This is a list of the candidates for the offices of President of the United States and Vice President of the United States of the defunct National Republican Party and the defunct Whig Party. The Whigs were not a direct continuation of the National Republican Party, but most former National Republicans did join the Whigs in the 1830s. Opponents who received over one percent of the popular vote or ran an official campaign that received Electoral College votes are listed. Offices held prior to Election Day are included, and those held on Election Day have an italicized end date.
National Republican Party ticket (1828–1832) 1828 Presidentialnominee1828 (lost)Vice presidentialnomineeJohn Quincy Adams of MA(1767–1848)Prior public experience U.S. Ambassador to the Netherlands (1794–1797) U.S. Ambassador to Prussia (1797–1801) Massachusetts Senate (1802–1803) U.S. Senate (1803–1808) U.S. Ambassador to Russia (1809–1814) U.S. Ambassador to United Kingdom (1815–1817) U.S. Secretary of State (1817–1825) President (1825–1829)
Higher education Leiden University (attended) Harvard University (BA, MA)Prior public experience Attorney General of Pennsylvania (1811) U.S. Attorney General (1814–1817) Acting U.S. Secretary of State (1817) U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom (1818–1825) U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (1825–1829)
Higher education Princeton University (BA)Richard Rush of PA(1780–1859)Opponent(s)Andrew Jackson (Democratic)Electoral vote (President) Jackson: 178 (68.2%) Adams: 83 (31.8%)
Electoral vote (Vice President)If not for unpledged electors, Rush would have won 178 (68.2%) votes. Calhoun: 171 (65.5%) Rush: 83 (31.8%) Smith: 7 (2.7%)
Popular vote Jackson/Calhoun: 642,553 (55.9%) Adams/Rush: 500,897 (43.7%)Opponent(s)John C. Calhoun (Democratic)
1832 Presidentialnominee1832 (lost)Vice presidentialnomineeHenry Clay of KY(1777–1852)Prior public experience Kentucky House of Representatives (1803–1805, 1808–1809) Speaker of the Kentucky House of Representatives (1809) United States Senate (1806–1807, 1810–1811, 1831–1842) U.S. House of Representatives (1811–1814, 1815–1821, 1823–1825) Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives (1811–1814, 1815–1820, 1823–1825) U.S. Secretary of State (1825–1829)
Higher education College of William and Mary (attended)Prior public experience Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1808–1810) U.S. House of Representatives (1815–1823, 1827–1829) Chair of the House Judiciary Committee (1819–1822)
Higher education University of Pennsylvania (attended) Princeton University (BA)John Sergeant of PA(1779–1852)Opponent(s)Andrew Jackson (Democratic)William Wirt (Anti-Masonic)Electoral vote (President)South Carolina's delegates were selected by the state legislature and not by popular vote, which went to the Nullifier ticket of Floyd/Lee, which did not campaign, while 30 Pennsylvania delegates voted Wilkins for vice president. Two Maryland delegates did not cast votes. Jackson: 219 (76.0%) Clay: 49 (17.0%) Floyd: 11 (3.8%) Wirt: 7 (2.4%) None: 2 (0.7%)
Electoral vote (Vice President) Van Buren: 189 (65.6%) Sargent: 49 (17.0%) Wilkins: 30 (10.4%) Lee: 11 (3.8%) Ellmaker: 7 (2.4%) None: 2 (0.7%)
Popular vote Jackson/Van Buren: 701,780 (54.7%) Clay/Sargent: 484,205 (36.9%) Wirt/Ellmaker: 100,715 (7.8%)Opponent(s)Martin Van Buren (Democratic)Amos Ellmaker (Anti-Masonic)
Whig Party tickets (1836–1852) 1836 The Whig Party ran regional candidates in 1836. William Henry Harrison and Francis Granger ran in Northern states, while Hugh Lawson White and John Tyler ran in Southern states. Daniel Webster was on the ballot in Massachusetts and Willie Person Mangum received votes from the Electoral College without being on the ballot.
