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Presidents Who Did Not Win a Popular Majority

1824	John Q. Adams	30.5 % *
1844	James K. Polk	49.6 %
1848	Zachary Taylor	47.4 %
1856	James Buchanan	45.3%
1860	Abraham Lincoln	39.8%
1876	Rutherford B. Hayes	48.0 %*
1880	James A. Garfield	48.5 %
1884	Grover Cleveland	48.5 %
1888	Benjamin Harrison	47.9 % *
1892	Grover Cleveland	46.1 %
1912	Woodrow Wilson	41.9 %
1916	Woodrow Wilson	49.4 %
1948	Harry Truman	49.5 %
1960	John Kennedy	49.9 %
1968	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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