Below is a list of major party United States presidential candidates who lost their birth or resident states. While many successful candidates have won the presidency without winning their birth state, only four (James K. Polk, Woodrow Wilson, Richard Nixon, and Donald Trump) have won an election despite losing their state of residence. Nixon, a lifelong Californian, had taken residence in New York after his failed run for governor of California, but later switched back during his presidency and ahead of his reelection.

List of candidates Won the presidential election Election yearNamePartyState of birthState of residenceStateResultMarginStateResultMargin 1832Andrew JacksonDemocraticSouth Carolina Lost N/ATennessee Won 90.84%1840William Henry HarrisonWhigVirginia Lost –1.3%Ohio Won 8.53%1844James K. PolkDemocraticNorth Carolina Lost –4.78%Tennessee Lost –0.10%1848Zachary TaylorWhigVirginia Lost –1.60%LouisianaWon9.18%1860Abraham LincolnRepublicanKentucky Lost –44.3%IllinoisWon3.5%1864Abraham LincolnRepublicanKentucky Lost –39.6%IllinoisWon8.8%1916Woodrow WilsonDemocraticVirginiaWon35.16%New Jersey Lost –11.72%1968Richard NixonRepublicanCaliforniaWon3.08%New York Lost –5.46%1988George H. W. BushRepublicanMassachusetts Lost –7.85%TexasWon12.60%2000George W. BushRepublicanConnecticut Lost –17.47%TexasWon21.32%2004George W. BushRepublicanConnecticut Lost –10.36%TexasWon22.87%2016Donald TrumpRepublicanNew York Lost −22.49%New York Lost −22.49%2024Donald TrumpRepublicanNew York Lost -12.6%FloridaWon13.1%

Lost the presidential election Only candidates who won at least one state (most of them not having necessarily won their birth states and most of the others not having necessarily won their resident states) in the general elections are listed here. Name Election year Party State of birth State of residency Charles Cotesworth Pinckney 1804 Federalist Lost South Carolina 1808 Rufus King 1816 Federalist Won Massachusetts Lost New York Henry Clay 1824 Democratic-Republican Lost Virginia Won Kentucky 1832 National Republican William Wirt Anti-Masonic Lost Maryland John Floyd Nullifier Lost Kentucky Lost Virginia William Henry Harrison 1836 Whig Lost Virginia Won Ohio Hugh Lawson White Whig Lost North Carolina Won Tennessee Daniel Webster Whig Lost New Hampshire Won Massachusetts Willie Person Mangum Whig Lost North Carolina Martin Van Buren 1840 Democratic Lost New York Henry Clay 1844 Whig Lost Virginia Won Kentucky Winfield Scott 1852 Whig Lost Virginia Lost New Jersey John C. Frémont 1856 Republican Lost Georgia Lost California Millard Fillmore Know-Nothing Lost New York Stephen A. Douglas 1860 Northern Democratic Lost Vermont Lost Illinois John C. Breckinridge Southern Democratic Lost Kentucky George B. McClellan 1864 Democratic Lost Pennsylvania Won New Jersey Horace Greeley 1872 Liberal RepublicanDemocratic Lost New Hampshire Lost New York Winfield Scott Hancock 1880 Democratic Lost Pennsylvania Grover Cleveland 1888 Democratic Won New Jersey Lost New York Benjamin Harrison 1892 Republican Won Ohio Lost Indiana James B. Weaver Populist Lost Ohio Lost Iowa William Jennings Bryan 1896 Democratic-Populist Lost Illinois Won Nebraska 1900 Lost Nebraska Alton B. Parker 1904 Democratic Lost New York William Jennings Bryan 1908 Democratic Lost Illinois Won Nebraska Theodore Roosevelt 1912 Progressive Lost New York William Howard Taft Republican Lost Ohio James M. Cox 1920 Democratic Lost Ohio John W. Davis 1924 Democratic Lost West Virginia Lost New York Al Smith 1928 Democratic Lost New York Herbert Hoover 1932 Republican Lost Iowa Lost California Alf Landon 1936 Republican Lost Pennsylvania Lost Kansas Wendell Willkie 1940 Republican Won Indiana Lost New York Thomas E. Dewey 1944 Republican Lost Michigan Lost New York Adlai Stevenson 1952 Democratic Lost California Lost Illinois 1956 Hubert Humphrey 1968 Democratic Lost South Dakota Won Minnesota George McGovern 1972 Democratic Lost South Dakota George H. W. Bush 1992 Republican Lost Massachusetts Won Texas Al Gore 2000 Democratic Won District of Columbia Lost Tennessee John Kerry 2004 Democratic Lost Colorado Won Massachusetts Mitt Romney 2012 Republican Lost Michigan Lost Massachusetts Donald Trump 2020 Republican Lost New York Won Florida

