1844 Democratic Party presidential primaries

May 27–29, 1844 1848 →
 
Nominee Martin Van Buren Lewis Cass John C. Calhoun
Home state New York Michigan South Carolina
Contests won 12 9 1
Popular vote 309,540 117,324 112,371
Percentage 40.2% 15.2% 14.6%

 
Candidate Richard M. Johnson Levi Woodbury James Buchanan
Home state Kentucky New Hampshire Pennsylvania
Contests won 2 0 2
Popular vote 96,058 76,630 58,151
Percentage 12.5% 10.0% 7.6%

Previous Democratic nominee

Martin Van Buren

Democratic nominee

Lewis Cass

1844 Whig Party presidential primaries

May 1, 1844 1848 →
 
Nominee John Quincy Adams Daniel Webster Winfield Scott
Home state Massachusetts Massachusetts New Jersey
Contests won 9 8 5
Popular vote 277,164 250,826 117,208
Percentage 31.0% 28.0% 13.1%

 
Candidate John M. Clayton William H. Seward John McLean
Home state Delaware New York Ohio
Contests won 1 2 1
Popular vote 90,481 89,719 69,208
Percentage 10.1% 10.0% 7.7%

Previous Whig nominee

William Henry Harrison

Whig nominee

Daniel Webster

1848 Democratic Party presidential primaries

← 1844 May 22–25, 1848 1852 →
 
Nominee James K. Polk Martin Van Buren Levi Woodbury
Home state Tennessee New York New Hampshire
Contests won 24 1 3
Popular vote 327,509 119,815 103,498
Percentage 42.4% 15.5% 13.4%

 
Candidate James Buchanan John C. Calhoun
Home state Pennsylvania South Carolina
Contests won 1 0
Popular vote 98,532 86,439
Percentage 12.7% 11.2%

Previous Democratic nominee

James K. Polk

Democratic nominee

James K. Polk

1852 Democratic Party presidential primaries

← 1848 June 1–5, 1852 1856 →
 
Nominee James Buchanan Lewis Cass William L. Marcy
Home state Pennsylvania Michigan New York
Contests won 12 9 4
Popular vote 397,429 216,365 185,716
Percentage 39.6% 21.5% 18.5%

 
Candidate Sam Houston Stephen A. Douglas
Home state Texas Illinois
Contests won 2 4
Popular vote 105,155 99,989
Percentage 10.5% 10.0%

Previous Democratic nominee

Lewis Cass

Democratic nominee

William L. Marcy

1852 Whig Party presidential primaries

← 1848 June 17–20, 1852 1856 →
 
Nominee Millard Fillmore John J. Crittenden William H. Seward
Home state New Jersey Kentucky New York
Contests won 18 4 2
Popular vote 365,267 212,758 140,350
Percentage 39.7% 23.1% 15.2%

 
Candidate Daniel Webster Abraham Lincoln
Home state Massachusetts Illinois
Contests won 6 1
Popular vote 115,479 86,569
Percentage 12.5% 9.4%

Previous Whig nominee

Zachary Taylor

Whig nominee

Millard Fillmore

1856 Democratic Party presidential primaries

← 1852 June 2–6, 1856 1860 →
 
Nominee Stephen A. Douglas Franklin Pierce William L. Marcy
Home state Illinois New Hampshire New York
Contests won 8 14 5
Popular vote 410,853 310,367 253,715
Percentage 33.7% 25.4% 20.8%

 
Candidate Lewis Cass Jefferson Davis
Home state Michigan Mississippi
Contests won 2 2
Popular vote 140,724 105,035
Percentage 11.5% 8.6%

Previous Democratic nominee

Franklin Pierce

Democratic nominee

Stephen A. Douglas

1856 Republican Party presidential primaries

June 17–19, 1856 1860 →
 
Nominee William H. Seward John McLean Abraham Lincoln
Home state New York Ohio Illinois
Contests won 12 4 5
Popular vote 324,602 175,428 159,179
Percentage 37.5% 20.3% 18.4%

 
Candidate Charles Sumner Nathaniel P. Banks
Home state Massachusetts Massachusetts
Contests won 4 1
Popular vote 134,666 63,302
Percentage 15.6% 7.3%

