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1844 Democratic Party presidential primaries

May 27–29, 1844 1848 →
 
Nominee Martin Van Buren Lewis Cass John C. Calhoun
Home state New York Michigan South Carolina
Contests won 12 9 1
Popular vote 309,540 117,324 112,371
Percentage 40.2% 15.2% 14.6%

 
Candidate Richard M. Johnson Levi Woodbury James Buchanan
Home state Kentucky New Hampshire Pennsylvania
Contests won 2 0 2
Popular vote 96,058 76,630 58,151
Percentage 12.5% 10.0% 7.6%

Previous Democratic nominee

Martin Van Buren

Democratic nominee

Lewis Cass


May 1, 1844 1848 →
 
Nominee John Quincy Adams Daniel Webster Winfield Scott
Home state Massachusetts Massachusetts New Jersey
Contests won 9 8 5
Popular vote 277,164 250,826 117,208
Percentage 31.0% 28.0% 13.1%

 
Candidate John M. Clayton William H. Seward John McLean
Home state Delaware New York Ohio
Contests won 1 2 1
Popular vote 90,481 89,719 69,208
Percentage 10.1% 10.0% 7.7%

Previous Whig nominee

William Henry Harrison

Whig nominee

Daniel Webster


← 1844 May 22–25, 1848 1852 →
 
Nominee James K. Polk Martin Van Buren Levi Woodbury
Home state Tennessee New York New Hampshire
Contests won 24 1 3
Popular vote 327,509 119,815 103,498
Percentage 42.4% 15.5% 13.4%

 
Candidate James Buchanan John C. Calhoun
Home state Pennsylvania South Carolina
Contests won 1 0
Popular vote 98,532 86,439
Percentage 12.7% 11.2%

Previous Democratic nominee

James K. Polk

Democratic nominee

James K. Polk


← 1848 June 1–5, 1852 1856 →
 
Nominee James Buchanan Lewis Cass William L. Marcy
Home state Pennsylvania Michigan New York
Contests won 12 9 4
Popular vote 397,429 216,365 185,716
Percentage 39.6% 21.5% 18.5%

 
Candidate Sam Houston Stephen A. Douglas
Home state Texas Illinois
Contests won 2 4
Popular vote 105,155 99,989
Percentage 10.5% 10.0%

Previous Democratic nominee

Lewis Cass

Democratic nominee

William L. Marcy


← 1848 June 17–20, 1852 1856 →
 
Nominee Millard Fillmore John J. Crittenden William H. Seward
Home state New Jersey Kentucky New York
Contests won 18 4 2
Popular vote 365,267 212,758 140,350
Percentage 39.7% 23.1% 15.2%

 
Candidate Daniel Webster Abraham Lincoln
Home state Massachusetts Illinois
Contests won 6 1
Popular vote 115,479 86,569
Percentage 12.5% 9.4%

Previous Whig nominee

Zachary Taylor

Whig nominee

Millard Fillmore


← 1852 June 2–6, 1856 1860 →
 
Nominee Stephen A. Douglas Franklin Pierce William L. Marcy
Home state Illinois New Hampshire New York
Contests won 8 14 5
Popular vote 410,853 310,367 253,715
Percentage 33.7% 25.4% 20.8%

 
Candidate Lewis Cass Jefferson Davis
Home state Michigan Mississippi
Contests won 2 2
Popular vote 140,724 105,035
Percentage 11.5% 8.6%

Previous Democratic nominee

Franklin Pierce

Democratic nominee

Stephen A. Douglas


June 17–19, 1856 1860 →
 
Nominee William H. Seward John McLean Abraham Lincoln
Home state New York Ohio Illinois
Contests won 12 4 5
Popular vote 324,602 175,428 159,179
Percentage 37.5% 20.3% 18.4%

 
Candidate Charles Sumner Nathaniel P. Banks
Home state Massachusetts Massachusetts
Contests won 4 1
Popular vote 134,666 63,302
Percentage 15.6% 7.3%

Previous Republican nominee

Party established

Republican nominee

William H. Seward


← 1856 June 18–23, 1860 1864 →
 
Nominee Horatio Seymour James Buchanan Lewis Cass
Home state New York Pennsylvania Michigan
Contests won 9 10 1
Popular vote 3,570,411 3,100,482 1,922,757
Percentage 25.6% 22.2% 13.8%

 
Nominee James Guthrie Jefferson Davis Daniel S. Dickinson
Home state Kentucky Mississippi New York
Contests won 1 1 0
Popular vote 992,633 864,274 836,573
Percentage 7.1% 6.2% 6.0%

 
Nominee Franklin Pierce Joseph Lane Andrew Johnson
Home state New Hampshire Oregon Tennessee
Contests won 2 2 1
Popular vote 828,934 755,466 555,559
Percentage 5.9% 5.4% 4.0%

Previous Democratic nominee

James Buchanan

Democratic nominee

Horatio Seymour


← 1856 May 16–18, 1860 1864 →
 
Nominee William H. Seward John C. Frémont Simon Cameron
Home state New York California Pennsylvania
Contests won 7 4 6
Popular vote 3,663,465 3,626,016 2,403,126
Percentage 20.7% 20.5% 13.6%

 
Nominee John McLean Benjamin Wade Salmon P. Chase
Home state Ohio Ohio Ohio
Contests won 0 0 1
Popular vote 2,230,520 2,110,082 1,004,881
Percentage 12.6% 11.9% 5.7%

