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 Republican Party, either duly preselected and nominated, or the presumptive nominees of a future preselection and election. 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.
19th century 1856 Presidentialnominee1856 (lost)Vice presidentialnomineeJohn C. Frémont of CA(1813–1890)Prior public experience Governor of California (1847) Shadow Senator (1849–1850) U.S. Senate (1850–1851)
Higher education College of Charleston (attended)Prior public experience Associate Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court (1838–1841) U.S. Senate (1842–1851) Chair of the Senate Public Buildings Committee (1842–1845) Chair of the Senate Engrossed Bills Committee (1844–1845)
Higher education Princeton University (BA)William L. Dayton of NJ(1807–1864)Opponent(s)James Buchanan (Democratic)Millard Fillmore (Know Nothing)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 C. Breckinridge (Democratic)Andrew Jackson Donelson (Know Nothing)
1860, 1864 Presidentialnominee1860 (won), 1864 (won)Vice presidentialnomineeAbraham Lincoln of IL(1809–1865)Prior public experience Illinois House of Representatives (1834–1842) U.S. House of Representatives (1847–1849) President (1861–1865)
Higher education NonePrior public experience Maine House of Representatives (1836–1841, 1847) Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives (1837–1838, 1839–1840) U.S. House of Representatives (1843–1847) Chair of the House Elections Committee (1845–1847) U.S. Senate (1848–1857, 1857–1861) Chair of the Senate Commerce Committee (1849–1856) Chair of the Senate Printing Committee (1852–1853) Governor of Maine (1857)
Higher education NoneHannibal Hamlin of ME(1809–1891)(1860)Prior public experience Tennessee House of Representatives (1835–1837, 1839–1841) Tennessee Senate (1841–1843) U.S. House of Representatives (1843–1853) Chair of the House Public Expenditures Committee (1849–1852) Governor of Tennessee (1853–1857, 1862–1865) U.S. Senate (1857–1862) Chair of the Senate Audit Committee (1859–1861)
Higher education NoneAndrew Johnson of TN(1808–1875)(1864)Opponent(s)Stephen A. Douglas (Democratic)John C. Breckinridge (Southern Democrats)John Bell (Constitutional Union)Electoral vote Lincoln/Hamlin: 180 (59.4%) Breckinridge/Lane: 72 (23.8%) Bell/Everett: 39 (12.9%) Douglas/Johnson: 12 (4.0%)
Popular vote Lincoln/Hamlin: 1,865,908 (39.7%) Douglas/Johnson: 1,380,202 (29.5%) Breckinridge/Lane: 848,019 (18.2%) Bell/Everett: 590,901 (12.7%)Opponent(s)Herschel Vespasian Johnson (Democratic)Joseph Lane (Southern Democrats)Edward Everett (Constitutional Union)Opponent(s)George B. McClellan (Democratic)Electoral vote Lincoln/Johnson: 212 (91.0%)If not for am unpledged elector and 17 invalidated electors from Union-occupied Louisiana and Texas, Lincoln and Johnson would have won 213 (91.0%) or 230 (91.6%) votes. McClellan/Pendleton: 21 (9.0%)If not for the 17 invalidated electors from Union-occupied Louisiana and Texas, McClellan and Pendleton would have won 8.4% of votes.
Popular vote Lincoln/Johnson: 2,218,388 (55.0%) McClellan/Pendleton: 1,812,807 (45.0%)Opponent(s)George H. Pendleton (Democratic)
1868, 1872 Presidentialnominee1868 (won), 1872 (won)Vice presidentialnomineeUlysses S. Grant of IL(1822–1885)Prior public experience Commanding General of the U.S. Army (1864–1869) Acting U.S. Secretary of War (1867–1868) President (1869–1877)
Higher education U.S. Military Academy (BS)Prior public experience U.S. House of Representatives (1855–1869) Chair of the House Post Office Committee (1859–1863) Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives (1863–1869)
Higher education NoneSchuyler Colfax of IN(1823–1885)(1868)Prior public experience Massachusetts House of Representatives (1841–1842) Massachusetts Senate (1844–1846, 1850–1852) President of the Massachusetts Senate (1851–1852) U.S. Senate (1855–1873) Chair of the Senate Military Affairs Committee (1861–1873)
Higher education NoneHenry Wilson of MA(1812–1875)(1872)Opponent(s)Horatio Seymour (Democratic)Electoral vote Grant/Colfax: 214 (72.8%) Seymour/Blair: 80 (27.2%)
Popular vote Grant/Colfax: 3,013,421 (52.7%) Seymour/Blair: 2,706,829 (47.3%)Opponent(s)Francis Preston Blair Jr. (Democratic)Opponent(s)Horace Greeley (Democratic)Electoral vote Grant/Wilson: 286 (81.3%)If not for the 14 invalidated electors from voting irregularities in Arkansas and Louisiana, Grant and Wilson would have won 300 (82.0%) votes. Greeley/Brown: 66 (18.8%)*Greeley died after the election but before the Electoral College convened, and was not replaced for the vote. The ticket's intended delegates were scattered.If not for the 14 invalidated electors for Grant and Wilson from voting irregularities in Arkansas and Louisiana, Greeley and Brown's 66 votes would have been 18.0%.