Presidentialnominee1836 (lost)Vice presidentialnomineeNorthern states:William Henry Harrison of OH(1773–1841)Prior public experience Secretary of the Northwest Territory (1798–1799) U.S. House of Representatives (1799–1800, 1816–1819) Governor of Indiana (1800–1812) Governor of the District of Louisiana (1804–1805) Ohio Senate (1819–1821) U.S. Senate (1825–1828) Chair of the Senate Military Affairs Committee (1825–1828) U.S. Minister to Gran Colombia (1829)
Higher education Hampden-Sydney College (attended) University of Pennsylvania (attended)Prior public experience New York Assembly (1826–1828, 1830–1832) U.S. House of Representatives (1835–1837)
Higher education Yale University (BA)Northern states:Francis Granger of NY(1792–1868)Southern states:Hugh White of TN(1773–1840)Prior public experience Tennessee Senate (1807–1808, 1817–1825) U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Tennessee (1808–1809) Justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court (1809–1815) U.S. Senate (1825–1840) Chair of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee (1828–1832, 1833–1840) President pro tempore of the U.S. Senate (1832–1833)
Higher education NonePrior public experience Virginia House of Delegates (1811–1816, 1823–1825) U.S. House of Representatives (1816–1821) Governor of Virginia (1825–1827) U.S. Senate (1827–1836) Chair of the Senate Manufactures Committee (1833–1835) President pro tempore of the U.S. Senate (1935) Chair of the Senate District of Columbia Committee (1835–1836)
Higher education College of William and Mary (BA)Southern states:John Tyler of VA(1790–1862)Opponent(s)Martin Van Buren (Democratic)Electoral vote (President) Van Buren: 170 (57.8%) Harrison: 73 (24.8%) White: 26 (8.8%) Webster: 14 (4.8%) Magnum: 11 (3.7%)
Contingent vote (Vice President) Johnson 33 (63.5%) Granger: 16 (30.8%) Blank: 3 (5.8%)
Electoral vote (Vice President) Johnson 147 (50.0%) Granger: 77 (26.2%) Tyler: 47 (16.0%) Smith: 23 (7.8%)
Popular vote Van Buren/Johnson: 764,176 (50.8%) Harrison/Granger: 550,816 (36.6%) White/Tyler: 146,109 (9.7%) Webster/Granger: 41,201 (2.7%)Opponent(s)Richard Johnson (Democratic)
1840 Presidentialnominee1840 (won)Vice presidentialnomineeWilliam Henry Harrison of OH(1773–1841)Prior public experience Secretary of the Northwest Territory (1798–1799) U.S. House of Representatives (1799–1800, 1816–1819) Governor of Indiana (1800–1812) Governor of the District of Louisiana (1804–1805) Ohio Senate (1819–1821) U.S. Senate (1825–1828) Chair of the Senate Military Affairs Committee (1825–1828) U.S. Minister to Gran Colombia (1829)
Higher education Hampden-Sydney College (attended) University of Pennsylvania (attended)Prior public experience Virginia House of Delegates (1811–1816, 1823–1825) U.S. House of Representatives (1816–1821) Governor of Virginia (1825–1827) U.S. Senate (1827–1836) Chair of the Senate Manufactures Committee (1833–1835) President pro tempore of the U.S. Senate (1935) Chair of the Senate District of Columbia Committee (1835–1836)
Higher education College of William and Mary (BA)John Tyler of VA(1790–1862)Opponent(s)Martin Van Buren (Democratic)Electoral vote Harrison/Tyler: 234 (79.6%) Van Buren/Johnson: 60 (20.4%)
Popular vote Harrison/Tyler: 1,275,390 (52.9%) Van Buren/Johnson: 1,128,854 (46.8%)Opponent(s)Richard Johnson (Democratic)
1844 Presidentialnominee1844 (lost)Vice presidentialnomineeHenry Clay of KY(1777–1852)Prior public experience Kentucky House of Representatives (1803–1805, 1808–1809) Speaker of the Kentucky House of Representatives (1809) United States Senate (1806–1807, 1810–1811, 1831–1842) Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (1834–1836) Chair of the Senate Finance Committee (1841) U.S. House of Representatives (1811–1814, 1815–1821, 1823–1825) Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives (1811–1814, 1815–1820, 1823–1825) U.S. Secretary of State (1825–1829)
Higher education College of William and Mary (attended)Prior public experience New Jersey Attorney General (1817–1829) U.S. Senate (1829–1835) Chair of the Senate Manufactures Committee (1834–1835) Mayor of Newark, NJ (1837–1838)
