List of United States major third party presidential tickets

This is a list of major third party tickets for President of the United States and Vice President of the United States.

Criteria

The candidates are listed here based on three criteria:

• They received electoral votes.
• They received at least 1% of the popular vote. (1824 or later)
• They ran for one of the three modern major third parties: the Constitution Party, the Green Party, and the Libertarian Party.

1789-1800

Note: In elections held before 1804 and the passage of the Twelfth Amendment, the President was the person who won the most electoral votes, while the Vice President was the second-place finisher. This list lists any candidate who received electoral votes but was not in first or second place.

1789

Presidential Nominee	1789	Vote totals (EV)
	John Jay State: New York Born: December 12, 1745, New York City Died: May 17, 1829, Bedford, New York Alma mater: Columbia University Career: United States Minister to Spain (1779-1782); United States Secretary of Foreign Affairs (1784-1790); President of the Continental Congress (1778-1779); Continental Congress (1774, 1775-1776, 1778-1779)	9
	Robert H. Harrison State: Maryland Born: 1745 Died: April 2, 1790, Charles County, Maryland Alma mater: None Career: Chief Justice of the General Court of Maryland (1781-1789)	6
	John Rutledge State: South Carolina Born: September 17, 1739, Charleston, South Carolina Died: July 23, 1800, Charleston, South Carolina Alma mater: Middle Temple Career: Stamp Act Congress (1765); Continental Congress (1776); Constitutional Convention (1787); Governor of South Carolina (1779-1782)	6

1792

Presidential Nominee	1792	Vote totals (EV)
	George Clinton State: New York Born: July 26, 1739, Little Britain, New York Died: April 20, 1812, Washington, DC Alma mater: None Career: Governor of New York (1777-1795)	50
	Thomas Jefferson State: Virginia Born: April 13, 1743, Shadwell, Virginia Died: July 4, 1826, Charlottesville, Virginia Alma mater: College of William and Mary Career: United States Minister to France (1785-1789); United States Secretary of State (1790-1793); Continental Congress (1775-1776, 1783-1784) (Signer and author of the Declaration of Independence); Governor of Virginia (1779-1781)	4
	Aaron Burr State: New York Born: February 6, 1756, Newark, New Jersey Died: September 14, 1836, Staten Island, New York Alma mater: College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) Career: United States Senate (1791-1797); New York State Attorney General (1789-1791)	1

1796

Presidential Nominee	1796	Party	Vote totals (EV)
	Thomas Pinckney Born: October 23, 1750, Charleston, South Carolina Died: November 2, 1828, Charleston, South Carolina Alma mater: University of Oxford Career: United States Minister to Great Britain (1792-1796); Governor of South Carolina (1787-1789); South Carolina House of Representatives (1791)	Federalist[1]	59
	Aaron Burr State: New York Born: February 6, 1756, Newark, New Jersey Died: September 14, 1836, Staten Island, New York Alma mater: College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) Career: United States Senate (1791-1797); New York State Attorney General (1789-1791)	Democratic-Republican[1]	30
	Samuel Adams State: Massachusetts Born: September 27, 1722, Boston, Massachusetts Died: October 2, 1803, Cambridge, Massachusetts Alma mater: Harvard College Career: Continental Congress (1774-1781) (Signer of the Declaration of Independence); Governor of Massachusetts (1794-1797); Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts (1789-1794); Massachusetts Senate (1782-1785, 1787-1788); Massachusetts House of Representatives (1766-1774)	Federalist	15
	Oliver Ellsworth State: Connecticut Born: April 29, 1745, Windsor, Connecticut Died: November 26, 1807, Windsor, Connecticut Alma mater: Yale University, College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) Career: Constitutional Convention (1787); United States Senate (1789-1796); Chief Justice of the United States (1796-1800)		11
	George Clinton State: New York Born: July 26, 1739, Little Britain, New York Died: April 20, 1812, Washington, DC Alma mater: None Career: Governor of New York (1777-1795)	Democratic-Republican	7

