List of United States Democratic Party presidential candidates

This is a list of major Democratic Party candidates for president. The Democratic Party has existed since the dissolution of the Democratic-Republican Party in the 1820s, and the Democrats have nominated a candidate for president in every presidential election since the party's first convention in 1832. The list is divided into two sections, reflecting the increasing importance of primaries and caucuses following the changes stemming from the McGovern–Fraser Commission. Nominees who won the general election are bolded.

Post-1968 candidates

These candidates either won the nomination or withdrew from contention after the conclusion of the first primary. All of these candidates ran after the McGovern–Fraser Commission changed the rules of the Democratic Party to increase the importance of presidential primaries and caucuses.

Year Position Name Home[1] Born Contests won[2] Nominee
2016 F. Sec. of State Hillary Clinton NY 1947 34 Yes
2016 Senator Bernie Sanders VT 1941 23 No
2016 F. Governor Martin O'Malley MD 1963 0 No
2012 President Barack Obama IL 1961 56 Yes
2008 Senator Barack Obama IL 1961 33 Yes
2008 Senator Hillary Clinton NY 1947 23 No
2008 F. Senator John Edwards NC 1953 0 No
2008 Senator Joe Biden DE 1942 0 No
2008 Senator Chris Dodd CT 1944 0 No
2008 F. Senator Mike Gravel AK 1930 0 No
2008 Representative Dennis Kucinich OH 1946 0 No
2008 Governor Bill Richardson NM 1947 0 No
2004 Senator John Kerry MA 1943 51 Yes
2004 Senator John Edwards NC 1953 2 No
2004 F. Governor Howard Dean VT 1948 2 No
2004 General Wesley Clark AR 1944 1 No
2004 Representative Dick Gephardt MO 1941 0 No
2004 Representative Dennis Kucinich OH 1946 0 No
2004 Senator Joe Lieberman CT 1942 0 No
2004 Senator Carol Moseley Braun IL 1947 0 No
2004 Minister Al Sharpton NY 1954 0 No
2000 Vice President Al Gore TN 1948 52 Yes
2000 Senator Bill Bradley NJ 1943 0 No
1996 President Bill Clinton AR 1946 51 Yes
1992 Governor Bill Clinton AR 1946 37 Yes
1992 F. Governor Jerry Brown CA 1938 6 No
1992 F. Senator Paul Tsongas MA 1941 7 No
1992 Senator Bob Kerrey NE 1943 1 No
1992 Senator Tom Harkin IA 1939 1 No
1988 Governor Michael Dukakis MA 1933 31 Yes
1988 Minister Jesse Jackson IL 1941 14 No
1988 Senator Al Gore TN 1948 7 No
1988 Representative Dick Gephardt MO 1941 3 No
1988 Senator Paul Simon IL 1928 1 No
1988 F. Senator Gary Hart CO 1936 0 No
1988 F. Governor Bruce Babbitt AZ 1938 0 No
1984 F. Vice President Walter Mondale MN 1928 21 Yes
1984 Senator Gary Hart CO 1936 26 No
1984 Minister Jesse Jackson IL 1941 3 No
1984 Senator John Glenn OH 1921 0 No
1984 F. Senator George McGovern SD 1922 0 No
1984 F. Governor Reubin Askew FL 1928 0 No
1984 Senator Alan Cranston CA 1914 0 No
1984 Senator Ernest Hollings SC 1922 0 No
1980 President Jimmy Carter GA 1924 38 Yes
1980 Senator Ted Kennedy MA 1932 12 No
1980 Governor Jerry Brown CA 1938 0 No
1980 Governor Cliff Finch MS 1927 0 No
1976 F. Governor Jimmy Carter GA 1924 30 Yes
1976 Governor Jerry Brown CA 1938 3 No
1976 Governor George Wallace AL 1919 3 No
1976 Senator Mo Udall AZ 1922 3 No
1976 Senator Henry M. Jackson WA 1912 4 No
1976 Senator Frank Church ID 1924 5 No
1976 Senator Robert Byrd WV 1917 1 No
1976 Senator Birch Bayh IN 1928 0 No
1976 Senator Lloyd Bentsen TX 1921 0 No
1976 Delegate Walter E. Fauntroy DC 1933 0 No
1976 F. Senator Fred R. Harris OK 1930 0 No
1976 F. Ambassador Sargent Shriver MD 1915 0 No
1972 Senator George McGovern SD 1922 11 Yes
1972 F. Vice President Hubert Humphrey MN 1911 4 No
1972 Senator Edmund Muskie ME 1914 3 No
1972 Governor George Wallace AL 1919 6 No
1972 Senator Henry M. Jackson WA 1912 0 No
1972 F. Governor Terry Sanford NC 1917 0 No
1972 Mayor John Lindsay NY 1921 0 No
1972 Delegate Walter E. Fauntroy DC 1933 1 No
1972 Representative Shirley Chisholm NY 1924 0 No
1972 F. Senator Eugene McCarthy MN 1916 0 No

