List of United States major third party presidential tickets
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This is a list of major third party tickets for President of the United States and Vice President of the United States.
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Criteria
The candidates are listed here based on three criteria:
- They received electoral votes.
- They received at least 1% of the popular vote. (1824 or later)
- They ran for one of the three modern major third parties: the Constitution Party, the Green Party, and the Libertarian Party.
1789–1800
Note: In elections held before 1804 and the passage of the Twelfth Amendment, the President was the person who won the most electoral votes, while the Vice President was the second-place finisher. This list lists any candidate who received electoral votes but was not in first or second place.
1789
All candidates were non-partisan.
| Presidential Nominee |
1789 | Vote totals (EV) |
|---|---|---|
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John Jay State: New York Born: December 12, 1745, New York City Died: May 17, 1829, Bedford, New York Alma mater: Columbia University Career: United States Minister to Spain (1779–82); United States Secretary of Foreign Affairs (1784–90); President of the Continental Congress (1778–79); Continental Congress (1774, 1775–76, 1778–79) |
9 |
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Robert H. Harrison State: Maryland Born: 1745 Died: April 2, 1790, Charles County, Maryland Alma mater: None Career: Chief Justice of the General Court of Maryland (1781–89) |
6 |
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John Rutledge State: South Carolina Born: September 17, 1739, Charleston, South Carolina Died: July 23, 1800, Charleston, South Carolina Alma mater: Middle Temple Career: Stamp Act Congress (1765); Continental Congress (1776); Constitutional Convention (1787); Governor of South Carolina (1779–82) |
6 |
1792
All candidates were Democratic-Republican.
| Presidential Nominee |
1792 | Vote totals (EV) |
|---|---|---|
 |
George Clinton State: New York Born: July 26, 1739, Little Britain, New York Died: April 20, 1812, Washington, DC Alma mater: None Career: Governor of New York (1777–95) |
50 |
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Thomas Jefferson State: Virginia Born: April 13, 1743, Shadwell, Virginia Died: July 4, 1826, Charlottesville, Virginia Alma mater: College of William and Mary Career: United States Minister to France (1785–89); United States Secretary of State (1790–93); Continental Congress (1775–76, 1783–84) (Signer and author of the Declaration of Independence); Governor of Virginia (1779–81) |
4 |
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Aaron Burr State: New York Born: February 6, 1756, Newark, New Jersey Died: September 14, 1836, Staten Island, New York Alma mater: College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) Career: United States Senate (1791–97); New York State Attorney General (1789–91) |
1 |
1796
Note: 1796 was the first year the U.S. had a two-party system with Presidential running mates.
1800
| Presidential Nominee |
1789 | Party | Vote totals (EV) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
John Jay State: New York Born: December 12, 1745, New York City Died: May 17, 1829, Bedford, New York Alma mater: Columbia University Career: United States Minister to Spain (1779–82); United States Secretary of Foreign Affairs (1784–90); President of the Continental Congress (1778–79); Continental Congress (1774, 1775–76, 1778–79); Chief Justice of the United States (1789–95); Governor of New York (1795–1801) |
Federalist[2] | 1 |
1804–20
1808
All candidates were Democratic-Republican.
1816
All candidates were Federalist.
1820
All candidates were Democratic-Republican.
1824–52
1824
Note: All candidates were Democratic-Republican.
1832
| Presidential Nominee |
1832 | Vice Presidential Nominee |
Popular vote total | Electoral vote total | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
John Floyd State: Virginia Born: April 24, 1783, Floyd's Station, Virginia Died: August 17, 1837, Sweet Springs, Virginia Alma mater: None Career: United States House of Representatives (1817–29), Governor of Virginia (1830–34), Virginia House of Delegates (1814–15) |
Henry Lee State: Massachusetts Born: February 4, 1782 Died: February 6, 1867 Alma mater: None Career: None |
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0 | 11 (3.8%)[7] | Nullifier Party |
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William Wirt State: Virginia Born: November 8, 1772, Bladensburg, Maryland Died: February 18, 1834, Washington, D.C. Alma mater: None Career: United States Attorney General (1817–29) |
Amos Ellmaker State: Pennsylvania Born: February 2, 1787, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Died: November 28, 1851, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Alma mater: Princeton University Career: Pennsylvania General Assembly (1813–14) |
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99,817 (7.78%) | 7 (2.4%) | Anti-Masonic Party |
1836
Note: All candidates were Whigs.