1800

Presidential Nominee	1789	Party	Vote totals (EV)
	John Jay State: New York Born: December 12, 1745, New York City Died: May 17, 1829, Bedford, New York Alma mater: Columbia University Career: United States Minister to Spain (1779-1782); United States Secretary of Foreign Affairs (1784-1790); President of the Continental Congress (1778-1779); Continental Congress (1774, 1775-1776, 1778-1779); Chief Justice of the United States (1789-1795); Governor of New York (1795-1801)	Federalist[2]	1

1804-1820

1808

Presidential Nominee	1808		Vice Presidential Nominee	Vote totals (EV)
	James Madison[3] State: Virginia Born: March 16, 1751, Port Conway, Virginia Died: June 28, 1836, Orange, Virginia Alma mater: Princeton University Career: United States Secretary of State (1801-1809); Constitutional Convention (1787); Continental Congress (1781-1783); United States House of Representatives (1789-1797)	John Langdon State: New Hampshire Born: June 26, 1741, Portsmouth, New Hampshire Died: September 18, 1819, Portsmouth, New Hampshire Alma mater: None Career: United States Senate (1789-1801) (President pro tempore 1789, 1792-1793); Governor of New Hampshire (1785-1786, 1788-1789, 1805-1809)		9
	(1777-1795, 1801-1804) Governor of New York (1805-1812); Vice President of the United States Career: NoneAlma mater: Washington, DC April 20, 1812, Died: Little Britain, New York July 26, 1739, Born: New York State: [4]	James Madison[3] State: Virginia Born: March 16, 1751, Port Conway, Virginia Died: June 28, 1836, Orange, Virginia Alma mater: Princeton University Career: United States Secretary of State (1801-1809); Constitutional Convention (1787); Continental Congress (1781-1783); United States House of Representatives (1789-1797)		3
		James Monroe State: Virginia Born: April 28, 1758, Monroe Hall, Virginia Died: July 4, 1831, New York, New York Alma mater: College of William and Mary Career: United States Minister to France (1794-1796); United States Minister to the United Kingdom (1803-1808); Continental Congress (1783-1786); United States Senate (1790-1794); Governor of Virginia (1799-1802)		3

1816

Presidential Nominee	1816		Vice Presidential Nominee	Vote totals (EV)
	Rufus King[5] State: New York Born: March 24, 1755, Scarborough, Maine Died: April 29, 1827, Jamaica, Queens, New York Alma mater: Harvard College Career: United States Minister to Great Britain (1796-1803); United States Senate (1789-1796, 1813-1825)	James Ross State: Pennsylvania Born: July 12, 1762, Delta, Pennsylvania Died: November 27, 1847, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Alma mater: None Career: United States Senate (1794-1803)		5
		John Marshall State: Virginia Born: September 24, 1755, Germantown, Virginia Died: July 6, 1835, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Alma mater: College of William and Mary Career: United States Secretary of State (1800-1801); United States House of Representatives (1799-1800); Chief Justice of the United States (1801-1835)		4
		Robert Goodloe Harper State: Maryland Born: January 1765, Fredericksburg, Virginia Died: January 14, 1825, Baltimore, Maryland Alma mater: Princeton University Career: United States Senate (1816); United States House of Representatives (1795-1801); South Carolina House of Representatives (1790-1795)		3

