Official Retrospective US Presidential Election Results Thread

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Here is a compilation of the results of the Retrospective US Presidential Elections from 1789-2008. Please do not comment here. Use this thread instead.

Master List of Presidents and Vice Presidents

Term# [Election Year] (President#/VP#): President (Party [if different from VP]) / Vice President (Party) Start Date - End Date

1 [1789] (1/1): George Washington / John Jay (Independent) April 30, 1789 - March 4, 1793
2 [1792] (1/2): George Washington (Independent) / John Adams (Federalist) March 4, 1793 - March 4, 1797
3 [1796] (2/3): John Adams (Federalist) / Thomas Jefferson (Democratic-Republican) March 4, 1797 - March 4, 1801
4 [1800] (2/4): John Adams / Charles C. Pinckney (Federalist) March 4, 1801 - March 4, 1805
5 [1804] (3/5): Thomas Jefferson / George Clinton (Democratic-Republican) March 4, 1805 - March 4, 1809
6 [1808] (4/6): Charles C. Pinckney / Rufus King (Federalist) March 4, 1809 - March 4, 1813
7 [1812] (5/7): James Madison / Elbridge Gerry (Democratic-Republican) March 4, 1813 - November 23, 1814
7 [____] (5/_): James Madison / [vacant] (Democratic-Republican) November 23, 1814 - March 4, 1817
8 [1816] (6/8): Rufus King / John Eager Howard (Federalist) March 4, 1817 - March 4, 1821
9 [1820] (7/9): DeWitt Clinton (Independent) / Richard Stockton (Federalist) March 4, 1821 - March 4, 1825
10 [1824] (8/10): John Quincy Adams / John C. Calhoun (Democratic-Republican) March 4, 1825 - March 4, 1829
11 [1828] (8/11): John Quincy Adams / Richard Rush (National Republican) March 4, 1829 - March 4, 1833
12 [1832] (9/12): Henry Clay / John Sergeant (National Republican) March 4, 1833 - March 4, 1837
13 [1836] (10/13): Daniel Webster / Francis Granger (Whig) March 4, 1837 - March 4, 1841
14 [1840] (11/14): James G. Birney / Thomas Earle (Liberty) March 4, 1841 - March 4, 1845
15 [1844] (12/15): Henry Clay / Theodore Frelinghuysen (Whig) March 4, 1845 - March 4, 1849
16 [1848] (13/16): Gerrit Smith / Charles C. Foote (Liberty) March 4, 1849 - March 4, 1853
17 [1852] (14/17): Winfield Scott / William A. Graham (Whig) March 4, 1853 - March 4, 1857
18 [1856] (15/18): John C. Frémont / William L. Dayton (Republican) March 4, 1857 - March 4, 1861
19 [1860] (16/19): Abraham Lincoln / Hannibal Hamlin (Republican) March 4, 1861 - March 4, 1865
20 [1864] (16/20): Abraham Lincoln / Andrew Johnson (National Union) March 4, 1865 - April 15, 1865
20 [____] (17/__): Andrew Johnson / [vacant] (National Union) April 15, 1865 - March 4, 1869
21 [1868] (18/21): Ulysses S. Grant / Schuyler Colfax (Republican) March 4, 1869 - March 4, 1873
22 [1872] (18/22): Ulysses S. Grant / Henry Wilson (Republican) March 4, 1873 - November 22, 1875
22 [____] (18/__): Ulysses S. Grant / [vacant] (Republican) November 22, 1875 - March 4, 1877
23 [1876] (19/23): Peter Cooper / Samuel F. Cary (Greenback) March 4, 1877 - March 4, 1881
24 [1880] (20/24): James A. Garfield / Chester A. Arthur (Republican) March 4, 1881 - September 19, 1881
24 [____] (21/__): Chester A. Arthur / [vacant] (Republican) September 19, 1881 - March 4, 1885
25 [1884] (22/25): Benjamin Butler / Absolom M. West (Greenback) March 4, 1885 - March 4, 1889
26 [1888] (23/26): Alson Streeter / Charles E. Cunningham (Union Labor) March 4, 1889 - March 4, 1893
27 [1892] (24/27): James B. Weaver / James G. Field (Populist) March 4, 1893 - March 4, 1897
28 [1896] (25/28): Charles Matchett / Matthew Maguire (Socialist Labor) March 4, 1897 - March 4, 1901
29 [1900] (26/29): Eugene V. Debs / Job Harriman (Socialist) March 4, 1901 - March 4, 1905
