolidge]
1928    Republican [Herbert Hoover]
1932    Republican [Herbert Hoover]
1936    Democratic [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1940    Democratic [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1944    Democratic [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1948    Republican [Thomas E. Dewey]
1952    Republican [Dwight D. Eisenhower]
1956    Republican [Dwight D. Eisenhower]
1960    Democratic [John F. Kennedy]
1964    Democratic [Lyndon B. Johnson]
1968    Republican [Richard Nixon]
1972    Republican [Richard Nixon]
1976    Democratic [Jimmy Carter]
1980    Republican [Ronald Reagan]
1984    Republican [Ronald Reagan]
1988    Republican [George H.W. Bush]
1992    Democratic [Bill Clinton]
1996    Democratic [Bill Clinton]
2000    Democratic [Al Gore]
2004    Democratic [John Kerry]
2008    Democratic [Barack Obama]
*The 1800 election was decided in the House of Representatives because no candidate won a majority of votes in the Electoral College.
**The 1824 election was decided in the House of Representatives because none of the four candidates won a majority of votes in the Electoral College.

District of Columbia
1964    Democratic [Lyndon B. Johnson]
1968    Democratic [Hubert H. Humphrey]
1972    Democratic [George McGovern]
1976    Democratic [Jimmy Carter]
1980    Democratic [Jimmy Carter]
1984    Democratic [Walter Mondale]
1988    Democratic [Michael Dukakis]
1992    Democratic [Bill Clinton]
1996    Democratic [Bill Clinton]
2000    Democratic [Al Gore]
2004    Democratic [John Kerry]
2008    Democratic [Barack Obama]

Florida
1848    Whig [Zachary Taylor]
1852    Democratic [Franklin Pierce]
1856    Democratic [James Buchanan]
1860    Democratic [John C. Breckinridge]
1868    Republican [Ulysses S. Grant]
1872    Republican [Ulysses S. Grant]
1876    Republican [Rutherford B. Hayes]
1880    Democratic [Winfield Scott Hancock]
1884    Democratic [Grover Cleveland]
1888    Democratic [Grover Cleveland]
1892    Democratic [Grover Cleveland]
1896    Democratic [William Jennings Bryan]
1900    Democratic [William Jennings Bryan]
1904    Democratic [Alton B. Parker]
1908    Democratic [William Jennings Bryan]
1912    Democratic [Woodrow Wilson]
1916    Democratic [Woodrow Wilson]
1920    Democratic [James M. Cox]
1924    Democratic [John W. Davis]
1928    Republican [Herbert Hoover]
1932    Democratic [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1936    Democratic [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1940    Democratic [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1944    Democratic [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1948    Democratic [Harry S. Truman]
1952    Republican [Dwight D. Eisenhower]
1956    Republican [Dwight D. Eisenhower]
1960    Republican [Richard Nixon]
1964    Democratic [Lyndon B. Johnson]
1968    Republican [Richard Nixon]
1972    Republican [Richard Nixon]
1976    Democratic [Jimmy Carter]
1980    Republican [Ronald Reagan]
1984    Republican [Ronald Reagan]
1988    Republican [George H.W. Bush]
1992    Republican [George H.W. Bush]
1996    Democratic [Bill Clinton]
2000    Republican [George W. Bush]
2004    Republican [George W. Bush]
2008    Democratic [Barack Obama]

