Can you name the person who came in 2nd in the Electoral College in each US presidential election? by jasonc_22

Year	Candidate	Party of the Losing Candidate
1789		Federalist
1792		Federalist
1796		Democratic-Republican
1800		Democratic-Republican
1804		Federalist
1808		Federalist
1812		Federalist
1816		Federalist
1820		Democratic-Republican
1824		Democratic-Republican
1828		National Republican
1832		National Republican
1836		Whig
1840		Democratic
1844		Whig
1848		Democratic
1852		Whig
1856		Republican
1860		Southern Democratic
1864		Democratic
1868		Democratic
1872		Liberal Republican
1876		Democratic
1880		Democratic
1884		Republican
1888		Democratic
1892		Republican
1896		Democratic

Year	Candidate	Party of the Losing Candidate
1900		Democratic
1904		Democratic
1908		Democratic
1912		Progressive
1916		Republican
1920		Democratic
1924		Democratic
1928		Democratic
1932		Republican
1936		Republican
1940		Republican
1944		Republican
1948		Republican
1952		Democratic
1956		Democratic
1960		Republican
1964		Republican
1968		Democratic
1972		Democratic
1976		Republican
1980		Democratic
1984		Democratic
1988		Democratic
1992		Republican
1996		Republican
2000		Democratic
2004		Democratic
2008		Republican

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Runner-Up Candidates for US President Quiz

by jasonc_22

Created Nov 14, 2009 in History
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	TerryWilhelmer:	Nov 15th, 2009 at 02:51 GMT	1 point
	The second half of it is already on a quiz, but it's still pretty good.

	jasonc_22:	Nov 15th, 2009 at 02:53 GMT	6 points
	I know the second half is already in a quiz...I just thought it might be nice to have them all together in one place. :)

	coelho4187:	Nov 15th, 2009 at 07:04 GMT	3 points
	Breckinridge is officially spelled with an i where you have a middle e, and Willkie has two l's.

	jasonc_22:	Nov 15th, 2009 at 18:09 GMT	2 points
	Revised- thank you for the catch!

	XYlophonetreeZ:	Feb 19th, 2011 at 14:48 GMT	14 points
	William Jennings Bryan was like the Buffalo Bills of US politics.

	adamnvillani:	Mar 6th, 2011 at 19:05 GMT	1 point
	Odd to think that we could have had two different Presidents named "Winfield." But of course, the one was named for the other (though not related).

	DLJessup:	Mar 7th, 2011 at 02:46 GMT	8 points
	In 1824, Andrew Jackson did not come in second in the Electoral College. He came in first; John Quincy Adams came in second. Because Jackson only had a plurality and not a majority of the electoral vote, the election was thrown into the House of Representatives where Adams won.

	DLJessup:	Mar 7th, 2011 at 02:47 GMT	2 points
	Also, in 1800, both Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr tied for first place, which makes either "Thomas Jefferson/Aaron Burr" or "John Adams" the plausible answers for that election.

	tulliuscicero:	Mar 15th, 2011 at 02:55 GMT	3 points
	Technically, Greeley died, so his electoral college vote was divided up and Thomas Hendricks actually finished second in the electoral vote in 1872.

	MisterF:	Mar 15th, 2011 at 23:45 GMT	1 point
	Bonus answer for "Dewey defeats Truman!"?

	statephone:	Mar 17th, 2011 at 03:45 GMT	4 points
	we could have had a president named rufus. that would have been great.

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	KansasJayhawk:	Mar 21st, 2011 at 21:42 GMT	2 points
	@XYlophonetreeZ So would that make Eugene Debs the Detroit Lions?

	Hamilton_Burger:	May 13th, 2011 at 22:40 GMT	2 points
	Hughes's last name was "Evans" with an "s."