Contemporary American History, 1877-1913

APPENDIX

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS, 1876-1912

Year of Election	Candidates for President	States	Political Party	Popular Vote	Plurality	Electoral Vote	Candidates for Vice President	States	Political Party	Electoral Vote
1876	Samuel J. Tilden	N. Y.	Dem.	4,284,885	250,935	184	T. A. Hendricks	Ind.	Dem.	184
	Rutherford B. Hayes*	O.	Rep.	4,033,950		185	William A. Wheeler*	N. Y.	Rep.	185
	Peter Cooper	N. Y.	Gre'nb	81,740			Samnuel F. Cary	O.	Gre'nb
	Green Clay Smith	Ky.	Pro.	9,522			Gideon T. Stewart	O.	Pro.
	James B. Walker	Ill.	Amer.	2,636			D. Kirkpatrick	N. Y.	Amer.
1880	James A. Garfield*	O.	Rep.	4,449,053	7,018	214	Chester A. Arthur*	N. Y.	Rep.	185
	W. S. Hancock	Pa.	Dem.	4,442,035		155	William H. English	Ind.	Dem.	155
	James B. Weaver	Iowa	Gre'nb	307,306			B. J. Chambers	Tex.	Gre'nb
	Neal Dow	Me.	Pro.	10,305			H. A. Thompson	O.	Pro.
	John W. Phelps	Vt.	Amer.	707			S. C. Pomeroy	Kan.	Amer.
1884	Grover Cleveland*	N. Y.	Dem.	4,911,017	62,683	219	T. A. Hendricks*	Ind.	Dem.	219
	James G. Blaine	Me.	Rep.	4,848,334		182	John A. Logan	Ill.	Rep.	182
	John P. St. John	Kan.	Pro.	151,809			William Daniel	Md.	Pro.
	Benjamin F. Butler	Mass.	Gre'nb	133,825			A. M. West	Miss.	Gre'nb
	P. D. Wigginton	Cal.	Amer.
1888	Grover Cleveland	N. Y.	Dem.	5,440,216		168	Allen G. Thurman	O.	Dem.	168
	Benjamin Harrison*	Ind.	Rep.	5,538,235	98,017	233	Levi P. Morton*	N. Y.	Rep.	233
	Clinton B. Fisk	N. J.	Pro.	249,907			John A. Brooks	Mo.	Pro.
	Alson J. Streeter	Ill.	U. L.	148,105			C. E. Cunningham	Ark.	U. L.
	R. H. Cowdry	Ill.	U'd L.	2,808			W. H. T. Wakefield	Kan.	U'd L.
	James L. Curtis	N. Y.	Amer.	1,591			James B. Greer	Tenn.	Amer.
1892	Grover Cleveland*	N. Y.	Dem.	5,556,918	380,810	277	Adlai E. Stevenson*	Ill.	Dem.	277
	Benjamin Harrison	Ind.	Rep.	5,176,108		145	Whitelaw Reid	N. Y.	Rep.	145
	James B. Weaver	Iowa	Peop.	1,041,028		22	James G. Field	Va.	Peop.	22
	John Bidwell	Cal.	Pro.	264,133			James B. Cranfill	Tex.	Pro.
	Siimon Wing	Mass.	Soc L.	21,164			Charles H. Matchett	N. Y.	Soc L.
1896	William McKinley*	O.	Rep.	7,104,779	601,854	271	Garret A. Hobart*	N. J.	Rep.	271
	William J. Bryan	Neb.	Dem.	6,502,925	}	170	Arthur Sewall	Me.	Dem.	149
	William J. Bryan	Neb.	Peop.		}		Thomas E. Watson	Ga.	Peop.	27
	Joshua Levering	Md.	Pro.	132,007			Hale Johnson	Ill.	Pro.
	John M. Palmer	Ill.	N Dem.	133,148			Simon Buckner	Ky.	N Dem.
	Charles H. Matchett	N. Y.	Soc L.	30,274			Matthew Maguire	N. J.	Soc L.
	Charles E. Bentley	Neb.	Nat.	13,969			James H. Southgate	N. C.	Nat.
1900	William McKinley*	O.	Rep.	7,207,923	849,790	292	Theodore Roosesvelt*	N. Y.	Rep.	292
	William J. Bryan	Neb.	Dem P.	6,358,133		155	Adlai E. Stevenson	Ill.	Dem P.	155
	John G. Woolley	Ill.	Pro.	208,914			Henry B. Metcalf	O.	Pro.
	Wharton Barker	Pa.	MP.	50,373			Ignatius Donnelly	Minn.	MP.
	Eugene V. Debs	Ind.	Soc D.	87,815			Job Harriman	Cal.	Soc D.
	Jos. F. Malloney	Mass.	Soc L.	39,739			Valentine Rommel	Pa.	Soc L.
	J. F. R. Leonard	Ia.	UC.	1,059			John G. Woolley	Ill.	UC.
	Seth H. Ellis	O.	UR.	5,698			Samuel T. Nicholson	Pa.	UR.
1904	Theodore Roosevelt*	N. Y.	Rep.	7,623,486	2,545,515	336	Charles W. Fairbanks	Ind.	Rep.	336
	Alton B. Parker	N. Y.	Dem.	5,077,911		140	Henry G. Davis	W. Va.	Dem.	140
	Eugene V. Debs	Ind.	Soc.	402,283			Benjamin Hanford	N. Y.	Soc.
	Silas C. Swallow	Pa.	Pro.	258,536			George W. Carroll	Tex.	Pro.
	Thomas E. Watson	Ga.	Peop.	117,183			Thomas H. Tibbles	Neb.	Peop.
	Charles H. Corrigan	N. Y.	Soc L.	31,249			William W. Cox	Ill.	Soc L.
1908	William H. Taft*	O.	Rep.	7,678,908	1,269,804	321	James S. Sherman*	N. Y.	Rep.	321
	William J. Bryan	Neb.	Dem.	6,409,104		162	John W. Kern	Ind.	Dem.	162
	Eugene V. Debs	Ind.	Soc.	420,793			Benjamin Hanford	N. Y.	Soc.
	Eugene W. Chafin	Ariz.	Pro.	253,840			Aaron S. Watkins	O.	Pro.
	Thomas E. Watson	Ga.	Peo.	29,100			Samuel Williams	Ind.	Peo.
	August Gillhaus	N. Y.	Soc L.	13,825			Donald L. Munro	Va.	Soc L.
	Thos. L. Hisgen	Mass.	Ind.	82,872			John Temple Graves	Ga.	Ind.
1912	Woodrow Wilson*	N. J.	Dem.	6,292,718	2,235,289	435	Thomas R. Marshall	Ind.	Dem.	435
	William H. Taft	O.	Rep.	3,369,221		15	Herbert S. Hadley	Mo.	Rep.	15
	Theodore Roosevelt	N. Y.	Prog.	4,057,429		81	Hiram W. Johnson	Cal.	Prog.	81
	Eugene V. Debs	Ind.	Soc.	812,731			Emil Seidel	Wis.	Soc.
	Eugene W. Chafin	Ariz.	Pro.	170,626			Aaron S. Watkins	O.	Pro.
	Arthur E. Reimer	Mass.	Soc L.	17,312			August Gillhaus	N. Y.	Soc L.
* The candidates starred were elected. This table is from the World Almanac. The figures are in some cases slightly different from those used in the text, which are taken from Stanwood, History of the Presidency.

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