Popular vote Grant/Wilson: 3,598,235 (55.6%) Greeley/Brown: 2,834,761 (43.8%)Opponent(s)Benjamin Gratz Brown (Democratic)
1876 Presidentialnominee1876 (won)Vice presidentialnomineeRutherford B. Hayes of OH(1822–1893)Prior public experience U.S. House of Representatives (1865–1867) Governor of Ohio (1868–1872, 1876–1877)
Higher education Kenyon College (BA) Harvard University (LLB)Prior public experience New York Assembly (1850–1851) New York Senate (1858–1859) U.S. House of Representatives (1861–1877) Chair of the House War Department Expenditures Committee (1861–1863) Chair of the House Commerce Committee (1873–1875)
Higher education University of Vermont (BA)William A. Wheeler of NY(1819–1887)Opponent(s)Samuel J. Tilden (Democratic)Electoral vote Hayes/Wheeler: 185 (50.1%) Tilden/Hendricks: 184 (49.9%)
Popular vote Tilden/Hendricks: 4,288,546 (50.9%) Hayes/Wheeler: 4,034,311 (47.9%)Opponent(s)Thomas A. Hendricks (Democratic)
1880 Presidentialnominee1880 (won)Vice presidentialnomineeJames A. Garfield of OH(1831–1881)Prior public experience Ohio Senate (1859–1861) U.S. House of Representatives (1863–1881) Chair of the House Military Affairs Committee (1867–1869) Chair of the House Banking Committee (1869–1871) Chair of the House Appropriations Committee (1871–1875)
Higher education Hiram College (attended) Williams College (BA)Prior public experience Collector of the Port of New York (1871–1878) Chair of the New York Republican Party (1879–1881)
Higher education Union College (attended) State and National Law School (attended)Chester A. Arthur of NY(1829–1886)Opponent(s)Winfield Scott Hancock (Democratic)James B. Weaver (Greenback)Electoral vote Garfield/Arthur: 214 (58.0%) Hancock/English: 155 (42.0%)
Popular vote Garfield/Arthur: 4,446,158 (48.3%) Hancock/English: 4,444,260 (48.2%) Weaver/Chambers: 308,649 (3.4%)Opponent(s)William Hayden English (Democratic)Barzillai J. Chambers (Greenback)
1884 Presidentialnominee1884 (lost)Vice presidentialnomineeJames G. Blaine of ME(1830–1893)Prior public experience Maine House of Representatives (1859–1862) Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives (1861–1862) U.S. House of Representatives (1863–1876) Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives (1869–1875) Chair of the House Rules Committee (1873–1876) U.S. Senate (1876–1881) Chair of the Senate Civil Service Committee (1877) Chair of the Senate Rules Committee (1877–1879) U.S. Secretary of State (1881)
Higher education Washington and Jefferson College (BA)Prior public experience Illinois House of Representatives (1852–1853, 1856–1857) U.S. House of Representatives (1859–1862, 1867–1871) Chair of the House Unfinished Business Committee (1859–1862) Chair of the House Armed Services Committee (1869–1871) U.S. Senate (1871–1877, 1879–1886) Chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee (1872–1877, 1881–1886)
Higher education Shiloh College (attended) University of Louisville (LLB)John A. Logan of IL(1826–1886)Opponent(s)Grover Cleveland (Democratic)John St. John (Prohibition)Benjamin Butler (Greenback)Electoral vote Cleveland/Hendricks: 219 (54.6%) Blaine/Logan: 182 (45.4%)
Popular vote Cleveland/Hendricks: 4,914,482 (48.9%) Blaine/Logan: 4,856,905 (48.3%) St. John/Daniel: 147,482 (1.5%) Butler/West: 134,294 (1.3%)Opponent(s)Thomas A. Hendricks (Democratic)William Daniel (Prohibition)Absolom M. West (Greenback)