1820

Presidential Nominee	1820		Vice Presidential Nominee	Vote totals (EV)
	James Monroe[6] State: Virginia Born: April 28, 1758, Monroe Hall, Virginia Died: July 4, 1831, New York, New York Alma mater: College of William and Mary Career: President of the United States (1817-1825); United States Secretary of State (1811-1817); United States Secretary of War (1814-1815); United States Minister to France (1794-1796); United States Minister to the United Kingdom (1803-1808); Continental Congress (1783-1786); United States Senate (1790-1794); Governor of Virginia (1799-1802)	Richard Stockton State: New Jersey Born: April 17, 1764, Princeton, New Jersey Died: March 7, 1828, Princeton, New Jersey Alma mater: Princeton University Career: United States Senate (1796-1799)		8
		Daniel Rodney State: Delaware Born: September 10, 1764, Lewes, Delaware Died: September 2, 1846, Lewes, Delaware Alma mater: None Career: Governor of Delaware (1814-1817)		1
		Robert Goodloe Harper State: Maryland Born: January 1765, Fredericksburg, Virginia Died: January 14, 1825, Baltimore, Maryland Alma mater: Princeton University Career: United States Senate (1816); United States House of Representatives (1795-1801); South Carolina House of Representatives (1790-1795)		1
	John Quincy Adams State: Massachusetts Born: July 11, 1767, Braintree, Massachusetts Died: February 23, 1848, Washington, D.C. Alma mater: Harvard University Career: United States Minister to the Netherlands (1794-1797); United States Minister to Prussia (1797-1801); United States Minister to Russia (1809-1814); United States Minister to the Court of St. James's (1814-1817); United States Secretary of State (1817-1825); United States House of Representatives (1803-1808)	Richard Rush State: Pennsylvania Born: August 29, 1780, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Died: July 30, 1859, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Alma mater: Princeton University Career: United States Minister to the United Kingdom (1817-1825); United States Attorney General (1814-1817)		1

1824-1852

1824

Presidential Nominee	1824		Vice Presidential Nominee	Popular vote total	Electoral vote total
	William H. Crawford State: Georgia Born: February 24, 1772, Amherst County, Virginia Died: September 15, 1834, Crawford, Georgia Alma mater: None Career: United States Secretary of War (1815-1816), United States Secretary of the Treasury (1816-1825), United States Ambassador to France (1813-1815), President pro tempore of the United States Senate (1812-1813), United States Senate (1807-1813)	Nathaniel Macon State: North Carolina Born: December 17, 1757, Warrenton, North Carolina Died: June 29, 1837, Warrenton, North Carolina Alma mater: College of New Jersey Career: United States Senate (1815-1828), United States House of Representatives (1791-1815), Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (1801-1807)		41,032 (11.21%)	41
	Henry Clay State: Kentucky Born: April 12, 1777, Hanover County, Virginia Died: June 29, 1852, Washington, D.C. Alma mater: College of William and Mary Career: United States Senate (1806-1807, 1810-1811), United States House of Representatives (1811-1814, 1815-1821, 1823-1825), Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (1811-1814, 1815-1820, 1823-1825)	Nathan Sanford State: New York Born: November 5, 1777, Bridgehampton, New York Died: October 17, 1838, Flushing, New York Alma mater: None Career: United States Senate (1815-1821), United States Attorney for the District of New York (1803-1815), Chancellor of New York (1823-1826), New York State Senate (1812-1815), New York State Assembly (1808-1809, 1811)		47,545 (12.99%)	37

1832

Presidential Nominee	1832		Vice Presidential Nominee	Popular vote total	Electoral vote total	Party
	John Floyd State: Virginia Born: April 24, 1783, Floyd's Station, Virginia Died: August 17, 1837, Sweet Springs, Virginia Alma mater: None Career: United States House of Representatives (1817-1829), Governor of Virginia (1830-1834), Virginia House of Delegates (1814-1815)	Henry Lee State: Massachusetts Born: February 4, 1782 Died: February 6, 1867 Alma mater: None Career: None		0	11 (3.8%)[7]	Nullifier Party
	William Wirt State: Virginia Born: November 8, 1772, Bladensburg, Maryland Died: February 18, 1834, Washington, D.C. Alma mater: None Career: United States Attorney General (1817-1829)	Amos Ellmaker State: Pennsylvania Born: February 2, 1787, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Died: November 28, 1851, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Alma mater: Princeton University Career: Pennsylvania General Assembly (1813-1814)		99,817 (7.78%)	7 (2.4%)	Anti-Masonic Party