 
Nominee Charles Sumner Edward Bates William L. Dayton
Home state Massachusetts Missouri New Jersey
Contests won 1 3 2
Popular vote 754,090 738,811 628,071
Percentage 4.3% 4.2% 3.5%

Previous Republican nominee

John C. Frémont

Republican nominee

William H. Seward


← 1860 August 29–31, 1864 1868 →
 
Nominee Horatio Seymour Andrew Johnson James Buchanan
Home state New York Tennessee Pennsylvania
Contests won 15 6 0
Popular vote 309,799 230,563 156,814
Percentage 26.3% 19.6% 13.3%

 
Nominee Thomas H. Seymour Franklin Pierce Clement Vallandigham
Home state Connecticut New Hampshire Ohio
Contests won 2 1 1
Popular vote 153,598 102,924 96,301
Percentage 13.0% 8.7% 8.2%

 
Nominee Millard Fillmore Charles O'Conor
Home state New York New York
Contests won 1 1
Popular vote 76,206 50,868
Percentage 6.5% 4.3%

Previous Democratic nominee

Stephen A. Douglas (Northern Democratic) John C. Breckinridge (Southern Democratic)

Democratic nominee

Horatio Seymour


← 1860 June 7–8, 1864 1868 →
 
Nominee Ulysses S. Grant Salmon P. Chase Simon Cameron
Home state Illinois Ohio Pennsylvania
Contests won 21 3 1
Popular vote 477,860 289,264 238,040
Percentage 35.0% 21.2% 17.4%

 
Nominee Charles Sumner Benjamin Wade John C. Frémont
Home state Massachusetts Ohio California
Contests won 1 0 0
Popular vote 130,663 109,368 75,433
Percentage 9.6% 8.0% 5.5%

 
Nominee Benjamin F. Butler
Home state Massachusetts
Contests won 1
Popular vote 44,163
Percentage 3.2%

Previous Republican nominee

Abraham Lincoln

Republican nominee

Ulysses S. Grant


← 1864 July 4–9, 1868 1872 →
 
Nominee Sanford E. Church George H. Pendleton Asa Packer
Home state New York Ohio Pennsylvania
Contests won 1 10 1
Popular vote 255,742 205,447 176,795
Percentage 14.8% 11.9% 10.2%

 
Nominee George B. McClellan Stephen J. Field Thomas A. Hendricks
Home state New Jersey California Indiana
Contests won 0 1 2
Popular vote 135,918 133,648 113,405
Percentage 7.9% 7.7% 6.6%

 
Nominee James Rood Doolittle Winfield Scott Hancock James E. English
Home state Wisconsin Pennsylvania Connecticut
Contests won 2 2 5
Popular vote 104,246 88,458 87,026
Percentage 6.0% 5.1% 5.0%

Previous Democratic nominee

George B. McClellan

Democratic nominee

Asa Packer


← 1864 May 20–21, 1868 1872 →
 
Nominee Abraham Lincoln William H. Seward Simon Cameron
Home state Illinois New York Pennsylvania
Contests won 26 4 1
Popular vote 452,743 350,446 193,294
Percentage 25.5% 19.8% 10.9%

 
Nominee Salmon P. Chase Roscoe Conkling Benjamin Wade
Home state Ohio New York Ohio
Contests won 0 1 0
Popular vote 191,136 120,486 110,567
Percentage 10.8% 6.8% 6.2%

 
Nominee Benjamin F. Butler John Sherman James G. Blaine
Home state Massachusetts Ohio Maine
Contests won 0 1 1
Popular vote 94,888 94,027 17,276
Percentage 5.4% 5.3% 1.0%

Previous Republican nominee

Abraham Lincoln

Republican nominee

Abraham Lincoln


← 1868 July 9–10, 1872 1876 →
 
Nominee Thomas A. Hendricks Samuel J. Tilden Horatio Seymour
Home state Indiana New York New York
Contests won 9 7 4
Popular vote 1,719,259 1,658,632 1,534,527
Percentage 10.7% 10.3% 9.5%

 
Nominee Allen G. Thurman Winfield Scott Hancock Francis P. Blair, Jr.
Home state Ohio Pennsylvania Missouri
Contests won 5 1 1
Popular vote 1,399,434 1,322,121 1,031,763
Percentage 8.7% 8.2% 6.4%

 
Nominee Thomas F. Bayard George B. McClellan Salmon P. Chase
Home state Delaware New Jersey Ohio
Contests won 2 1 0
Popular vote 1,018,106 1,006,459 943,218
Percentage 6.3% 6.3% 5.9%

Previous Democratic nominee

Horatio Seymour

Democratic nominee

Allen G. Thurman


← 1868 June 5–6, 1872 1876 →
 
Nominee Roscoe Conkling Simon Cameron Adelbert Ames
Home state New York Pennsylvania Mississippi
Contests won 1 4 10
Popular vote 1,612,852 1,597,202 1,378,965
Percentage 9.6% 9.6% 8.2%

 
Nominee Rutherford B. Hayes John Sherman Schuyler Colfax
Home state Ohio Ohio Indiana
Contests won 0 3 1
Popular vote 1,329,600 1,313,786 1,240,921
Percentage 8.0% 7.9% 7.4%

 
Nominee John M. Palmer Joseph R. Hawley William Windom
Home state Illinois Connecticut Minnesota
Contests won 5 0 1
Popular vote 1,188,324 828,156 799,562
Percentage 7.1% 5.0% 4.8%