1888, 1892 Presidentialnominee1888 (won), 1892 (lost)Vice presidentialnomineeBenjamin Harrison of IN(1833–1901)Prior public experience U.S. Senate (1881–1887) Chair of the Senate Seaboard Transportation Routes Committee (1881–1883) Chair of the Senate Territories Committee (1884–1887) President (1889–1893)
Higher education Ohio Military Institute (attended) Miami University (BA)Prior public experience U.S. House of Representatives (1879–1881) U.S. Minister to France (1881–1885)
Higher education NoneLevi Morton of NY(1824–1920)(1888)Prior public experience U.S. Minister to France (1889–1892)
Higher education NoneWhitelaw Reid of NY(1837–1912)(1892)Opponent(s)Grover Cleveland (Democratic)Clinton Fisk (Prohibition)Alson Streeter (Union Labor)Electoral vote Harrison/Morton: 233 (58.1%) Cleveland/Thurman: 168 (41.9%)
Popular vote Cleveland/Thurman: 5,534,488 (48.6%) Harrison/Morton: 5,443,892 (47.8%) Fisk/Brooks: 249,819 (2.2%) Streeter/Cunningham: 146,602 (1.3%)Opponent(s)Allen Thurman (Democratic)John Brooks (Prohibition)Charles Cunningham (Union Labor)Opponent(s)Grover Cleveland (Democratic)James Weaver (Populist)John Bidwell (Prohibition)Electoral vote Cleveland/Stevenson: 277 (62.4%) Harrison/Reid: 145 (32.7%) Weaver/Field: 22 (5.0%)
Popular vote Cleveland/Stevenson: 5,556,918 (46.0%) Harrison/Reid: 5,176,108 (43.0%) Weaver/Field: 1,041,028 (8.5%) Bidwell/Cranfill: 270,879 (2.2%)Opponent(s)Adlai Stevenson (Democratic)James Field (Populist)James Cranfill (Prohibition)
1896, 1900 Presidentialnominee1896 (won), 1900 (won)Vice presidentialnomineeWilliam McKinley of OH(1843–1901)Prior public experience U.S. House of Representatives (1877–1884, 1885–1891) Chair of the House Laws Revision Committee (1882–1883) Chair of the House Ways and Means Committee (1889–1891) Governor of Ohio (1892–1896) President (1897–1901)
Higher education Allegheny College (attended) University of Mount Union (attended) Albany Law School (attended)Prior public experience Chair of the New Jersey Republican Party (1880–1891) New Jersey General Assembly (1873–1875) Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly (1874–1875) New Jersey Senate (1877–1883) President of the New Jersey Senate (1881–1883)
Higher education Rutgers University, New Brunswick (BA)Garret Hobart of NJ(1844–1899)(1896)Prior public experience New York Assembly (1882–1884) Minority Leader of the New York Assembly (1883) United States Civil Service Commission (1889–1895) Police Commissioner of New York City (1895–1897) Assistant Secretary of the Navy (1897–1898) Governor of New York (1899–1900)
Higher education Harvard University (BA) Columbia University (attended)Theodore Roosevelt of NY(1858–1919)(1900)Opponent(s)William Jennings Bryan (Democratic, Populist)Electoral vote (President) McKinley: 271 (60.6%) Bryan: 176 (39.4%)
Electoral vote (Vice President) Hobart: 271 (60.6%) Sewall: 149 (33.3%) Watson: 27 (6.0%)
Popular vote McKinley/Hobart: 7,102,246 (51.0%) Bryan/Sewall-Watson: 6,492,559 (46.7%)Opponent(s)Arthur Sewall (Democratic)Tom Watson (Populist)Opponent(s)William Jennings Bryan (Democratic, Populist)John Woolley (Prohibition)Electoral vote McKinley/Roosevelt: 292 (65.3%) Bryan/Stevenson: 155 (34.7%)
Popular vote McKinley/Roosevelt: 7,228,864 (51.6%) Bryan/Stevenson: 6,370,932 (45.5%)