Georgia
1789    Federalist [George Washington]
1792    Federalist [George Washington]
1796    Democratic-Republican [Thomas Jefferson]
1800*    Democratic-Republican [Thomas Jefferson]
1804    Democratic-Republican [Thomas Jefferson]
1808    Democratic-Republican [James Madison]
1812    Democratic-Republican [James Madison]
1816    Democratic-Republican [James Monroe]
1820    Democratic-Republican [James Monroe]
1824**    Democratic-Republican [William H. Crawford]
1828    Democratic [Andrew Jackson]
1832    Democratic [Andrew Jackson]
1836    Whig [Hugh Lawson White]
1840    Whig [William Henry Harrison]
1844    Democratic [James K. Polk]
1848    Whig [Zachary Taylor]
1852    Democratic [Franklin Pierce]
1856    Democratic [James Buchanan]
1860    Democratic [John C. Breckinridge]
1868    Democratic [Horatio Seymour]
1872***    Democratic/Liberal Republican [B. Gratz Brown]
1876    Democratic [Samuel J. Tilden]
1880    Democratic [Winfield Scott Hancock]
1884    Democratic [Grover Cleveland]
1888    Democratic [Grover Cleveland]
1892    Democratic [Grover Cleveland]
1896    Democratic [William Jennings Bryan]
1900    Democratic [William Jennings Bryan]
1904    Democratic [Alton B. Parker]
1908    Democratic [William Jennings Bryan]
1912    Democratic [Woodrow Wilson]
1916    Democratic [Woodrow Wilson]
1920    Democratic [James M. Cox]
1924    Democratic [John W. Davs]
1928    Democratic [Al Smith]
1932    Democratic [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1936    Democratic [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1940    Democratic [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1944    Democratic [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1948    Democratic [Harry S. Truman]
1952    Democratic [Adlai E. Stevenson]
1956    Democratic [Adlai E. Stevenson]
1960    Democratic [John F. Kennedy]
1964    Republican [Barry Goldwater]
1968    American Independent [George C. Wallace]
1972    Republican [Richard Nixon]
1976    Democratic [Jimmy Carter]
1980    Democratic [Jimmy Carter]
1984    Republican [Ronald Reagan]
1988    Republican [George H.W. Bush]
1992    Democratic [Bill Clinton]
1996    Republican [Bob Dole]
2000    Republican [George W. Bush]
2004    Republican [George W. Bush]
2008    Republican [John McCain]
*The 1800 election was decided in the House of Representatives because no candidate won a majority of votes in the Electoral College.
**The 1824 election was decided in the House of Representatives because none of the four candidates won a majority of votes in the Electoral College.
***1872 Liberal Republican/Democratic nominee Horace Greeley died between Election Day and the meeting of the Electoral College, so his Electoral votes were divided amongst various candidates.

Hawaii
1960    Democratic [John F. Kennedy]
1964    Democratic [Lyndon B. Johnson]
1968    Democratic [Hubert H. Humphrey]
1972    Republican [Richard Nixon]
1976    Democratic [Jimmy Carter]
1980    Democratic [Jimmy Carter]
1984    Republican [Ronald Reagan]
1988    Democratic [Michael Dukakis]
1992    Democratic [Bill Clinton]
1996    Democratic [Bill Clinton]
2000    Democratic [Al Gore]
2004    Democratic [John Kerry]
2008    Democratic [Barack Obama]

Presidential Stats: How Your State Has Voted (Part I)

Election Day is getting closer-and-closer and the race between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney is still too close to call. Over the next few days, the two candidates will spend as much time and money as possible in the handful of swing states that will be the deciding point on Tuesday.

But there’s no reason those battleground states should get all of the attention here on Dead Presidents, right?. So, let’s take a look at each state in the union — from the time that it joined — to see who won your state and when. Has your state been carried by more Republicans or Democrats? Did your state vote for Lincoln? FDR? Buchanan? I’ll break it down and I’ll also break the post up in several parts so that we don’t have to hear whining from people who see a bunch of scary words on their dashboard.

Listed under each state is the party and candidate who carried the state in the election year shown.