Previous Republican nominee

Ulysses S. Grant

Republican nominee

John Sherman


May 1–3, 1872
 
Nominee Charles Francis Adams Benjamin Gratz Brown Andrew Curtin
Home state Massachusetts Missouri Pennsylvania
Contests won 37 0 0
Popular vote 10,582,244 2,862,298 2,368,332
Percentage 54.9% 14.8% 12.3%

 
Nominee Lyman Trumbull David Davis
Home state Illinois Illinois
Contests won 0 0
Popular vote 1,637,757 1,164,953
Percentage 8.5% 6.0%

Previous Liberal Republican nominee

Party established

Liberal Republican nominee

Charles Francis Adams


← 1872 June 27–29, 1876 1880 →
 
Nominee Thomas A. Hendricks Thomas F. Bayard Horatio Seymour
Home state Indiana Delaware New York
Contests won 12 6 3
Popular vote 644,450 371,026 316,005
Percentage 23.0% 13.3% 11.3%

 
Nominee Allen G. Thurman Winfield Scott Hancock John B. Gordon
Home state Ohio Pennsylvania Georgia
Contests won 8 1 4
Popular vote 304,147 279,673 201,720
Percentage 10.9% 10.0% 7.2%

 
Nominee William Allen George B. McClellan Joel Parker
Home state Ohio New Jersey New Jersey
Contests won 1 1 1
Popular vote 157,552 157,186 150,563
Percentage 5.6% 5.6% 5.4%

Previous Democratic nominee

Horace Greeley

Democratic nominee

Horatio Seymour


← 1872 June 14–16, 1876 1880 →
 
Nominee Ulysses S. Grant James G. Blaine Roscoe Conkling
Home state Illinois Maine New York
Contests won 7 15 1
Popular vote 685,047 428,929 302,795
Percentage 26.6% 16.6% 11.7%

 
Nominee John F. Hartranft Oliver P. Morton Marshall Jewell
Home state Pennsylvania Indiana Connecticut
Contests won 1 7 1
Popular vote 279,803 239,753 218,102
Percentage 10.9% 9.3% 8.5%

 
Nominee Benjamin H. Bristow Elihu B. Washburne
Home state Kentucky Illinois
Contests won 6 1
Popular vote 211,247 35,155
Percentage 8.2% 1.4%

Previous Republican nominee

Ulysses S. Grant

Republican nominee

Oliver P. Morton


← 1876 June 22–24, 1880 1884 →
 
Nominee Horatio Seymour Allen G. Thurman Samuel J. Tilden
Home state New York Ohio New York
Contests won 35 0 0
Popular vote 1,391,041 410,607 365,292
Percentage 37.3% 11.0% 9.8%

 
Nominee Thomas A. Hendricks Stephen J. Field Thomas F. Bayard
Home state Indiana California Delaware
Contests won 0 2 0
Popular vote 240,321 229,822 188,334
Percentage 6.4% 6.2% 5.0%

 
Nominee William R. Morrison
Home state Illinois
Contests won 1
Popular vote 122,448
Percentage 3.3%

Previous Democratic nominee

Samuel J. Tilden

Democratic nominee

Horatio Seymour


← 1876 June 2–8, 1880 1884 →
 
Nominee James G. Blaine Rutherford B. Hayes George F. Edmunds
Home state Maine Ohio Vermont
Contests won 18 3 3
Popular vote 547,687 412,246 382,139
Percentage 20.5% 15.4% 14.3%

 
Nominee Ulysses S. Grant John Sherman Robert Todd Lincoln
Home state Illinois Ohio Illinois
Contests won 7 5 1
Popular vote 371,104 368,851 222,466
Percentage 13.9% 13.8% 8.3%

 
Nominee William Windom
Home state Minnesota
Contests won 1
Popular vote 100,563
Percentage 3.8%

Previous Republican nominee

Rutherford B. Hayes

Republican nominee

Robert Todd Lincoln


← 1880 July 8–11, 1884 1888 →
 
Nominee Thomas A. Hendricks Thomas F. Bayard Winfield Scott Hancock
Home state Indiana Delaware Pennsylvania
Contests won 6 13 2
Popular vote 472,470 455,186 354,416
Percentage 14.0% 13.5% 10.5%

 
Nominee Samuel J. Tilden Joseph E. McDonald Allen G. Thurman
Home state New York Indiana Ohio
Contests won 3 3 2
Popular vote 352,916 299,795 272,126
Percentage 10.5% 8.9% 8.1%

 
Nominee John B. Gordon Wade Hampton III John G. Carlisle
Home state Georgia South Carolina Kentucky
Contests won 3 1 1
Popular vote 230,872 207,383 199,354
Percentage 6.9% 6.2% 5.9%

Previous Democratic nominee

Winfield Scott Hancock

Democratic nominee

Thomas A. Hendricks


← 1880 June 3–6, 1884 1888 →
 
Nominee William Tecumseh Sherman Ulysses S. Grant Philip Sheridan
Home state Ohio Illinois New York
Contests won 16 2 3
Popular vote 561,202 393,411 357,895
Percentage 18.8% 13.2% 12.0%

 
Nominee Chester A. Arthur John A. Logan John Sherman
Home state New York Illinois Ohio
Contests won 8 1 1
Popular vote 254,062 236,974 182,379
Percentage 8.5% 8.0% 6.1%