Previous Republican nominee

Party established

Republican nominee

William H. Seward

1860 Democratic Party presidential primaries

← 1856 June 18–23, 1860 1864 →
 
Nominee Horatio Seymour James Buchanan Lewis Cass
Home state New York Pennsylvania Michigan
Contests won 9 10 1
Popular vote 3,570,411 3,100,482 1,922,757
Percentage 25.6% 22.2% 13.8%

 
Nominee James Guthrie Jefferson Davis Daniel S. Dickinson
Home state Kentucky Mississippi New York
Contests won 1 1 0
Popular vote 992,633 864,274 836,573
Percentage 7.1% 6.2% 6.0%

 
Nominee Franklin Pierce Joseph Lane Andrew Johnson
Home state New Hampshire Oregon Tennessee
Contests won 2 2 1
Popular vote 828,934 755,466 555,559
Percentage 5.9% 5.4% 4.0%

Previous Democratic nominee

James Buchanan

Democratic nominee

Horatio Seymour

1860 Republican Party presidential primaries

← 1856 May 16–18, 1860 1864 →
 
Nominee William H. Seward John C. Frémont Simon Cameron
Home state New York California Pennsylvania
Contests won 7 4 6
Popular vote 3,663,465 3,626,016 2,403,126
Percentage 20.7% 20.5% 13.6%

 
Nominee John McLean Benjamin Wade Salmon P. Chase
Home state Ohio Ohio Ohio
Contests won 0 0 1
Popular vote 2,230,520 2,110,082 1,004,881
Percentage 12.6% 11.9% 5.7%

 
Nominee Charles Sumner Edward Bates William L. Dayton
Home state Massachusetts Missouri New Jersey
Contests won 1 3 2
Popular vote 754,090 738,811 628,071
Percentage 4.3% 4.2% 3.5%

Previous Republican nominee

John C. Frémont

Republican nominee

William H. Seward

1864 Democratic Party presidential primaries

← 1860 August 29–31, 1864 1868 →
 
Nominee Horatio Seymour Andrew Johnson James Buchanan
Home state New York Tennessee Pennsylvania
Contests won 15 6 0
Popular vote 309,799 230,563 156,814
Percentage 26.3% 19.6% 13.3%

 
Nominee Thomas H. Seymour Franklin Pierce Clement Vallandigham
Home state Connecticut New Hampshire Ohio
Contests won 2 1 1
Popular vote 153,598 102,924 96,301
Percentage 13.0% 8.7% 8.2%

 
Nominee Millard Fillmore Charles O'Conor
Home state New York New York
Contests won 1 1
Popular vote 76,206 50,868
Percentage 6.5% 4.3%

Previous Democratic nominee

Stephen A. Douglas (Northern Democratic) John C. Breckinridge (Southern Democratic)

Democratic nominee

Horatio Seymour

1864 Republican Party presidential primaries

← 1860 June 7–8, 1864 1868 →
 
Nominee Ulysses S. Grant Salmon P. Chase Simon Cameron
Home state Illinois Ohio Pennsylvania
Contests won 21 3 1
Popular vote 477,860 289,264 238,040
Percentage 35.0% 21.2% 17.4%

 
Nominee Charles Sumner Benjamin Wade John C. Frémont
Home state Massachusetts Ohio California
Contests won 1 0 0
Popular vote 130,663 109,368 75,433
Percentage 9.6% 8.0% 5.5%

 
Nominee Benjamin F. Butler
Home state Massachusetts
Contests won 1
Popular vote 44,163
Percentage 3.2%

Previous Republican nominee

Abraham Lincoln

Republican nominee

Ulysses S. Grant

1868 Democratic Party presidential primaries

← 1864 July 4–9, 1868 1872 →
 
Nominee Sanford E. Church George H. Pendleton Asa Packer
Home state New York Ohio Pennsylvania
Contests won 1 10 1
Popular vote 255,742 205,447 176,795
Percentage 14.8% 11.9% 10.2%

 
Nominee George B. McClellan Stephen J. Field Thomas A. Hendricks
Home state New Jersey California Indiana
Contests won 0 1 2
Popular vote 135,918 133,648 113,405
Percentage 7.9% 7.7% 6.6%