Pre-1972 candidates

These pre-1972 candidates won at least 10% of the delegates on at least one convention ballot.

Year Position Name Home[1] Born First
ballot %
Final contested
ballot %[3]
Nominee
1968 Vice President Hubert Humphrey MN 1911 67.5 - Yes
1968 Senator Eugene McCarthy MN 1916 23.1 - No
1964 President Lyndon B. Johnson TX 1908 100 - Yes
1960 Senator John F. Kennedy MA 1917 52.9 - Yes
1960 Senator Lyndon B. Johnson TX 1908 26.8 - No
1956 F. Governor Adlai Stevenson II IL 1900 65.9 - Yes
1956 Governor W. Averell Harriman NY 1891 15.3 - No
1952 Governor Adlai Stevenson II IL 1900 10.2 49.8 Yes
1952 Senator Estes Kefauver TN 1903 24.4 22.7 No
1952 Senator Richard Russell, Jr. GA 1897 21.7 21.3 No
1952 F. Ambassador W. Averell Harriman NY 1891 10.2 0 No
1948 President Harry S. Truman MO 1916 75 - Yes
1948 Senator Richard Russell, Jr. GA 1897 21.6 - No
1944 President Franklin D. Roosevelt NY 1882 92.4 - Yes
1940 President Franklin D. Roosevelt NY 1882 86.3 - Yes
1936 President Franklin D. Roosevelt NY 1882 100 - Yes
1932 Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt NY 1882 57.7 81.9 Yes
1932 F. Governor Al Smith NY 1873 17.5 16.5 No
1928 Governor Al Smith NY 1873 77.2 - Yes
1924 F. Ambassador John W. Davis WV 1873 2.8 18.7[4] Yes
1924 F. Sec. of the Treasury William Gibbs McAdoo CA 1863 39.4 17.5[4] No
1924 Governor Al Smith NY 1873 30.4 32.4[4] No
1920 Governor James M. Cox OH 1870 12.7 66.1 Yes
1920 F. Sec. of the Treasury William Gibbs McAdoo CA 1863 25.1 25.5 No
1920 Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer PA 1872 24.2 0.1 No
1920 Governor Al Smith NY 1873 10.3 0 No
1916 President Woodrow Wilson NJ 1856 100 - Yes
1912 Governor Woodrow Wilson NY 1856 29.8 90.1 Yes
1912 Speaker Champ Clark MO 1850 40.5 7.7 No
1912 Governor Judson Harmon OH 1846 13.6 1.1 No
1912 Representative Oscar Underwood AL 1862 10.8 0 No
1904 F. Representative William Jennings Bryan NE 1860 88.7 - Yes
1900 State judge Alton B. Parker NY 1852 65.8 - Yes
1900 Representative William Randolph Hearst NY 1863 20 - No
1896 F. Representative William Jennings Bryan NE 1860 14.7 70.1 Yes
1896 F. Representative Richard P. Bland MO 1835 25.3 1.2 No
1896 F. Governor Robert E. Pattison PA 18 10.4 10.2 No
1892 F. President Grover Cleveland NY 1837 67.8 - Yes
1892 Senator David B. Hill NY 18 12.5 - No
1892 Governor Horace Boies IA 18 11.3 - No
1888 President Grover Cleveland NY 1837 100 0 Yes
1884 Governor Grover Cleveland NY 1837 64 65.5 Yes