 
Nominee Rutherford B. Hayes Joseph R. Hawley Benjamin Harrison
Home state Ohio Connecticut Indiana
Contests won 0 1 1
Popular vote 176,876 171,580 168,754
Percentage 5.9% 5.8% 5.7%

Previous Republican nominee

James A. Garfield

Republican nominee

Chester A. Arthur


← 1884 June 5–7, 1888 1892 →
 
Nominee William Henry Fitzhugh Lee Richard P. Bland Wade Hampton III
Home state Virginia Missouri South Carolina
Contests won 8 14 3
Popular vote 692,713 573,336 500,186
Percentage 24.0% 19.9% 17.4%

 
Nominee Fitzhugh Lee John B. Gordon John Quincy Adams II
Home state Virginia Georgia Massachusetts
Contests won 4 2 6
Popular vote 456,540 350,442 156,231
Percentage 15.8% 12.2% 5.4%

 
Nominee Simon Bolivar Buckner
Home state Kentucky
Contests won 1
Popular vote 152,476
Percentage 5.3%

Previous Democratic nominee

Grover Cleveland

Democratic nominee

Richard P. Bland


← 1884 June 5–7, 1888 1892 →
 
Nominee James G. Blaine Walter Q. Gresham John Sherman
Home state Maine Indiana Ohio
Contests won 13 3 7
Popular vote 490,415 380,574 311,196
Percentage 15.8% 12.2% 10.0%

 
Nominee Chauncey Depew William B. Allison John J. Ingalls
Home state New York Iowa Kansas
Contests won 2 3 3
Popular vote 251,462 243,233 240,742
Percentage 8.1% 7.8% 7.7%

 
Nominee Russell A. Alger Jeremiah M. Rusk Frederick Dent Grant
Home state Michigan Wisconsin New York
Contests won 3 2 0
Popular vote 237,720 212,417 167,546
Percentage 7.6% 6.8% 5.4%

Previous Republican nominee

James G. Blaine

Republican nominee

Russell A. Alger


← 1888 June 21–23, 1892 1896 →
 
Nominee Robert E. Pattison Wade Hampton III Richard P. Bland
Home state Pennsylvania South Carolina Missouri
Contests won 16 14 2
Popular vote 1,011,714 631,667 435,938
Percentage 28.0% 17.5% 12.0%

 
Nominee Adlai Stevenson David B. Hill Horace Boies
Home state Illinois New York Iowa
Contests won 1 4 4
Popular vote 385,115 336,148 318,315
Percentage 10.6% 9.3% 8.8%

 
Nominee John G. Carlisle Arthur P. Gorman
Home state Kentucky Maryland
Contests won 1 2
Popular vote 260,229 240,509
Percentage 7.2% 6.6%

Previous Democratic nominee

Grover Cleveland

Democratic nominee

Robert E. Pattison


← 1888 June 7–10, 1892 1896 →
 
Nominee William McKinley John Sherman Robert Todd Lincoln
Home state Ohio Ohio Vermont
Contests won 15 8 6
Popular vote 1,040,377 869,940 628,027
Percentage 30.3% 25.4% 18.3%

 
Nominee James G. Blaine Thomas Brackett Reed Henry Cabot Lodge
Home state Maine Maine Massachusetts
Contests won 15 2 1
Popular vote 568,474 220,388 101,117
Percentage 16.6% 6.4% 2.9%

Previous Republican nominee

Benjamin Harrison

Republican nominee

Robert Todd Lincoln


← 1892 July 7–11, 1896 1900 →
 
Nominee John R. McLean Joseph C. S. Blackburn Grover Cleveland
Home state Ohio Kentucky New York
Contests won 22 8 1
Popular vote 1,193,609 689,943 529,264
Percentage 29.6% 17.1% 13.1%

 
Nominee Horace Boies Richard P. Bland Robert E. Pattison
Home state Iowa Missouri Pennsylvania
Contests won 3 6 4
Popular vote 513,627 434,675 374,150
Percentage 12.7% 10.8% 9.3%

 
Nominee Claude Matthews
Home state Indiana
Contests won 1
Popular vote 302,791
Percentage 7.5%

Previous Democratic nominee

Grover Cleveland

Democratic nominee

John R. McLean


← 1892 June 16–18, 1896 1900 →
 
Nominee Benjamin Harrison Henry Cabot Lodge Robert Todd Lincoln
Home state Indiana Massachusetts Vermont
Contests won 28 4 1
Popular vote 1,001,022 929,011 699,801
Percentage 22.3% 20.7% 15.6%

 
Nominee William B. Allison Thomas Brackett Reed Matthew S. Quay
Home state Iowa Maine Pennsylvania
Contests won 5 6 1
Popular vote 602,041 541,475 520,100
Percentage 13.4% 12.1% 11.6%

Previous Republican nominee

Benjamin Harrison

Republican nominee

Benjamin Harrison


← 1896 July 4–6, 1900 1904 →
 
Nominee George Dewey William Randolph Hearst Grover Cleveland
Home state Vermont New York New York
Contests won 12 22 11
Popular vote 1,608,189 1,541,250 864,848
Percentage 40.1% 38.4% 21.5%

Previous Democratic nominee

William Jennings Bryan

Democratic nominee

George Dewey


← 1896 June 19–21, 1900 1904 →
 
Nominee Theodore Roosevelt Robert M. La Follette
Home state New York Wisconsin
Contests won 27 18
Popular vote 703,825 207,960
Percentage 77.2% 22.8%