30 [1904] (27/30): Theodore Roosevelt / Charles W. Fairbanks (Republican) March 4, 1905 - March 4, 1909
31 [1908] (28/31): Eugene V. Debs / Benjamin Hanford (Socialist) March 4, 1909 - January 24, 1910
31 [____] (28/__): Eugene V. Debs / [vacant] (Socialist) January 24, 1910 - March 4, 1913
32 [1912] (29/32): Theodore Roosevelt / Hiram Johnson (Progressive) March 4, 1913 - March 4, 1917
33 [1916] (30/33): Charles Evans Hughes / Charles W. Fairbanks (Republican) March 4, 1917 - June 4, 1918
33 [____] (30/__): Charles Evans Hughes / [vacant] (Republican) June 4, 1918 - March 4, 1921
34 [1920] (31/34): Eugene V. Debs / Seymour Stedman (Socialist) March 4, 1921 - March 4, 1925
35 [1924] (32/35): Robert M. La Follette / Burton K. Wheeler (Progressive) March 4, 1925 - June 18, 1925
35 [____] (33/__): Burton K. Wheeler / [vacant] (Progressive) June 18, 1925 - March 4, 1929
36 [1928] (34/36): Al Smith / Joseph T. Robinson (Democratic) March 4, 1929 - March 4, 1933
37 [1932] (35/37): Franklin D. Roosevelt / John Nance Garner (Democratic) March 4, 1933 - January 20, 1937
38 [1936] (35/37): Franklin D. Roosevelt / John Nance Garner (Democratic) January 20, 1937 - January 20, 1941
39 [1940] (35/38): Franklin D. Roosevelt / Henry A. Wallace (Democratic) January 20, 1941 - January 20, 1945
40 [1944] (35/39): Franklin D. Roosevelt / Harry S. Truman (Democratic) January 20, 1945 - April 12, 1945
40 [____] (36/__): Harry S. Truman / [vacant] (Democratic) April 12, 1945 - January 20, 1949
41 [1948] (36/40): Harry S. Truman / Alben W. Barkley (Democratic) January 20, 1949 - January 20, 1953
42 [1952] (37/41): Dwight D. Eisenhower / Richard Nixon (Republican) January 20, 1953 - January 20, 1957
43 [1956] (37/41): Dwight D. Eisenhower / Richard Nixon (Republican) January 20, 1957 - January 20, 1961
44 [1960] (38/42): John F. Kennedy / Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic) January 20, 1961 - November 22, 1963
44 [____] (39/__): Lyndon B. Johnson / [vacant] (Democratic) November 22, 1963 - January 20, 1965
45 [1964] (39/43): Lyndon B. Johnson / Hubert Humphrey (Democratic) January 20, 1965 - January 20, 1969
46 [1968] (40/44): Hubert Humphrey / Edmund Muskie (Democratic) January 20, 1969 - January 20, 1973
47 [1972] (41/45): George McGovern / Sargent Shriver (Democratic) January 20, 1973 - January 20, 1977
48 [1976] (42/46): Gerald Ford / Bob Dole (Republican) January 20, 1977 - January 20, 1981
49 [1980] (43/47): Jimmy Carter / Walter Mondale (Democratic) January 20, 1981 - January 20, 1985
50 [1984] (44/48): Walter Mondale / Geraldine Ferraro (Democratic) January 20, 1985 - January 20, 1989
51 [1988] (45/49): Michael Dukakis / Lloyd Bentsen (Democratic) January 20, 1989 - January 20, 1993
52 [1992] (46/50): Bill Clinton / Al Gore (Democratic) January 20, 1993 - January 20, 1997
53 [1996] (46/50): Bill Clinton / Al Gore (Democratic) January 20, 1997 - January 20, 2001
54 [2000] (47/51): Al Gore / Joe Lieberman (Democratic) January 20, 2001 - January 20, 2005
55 [2004] (48/52): John Kerry / John Edwards (Democratic) January 20, 2005 - January 20, 2009
56 [2008] (49/53): Barack Obama / Joe Biden (Democratic) January 20, 2009 - present
57 [2012] (?/?): ? / ? (?) ? - ?

Democratic
Democratic-Republican
Federalist
Greenback
Independent
Liberty
National Republican
National Union
Populist
Progressive
Republican
Socialist
Socialist Labor
Union Labor
Whig

Click on the election year in the list above to view the thread for that election. For the first four elections, click on the first two digits of the year to view the popular vote and the last two digits to view the electoral vote.