Lost the home states of their running mates

In 1796, John Adams lost South Carolina, the home state of his running mate Thomas Pinckney. Thomas Jefferson lost New York, the home state of his running mate Aaron Burr as well as Burr's birth state of New Jersey. In 1800, Thomas Jefferson lost New Jersey, the birth state of his running mate Aaron Burr. John Adams lost South Carolina, the home state of his running mate Charles Cotesworth Pinckney. In 1804, Charles Cotesworth Pinckney lost New York, the home state of his running mate Rufus King, as well as King's birth state of Massachusetts. In 1808, Charles Cotesworth Pinckney lost New York, the home state of his running mate Rufus King. In 1812, James Madison lost Massachusetts, the home state of his running mate Elbridge Gerry. DeWitt Clinton lost Pennsylvania, the home state of his running mate Jared Ingersoll. In 1816, Rufus King lost Maryland, the home state of his running mate John Eager Howard. In 1824, John Quincy Adams lost South Carolina, the home state of his running mate John C. Calhoun. Henry Clay lost New York, the home state of his running mate Nathan Sanford. William H. Crawford lost North Carolina, the home state of his running mate Nathaniel Macon. In 1828, John Quincy Adams lost Pennsylvania, the home state of his running mate Richard Rush. In 1832, Henry Clay lost Pennsylvania, the home state of his running mate John Sergeant. William Wirt lost Pennsylvania, the home state of his running mate Amos Ellmaker. John Floyd lost Massachusetts, the home state of his running mate Henry Lee. In 1836, Martin Van Buren lost Kentucky, the home state of his running mate Richard Mentor Johnson. William Henry Harrison and Daniel Webster both lost New York, the home state of their mutual running mate Francis Granger, as well as Granger's birth state of Connecticut. Hugh Lawson White and Willie Person Mangum both lost Virginia, the home state of their mutual running mate John Tyler. In 1840, William Henry Harrison lost Virginia, the home state of his running mate John Tyler. In 1844, Henry Clay lost New York, the home state of his running mate Theodore Frelinghuysen. In 1848, Lewis Cass lost Kentucky, the home state of his running mate William Orlando Butler. In 1852, Winfield Scott lost North Carolina, the home state of his running mate William Alexander Graham. In 1856, John C. Frémont lost New Jersey, the home state of his running mate William L. Dayton. Millard Fillmore lost Tennessee, the home state of his running mate Andrew Jackson Donelson. In 1860, Stephen A. Douglas lost Georgia, the home state of his running mate Herschel Vespasian Johnson. John C. Breckinridge lost Oregon, the home state of his running mate Joseph Lane. John Bell lost Massachusetts, the home state of his running mate Edward Everett. In 1864, George B. McClellan lost Ohio, the home state of his running mate George H. Pendleton. In addition, due to the American Civil War, Abraham Lincoln did not receive any votes in North Carolina, the birth state of his running mate Andrew Johnson. In 1868, Ulysses S. Grant lost New York, the birth state of his running mate Schuyler Colfax. Horatio Seymour lost Missouri, the home state of his running mate Francis Preston Blair Jr. In 1876, Rutherford B. Hayes lost New York, the home state of his running mate William A. Wheeler. Samuel J. Tilden lost Ohio, the birth state of his running mate Thomas A. Hendricks. In 1880, Winfield Scott Hancock lost Indiana, the home state of his running mate William Hayden English. In 1884, Grover Cleveland lost Ohio, the birth state of his running mate Thomas A. Hendricks. In 1888, Grover Cleveland lost Ohio, the home state of his running mate Allen G. Thurman. In 1892, Benjamin Harrison lost New York, the home state of his running mate Whitelaw Reid. James B. Weaver lost Virginia, the home state of his running mate James G. Field. In 1896, William Jennings Bryan lost Maine, the home state of his running mate Arthur Sewall. In 1900, William Jennings Bryan lost Illinois, the home state of his running mate Adlai Stevenson I. In 1904, Alton B. Parker lost West Virginia, the home state of his running mate Henry Gassaway Davis, as well as Davis' birth state of Maryland. In 1908, William Jennings Bryan lost Indiana, the home state of his running mate John W. Kern. In 1912, William Howard Taft lost New York, the home state of his running mate Nicholas Murray Butler. In 1916, Woodrow Wilson lost Indiana, the home state of his running mate Thomas R. Marshall. Charles Evans Hughes lost Ohio, the birth state of his running mate Charles W. Fairbanks. In 1920, James M. Cox lost New York, the home state of his running mate Franklin D. Roosevelt. In 1924, John W. Davis lost Nebraska, the home state of his running mate Charles W. Bryan, as well as Bryan's birth state of Illinois. Robert M. La Follette lost Montana, the home state of his running mate Burton K. Wheeler, as well as Wheeler's birth state of Massachusetts. In 1932, Herbert Hoover lost Kansas, the home state of his running mate Charles Curtis. In 1936, Alf Landon lost Illinois, the home state of his running mate Frank Knox, as well as Knox's birth state of Massachusetts. In 1940, Franklin D. Roosevelt lost Iowa, the home state of his running mate Henry A. Wallace. Wendell Willkie lost Oregon, the home state of his running mate Charles L. McNary. In 1948, Thomas E. Dewey lost California, the home state of his running mate Earl Warren. In 1956, Adlai Stevenson II lost Tennessee, the home state of his running mate Estes Kefauver. In 1960, Richard Nixon lost Massachusetts, the home state of his running mate Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. In 1964, Barry Goldwater lost New York, the home state of his running mate William E. Miller. In 1968, Richard Nixon lost Maryland, the home state of his running mate Spiro Agnew. George Wallace lost California, the home state of his running mate Curtis LeMay, as well as LeMay's birth state of Ohio. In 1972, George McGovern lost Maryland, the home state of his running mate Sargent Shriver. In 1984, Walter Mondale lost New York, the home state of his running mate Geraldine Ferraro. In 1988, Michael Dukakis lost Texas, the home state of his running mate Lloyd Bentsen. In 1996, Bob Dole lost New York, the home state of his running mate Jack Kemp, as well as Kemp's birth state of California. In 2004, John Kerry lost North Carolina, the home state of his running mate John Edwards, as well as Edwards' birth state of South Carolina. In 2012, Mitt Romney lost Wisconsin, the home state of his running mate Paul Ryan. In 2024, Kamala Harris lost Nebraska, the birth state of her running mate Tim Walz, including his birth congressional district.

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