Previous Republican nominee

William McKinley

Republican nominee

Theodore Roosevelt


← 1900 July 6–10, 1904 1908 →
 
Nominee Francis Cockrell Grover Cleveland Nelson A. Miles
Home state Missouri New York Massachusetts
Contests won 31 6 0
Popular vote 1,404,987 569,977 458,748
Percentage 34.8% 14.1% 11.4%

 
Nominee Edward C. Wall William Jennings Bryan William Randolph Hearst
Home state Wisconsin Nebraska New York
Contests won 1 4 1
Popular vote 330,013 309,993 276,282
Percentage 8.2% 7.7% 6.8%

 
Nominee George Gray John Sharp Williams Richard Olney
Home state Delaware Mississippi Massachusetts
Contests won 1 0 1
Popular vote 244,692 240,313 205,145
Percentage 6.1% 5.9% 5.1%

Previous Democratic nominee

William Jennings Bryan

Democratic nominee

Francis Cockrell


← 1900 June 21–23, 1904 1908 →
 
Nominee Charles W. Fairbanks Mark Hanna
Home state Indiana Ohio
Contests won 30 12
Popular vote 1,930,846 1,478,605
Percentage 42.2% 32.4%

 
Nominee Robert M. La Follette William Howard Taft
Home state Wisconsin Ohio
Contests won 3 0
Popular vote 617,799 543,296
Percentage 13.5% 11.9%

Previous Republican nominee

William McKinley

Republican nominee

Charles W. Fairbanks


← 1904 July 7–10, 1908 1912 →
 
Nominee Alton B. Parker John A. Johnson George Gray
Home state New York Minnesota Delaware
Contests won 22 11 6
Popular vote 1,256,353 718,173 606,504
Percentage 37.4% 21.4% 18.1%

 
Nominee William Randolph Hearst Woodrow Wilson
Home state New York New Jersey
Contests won 2 5
Popular vote 478,784 297,399
Percentage 14.3% 8.9%

Previous Democratic nominee

Alton B. Parker

Democratic nominee

John A. Johnson


← 1904 June 16–19, 1908 1912 →
 
Nominee Theodore Roosevelt George B. Cortelyou Robert M. La Follette
Home state New York New York Wisconsin
Contests won 30 5 10
Popular vote 1,143,023 804,979 528,002
Percentage 31.9% 22.4% 14.7%

 
Nominee Elihu Root L. M. Shaw Joseph G. Cannon
Home state New York Iowa Illinois
Contests won 0 0 1
Popular vote 240,312 203,352 165,890
Percentage 6.7% 5.7% 4.6%

Previous Republican nominee

Theodore Roosevelt

Republican nominee

Theodore Roosevelt


← 1908 March 19–June 4, 1912 1916 →
 
Nominee Champ Clark Oscar W. Underwood William Jennings Bryan
Home state Missouri Alabama Nebraska
Contests won 39 3 1
Popular vote 13,595,529 6,105,934 5,902,533
Percentage 35.7% 16.0% 15.5%

 
Nominee Simeon E. Baldwin Judson Harmon Thomas R. Marshall
Home state Connecticut Ohio Indiana
Contests won 2 3 0
Popular vote 4,924,674 4,182,939 2,226,553
Percentage 12.9% 11.0% 5.8%

Previous Democratic nominee

William Jennings Bryan

Democratic nominee

Champ Clark


← 1908 March 19–June 4, 1912 1916 →
 
Nominee Theodore Roosevelt Robert M. La Follette
Home state New York Wisconsin
Contests won 46 2
Popular vote 9,488,107 1,791,438
Percentage 84.1% 15.9%

Previous Republican nominee

William Howard Taft

Republican nominee

Theodore Roosevelt


← 1912 March 7–June 6, 1916 1920 →
 
Nominee William Jennings Bryan
Home state Nebraska
Contests won 48
Popular vote 36,938,162
Percentage 100.0%

Previous Democratic nominee

Woodrow Wilson

Democratic nominee

William Jennings Bryan


← 1912 March 7–June 6, 1916 1920 →
 
Nominee Elihu Root Theodore Roosevelt Charles W. Fairbanks
Home state New York New York Indiana
Contests won 6 10 5
Popular vote 1,182,384 974,708 818,838
Percentage 21.0% 17.3% 14.5%

 
Nominee Theodore E. Burton Lawrence Y. Sherman Albert B. Cummins
Home state Ohio Illinois Iowa
Contests won 2 1 6
Popular vote 472,157 413,444 392,069
Percentage 8.4% 7.3% 7.0%

 
Nominee John W. Weeks William Howard Taft Martin G. Brumbaugh
Home state Massachusetts Ohio Pennsylvania
Contests won 5 1 2
Popular vote 382,268 236,009 176,900
Percentage 6.8% 4.2% 3.1%

Previous Republican nominee

William Howard Taft

Republican nominee

Charles W. Fairbanks


← 1916 March 9–June 5, 1920 1924 →
 
Nominee A. Mitchell Palmer William Gibbs McAdoo Al Smith
Home state Pennsylvania California New York
Contests won 25 12 1
Popular vote 1,792,604 728,960 698,244
Percentage 24.1% 9.8% 9.4%

 
Nominee Oscar W. Underwood Thomas R. Marshall Carter Glass
Home state Alabama Indiana Virginia
Contests won 0 2 1
Popular vote 596,781 573,967 542,002
Percentage 8.0% 7.7% 7.3%