 
Nominee James Rood Doolittle Winfield Scott Hancock James E. English
Home state Wisconsin Pennsylvania Connecticut
Contests won 2 2 5
Popular vote 104,246 88,458 87,026
Percentage 6.0% 5.1% 5.0%

Previous Democratic nominee

George B. McClellan

Democratic nominee

Asa Packer

1868 Republican Party presidential primaries

← 1864 May 20–21, 1868 1872 →
 
Nominee Abraham Lincoln William H. Seward Simon Cameron
Home state Illinois New York Pennsylvania
Contests won 26 4 1
Popular vote 452,743 350,446 193,294
Percentage 25.5% 19.8% 10.9%

 
Nominee Salmon P. Chase Roscoe Conkling Benjamin Wade
Home state Ohio New York Ohio
Contests won 0 1 0
Popular vote 191,136 120,486 110,567
Percentage 10.8% 6.8% 6.2%

 
Nominee Benjamin F. Butler John Sherman James G. Blaine
Home state Massachusetts Ohio Maine
Contests won 0 1 1
Popular vote 94,888 94,027 17,276
Percentage 5.4% 5.3% 1.0%

Previous Republican nominee

Abraham Lincoln

Republican nominee

Abraham Lincoln

1872 Democratic Party presidential primaries

← 1868 July 9–10, 1872 1876 →
 
Nominee Thomas A. Hendricks Samuel J. Tilden Horatio Seymour
Home state Indiana New York New York
Contests won 9 7 4
Popular vote 1,719,259 1,658,632 1,534,527
Percentage 10.7% 10.3% 9.5%

 
Nominee Allen G. Thurman Winfield Scott Hancock Francis P. Blair, Jr.
Home state Ohio Pennsylvania Missouri
Contests won 5 1 1
Popular vote 1,399,434 1,322,121 1,031,763
Percentage 8.7% 8.2% 6.4%

 
Nominee Thomas F. Bayard George B. McClellan Salmon P. Chase
Home state Delaware New Jersey Ohio
Contests won 2 1 0
Popular vote 1,018,106 1,006,459 943,218
Percentage 6.3% 6.3% 5.9%

Previous Democratic nominee

Horatio Seymour

Democratic nominee

Allen G. Thurman

1872 Republican Party presidential primaries

← 1868 June 5–6, 1872 1876 →
 
Nominee Roscoe Conkling Simon Cameron Adelbert Ames
Home state New York Pennsylvania Mississippi
Contests won 1 4 10
Popular vote 1,612,852 1,597,202 1,378,965
Percentage 9.6% 9.6% 8.2%

 
Nominee Rutherford B. Hayes John Sherman Schuyler Colfax
Home state Ohio Ohio Indiana
Contests won 0 3 1
Popular vote 1,329,600 1,313,786 1,240,921
Percentage 8.0% 7.9% 7.4%

 
Nominee John M. Palmer Joseph R. Hawley William Windom
Home state Illinois Connecticut Minnesota
Contests won 5 0 1
Popular vote 1,188,324 828,156 799,562
Percentage 7.1% 5.0% 4.8%

Previous Republican nominee

Ulysses S. Grant

Republican nominee

John Sherman

1872 Liberal Republican Party presidential primaries

May 1–3, 1872
 
Nominee Charles Francis Adams Benjamin Gratz Brown Andrew Curtin
Home state Massachusetts Missouri Pennsylvania
Contests won 37 0 0
Popular vote 10,582,244 2,862,298 2,368,332
Percentage 54.9% 14.8% 12.3%

 
Nominee Lyman Trumbull David Davis
Home state Illinois Illinois
Contests won 0 0
Popular vote 1,637,757 1,164,953
Percentage 8.5% 6.0%

Previous Liberal Republican nominee

Party established

Liberal Republican nominee

Charles Francis Adams

1876 Democratic Party presidential primaries

← 1872 June 27–29, 1876 1880 →
 
Nominee Thomas A. Hendricks Thomas F. Bayard Horatio Seymour
Home state Indiana Delaware New York
Contests won 12 6 3
Popular vote 644,450 371,026 316,005
Percentage 23.0% 13.3% 11.3%

 
Nominee Allen G. Thurman Winfield Scott Hancock John B. Gordon
Home state Ohio Pennsylvania Georgia
Contests won 8 1 4
Popular vote 304,147 279,673 201,720
Percentage 10.9% 10.0% 7.2%