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Here's the first section of the ATL Wikipedia list of presidents (1-12):

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Section two of the list of presidents (13-24):

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Section three of the list of presidents (25-37):

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And the fourth and final section (38-49):

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The results of the 1789 Retrospective US Presidential Election and Electoral College Vote:

Winner (President)
1. George Washington (Independent) 77.87% [EV 83.87% ≈ 68/81 electors]

Runner-Up (Vice President)
2. John Jay (Independent) 6.56% [EV 51.61% ≈ 42/81 electors]

Other Candidates
3. John Adams (Independent) 7.38% [EV 44.09% ≈ 35/81 electors]
4. John Hancock (Independent) 7.38% [EV 16.13% ≈ 13/81 electors]
5. John Rutledge (Independent) 0.82% [EV 2.15% ≈ 2/81 electors]
6. Robert Harrison (Independent) 0.00% [EV 2.15% ≈ 2/81 electors]

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The results of the actual 1789 US Presidential Election and Electoral College Vote:

Winner (President)
1. George Washington (Independent) [EV 100.00% = 69/69 electors]

Runner-Up (Vice President)
2. John Adams (Independent) [EV 49.28% = 34/69 electors]

Other Candidates
3. John Jay (Independent) [EV 13.04% = 9/69 electors]
4. Robert Harrison (Independent) [EV 8.70% = 6/69 electors]
4. John Rutledge (Independent) [EV 8.70% = 6/69 electors]
6. John Hancock (Independent) [EV 5.80% = 4/69 electors]

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Note: There were 12 electors who did not cast votes for anyone in OTL; here they have been included, raising the total from 69 to 81. The % of the vote each candidate received in this poll has been translated to the nearest fraction of 81. Eight voters in the EC poll had their votes disqualified for not selecting two candidates.

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From the ATL Wikipedia page:

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The results of the 1792 Retrospective US Presidential Election and Electoral College Vote:

Winner (President)
1. George Washington (Independent) 85.09% [EV 90.41% ≈ 122/135 electors]

Runner-Up (Vice President)
2. John Adams (Independent) 4.39% [EV 68.49% ≈ 92/135 electors]

Other Candidates
3. George Clinton (Independent) 10.53% [EV 41.10% ≈ 56/135 electors]

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The results of the actual 1792 US Presidential Election and Electoral College Vote:

Winner (President)
1. George Washington (Independent) [EV 100.00% = 132/132 electors]

Runner-Up (Vice President)
2. John Adams (Independent) [EV 58.33% = 77/132 electors]

Other Candidates
3. George Clinton (Independent) [EV 37.88% = 50/132 electors]

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Note: There were three electors who did not cast votes for anyone in OTL; here they have been included, raising the total from 132 to 135. The % of the vote each candidate received in this poll has been translated to the nearest fraction of 135. Seven voters in the EC poll had their votes disqualified for not selecting two candidates (including one voter who was also disqualified in 1789).

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From the ATL Wikipedia page:

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The results of the 1796 Retrospective US Presidential Election and Electoral College Vote:

Winner (President)
1. John Adams (Federalist) 38.98% [EV 54.35% ≈ 75/138 electors]

Runner-Up (Vice President)
2. Thomas Jefferson (Democratic-Republican) 33.90% [EV 45.65% ≈ 63/138 electors]

Other Candidates
3. Samuel Adams (Federalist) 10.17% [EV 29.35% ≈ 41/138 electors]
4. Aaron Burr (Democratic-Republican) 7.63% [EV 19.57% ≈ 27/138 electors]
5. Thomas Pinckney (Federalist) 0.00% [EV 18.48% ≈ 26/138 electors]
6. George Clinton (Democratic-Republican) 5.08% [EV 16.30% ≈ 22/138 electors]
7. Oliver Ellsworth (Federalist) 4.24% [EV 16.30% ≈ 22/138 electors]

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The results of the actual 1796 US Presidential Election and Electoral College Vote:

Winner (President)
1. John Adams (Federalist) [EV 51.45% = 71/138 electors]

Runner-Up (Vice President)
2. Thomas Jefferson (Democratic-Republican) [EV 49.28% = 68/138 electors]

Other Candidates
3. Thomas Pinckney (Federalist) [EV 42.75% = 59/138 electors]
4. Aaron Burr (Democratic-Republican) [EV 21.74% = 30/138 electors]
5. Samuel Adams (Federalist) [EV 10.87% = 15/138 electors]
6. Oliver Ellsworth (Federalist) [EV 7.97% = 11/138 electors]
7. George Clinton (Democratic-Republican) [EV 5.07% = 7/138 electors]

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Note: There were 138 electors in 1796 in OTL. The % of the vote each candidate received in this poll has been translated to the nearest fraction of 138. Twelve voters in the EC poll had their votes disqualified for not selecting two candidates.