Alabama
1820    Democratic-Republican [James Monroe]
1824**    Democratic-Republican [Andrew Jackson]
1828    Democratic [Andrew Jackson]
1832    Democratic [Andrew Jackson]
1836    Democratic [Martin Van Buren]
1840    Democratic [Martin Van Buren]
1844    Democratic [James K. Polk]
1848    Democratic [Lewis Cass]
1852    Democratic [Franklin Pierce]
1856    Democratic [James Buchanan]
1860    Democratic [John C. Breckinridge]
1868    Republican [Ulysses S. Grant]
1872    Republican [Ulysses S. Grant]
1876    Democratic [Samuel J. Tilden]
1880    Democratic [Winfield Scott Hancock]
1884    Democratic [Grover Cleveland]
1888    Democratic [Grover Cleveland]
1892    Democratic [Grover Cleveland]
1896    Democratic [William Jennings Bryan]
1900    Democratic [William Jennings Bryan]
1904    Democratic [Alton B. Parker]
1908    Democratic [William Jennings Bryan]
1912    Democratic [Woodrow Wilson]
1916    Democratic [Woodrow Wilson]
1920    Democratic [James M. Cox]
1924    Democratic [John W. Davis]
1928    Democratic [Al Smith]
1932    Democratic [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1936    Democratic [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1940    Democratic [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1944    Democratic [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1948    States’ Rights/Dixiecrat [Strom Thurmond]
1952    Democratic [Adlai E. Stevenson]
1956    Democratic [Adlai E. Stevenson]
1960****    Democratic [Harry F. Byrd]
1964    Republican [Barry Goldwater]
1968    American Independent [George C. Wallace]
1972    Republican [Richard Nixon]
1976    Democratic [Jimmy Carter]
1980    Republican [Ronald Reagan]
1984    Republican [Ronald Reagan]
1988    Republican [George H.W. Bush]
1992    Republican [George H.W. Bush]
1996    Republican [Bob Dole]
2000    Republican [George W. Bush]
2004    Republican [George W. Bush]
2008    Republican [John McCain]
**The 1824 election was decided in the House of Representatives because none of the four candidates won a majority of votes in the Electoral College.
****In 1960, unpledged electors awarded a majority of Electoral votes from Alabama and Mississippi to Harry F. Byrd. Although he was not an official candidate, Byrd was awarded those two states in the Electoral College.

Alaska
1960    Republican [Richard Nixon]
1964    Democratic [Lyndon B. Johnson]
1968    Republican [Richard Nixon]
1972    Republican [Richard Nixon]
1976    Republican [Gerald Ford]
1980    Republican [Ronald Reagan]
1984    Republican [Ronald Reagan]
1988    Republican [George H.W. Bush]
1992    Republican [George H.W. Bush]
1996    Republican [Bob Dole]
2000    Republican [George W. Bush]
2004    Republican [George W. Bush]
2008    Republican [John McCain]

Arizona
1912    Democratic [Woodrow Wilson]
1916    Democratic [Woodrow Wilson]
1920    Republican [Warren G. Harding]
1924    Republican [Calvin Coolidge]
1928    Republican [Herbert Hoover]
1932    Democratic [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1936    Democratic [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1940    Democratic [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1944    Democratic [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1948    Democratic [Harry S. Truman]
1952    Republican [Dwight D. Eisenhower]
1956    Republican [Dwight D. Eisenhower]
1960    Republican [Richard Nixon]
1964    Republican [Barry Goldwater]
1968    Republican [Richard Nixon]
1972    Republican [Richard Nixon]
1976    Republican [Gerald Ford]
1980    Republican [Ronald Reagan]
1984    Republican [Ronald Reagan]
1988    Republican [George H.W. Bush]
1992    Republican [George H.W. Bush]
1996    Democratic [Bill Clinton]
2000    Republican [George W. Bush]
2004    Republican [George W. Bush]
2008    Republican [John McCain]

Arkansas
1836    Democratic [Martin Van Buren]
1840    Democratic [Martin Van Buren]
1844    Democratic [James K. Polk]
1848    Democratic [Lewis Cass]
1852    Democratic [Franklin Pierce]
1856    Democratic [James Buchanan]
1860    Democratic [John C. Breckinridge]
1868    Republican [Ulysses S. Grant]
1872    Results disputed and not counted
1876    Democratic [Samuel J. Tilden]
1880    Democratic [Winfield Scott Hancock]
1884    Democratic [Grover Cleveland]
1888    Democratic [Grover Cleveland]
1892    Democratic [Grover Cleveland]
1896    Democratic [William Jennings Bryan]
1900    Democratic [William Jennings Bryan]
1904    Democratic [Alton B. Parker]
1908    Democratic [William Jennings Bryan]
1912    Democratic [Woodrow Wilson]
1916    Democratic [Woodrow Wilson]
1920    Democratic [James M. Cox]
1924    Democratic [John W. Davis]
1928    Democratic [Al Smith]
1932    Democratic [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1936    Democratic [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1940    Democratic [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1944    Democratic [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
1948    Democratic [Harry S. Truman]
1952    Democratic [Adlai E. Stevenson]
1956    Democratic [Adlai E. Stevenson]
1960    Democratic [John F. Kennedy]
1964    Democratic [Lyndon B. Johnson]
1968    American Independent [George C. Wallace]
1972    Republican [Richard Nixon]
1976    Democratic [Jimmy Carter]
1980    Republican [Ronald Reagan]
1984    Republican [Ronald Reagan]
1988    Republican [George H.W. Bush]
1992    Democratic [Bill Clinton]
1996    Democratic [Bill Clinton]
2000    Republican [George W. Bush]
2004    Republican [George W. Bush]
2008    Republican [John McCain]