 
Nominee William Allen George B. McClellan Joel Parker
Home state Ohio New Jersey New Jersey
Contests won 1 1 1
Popular vote 157,552 157,186 150,563
Percentage 5.6% 5.6% 5.4%

Previous Democratic nominee

Horace Greeley

Democratic nominee

Horatio Seymour

1876 Republican Party presidential primaries

← 1872 June 14–16, 1876 1880 →
 
Nominee Ulysses S. Grant James G. Blaine Roscoe Conkling
Home state Illinois Maine New York
Contests won 7 15 1
Popular vote 685,047 428,929 302,795
Percentage 26.6% 16.6% 11.7%

 
Nominee John F. Hartranft Oliver P. Morton Marshall Jewell
Home state Pennsylvania Indiana Connecticut
Contests won 1 7 1
Popular vote 279,803 239,753 218,102
Percentage 10.9% 9.3% 8.5%

 
Nominee Benjamin H. Bristow Elihu B. Washburne
Home state Kentucky Illinois
Contests won 6 1
Popular vote 211,247 35,155
Percentage 8.2% 1.4%

Previous Republican nominee

Ulysses S. Grant

Republican nominee

Oliver P. Morton

1880 Democratic Party presidential primaries

← 1876 June 22–24, 1880 1884 →
 
Nominee Horatio Seymour Allen G. Thurman Samuel J. Tilden
Home state New York Ohio New York
Contests won 35 0 0
Popular vote 1,391,041 410,607 365,292
Percentage 37.3% 11.0% 9.8%

 
Nominee Thomas A. Hendricks Stephen J. Field Thomas F. Bayard
Home state Indiana California Delaware
Contests won 0 2 0
Popular vote 240,321 229,822 188,334
Percentage 6.4% 6.2% 5.0%

 
Nominee William R. Morrison
Home state Illinois
Contests won 1
Popular vote 122,448
Percentage 3.3%

Previous Democratic nominee

Samuel J. Tilden

Democratic nominee

Horatio Seymour

1880 Republican Party presidential primaries

← 1876 June 2–8, 1880 1884 →
 
Nominee James G. Blaine Rutherford B. Hayes George F. Edmunds
Home state Maine Ohio Vermont
Contests won 18 3 3
Popular vote 547,687 412,246 382,139
Percentage 20.5% 15.4% 14.3%

 
Nominee Ulysses S. Grant John Sherman Robert Todd Lincoln
Home state Illinois Ohio Illinois
Contests won 7 5 1
Popular vote 371,104 368,851 222,466
Percentage 13.9% 13.8% 8.3%

 
Nominee William Windom
Home state Minnesota
Contests won 1
Popular vote 100,563
Percentage 3.8%

Previous Republican nominee

Rutherford B. Hayes

Republican nominee

Robert Todd Lincoln

1884 Democratic Party presidential primaries

← 1880 July 8–11, 1884 1888 →
 
Nominee Thomas A. Hendricks Thomas F. Bayard Winfield Scott Hancock
Home state Indiana Delaware Pennsylvania
Contests won 6 13 2
Popular vote 472,470 455,186 354,416
Percentage 14.0% 13.5% 10.5%

 
Nominee Samuel J. Tilden Joseph E. McDonald Allen G. Thurman
Home state New York Indiana Ohio
Contests won 3 3 2
Popular vote 352,916 299,795 272,126
Percentage 10.5% 8.9% 8.1%

 
Nominee John B. Gordon Wade Hampton III John G. Carlisle
Home state Georgia South Carolina Kentucky
Contests won 3 1 1
Popular vote 230,872 207,383 199,354
Percentage 6.9% 6.2% 5.9%

Previous Democratic nominee

Winfield Scott Hancock

Democratic nominee

Thomas A. Hendricks

1884 Republican Party presidential primaries

← 1880 June 3–6, 1884 1888 →
 
Nominee William Tecumseh Sherman Ulysses S. Grant Philip Sheridan
Home state Ohio Illinois New York
Contests won 16 2 3
Popular vote 561,202 393,411 357,895
Percentage 18.8% 13.2% 12.0%