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From the ATL Wikipedia page:

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The results of the 1800 Retrospective US Presidential Election and Electoral College Vote:

Winner (President)
1. John Adams (Federalist) 33.80% [EV 65.06% ≈ 90/138 electors]

Runner-Up (Vice President)
2. Charles Pinckney (Federalist) 7.63% [EV 55.42% ≈ 76/138 electors]

Other Candidates
3. Thomas Jefferson (Democratic-Republican) 41.53% [EV 54.22% ≈ 75/138 electors]
4. Aaron Burr (Democratic-Republican) 16.95% [EV 25.30% ≈ 35/138 electors]

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The results of the actual 1800 US Presidential Election and Electoral College Vote:

Winner (President)
1. Thomas Jefferson (Democratic-Republican) [EV 52.90% = 73/138 electors] HR 62.50%

Runner-Up (Vice President)
2. Aaron Burr (Democratic-Republican) [EV 52.90% = 73/138 electors] HR 25.00%

Other Candidates
3. John Adams (Federalist) [EV 47.10% = 65/138 electors] HR 0.00%
4. Charles Pinckney (Federalist) [EV 46.38% = 64/138 electors] HR 0.00%

The percentage after "HR" indicates the support each candidate received in the 1801 election in the House of Representatives to decide the presidency.

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Note: There were 138 electors in 1800 in OTL. The % of the vote each candidate received in this poll has been translated to the nearest fraction of 138. Seven voters in the EC poll had their votes disqualified for not selecting two candidates. Each chose only one candidate (three for Adams, four for Jefferson). Due to these disqualified votes, Pinckney edged out Jefferson by one vote for VP.

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From the ATL Wikipedia page:

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The results of the 1804 Retrospective US Presidential Election:

Winner
1. Thomas Jefferson (Democratic-Republican) 64.52%

Other Candidates
2. Charles Pinckney (Federalist) 35.48%

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The results of the actual 1804 US Presidential Election:

Winner
1. Thomas Jefferson (Democratic-Republican) 72.79% [EV 92.05%]

Other Candidates
2. Charles Pinckney (Federalist) 27.21% [EV 7.95%]

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The results of the 1808 Retrospective US Presidential Election:

Winner
1. Charles Pinckney (Federalist) 40.86%

Other Candidates
2. James Madison (Democratic-Republican) 36.56%
3. James Monroe (Democratic-Republican) 22.58%

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The results of the actual 1808 US Presidential Election:

Winner
1. James Madison (Democratic-Republican) 64.73% [EV 69.32%]

Other Candidates
2. Charles Pinckney (Federalist) 32.40% [EV 26.70%]
3. James Monroe (Democratic-Republican) 2.52% [EV 0.00%]

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From the ATL Wikipedia page:

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The results of the 1812 Retrospective US Presidential Election:

Winner
1. James Madison (Democratic-Republican) 46.07%

Other Candidates
2. Rufus King (Federalist) 28.09%
3. DeWitt Clinton (Federalist) 25.84%

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The results of the actual 1812 US Presidential Election:

Winner
1. James Madison (Democratic-Republican) 50.37% [EV 58.72%]

Other Candidates
2. DeWitt Clinton (Federalist) 47.63% [EV 40.83%]
3. Rufus King (Federalist) 2.00% [EV 0.00%]

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The results of the 1816 Retrospective US Presidential Election:

Winner
1. Rufus King (Federalist) 58.95%

Other Candidates
2. James Monroe (Democratic-Republican) 41.05%

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The results of the actual 1816 US Presidential Election:

Winner
1. James Monroe (Democratic-Republican) 68.16% [EV 82.81%]

Other Candidates
2. Rufus King (Federalist) 30.92% [EV 15.38%]

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The results of the 1820 Retrospective US Presidential Election:

Winner
1. DeWitt Clinton (Independent) 61.80%

Other Candidates
2. James Monroe (Democratic-Republican) 38.20%

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The results of the actual 1820 US Presidential Election:

Winner
1. James Monroe (Democratic-Republican) 80.61% [EV 98.30%]