1844
| Presidential Nominee |
1844 | Vice Presidential Nominee |
Popular vote total | Electoral vote total | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
James G. Birney State: Michigan Born: February 4, 1792, Danville, Kentucky Died: November 24, 1857, Perth Amboy, New Jersey Alma mater: Princeton University Career: Kentucky House of Representatives (1816–18) |
Thomas Morris State: Ohio Born: January 3, 1776, Berks County, Pennsylvania Died: December 7, 1844, Bethel, Ohio Alma mater: None Career: United States Senate (1833–39) |
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62,054 (2.3%) | 0 | Liberty Party |
1848
| Presidential Nominee |
1848 | Vice Presidential Nominee |
Popular vote total | Electoral vote total | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Martin Van Buren Born: December 5, 1782, Kinderhook, New York Died: July 24, 1862, Kinderhook, New York State: New York Alma mater: None Career: President of the United States (1837–41), Vice President of the United States (1833–37), United States Minister to the United Kingdom (1831–32), United States Secretary of State (1829–31), United States Senate (1821–28), Governor of New York (1829), Attorney General of New York (1815–19) |
Charles Francis Adams, Sr. Born: August 18, 1807, Boston, Massachusetts Died: November 21, 1886, Boston, Massachusetts State: Massachusetts Alma mater: Harvard University Career: Massachusetts State Senate (1844–45), Massachusetts House of Representatives (1841) |
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291,475 (10.13%) | 0 | Free Soil Party |
1852
| Presidential Nominee |
1852 | Vice Presidential Nominee |
Popular vote total | Electoral vote total | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
John P. Hale Born: March 31, 1806, Rochester, New Hampshire Died: November 19, 1873, Dover, New Hampshire State: New Hampshire Alma mater: Bowdoin College Career: United States Senate (1847–53) |
George Washington Julian Born: May 5, 1817, Centerville, Indiana Died: July 7, 1899, Irvington, Indiana State: Indiana Alma mater: None Career: United States House of Representatives (1849–51) |
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155,799 (4.93%) | 0 | Free Soil Party |
1856–present
Note: 1856 was the first year that the Republican party nominated a candidate for President of the United States, beginning the current two-party structure of Republicans and Democrats that has been dominant in presidential politics since.
1856
| Presidential Nominee |
1856 | Vice Presidential Nominee |
Popular vote total | Electoral vote total | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Millard Fillmore Born: January 7, 1800, Summerhill, New York Died: March 8, 1874, Buffalo, New York State: New York Alma mater: None Career: President of the United States (1850–53), Vice President of the United States (1849–53), United States House of Representatives (1833–35, 1837–43), Comptroller of New York (1848–49) |
Andrew Jackson Donelson Born: August 25, 1799, Nashville, Tennessee Died: June 26, 1871, Memphis, Tennessee State: Tennessee Alma mater: United States Military Academy Career: United States Ambassador to Texas (1844–45) |
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872,703 (21.54%) | 8 (2.7%) | American Party |
1860
| Presidential Nominee |
1860 | Vice Presidential Nominee |
Popular vote total | Electoral vote total | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Bell Born: February 18, 1796, Nashville, Tennessee Died: September 10, 1869, Dickson County, Tennessee State: Tennessee Alma mater: Cumberland College Career: United States Senate (1847–59), United States Secretary of War (1841), United States House of Representatives (1827–41) |
Edward Everett Born: April 11, 1794, Dorchester, Massachusetts Died: January 15, 1865, Boston, Massachusetts State: Massachusetts Alma mater: Harvard College Career: United States Senate (1853–54), United States Secretary of State (1852–53), United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom (1841–45), Governor of Massachusetts (1836–40), United States House of Representatives (1825–35) |
589,581 (13%) | 39 (11.8%) | Constitutional Union | ||
See also
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Pinckney and Burr were their parties' official Vice Presidential candidates, but due to the election procedures at the time, Thomas Jefferson (the Democratic-Republican Presidential candidate) became Vice President.
- ↑ Though Jay was a Federalist, the party's official candidates were John Adams and Charles C. Pinckney.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Madison was the party's official Presidential candidate.
- ↑ Clinton was the party's official Vice Presidential candidate.
- ↑ King was the party's official Presidential candidate
- ↑ Monroe was the party's official Presidential candidate.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 The electors from South Carolina were not elected by popular vote.
References
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