Higher education Princeton University (BA)Theodore Frelinghuysen of NJ(1787–1862)Opponent(s)James Polk (Democratic)James Birney (Liberty)Electoral vote Polk/Dallas: 170 (61.8%) Clay/Frelinghuysen: 105 (38.2%)
Popular vote Polk/Dallas: 1,339,494 (49.5%) Clay/Frelinghuysen: 1,300,004 (49.1%) Birney/Morris: 62,103 (2.3%)Opponent(s)George Dallas (Democratic)Thomas Morris (Liberty)
1848 Presidentialnominee1848 (won)Vice presidentialnomineeZachary Taylor of LA(1784–1850)Prior public experience None
Higher education NonePrior public experience New York Assembly (1829–1831) U.S. House of Representatives (1833–1835, 1837–1843) Chair of the House Ways and Means Committee (1841–1843) Comptroller of New York (1848–1849)
Higher education NoneMillard Fillmore of NY(1800–1874)Opponent(s)Lewis Cass (Democratic)Martin Van Buren (Free Soil)Electoral vote Taylor/Fillmore: 163 (56.2%) Cass/Butler: 127 (43.8%)
Popular vote Taylor/Fillmore: 1,361,393 (47.1%) Cass/Butler: 1,223,460 (42.5%) Van Buren/Adams 291,501 (10.1%)Opponent(s)William Butler (Democratic)Charles Adams (Free Soil)
1852 Presidentialnominee1852 (lost)Vice presidentialnomineeWinfield Scott of NJ(1786–1866)Prior public experience Commanding General of the U.S. Army (1841–1861)
Higher education College of William and Mary (attended)Prior public experience North Carolina House of Representatives (1833–1840) Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives (1838–1840) U.S. Senate (1840–1843) Chair of the Senate Claims Committee (1841–1843) Governor of North Carolina (1845–1849) U.S. Secretary of the Navy (1850–1852)
Higher education University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (BA)William Graham of NC(1804–1875)Opponent(s)Franklin Pierce (Democratic)John Hale (Free Soil)Electoral vote Pierce/King: 254 (85.8%) Scott/Graham: 42 (14.2%)
Popular vote Pierce/King: 1,607,510 (50.8%) Scott/Graham: 1,386,942 (43.9%) Hale/Julian: 155,210 (4.9%)Opponent(s)William King (Democratic)George Julian (Free Soil)
Whig Party and American Party ticket (1856) The collapse of the Whigs after 1852 left political chaos. Even though the party disintegrated, it continued to win some elections under its own banner, as the "Opposition Party", or as the American Party. The American, or "Know-Nothing" Party, formed from various prohibitionist and nativist movements, based originally on the secret Know-Nothing lodges. It was a moralistic party that appealed to the middle class fear of corruption, which it identified with Catholics, especially the recent Irish immigrants who seemed to bring crime, corruption, poverty and bossism as soon as they arrived. Remnants of the Whig party met once more in convention in 1856, and nominated the Know Nothing's nominees. While the Democratic ticket was focused in the South, and the Republican ticket in the North, the Know-Nothing ticket was on the ballot all across the country, providing alternatives to James Buchanan and John C. Frémont in every state which had a popular vote.
Presidentialnominee1856 (lost)Vice presidentialnomineeMillard Fillmore of NY(1800–1874)Prior public experience New York Assembly (1829–1831) U.S. House of Representatives (1833–1835, 1837–1843) Chair of the House Ways and Means Committee (1841–1843) Comptroller of New York (1848–1849) Vice President (1849–1850) President (1850–1853)
Higher education NonePrior public experience Acting U.S. Minister to Texas (1844–1845) U.S. Minister to Prussia (1846–1849)
Higher education University of Nashville (attended) United States Military Academy (BS) Transylvania University (attended)Andrew Donelson of TN(1799–1871)Opponent(s)James Buchanan (Democratic)John Frémont (Republican)Electoral vote Buchanan/Breckinridge: 174 (58.8%) Frémont/Dayton: 114 (38.5%) Fillmore/Donelson: 8 (2.7%)
Popular vote Buchanan/Breckinridge: 1,836,072 (45.3%) Frémont/Dayton: 1,342,345 (33.1%) Fillmore/Donelson: 873,053 (21.5%)Opponent(s)John Breckinridge (Democratic)William Dayton (Republican)
Constitutional Union Party ticket (1860)