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Since the ratification of the United States Constitution in 1788, there have been 52 unsuccessful major party candidates for President of the United States. [a] Additionally, since 1796, eight third party or independent candidates have won at least ten percent of the popular or electoral vote, but all failed to win the presidency.
This article is a list of United States presidential candidates. The first U.S. presidential election was held in 1788–1789, followed by the second in 1792. Presidential elections have been held every four years thereafter. Presidential candidates win the election by winning a majority of the electoral vote.
The presidential candidates are listed here based on three criteria: They were not members of one of the six major parties in U.S. history: the Federalist Party, the Democratic-Republican Party, the National Republican Party, the Whig Party, the Democratic Party, and the Republican Party [1] at the time of their candidacy. Independent ...
"One unsuccessful major party candidate, DeWitt Clinton, served as the de facto Federalist nominee in the 1812 presidential election even though he was a member of the Democratic-Republican Party. Clinton lost the 1812 election to incumbent Democratic-Republican President James Madison.[3]
The United States has had a two-party system for much of its history, and the two major parties have nominated vice presidential candidates in most presidential elections. [1] Since the ratification of the United States Constitution in 1789, there have been 59 unsuccessful major party candidates for Vice President of the United States.
Gabbard ran an unsuccessful presidential campaign in the Democratic primary in 2020. ... “Donald Trump has a long, nearly ten-year record as a presidential candidate, president, and now a ...
Royce White, candidate for U.S. Senate, listens as Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally, July 27, 2024, in St. Cloud, Minn. (AP Photo/Alex ...
Bold entries are successful candidates; Italicized entries are runners-up who became vice president under the original system (1788-1800). This list includes eleven women, nine of whom received vice presidential votes: the first was Tonie Nathan who in 1972 received one vote from a faithless elector.