 
Nominee Edward I. Edwards John W. Davis William Jennings Bryan
Home state New Jersey West Virginia Nebraska
Contests won 1 1 1
Popular vote 519,477 391,180 372,238
Percentage 7.0% 5.3% 5.0%

Previous Democratic nominee

Woodrow Wilson

Democratic nominee

A. Mitchell Palmer


← 1916 March 9–June 5, 1920 1924 →
 
Nominee Robert M. La Follette Leonard Wood Charles Evans Hughes
Home state Wisconsin New Hampshire New York
Contests won 36 1 1
Popular vote 2,277,812 1,166,182 997,508
Percentage 23.1% 11.8% 10.1%

 
Nominee William Cameron Sproul Theodore Roosevelt John J. Pershing
Home state Pennsylvania New York Missouri
Contests won 2 1 2
Popular vote 926,270 917,123 851,192
Percentage 9.4% 9.3% 8.6%

 
Nominee Herbert Hoover Frank Orren Lowden Howard Sutherland
Home state California Illinois West Virginia
Contests won 4 1 0
Popular vote 599,871 595,243 490,399
Percentage 6.1% 6.0% 5.0%

Previous Republican nominee

Charles Evans Hughes

Republican nominee

John J. Pershing


← 1920 March 12–June 7, 1924 1928 →
 
Nominee Albert Ritchie James M. Cox William Gibbs McAdoo
Home state Maryland Ohio California
Contests won 11 8 8
Popular vote 719,174 650,625 603,622
Percentage 12.1% 10.9% 10.1%

 
Nominee Al Smith Woodbridge Nathan Ferris William Jennings Bryan
Home state New York Michigan Nebraska
Contests won 4 1 2
Popular vote 531,272 393,407 356,751
Percentage 8.9% 6.6% 6.0%

 
Nominee Cordell Hull Oscar W. Underwood Carter Glass
Home state Tennessee Alabama Virginia
Contests won 2 3 1
Popular vote 347,765 321,386 234,328
Percentage 5.8% 5.4% 3.9%

Previous Democratic nominee

James M. Cox

Democratic nominee

James M. Cox


← 1920 March 12–June 7, 1924 1928 →
 
Nominee Warren G. Harding Herbert Hoover
Home state Ohio California
Contests won 38 4
Popular vote 3,971,108 2,335,985
Percentage 33.2% 19.5%

 
Nominee Frank Orren Lowden Charles Evans Hughes
Home state Illinois New York
Contests won 2 4
Popular vote 2,273,787 1,933,962
Percentage 19.0% 16.2%

Previous Republican nominee

Warren G. Harding

Republican nominee

Herbert Hoover


← 1924 March 6–May 18, 1928 1932 →
 
Nominee James A. Reed Cordell Hull Franklin D. Roosevelt
Home state Missouri Tennessee New York
Contests won 17 12 3
Popular vote 2,433,177 1,344,509 918,744
Percentage 24.8% 13.7% 9.4%

 
Nominee Joseph T. Robinson Jesse H. Jones Thomas J. Walsh
Home state Arkansas Texas Montana
Contests won 4 3 5
Popular vote 816,584 784,607 690,842
Percentage 8.3% 8.0% 7.0%

 
Nominee Newton D. Baker Evans Woollen Pat Harrison
Home state Ohio Indiana Mississippi
Contests won 1 1 1
Popular vote 657,661 634,993 601,622
Percentage 6.7% 6.5% 6.1%

Previous Democratic nominee

John W. Davis

Democratic nominee

Joseph T. Robinson


← 1924 March 6–May 18, 1928 1932 →
 
Nominee Calvin Coolidge Frank Orren Lowden Charles Evans Hughes
Home state Massachusetts Illinois New York
Contests won 25 9 5
Popular vote 3,166,781 2,855,591 2,624,718
Percentage 24.1% 21.7% 20.0%

 
Nominee Charles Curtis James E. Watson Guy D. Goff
Home state Kansas Indiana West Virginia
Contests won 6 0 0
Popular vote 1,956,226 825,051 682,987
Percentage 14.9% 6.3% 5.2%

 
Nominee George W. Norris William E. Borah
Home state Nebraska Idaho
Contests won 1 2
Popular vote 398,461 282,300
Percentage 3.0% 2.1%

Previous Republican nominee

Calvin Coolidge

Republican nominee

Frank Orren Lowden


← 1928 March 8–May 20, 1932 1936 →
 
Nominee Newton D. Baker J. Hamilton Lewis John Nance Garner
Home state Ohio Illinois Texas
Contests won 11 4 17
Popular vote 2,900,559 2,589,590 2,087,622
Percentage 22.0% 19.7% 15.9%

 
Nominee Cordell Hull Al Smith James A. Reed
Home state Tennessee New York Missouri
Contests won 3 9 4
Popular vote 1,927,716 1,840,283 1,816,521
Percentage 14.6% 14.0% 13.8%

Previous Democratic nominee

Al Smith

Democratic nominee

John Nance Garner


← 1928 March 8–May 20, 1932 1936 →
 
Nominee Calvin Coolidge Guy D. Goff Charles G. Dawes
Home state Massachusetts West Virginia Illinois
Contests won 34 9 0
Popular vote 4,799,947 2,173,533 1,240,071
Percentage 41.9% 19.0% 10.8%

