Category: Presidential Losers
This category is the group of men who were nominated for president by their parties, garnered enough support to earn at least one vote in the electoral college, but did not win the election. They are the "runners-up" in American presidential history. To include every candidate who ran in every election would be insane, so I only included those who show up in the electoral college voting with at least one vote. All Presidential Losers are listed, unless they later would win the presidency or had previously held the position. Only those graves I have visited will include links to pictures.
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Samuel Adams | Lost to President John Adams in 1796 |
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John Bell | Lost to President Abraham Lincoln in 1860 |
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James Blaine | Lost to President Grover Cleveland in 1884 |
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John C. Breckinridge | Lost to President Abraham Lincoln in 1860 |
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William Jennings Bryan | Lost to President William McKinley in 1896 and 1900 and to President William Howard Taft in 1908 |
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Aaron Burr | Lost to President George Washington in 1792, to President John Adams in 1796, and to President Thomas Jefferson in 1800 |
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Harry Byrd | Lost to President John F. Kennedy in 1960 |
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Lewis Cass | Lost to President Zachary Taylor in 1848 |
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Henry Clay | Lost to President John Quincy Adams in 1824, to President Andrew Jackson in 1832, and to President James K. Polk in 1844 |
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DeWitt Clinton | Lost to President James Madison in 1812 |
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George Clinton | Lost to President George Washington in 1792, to President John Adams in 1796, and to President James Madison in 1808 |
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James Middleton Cox | Lost to President Warren Harding in 1920 |
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William Crawford | Lost to President John Quincy Adams in 1824 |
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John Davis | Lost to President Calvin Coolidge in 1924 |
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Thomas Dewey | Lost to President Franklin Roosevelt in 1944 and to President Harry Truman in 1948 |
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Bob Dole - still living | Lost to President Bill Clinton in 1996 |
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Stephen Douglas | Lost to President Abraham Lincoln in 1860 |
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Michael Dukakis - still living | Lost to President George Bush in 1988 |
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Oliver Ellsworth | Lost to President John Adams in 1796 |
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John Floyd | Lost to President Andrew Jackson in 1832 |
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John Fremont | Lost to President James Buchanan in 1856 |
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Barry Goldwater | Lost to President Lyndon Johnson in 1964 |
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Al Gore - still living | Lost to President George W. Bush in 2000 |
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Horace Greeley | Lost to President Ulysses S. Grant in 1872 |
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Winfield Hancock | Lost to President James Garfield in 1880 |
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Robert Harrison | Lost to President George Washington in 1789 |
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John Hospers | Lost to President Richard Nixon in 1972 |
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Charles Hughes | Lost to President Woodrow Wilson in 1916 |
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Hubert Humphrey | Lost to President Richard Nixon in 1968 |
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John Jay | Lost to President George Washington in 1789 and to President Thomas Jefferson in 1800 |
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John Kerry - still living | Lost to President George W. Bush in 2004 |
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Rufus King | Lost to President James Monroe in 1816 |
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Robert LaFollette | Lost to President Calvin Coolidge in 1924 |
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Alfred Landon | Lost to President Franklin Roosevelt in 1936 |
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Willie Mangum | Lost to President Martin Van Buren in 1836 |
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George McClellan | Lost to President Abraham Lincoln in 1864 |
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George McGovern - still living | Lost to President Richard Nixon in 1972 |
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Walter Mondale - still living | Lost to President Ronald Reagan in 1984 |
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Alton Parker | Lost to President Theodore Roosevelt in 1904 |
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Charles Cotesworth Pinckney | Lost to President Thomas Jefferson in 1800 and 1804 and to President James Madison in 1808 |
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Thomas Pinckney | Lost to President John Adams in 1796 |
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John Rutledge | Lost to President George Washington in 1789 |
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Winfield Scott | Lost to President Franklin Pierce in 1852 |
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Horatio Seymour | Lost to President Ulysses S. Grant in 1868 |
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Alfred Smith | Lost to President Herbert Hoover in 1928 |
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Adlai Stevenson II | Lost to President Dwight Eisenhower in 1952 and 1956 |
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Strom Thurmond | Lost to President Harry Truman in 1948 |
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Samuel Tilden | Lost to President Rutherford Hayes in 1876 |
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George Wallace | Lost to President Richard Nixon in 1968 |
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James Weaver | Lost to President Grover Cleveland in 1892 |
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Daniel Webster | Lost to President Martin Van Buren in 1836 |
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Hugh White | Lost to President Martin Van Buren in 1836 |
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Wendell Wilkie | Lost to President Franklin Roosevelt in 1940 |
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William Wirt | Lost to President Andrew Jackson in 1832 |