1884 Senator Thomas F. Bayard DE 1828 27.8 24.8 No
1884 F. Senator Allen G. Thurman OH 1813 14.4 9.8 No
1884 F. Speaker Samuel J. Randall PA 1828 100 0 No
1880 General Winfield Scott Hancock PA 1824 23.1 43.3 Yes
1880 Senator Thomas F. Bayard DE 1828 20.8 15.2 No
1880 Speaker Samuel J. Randall PA 1828 0.8 17.4 No
1880 F. Representative Henry B. Payne NY 18 11 0 No
1876 Governor Samuel J. Tilden NY 1814 54.4 72.5 Yes
1876 Governor Thomas A. Hendricks IN 1819 19 11.5 No
1876 General Winfield Scott Hancock PA 1824 10.2 7.9 No
1872 F. Representative Horace Greeley NY 1811 93.7 - Yes
1868 F. Governor Horatio Seymour NY 1810 0 0 Yes
1868 F. Representative George H. Pendleton NY 1825 33.1 0 No
1868 Senator Thomas A. Hendricks IN 1819 0.7 45.9 No
1868 General Winfield Scott Hancock PA 1824 10.5 32.6 No
1868 President Andrew Johnson TN 1808 20.5 1.3 No
1868 F. Lt. Governor Sanford E. Church NY 1815 10.7 0 No
1864 General George B. McClellan NJ 1826 77 - Yes
1864 F. Governor Thomas H. Seymour CT 1807 16.8 - No
1860 Senator Stephen A. Douglas IL 1813 57.7 60.1 Yes
1860 F. Sec. of the Treasury James Guthrie KY 1792 14.1 26 No
1860 Senator Robert M. T. Hunter VA 1809 16.7 6.3 No
1856 F. Sec. of State James Buchanan PA 1791 45.8 56.8 Yes
1856 President Franklin Pierce NH 1804 41.4 0 No
1856 Senator Stephen A. Douglas IL 1813 11.1 41.2 No
1852 F. Senator Franklin Pierce NH 1804 0 95.2 Yes
1852 Senator Lewis Cass MI 1782 39.2 0.7 No
1852 F. Sec. of State James Buchanan PA 1791 31.4 0 No
1852 F. Sec. of War William L. Marcy NY 1786 9.1 0 No
1852 Senator Stephen A. Douglas IL 1813 6.8 0.7 No
1848 Senator Lewis Cass MI 1782 10 0 Yes
1848 Sup. Court Justice Levi Woodbury NH 1789 10 0 No
1848 Sec. of State James Buchanan PA 1791 10 0 No
1844 F. Speaker James K. Polk TN 1795 0 86.9 Yes
1844 F. President Martin Van Buren NY 1782 54.9 0 No
1844 F. Sec. of War Lewis Cass MI 1782 31.2 10.9 No
1844 F. Vice President Richard Mentor Johnson KY 1780 9 0 No
1840 President Martin Van Buren NY 1782 100 - Yes
1836 Vice President Martin Van Buren NY 1782 100 - Yes
1832 President Andrew Jackson TN 1767 100 - Yes

Notes

  1. 1 2 Home state or territory.
  2. The number of state and territorial primaries won by the candidate.
  3. Percent of delegates won on the final contested ballot, before shifts. A "-" indicates that there was only one contested ballot.
  4. 1 2 3 There were 103 ballots in at the 1924 convention; this column represents the 100th ballot.
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