The following is a complete list of people who received an electoral vote in a United States presidential election. Prior to the adoption of the Twelfth Amendment which came into effect for the 1804 election each elector cast two votes without any distinction between a vote for president and vice-president, with the runner-up in the Electoral College becoming vice-president.
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. This was followed by Geraldine Ferraro in 1984 and Sarah Palin in 2008. Maria Cantwell, Susan Collins, Carly Fiorina and Winona LaDuke all received a single faithless vote for vice president in 2016, and in that same election Elizabeth Warren received two. Hillary Clinton and Faith Spotted Eagle in 2016 were the first women to receive electoral votes for president; Spotted Eagle's single vote was from a faithless elector, and she was also the first Native American to receive an electoral vote for president. Kamala Harris became the first female vice president after the 2020 election.
Special cases 17 electors did not cast votes: Two Maryland electors and two Virginia electors in 1788. Two Maryland electors and one Vermont elector in 1792. A Kentucky elector in 1808. An Ohio elector in 1812. Three Maryland electors and one Delaware elector in 1816. Two Maryland electors in 1832. A Nevada elector in 1864. A Washington, DC elector, Barbara Lett-Simmons, in 2000.
There are also two cases where votes were rejected by Congress: In 1864, 17 electoral votes from Louisiana and Tennessee (received by Abraham Lincoln) were rejected due to issues relating to the American Civil War. In 1872: 14 votes from Arkansas and Louisiana (received by Ulysses S. Grant) were rejected due to various irregularities, including allegations of electoral fraud. Three electoral votes from Georgia (received by Horace Greeley) were rejected as the votes were cast after Greeley's death.
List For all elections from 1804 onwards, "P" denotes a presidential vote, and "VP" denotes a vice presidential vote. Bold entries are successful candidates; Italicized entries are runners-up who became vice president under the original system (1788–1800).
CandidateStateElectionPartyElectoral votes1789Pro-Administration34–24.61792Federalist77–29.21796Federalist71–25.71800Federalist65–23.61820Democratic-Republican1P0.41824Democratic-Republican84P32.21828National Republican83P31.81796Democratic-Republican15–5.41968Republican301VP55.91972Republican520VP96.71789Pro-Administration1–0.71880Republican214VP58.01872Liberal Republican1VP0.31948Democratic303VP57.11860Constitutional Union39P12.91988Democratic111VP20.61988Democratic1P0.22008Democratic365VP67.82012Democratic332VP61.72020Democratic306P56.81884Republican182P45.41868Democratic80VP27.21872Democratic3VP0.91856Democratic174VP58.81860Democratic72P23.81944Republican99VP18.61872Liberal Republican18P5.21872Liberal Republican47VP13.41924Democratic136VP25.61896Democratic / Populist176P39.41900Democratic155P34.71908Democratic162P33.51856Democratic174P58.81792Democratic-Republican1–0.41796Democratic-Republican30–10.91800Democratic-Republican73–26.41980Republican489VP90.91984Republican525VP97.61988Republican426P79.21992Republican168P31.22000Republican271P50.42004Republican286P53.21912Republican8VP1.51848Democratic127VP43.81960Democratic15P2.81824Democratic-Republican182VP70.01828Democratic171VP65.52016Democratic1VP0.21976Democratic297P55.21980Democratic49P9.11848Democratic127P43.82000Republican271VP50.42004Republican286VP53.21824Democratic-Republican37P14.21824Democratic-Republican2VP0.81832National Republican49P17.11844Whig105P38.21884Democratic219P54.61888Democratic168P41.91892Democratic277P62.41992Democratic370P68.81996Democratic379P70.41812Democratic-Republican89P41.01789Anti-Federalist3–2.21792Democratic-Republican50–18.91796Democratic-Republican7–2.51804Democratic-Republican162VP92.01808Democratic-Republican113VP64.61808Democratic-Republican6P3.42016Democratic227P42.21868Republican214VP72.82016Republican1VP0.21872Democratic5VP1.41920Republican404VP76.11924Republican382P71.91920Democratic127P23.91824Democratic-Republican41P15.71928Republican444VP83.61932Republican59VP11.11844Democratic170VP61.81872Independent1P0.31904Democratic140VP29.41924Democratic136P25.61924Republican382VP71.91856Republican114VP38.51944Republican99P18.61948Republican189P35.61976Republican241VP44.81996Republican159P29.61856American8VP2.71860Democratic12P4.01988Democratic111P20.61988Democratic1VP0.22004Democratic252VP46.82004Democratic1P0.21952Republican442P83.21956Republican457P86.01880Democratic155VP42.01832Anti-Masonic7VP2.41796Federalist11–4.01860Constitutional Union39VP12.91904Republican336VP70.61916Republican254VP47.81984Democratic13VP2.41892Populist22VP5.01848Whig163VP56.21856American8P2.72016Republican1VP0.21832Nullifier11P3.81976Republican240P44.61844Whig105VP38.21856Republican114P38.51880Republican214P58.01932Democratic472VP88.91936Democratic523VP98.51812Democratic-Republican131VP60.41960Republican1VP0.21964Republican52P9.71992Democratic370VP68.81996Democratic379VP70.42000Democratic266P49.41852Whig42VP14.21836Whig77VP26.21868Republican214P72.81872Republican286P81.91872Liberal