 
Nominee Chester A. Arthur John A. Logan John Sherman
Home state New York Illinois Ohio
Contests won 8 1 1
Popular vote 254,062 236,974 182,379
Percentage 8.5% 8.0% 6.1%

 
Nominee Rutherford B. Hayes Joseph R. Hawley Benjamin Harrison
Home state Ohio Connecticut Indiana
Contests won 0 1 1
Popular vote 176,876 171,580 168,754
Percentage 5.9% 5.8% 5.7%

Previous Republican nominee

James A. Garfield

Republican nominee

Chester A. Arthur

1888 Democratic Party presidential primaries

← 1884 June 5–7, 1888 1892 →
 
Nominee William Henry Fitzhugh Lee Richard P. Bland Wade Hampton III
Home state Virginia Missouri South Carolina
Contests won 8 14 3
Popular vote 692,713 573,336 500,186
Percentage 24.0% 19.9% 17.4%

 
Nominee Fitzhugh Lee John B. Gordon John Quincy Adams II
Home state Virginia Georgia Massachusetts
Contests won 4 2 6
Popular vote 456,540 350,442 156,231
Percentage 15.8% 12.2% 5.4%

 
Nominee Simon Bolivar Buckner
Home state Kentucky
Contests won 1
Popular vote 152,476
Percentage 5.3%

Previous Democratic nominee

Grover Cleveland

Democratic nominee

Richard P. Bland

1888 Republican Party presidential primaries

← 1884 June 5–7, 1888 1892 →
 
Nominee James G. Blaine Walter Q. Gresham John Sherman
Home state Maine Indiana Ohio
Contests won 13 3 7
Popular vote 490,415 380,574 311,196
Percentage 15.8% 12.2% 10.0%

 
Nominee Chauncey Depew William B. Allison John J. Ingalls
Home state New York Iowa Kansas
Contests won 2 3 3
Popular vote 251,462 243,233 240,742
Percentage 8.1% 7.8% 7.7%

 
Nominee Russell A. Alger Jeremiah M. Rusk Frederick Dent Grant
Home state Michigan Wisconsin New York
Contests won 3 2 0
Popular vote 237,720 212,417 167,546
Percentage 7.6% 6.8% 5.4%

Previous Republican nominee

James G. Blaine

Republican nominee

Russell A. Alger

1892 Democratic Party presidential primaries

← 1888 June 21–23, 1892 1896 →
 
Nominee Robert E. Pattison Wade Hampton III Richard P. Bland
Home state Pennsylvania South Carolina Missouri
Contests won 16 14 2
Popular vote 1,011,714 631,667 435,938
Percentage 28.0% 17.5% 12.0%

 
Nominee Adlai Stevenson David B. Hill Horace Boies
Home state Illinois New York Iowa
Contests won 1 4 4
Popular vote 385,115 336,148 318,315
Percentage 10.6% 9.3% 8.8%

 
Nominee John G. Carlisle Arthur P. Gorman
Home state Kentucky Maryland
Contests won 1 2
Popular vote 260,229 240,509
Percentage 7.2% 6.6%

Previous Democratic nominee

Grover Cleveland

Democratic nominee

Robert E. Pattison

1892 Republican Party presidential primaries

← 1888 June 7–10, 1892 1896 →
 
Nominee William McKinley John Sherman Robert Todd Lincoln
Home state Ohio Ohio Vermont
Contests won 15 8 6
Popular vote 1,040,377 869,940 628,027
Percentage 30.3% 25.4% 18.3%

 
Nominee James G. Blaine Thomas Brackett Reed Henry Cabot Lodge
Home state Maine Maine Massachusetts
Contests won 15 2 1
Popular vote 568,474 220,388 101,117
Percentage 16.6% 6.4% 2.9%

Previous Republican nominee

Benjamin Harrison

Republican nominee

Robert Todd Lincoln

1896 Democratic Party presidential primaries

← 1892 July 7–11, 1896 1900 →
 
Nominee John R. McLean Joseph C. S. Blackburn Grover Cleveland
Home state Ohio Kentucky New York
Contests won 22 8 1
Popular vote 1,193,609 689,943 529,264
Percentage 29.6% 17.1% 13.1%

