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Presidents
Who Did Not Win a Popular Majority
| 1824
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John Q. Adams |
30.5 % * |
| 1844
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James K. Polk |
49.6 % |
| 1848
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Zachary Taylor |
47.4 % |
| 1856
|
James Buchanan |
45.3% |
| 1860
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Abraham Lincoln |
39.8% |
| 1876
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Rutherford B. Hayes |
48.0 %* |
| 1880
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James A. Garfield |
48.5 % |
| 1884
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Grover Cleveland |
48.5 % |
| 1888
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Benjamin Harrison |
47.9 % * |
| 1892
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Grover
Cleveland |
46.1
% |
| 1912
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Woodrow Wilson |
41.9 % |
| 1916
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Woodrow Wilson |
49.4 % |
| 1948
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Harry Truman |
49.5 % |
| 1960
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John Kennedy |
49.9 % |
| 1968
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Richard Nixon |
43.3 % |
* These presidents won fewer popular votes than the candidate
they defeated in the Electoral College.
Source: American History: A Survey, pgs. A24-25.
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