Republican1VP0.31860Republican180VP59.41789Pro-Administration4–2.91880Democratic155P42.01920Republican404P76.11816Federalist3VP1.41820Federalist1VP0.42020Democratic306VP56.82024Democratic226P42.01888Republican233P58.11892Republican145P32.71789Pro-Administration6–4.31836Whig73P24.81840Whig234P79.61876Republican185P50.11872Democratic42P12.01876Democratic184VP49.91884Democratic219VP54.61796Democratic-Republican2–0.71896Republican271VP60.61928Republican444P83.61932Republican59P11.11972Libertarian1P0.21816Federalist22VP10.11916Republican254P47.81964Democratic486VP90.31968Democratic191P35.51789Pro-Administration2–1.41812Federalist86VP39.61796Federalist3–1.11824Democratic-Republican99P37.91824Democratic-Republican13VP5.01828Democratic178P68.21832Democratic219P76.61789Pro-Administration9–6.51796Federalist5–1.81800Federalist1–0.41792Democratic-Republican4–1.51796Democratic-Republican68–24.61800Democratic-Republican73–26.41804Democratic-Republican162P92.01872Democratic2P0.61864National Union ()212VP91.01860Democratic12VP4.01912Progressive (Bull Moose)88VP16.61960Democratic303VP56.41964Democratic486P90.31836Democratic147VP50.01840Democratic48VP16.31796Federalist2–0.71956Democratic1P0.21872Liberal Republican5VP1.42016Democratic227VP42.22016Republican1P0.21956Democratic73VP13.71996Republican159VP29.61960Democratic303P56.41908Democratic162VP33.52004Democratic251P46.71804Federalist14VP8.01808Federalist47VP26.91816Federalist34P15.71852Democratic254VP85.81936Republican8VP1.52016Green1VP0.21924Progressive (1924)13P2.41936Republican8P1.51860Democratic72VP23.81808Democratic-Republican9VP5.11832Nullifier11VP3.81968American Independent46VP8.62000Democratic266VP49.41860Republican180P59.41864National Union ()212P91.01789Pro-Administration1–0.71960Republican219VP40.81884Republican182VP45.41872Democratic1VP0.31824Democratic-Republican24VP9.21808Democratic-Republican122P69.71808Democratic-Republican3VP1.71812Democratic-Republican128P59.01836Whig11P3.71816Federalist4VP1.81912Democratic435VP81.91916Democratic277VP52.22008Republican173P32.21864Democratic21P9.01972Democratic17P3.21896Republican271P60.61900Republican292P65.31940Republican82VP15.41964Republican52VP9.71789Pro-Administration2–1.41976Democratic297VP55.21980Democratic49VP9.11984Democratic13P2.41808Democratic-Republican3VP1.71816Democratic-Republican183P84.31820Democratic-Republican231P99.61888Republican233VP58.11968Democratic191VP35.51972Libertarian1VP0.21952Republican442VP83.21956Republican457VP86.01960Republican219P40.81968Republican301P55.91972Republican520P96.72008Democratic365P67.82012Democratic332P61.72008Republican173VP32.21872Liberal Republican3VP0.91904Democratic140P29.42016Libertarian1P0.22016Republican305VP56.72020Republican232VP43.11864Democratic21VP9.01852Democratic254P85.81796Federalist1–0.41800Federalist64–23.21804Federalist14P8.01808Federalist47P26.91796Federalist59–21.41840Democratic1VP0.31844Democratic170P61.82016Republican3P0.61988Republican426VP79.21992Republican168VP31.21976Republican1P0.21980Republican489P90.91984Republican525P97.61892Republican145VP32.71820Federalist4VP1.71928Democratic87VP16.42012Republican206P38.31920Democratic127VP23.91932Democratic472P88.91936Democratic523P98.51940Democratic449P84.61944Democratic432P81.41900Republican292VP65.31904Republican336P70.61912Progressive (Bull Moose)88P16.61816Federalist5VP2.31820Federalist1VP0.41828National Republican83VP31.81789Pro-Administration6–4.32012Republican206VP38.32016Democratic1P0.21824Democratic-Republican30VP11.51852Whig42P14.21832National Republican49VP17.11896Democratic149VP33.31868Democratic80P27.21908Republican321VP66.51972Democratic17VP3.21928Democratic87P16.41828Democratic7VP2.71836Democratic23VP7.81952Democratic89VP16.82016Democratic1P0.21952Democratic89P16.81956Democratic73P13.71892Democratic277VP62.41900Democratic155VP34.71820Federalist8VP3.41908Republican321P66.51912Republican8P1.51956Democratic1VP0.21848Whig163P56.21840Democratic11VP3.71789Anti-Federalist1–0.71888Democratic168VP41.91948States' Rights Democratic39P7.31960Democratic14VP2.61876Democratic184P49.91816Democratic-Republican183VP84.31820Democratic-Republican218VP94.01944Democratic432VP81.41948Democratic303P57.12016Republican304P56.52020Republican232P43.12024Republican312P58.01836Whig47VP16.01840Whig234VP79.61824Democratic-Republican9VP3.51832Democratic189VP66.11836Democratic170P57.81840Democratic60P20.42024Republican312VP58.01968American Independent46P8.61940Democratic449VP84.62024Democratic226VP42.01948Republican189VP35.62016Democratic2VP0.41789Independent69–50.01792Independent132–50.01796Independent2–0.71896Populist27VP6.01892Populist22P5.01836Whig14P4.81924Progressive (1924)13VP2.41876Republican185VP50.11836Whig26P8.81832Democratic30VP10.51940Republican82P15.41872Republican286VP81.31912Democratic435P81.91916Democratic277P52.21832Anti-Masonic7P2.41948States' Rights Democratic39VP7.3
See also List of United States presidential candidates by number of votes received
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