List of vice presidents of the United States who ran for president
List of specific presidential candidates
Nineteen of the 49 vice presidents of the United States have attempted a run for the presidency after being elected vice president.[1] Six have been elected to the presidency, or over a third of running vice-presidents, while seven have lost the presidential election, and one (Mike Pence) has dropped out. Eleven have earned the primary nomination in their party, with most of them winning the presidency. Six unsuccessfully sought the presidential nomination of their party. Additionally, twelve vice presidents ran while they were in office.
List of vice presidents who ran for president
Vice presidents with their numbers in bold won the presidency.
Year | Vice President | Popular vote (%) | Electoral college | Party | President | ||
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1796[a] | John Adams | 35,726 (53.4%) | 71/138 | Federalist | George Washington | ||
1800[a] | Thomas Jefferson | 41,330 (61.4%) | 73/138 | Democratic-Republican | John Adams | ||
1808 | George Clinton | Did not receive nomination | Democratic-Republican | Thomas Jefferson | |||
1836 | Martin Van Buren | 764,176 (50.8%) | 170/294 | Democratic | Andrew Jackson | ||
1860 | John C. Breckinridge | 848,019 (18.1%) | 72/303 | Southern Democratic | James Buchanan | ||
| Charles W. Fairbanks | Did not receive nomination | Republican | Theodore Roosevelt | |||
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1920 | Thomas R. Marshall | Did not receive nomination | Democratic | Woodrow Wilson | |||
1940 | John Nance Garner | Did not receive nomination | Democratic | Franklin D. Roosevelt | |||
1948 | Henry A. Wallace | 1,157,328 (2.37%) | 0/531 | Progressive | |||
1952 | Alben W. Barkley | Did not receive nomination | Democratic | Harry S. Truman | |||
1960 | Richard Nixon | 34,108,157 (49.5%) | 219/537 | Republican | Dwight D. Eisenhower | ||
1968 | Hubert Humphrey | 31,271,839 (42.7%) | 191/538 | Democratic | Lyndon B. Johnson | ||
Richard Nixon | 31,783,783 (43.4%) | 301/538 | Republican | Dwight D. Eisenhower | |||
1972 | Hubert Humphrey | Did not receive nomination | Democratic | Lyndon B. Johnson | |||
1984 | Walter Mondale | 37,577,352 (40.6%) | 13/538 | Democratic | Jimmy Carter | ||
1988 | George H. W. Bush | 48,886,597 (53.4%) | 426/538 | Republican | Ronald Reagan | ||
2000 | Dan Quayle | Did not receive nomination | Republican | George H. W. Bush | |||
Al Gore | 50,999,897 (48.4%)[b] | 266/538[b] | Democratic | Bill Clinton | |||
2020 | Joe Biden | 81,282,376 (51.3%) | 306/538 | Democratic | Barack Obama | ||
2024 | Mike Pence | Did not receive nomination | Republican | Donald Trump |
Notes
- ^ a b Election occurred prior to the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
- ^ a b Won the popular vote, but lost the presidency through the Electoral College.
References
- ^ Chang, Alvin (October 21, 2015). "A brief history of vice presidents trying to be president". Vox. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
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