NYT: Presidential Endorsements Through the Years →

I’m a sucker for cool features like this one from the New York Times on the Presidential candidates that the newspaper has given its endorsement to dating back to 1860 (Abraham Lincoln), including their 2012 endorsement (Barack Obama).

On a related note, if you really want to wander through history for hours (and hours and hours), you should do what I did, and order The New York Times: The Complete Front Pages, 1851-2009. It is a very large book (weighs about 10 pounds) that has facsimiles of about 300 famous, infamous, and impactful front pages from nearly 160 years of The New York Times. If that’s not enough for you, you will be pleased (as I was) to find that the book comes with 3 DVD-ROMs to help you dig even deeper. Those 3 DVDs contain EVERY single New York Times front page from every day between 1851 and 2009 — a total of 54,693 front pages. It’s a ridiculous amount of information, and that’s why it’s awesome.

Or…you can choose to pursue a social life and interact with other human beings, but fuck that noise, son. Get the book.

Random Dead Presidents Fact of the Day: 9.27.12

No American has ever had more success as a Presidential candidate than Franklin D. Roosevelt and, barring a change in the Constitution, no one ever will. After unseating incumbent President Herbert Hoover in 1932, FDR won one of the largest landslides in American history in 1936 against Kansas Governor Alf Landon. In 1940, Roosevelt broke the unwritten two-term tradition set forth by George Washington and followed by all of Roosevelt’s predecessors to win an unprecedented third term. In 1944, with the nation in the middle of World War II, FDR shot down questions about his clearly deteriorating health to win his fourth Presidential election. Roosevelt died 82 days into his fourth and final term. In each of Roosevelt’s Presidential election victories, FDR won a significant majority of the popular vote and four clear-cut landslides in the Electoral College.

Ironically, FDR — the most successful Presidential candidate in American history — also happens to be the only President to have lost a campaign for the VICE Presidency. Throughout President Woodrow Wilson’s Administration, which included World War I, Roosevelt served as Assistant Secretary of the Navy, a position that Roosevelt’s famous distant cousin, Theodore Roosevelt, had used as one of the springboards for his career.

Loyalty to President Wilson and Roosevelt’s own unique charisma and appeal made FDR a rising star in the Democratic Party. At the 1920 Democratic National Convention in San Francisco, Ohio Governor James M. Cox emerged as a compromise Presidential nominee to the deadlocked Convention and the Democrats nominated the 38-year-old Roosevelt as Vice President.

FDR was a workhorse and campaigned tirelessly throughout the nation as an advocate for Cox as well as for the previous eight years of Democratic rule under the Wilson Administration. The country, however, was ready for a change and drifted towards Cox’s opponent and fellow Ohioan, Senator Warren G. Harding. Harding and his Vice President, Calvin Coolidge, defeated Cox and Roosevelt in November, but FDR had made an impact on the Americans who heard him speak during the hours and hours of speeches that he had given during his tens of thousands of miles of travel throughout the 1920 campaign. The next time FDR was on a national ticket, the results were different. With his name on top of the ballot, Franklin Delano Roosevelt would never lose another campaign again.

To this day, not only has a losing Vice Presidential candidate never been elected President, but only one losing Vice Presidential candidate besides FDR — 1976 Republican Vice Presidential nominee Bob Dole — has come back to even won his or her party’s nomination as President.

History of Presidential Electoral Votes: Grand Totals

A listing of every person in American history who has received an Electoral Vote for President of the United States, organized by overall total number of Presidential Electoral Votes received during career.

History of Presidential Electoral Votes: Alphabetical Listing

An alphabetical listing of every person in American history who has received an Electoral Vote for President of the United States.

History of Presidential Electoral Votes, Part III (1904-1956)

Here is Part III (1904-1956) of a look at every person in American history who has received an Electoral Vote for President of the United States.