Year |
Endorsed |
Opponent(s) |
Winner |
1860 |
Abraham Lincoln, Republican |
Stephen A. Douglas, Democrat; John C. Breckinridge, Southern Democrat; John Bell, Constitutional Union Party |
Lincoln |
1864 |
Abraham Lincoln, Republican |
George B. McClellan, Democrat |
Lincoln |
1868 |
Ulysses S. Grant, Republican |
Horatio Seymour, Democrat |
Grant |
1872 |
Ulysses S. Grant, Republican |
Horace Greeley, Democrat |
Grant |
1876 |
Rutherford B. Hayes, Republican |
Samuel Tilden, Democrat |
Hayes |
1880 |
James Garfield, Republican |
Winfield S. Hancock, Democrat |
Garfield |
1884 |
Grover Cleveland, Democrat |
James G. Blaine, Republican |
Cleveland |
1888 |
Grover Cleveland, Democrat |
Benjamin Harrison, Republican |
Harrison |
1892 |
Grover Cleveland, Democrat |
Benjamin Harrison, Republican; James Weaver, People's Party |
Cleveland |
1896 |
John M. Palmer, National Democratic Party |
William Jennings Bryan, Democrat; William McKinley, Republican |
McKinley |
1900 |
William McKinley, Republican |
William Jennings Bryan, Democrat |
McKinley |
1904 |
Alton B. Parker, Democrat |
Theodore Roosevelt, Republican |
Roosevelt |
1908 |
William Howard Taft, Republican |
William Jennings Bryan, Democrat |
Taft |
1912 |
Woodrow Wilson, Democrat |
William Howard Taft, Republican; Theodore Roosevelt, Bull Moose Party |
Wilson |
1916 |
Woodrow Wilson, Democrat |
Charles Evans Hughes, Republican |
Wilson |
1920 |
James M. Cox, Democrat |
Warren G. Harding, Republican |
Harding |
1924 |
John W. Davis, Democrat |
Calvin Coolidge, Republican; Robert M. La Follette, Sr., Progressive Party |
Coolidge |
1928 |
Alfred E. Smith, Democrat |
Herbert Hoover, Republican |
Hoover |
1932 |
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Democrat |
Herbert Hoover, Republican |
Roosevelt |
1936 |
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Democrat |
Alfred M. Landon, Republican |
Roosevelt |
1940 |
Wendell Willkie, Republican |
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Democrat |
Roosevelt |
1944 |
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Democrat |
Thomas E. Dewey, Republican |
Roosevelt |
1948 |
Thomas E. Dewey, Republican |
Harry S. Truman, Democrat; Strom Thurmond, States Rights' Democratic Party (Dixiecrat); Henry A. Wallace, Progressive/American Labor Party |
Truman |
1952 |
Dwight D. Eisenhower, Republican |
Adlai E. Stevenson, Democrat |
Eisenhower |
1956 |
Dwight D. Eisenhower, Republican |
Adlai E. Stevenson, Democrat |
Eisenhower |
1960 |
John F. Kennedy, Democrat |
Richard M. Nixon, Republican |
Kennedy |
1964 |
Lyndon B. Johnson, Democrat |
Barry Goldwater, Republican |
Johnson |
1968 |
Hubert H. Humphrey, Democrat |
Richard M. Nixon, Republican; George Wallace, American Independent Party |
Nixon |
1972 |
George McGovern, Democrat |
Richard M. Nixon, Republican |
Nixon |
1976 |
Jimmy Carter, Democrat |
Gerald R. Ford, Republican |
Carter |
1980 |
Jimmy Carter, Democrat |
Ronald Reagan, Republican; John B. Anderson, independent |
Reagan |
1984 |
Walter Mondale, Democrat |
Ronald Reagan, Republican |
Reagan |
1988 |
Michael Dukakis, Democrat |
George H.W. Bush, Republican |
Bush |
1992 |
Bill Clinton, Democrat |
George H.W. Bush, Republican; Ross Perot, independent |
Clinton |
1996 |
Bill Clinton, Democrat |
Bob Dole, Republican; Ross Perot, Reform Party |
Clinton |
2000 |
Al Gore, Democrat |
George W. Bush, Republican; Ralph Nader, Green Party |
Bush |
2004 |
John Kerry, Democrat |
George W. Bush, Republican |
Bush |
2008 |
Barack Obama, Democrat |
John McCain, Republican |
Obama |
2012 |
Barack Obama, Democrat |
Mitt Romney, Republican |
Obama |
2016 |
Hillary Clinton, Democrat |
Donald Trump, Republican |
Trump |