Democratic Presidential Candidates

This table shows the Democratic Party candidates for the office of president and vice president since the first use of the term "Democrat" in the election of 1828. Names in italics indicate the candidates were not elected.

Year

Presidential Candidate

Vice Presidential Candidate

1828	Andrew Jackson	John C. Calhoun
1832	Andrew Jackson	Martin Van Buren
1836	Martin Van Buren	Richard M. Johnson
1840	Martin Van Buren	Richard M. Johnson
1844	James Knox Polk	George M. Dallas
1848	Lewis Cass	William O. Butler
1852	Franklin Pierce	William King
1856	James Buchanan	John Breckinridge
1860	Stephen A. Douglas	Herschel V. Johnson
1864	George McClellan	G. H. Pendleton
1868	Horatio Seymour	Francis P. Blair
1872	Horace Greeley	B. Gratz Brown
1876	Samuel J. Tilden	Thomas Hendricks
1880	Winfield Hancock	William English
1884	Grover Cleveland	Thomas Hendricks
1888	Grover Cleveland	A. G. Thurman
1892	Grover Cleveland	Adlai Stevenson
1896	William J. Bryan	Arthur Sewall
1900	William J. Bryan	Adlai Stevenson
1904	Alton Parker	Henry Davis
1908	William J. Bryan	John Kern
1912	Woodrow Wilson	Thomas Marshall
1916	Woodrow Wilson	Thomas Marshall
1920	James M. Cox	Franklin D. Roosevelt
1924	John W. Davis	Charles W. Bryan
1928	Alfred E. Smith	Joseph T. Robinson
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	John N. Garner
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt	John N. Garner
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Henry A. Wallace
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Harry S. Truman
1948	Harry S. Truman	Alben W. Barkley
1952	Adlai E. Stevenson	John J. Sparkman
1956	Adlai E. Stevenson	Estes Kefauver
1960	John F. Kennedy	Lyndon B. Johnson
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson	Hubert H. Humphrey
1968	Hubert H. Humphrey	Edmund S. Muskie
1972	George S. McGovern	R. Sargent Shriver, Jr.
1976	Jimmy Carter	Walter F. Mondale
1980	Jimmy Carter	Walter F. Mondale
1984	Walter F. Mondale	Geraldine Ferraro
1988	Michael S. Dukakis	Lloyd Bentsen
1992	Bill Clinton	Al Gore
1996	Bill Clinton	Al Gore
2000	Al Gore	Joseph Lieberman
2004	John Kerry	John Edwards
2008	Barack Obama	Joe Biden

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