1836

Presidential Nominee	1836		Vice Presidential Nominee	Popular vote total	Electoral vote total
	Hugh Lawson White State: Tennessee Born: October 30, 1773, Iredell County, North Carolina Died: April 10, 1840, Knoxville, Tennessee Alma mater: None Career: United States Senate (1825-1840)	John Tyler State: Virginia Born: March 29, 1790, Charles City County, Virginia Died: January 18, 1862, Richmond, Virginia Alma mater: College of William and Mary Career: United States Senate (1827-1836), United States House of Representatives (1816-1821), Governor of Virginia (1825-1827)		146,107 (9.72%)	26 (8.8%)
	Willie Person Mangum State: North Carolina Born: May 10, 1792, Durham County, North Carolina Died: September 7, 1861, Durham County, North Carolina Alma mater: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Career: United States Senate (1831-1836), United States House of Representatives (1823-1826)			0	11 (3.7%)[7]
	Daniel Webster State: Massachusetts Born: January 18, 1782, Salisbury, New Hampshire Died: October 24, 1852, Marshfield, Massachusetts Alma mater: Dartmouth College Career: United States Senate (1827-1841), United States House of Representatives (1813-1817, 1823-1827)	Francis Granger State: New York Born: December 1, 1792, Suffield, Connecticut Died: August 31, 1868, Canandaigua, New York Alma mater: Yale College Career: United States House of Representatives (1835-1837)		41,201 (2.74%)	14 (4.8%)

1844

Presidential Nominee	1844		Vice Presidential Nominee	Popular vote total	Electoral vote total	Party
	James G. Birney State: Michigan Born: February 4, 1792, Danville, Kentucky Died: November 24, 1857, Perth Amboy, New Jersey Alma mater: Princeton University Career: Kentucky House of Representatives (1816-1818)	Thomas Morris State: Ohio Born: January 3, 1776, Berks County, Pennsylvania Died: December 7, 1844, Bethel, Ohio Alma mater: None Career: United States Senate (1833-1839)		62,054 (2.3%)	0	Liberty Party

1848

Presidential Nominee	1848		Vice Presidential Nominee	Popular vote total	Electoral vote total	Party
	Martin Van Buren Born: December 5, 1782, Kinderhook, New York Died: July 24, 1862, Kinderhook, New York State: New York Alma mater: None Career: President of the United States (1837-1841), Vice President of the United States (1833-1837), United States Minister to the United Kingdom (1831-1832), United States Secretary of State (1829-1831), United States Senate (1821-1828), Governor of New York (1829), Attorney General of New York (1815-1819)	Charles Francis Adams, Sr. Born: August 18, 1807, Boston, Massachusetts Died: November 21, 1886, Boston, Massachusetts State: Massachusetts Alma mater: Harvard University Career: Massachusetts State Senate (1844-1845), Massachusetts House of Representatives (1841)		291,475 (10.13%)	0	Free Soil Party

1852

Presidential Nominee	1852		Vice Presidential Nominee	Popular vote total	Electoral vote total	Party
	John P. Hale Born: March 31, 1806, Rochester, New Hampshire Died: November 19, 1873, Dover, New Hampshire State: New Hampshire Alma mater: Bowdoin College Career: United States Senate (1847-1853)	George Washington Julian Born: May 5, 1817, Centerville, Indiana Died: July 7, 1899, Irvington, Indiana State: Indiana Alma mater: None Career: United States House of Representatives (1849-1851)		155,799 (4.93%)	0	Free Soil Party

1856-Present

Note: 1856 was the first year that the Republican party nominated a candidate for President of the United States, beginning the current two party structure of Republicans and Democrats that has been dominant in presidential politics since.

1856

Presidential Nominee	1856		Vice Presidential Nominee	Popular vote total	Electoral vote total	Party
	Millard Fillmore Born: January 7, 1800, Summerhill, New York Died: March 8, 1874, Buffalo, New York State: New York Alma mater: None Career: President of the United States (1850-1853), Vice President of the United States (1849-1853), United States House of Representatives (1833-1835, 1837-1843), Comptroller of New York (1848-1849)	Andrew Jackson Donelson Born: August 25, 1799, Nashville, Tennessee Died: June 26, 1871, Memphis, Tennessee State: Tennessee Alma mater: United States Military Academy Career: United States Ambassador to Texas (1844-1845)		872,703 (21.54%)	8 (2.7%)	American Party

1860

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