 
Nominee John J. Blaine James W. Wadsworth, Jr. Joseph I. France
Home state Wisconsin New York Maryland
Contests won 0 1 0
Popular vote 1,128,522 990,794 628,558
Percentage 9.9% 8.7% 5.5%

 
Nominee William E. Borah
Home state Idaho
Contests won 4
Popular vote 484,077
Percentage 4.2%

Previous Republican nominee

Herbert Hoover

Republican nominee

Calvin Coolidge


← 1932 March 10–May 19, 1936 1940 →
 
Nominee Cordell Hull Henry Skillman Breckinridge
Home state Tennessee New York
Contests won 36 6
Popular vote 6,317,680 3,947,533
Percentage 40.1% 25.1%

 
Nominee John Nance Garner Huey Long
Home state Texas Louisiana
Contests won 2 4
Popular vote 3,317,892 2,165,300
Percentage 21.1% 13.7%

Previous Democratic nominee

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Democratic nominee

Cordell Hull


← 1932 March 10–May 19, 1936 1940 →
 
Nominee Theodore Roosevelt Jr. Robert A. Taft Arthur H. Vandenberg
Home state New York Ohio Michigan
Contests won 11 5 5
Popular vote 3,184,954 2,347,323 2,148,679
Percentage 24.4% 18.0% 16.5%

 
Nominee Herbert Hoover William E. Borah John W. Bricker
Home state California Idaho Ohio
Contests won 17 8 1
Popular vote 2,082,999 1,723,581 1,530,747
Percentage 16.0% 13.2% 11.7%

Previous Republican nominee

Herbert Hoover

Republican nominee

Theodore Roosevelt Jr.


← 1936 March 12–June 27, 1940 1944 →
 
Nominee Huey Long John Nance Garner Cordell Hull
Home state Louisiana Texas Tennessee
Contests won 38 5 4
Popular vote 6,236,642 3,773,315 3,359,916
Percentage 37.5% 22.7% 20.2%

 
Nominee Millard Tydings James A. Farley
Home state Maryland New York
Contests won 1 0
Popular vote 2,255,182 1,011,221
Percentage 13.6% 6.1%

Previous Democratic nominee

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Democratic nominee

Huey Long


← 1936 March 12–May 17, 1940 1944 →
 
Nominee Joseph W. Martin Jr. Herbert Hoover Fiorello H. La Guardia
Home state Massachusetts California New York
Contests won 13 18 3
Popular vote 2,572,818 2,152,889 1,220,357
Percentage 16.8% 14.1% 8.0%

 
Nominee Arthur H. Vandenberg Charles L. McNary Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.
Home state Michigan Oregon Massachusetts
Contests won 4 4 1
Popular vote 1,177,169 1,125,358 929,931
Percentage 7.7% 7.4% 6.1%

 
Nominee John W. Bricker Henry L. Stimson Robert A. Taft
Home state Ohio New York Ohio
Contests won 0 1 2
Popular vote 856,708 729,330 622,396
Percentage 5.6% 4.8% 4.1%

Previous Republican nominee

Alf Landon

Republican nominee

Joseph W. Martin Jr.


← 1940 March 14–May 19, 1944 1948 →
 
Nominee Cordell Hull Harry F. Byrd
Home state Tennessee Virginia
Contests won 39 9
Popular vote 1,324,006 273,915
Percentage 79.2% 13.9%

Previous Democratic nominee

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Democratic nominee

Cordell Hull


← 1940 March 14–May 19, 1944 1948 →
 
Nominee Everett Dirksen Arthur H. Vandenberg John W. Bricker
Home state Illinois Michigan Ohio
Contests won 3 22 2
Popular vote 2,550,302 2,355,930 2,076,068
Percentage 17.7% 16.3% 14.4%

 
Nominee Wendell Willkie Robert A. Taft Earl Warren
Home state New York Ohio California
Contests won 15 0 3
Popular vote 2,045,102 1,508,952 1,318,012
Percentage 14.2% 10.4% 9.1%

 
Nominee Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. Harold Stassen
Home state Massachusetts Minnesota
Contests won 2 1
Popular vote 1,124,347 875,917
Percentage 7.8% 6.1%

Previous Republican nominee

Wendell Willkie

Republican nominee

John W. Bricker


← 1944 March 9–June 1, 1948 1952 →
 
Nominee Claude Pepper Franklin D. Roosevelt Cordell Hull
Home state Florida New York Tennessee
Contests won 19 18 6
Popular vote 3,872,903 3,115,188 3,024,226
Percentage 27.4% 22.0% 21.4%

 
Nominee Richard Russell Jr. Strom Thurmond Harry F. Byrd
Home state Georgia South Carolina Virginia
Contests won 4 0 0
Popular vote 1,970,851 936,459 774,119
Percentage 13.9% 6.6% 5.5%

 
Nominee Henry A. Wallace
Home state Iowa
Contests won 1
Popular vote 444,701
Percentage 3.1%

Previous Democratic nominee

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Democratic nominee

Claude Pepper


← 1944 March 9–June 1, 1948 1952 →
 
Nominee Douglas MacArthur Dwight D. Eisenhower Everett Dirksen
Home state New York New York Illinois
Contests won 9 8 4
Popular vote 2,515,469 2,484,191 2,474,395
Percentage 15.5% 15.3% 15.2%