Other Candidates
2. DeWitt Clinton (Independent) 1.75% [EV 0.00%]

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The results of the 1824 Retrospective US Presidential Election:

Winner
1. John Quincy Adams (Democratic-Republican) 43.59%

Other Candidates
2. Henry Clay (Democratic-Republican) 34.19%
3. Andrew Jackson (Democratic-Republican) 20.51%
4. William Crawford (Democratic-Republican) 1.71%

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The results of the actual 1824 US Presidential Election:

Winner
1. John Quincy Adams (Democratic-Republican) 30.92% [EV 32.18%] HR 54.17%

Other Candidates
2. Andrew Jackson (Democratic-Republican) 41.36% [EV 37.93%] HR 29.17%
3. William Crawford (Democratic-Republican) 11.21% [EV 15.71%] HR 16.67%
4. Henry Clay (Democratic-Republican) 12.99% [EV 14.18%]

The percentage after "HR" indicates the support each candidate received in the 1825 election in the House of Representatives to decide the presidency.

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The results of the 1828 Retrospective US Presidential Election:

Winner
1. John Quincy Adams (National Republican) 84.00%

Other Candidates
2. Andrew Jackson (Democratic) 16.00%

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The results of the actual 1828 US Presidential Election:

Winner
1. Andrew Jackson (Democratic) 55.93% [EV 68.20%]

Other Candidates
2. John Quincy Adams (National Republican) 43.68% [EV 31.80%]

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The results of the 1832 Retrospective US Presidential Election:

Winner
1. Henry Clay (National Republican) 73.58%

Other Candidates
2. Andrew Jackson (Democratic) 15.09%
3. William Wirt (Anti-Masonic) 11.32%

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The results of the actual 1832 US Presidential Election:

Winner
1. Andrew Jackson (Democratic) 54.74% [EV 76.57%]

Other Candidates
2. Henry Clay (National Republican) 36.93% [EV 17.13%]
3. William Wirt (Anti-Masonic) 7.78% [EV 2.45%]

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The results of the 1836 Retrospective US Presidential Election:

Winner
1. Daniel Webster (Whig) 61.06%

Other Candidates
2. William H. Harrison (Whig) 21.24%
3. Martin Van Buren (Democratic) 16.81%
4. Hugh White (Whig) 0.88%

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The results of the actual 1836 US Presidential Election:

Winner
1. Martin Van Buren (Democratic) 50.79% [EV 57.82%]

Other Candidates
2. William H. Harrison (Whig) 36.59% [EV 24.83%]
3. Hugh White (Whig) 9.72% [EV 8.84%]
4. Daniel Webster (Whig) 2.74% [EV 4.76%]

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The results of the 1840 Retrospective US Presidential Election:

Winner
1. James G. Birney (Liberty) 57.14%

Other Candidates
2. William H. Harrison (Whig) 31.63%
3. Martin Van Buren (Democratic) 11.22%

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The results of the actual 1840 US Presidential Election:

Winner
1. William H. Harrison (Whig) 52.87% [EV 79.59%]

Other Candidates
2. Martin Van Buren (Democratic) 46.82% [EV 20.41%]
3. James G. Birney (Liberty) 2.30% [EV 0.00%]

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The results of the 1844 Retrospective US Presidential Election:

Winner
1. Henry Clay (Whig) 41.82%

Other Candidates
2. James G. Birney (Liberty) 37.27%
3. James K. Polk (Democratic) 20.91%

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The results of the actual 1844 US Presidential Election:

Winner
1. James K. Polk (Democratic) 49.54% [EV 61.82%]

Other Candidates
2. Henry Clay (Whig) 48.09% [EV 38.18%]
3. James G. Birney (Liberty) 2.30% [EV 0.00%]

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The results of the 1848 Retrospective US Presidential Election:

Winner
1. Gerrit Smith (Liberty) 35.19%

Other Candidates
2. Martin Van Buren (Free Soil) 30.56%
3. Zachary Taylor (Whig) 22.22%
4. Lewis Cass (Democratic) 12.04%

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The results of the actual 1848 US Presidential Election:

Winner
1. Zachary Taylor (Whig) 47.28% [EV 56.21%]

Other Candidates
2. Lewis Cass (Democratic) 42.49% [EV 43.79%]
3. Martin Van Buren (Free Soil) 10.13% [EV 0.00%]
4. Gerrit Smith (Liberty) 0.09% [EV 0.00%]

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