 
Nominee Arthur H. Vandenberg Harold Stassen John W. Bricker
Home state Michigan Minnesota Ohio
Contests won 5 15 3
Popular vote 2,338,716 1,996,244 1,817,117
Percentage 14.4% 12.3% 11.2%

 
Nominee Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. Earl Warren Robert A. Taft
Home state Massachusetts California Ohio
Contests won 2 1 1
Popular vote 1,185,312 775,222 666,196
Percentage 7.3% 4.8% 4.1%

Previous Republican nominee

Thomas E. Dewey

Republican nominee

Arthur H. Vandenberg


← 1948 March 11–June 3, 1952 1956 →
 
Nominee Eleanor Roosevelt Alben W. Barkley W. Averell Harriman
Home state New York Kentucky New York
Contests won 34 9 0
Popular vote 14,066,548 10,929,943 4,426,453
Percentage 35.4% 27.5% 11.1%

 
Nominee Estes Kefauver Hubert Humphrey Harry S. Truman
Home state Indiana Minnesota Missouri
Contests won 2 1 1
Popular vote 2,579,805 1,327,004 1,000,266
Percentage 6.5% 3.3% 2.5%

 
Nominee Paul A. Dever
Home state Massachusetts
Contests won 1
Popular vote 543,359
Percentage 1.4%

Previous Democratic nominee

Harry S. Truman

Democratic nominee

Eleanor Roosevelt


← 1948 March 11–June 3, 1952 1956 →
 
Nominee Everett Dirksen John W. Bricker Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.
Home state Illinois Ohio Massachusetts
Contests won 34 4 2
Popular vote 10,725,878 6,789,179 4,928,146
Percentage 27.0% 17.1% 12.4%

 
Nominee Robert A. Taft Douglas MacArthur Thomas E. Dewey
Home state Ohio New York New York
Contests won 6 1 0
Popular vote 4,703,298 3,714,700 3,146,569
Percentage 11.8% 9.3% 7.9%

 
Nominee Joseph McCarthy Harold Stassen
Home state Wisconsin Minnesota
Contests won 0 1
Popular vote 2,182,077 929,024
Percentage 5.5% 2.3%

Previous Republican nominee

Thomas E. Dewey

Republican nominee

Everett Dirksen


← 1952 March 11–June 5, 1956 1960 →
 
Nominee George C. Marshall Stuart Symington Frank Lausche
Home state Virginia Missouri Ohio
Contests won 14 12 5
Popular vote 3,632,011 3,595,000 3,168,031
Percentage 12.8% 12.6% 11.1%

 
Nominee Happy Chandler Lyndon B. Johnson Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr.
Home state Kentucky Texas New York
Contests won 7 2 1
Popular vote 3,131,189 2,489,345 2,460,830
Percentage 11.0% 8.7% 8.6%

 
Nominee W. Averell Harriman Estes Kefauver Harry F. Byrd
Home state New York Tennessee Virginia
Contests won 0 4 1
Popular vote 1,949,350 1,508,558 1,459,280
Percentage 6.8% 5.3% 5.1%

Previous Democratic nominee

Adlai Stevenson II

Democratic nominee

George C. Marshall


← 1952 March 11–June 5, 1956 1960 →
 
Nominee Joe Foss Prescott Bush Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.
Home state South Dakota Connecticut Massachusetts
Contests won 26 9 8
Popular vote 7,579,076 5,478,768 5,358,157
Percentage 23.5% 17.0% 16.6%

 
Nominee John W. Bricker William F. Knowland Richard Nixon
Home state Ohio California California
Contests won 2 1 1
Popular vote 4,403,891 3,702,680 3,517,939
Percentage 13.6% 11.5% 10.9%

 
Nominee Douglas MacArthur
Home state New York
Contests won 1
Popular vote 387,084
Percentage 1.2%

Previous Republican nominee

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Republican nominee

Joe Foss


← 1956 March 8–June 7, 1960 1964 →
 
Nominee Lyndon B. Johnson Adlai Stevenson II Stuart Symington
Home state Texas Illinois Missouri
Contests won 30 3 7
Popular vote 19,007,930 10,202,709 9,190,382
Percentage 31.0% 16.6% 15.0%

 
Nominee Estes Kefauver George Smathers Hubert Humphrey
Home state Tennessee Florida Minnesota
Contests won 2 1 5
Popular vote 7,161,437 4,938,036 4,717,019
Percentage 11.7% 8.1% 7.7%

 
Nominee Pat Brown Wayne Morse
Home state California Oregon
Contests won 1 1
Popular vote 2,842,867 1,528,613
Percentage 4.6% 2.5%

Previous Democratic nominee

Adlai Stevenson II

Democratic nominee

Lyndon B. Johnson


← 1956 March 8–June 7, 1960 1964 →
 
Nominee Thomas E. Dewey Cecil H. Underwood William F. Knowland
Home state New York West Virginia California
Contests won 28 7 3
Popular vote 15,543,390 10,380,549 9,610,156
Percentage 24.6% 16.4% 15.2%

 
Nominee Nelson Rockefeller Prescott Bush Barry Goldwater
Home state New York Connecticut Arizona
Contests won 4 6 1
Popular vote 9,326,114 8,748,058 4,690,624
Percentage 14.7% 13.8% 7.4%

 
Nominee Harold Stassen
Home state Minnesota
Contests won 1
Popular vote 3,139,750
Percentage 5.0%

Previous Republican nominee

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Republican nominee

Thomas E. Dewey