 
Nominee Horace Boies Richard P. Bland Robert E. Pattison
Home state Iowa Missouri Pennsylvania
Contests won 3 6 4
Popular vote 513,627 434,675 374,150
Percentage 12.7% 10.8% 9.3%

 
Nominee Claude Matthews
Home state Indiana
Contests won 1
Popular vote 302,791
Percentage 7.5%

Previous Democratic nominee

Grover Cleveland

Democratic nominee

John R. McLean

1896 Republican Party presidential primaries

← 1892 June 16–18, 1896 1900 →
 
Nominee Benjamin Harrison Henry Cabot Lodge Robert Todd Lincoln
Home state Indiana Massachusetts Vermont
Contests won 28 4 1
Popular vote 1,001,022 929,011 699,801
Percentage 22.3% 20.7% 15.6%

 
Nominee William B. Allison Thomas Brackett Reed Matthew S. Quay
Home state Iowa Maine Pennsylvania
Contests won 5 6 1
Popular vote 602,041 541,475 520,100
Percentage 13.4% 12.1% 11.6%

Previous Republican nominee

Benjamin Harrison

Republican nominee

Benjamin Harrison

1900 Democratic Party presidential primaries

← 1896 July 4–6, 1900 1904 →
 
Nominee George Dewey William Randolph Hearst Grover Cleveland
Home state Vermont New York New York
Contests won 12 22 11
Popular vote 1,608,189 1,541,250 864,848
Percentage 40.1% 38.4% 21.5%

Previous Democratic nominee

William Jennings Bryan

Democratic nominee

George Dewey

1900 Republican Party presidential primaries

← 1896 June 19–21, 1900 1904 →
 
Nominee Theodore Roosevelt Robert M. La Follette
Home state New York Wisconsin
Contests won 27 18
Popular vote 703,825 207,960
Percentage 77.2% 22.8%

Previous Republican nominee

William McKinley

Republican nominee

Theodore Roosevelt

1904 Democratic Party presidential primaries

← 1900 July 6–10, 1904 1908 →
 
Nominee Francis Cockrell Grover Cleveland Nelson A. Miles
Home state Missouri New York Massachusetts
Contests won 31 6 0
Popular vote 1,404,987 569,977 458,748
Percentage 34.8% 14.1% 11.4%

 
Nominee Edward C. Wall William Jennings Bryan William Randolph Hearst
Home state Wisconsin Nebraska New York
Contests won 1 4 1
Popular vote 330,013 309,993 276,282
Percentage 8.2% 7.7% 6.8%

 
Nominee George Gray John Sharp Williams Richard Olney
Home state Delaware Mississippi Massachusetts
Contests won 1 0 1
Popular vote 244,692 240,313 205,145
Percentage 6.1% 5.9% 5.1%

Previous Democratic nominee

William Jennings Bryan

Democratic nominee

Francis Cockrell

1904 Republican Party presidential primaries

← 1900 June 21–23, 1904 1908 →
 
Nominee Charles W. Fairbanks Mark Hanna
Home state Indiana Ohio
Contests won 30 12
Popular vote 1,930,846 1,478,605
Percentage 42.2% 32.4%

 
Nominee Robert M. La Follette William Howard Taft
Home state Wisconsin Ohio
Contests won 3 0
Popular vote 617,799 543,296
Percentage 13.5% 11.9%

Previous Republican nominee

William McKinley

Republican nominee

Charles W. Fairbanks

1908 Democratic Party presidential primaries

← 1904 July 7–10, 1908 1912 →
 
Nominee Alton B. Parker John A. Johnson George Gray
Home state New York Minnesota Delaware
Contests won 22 11 6
Popular vote 1,256,353 718,173 606,504
Percentage 37.4% 21.4% 18.1%

 
Nominee William Randolph Hearst Woodrow Wilson
Home state New York New Jersey
Contests won 2 5
Popular vote 478,784 297,399
Percentage 14.3% 8.9%

Previous Democratic nominee

Alton B. Parker

Democratic nominee

John A. Johnson

1908 Republican Party presidential primaries

← 1904 June 16–19, 1908 1912 →
 
Nominee Theodore Roosevelt George B. Cortelyou Robert M. La Follette
Home state New York New York Wisconsin
Contests won 30 5 10
Popular vote 1,143,023 804,979 528,002
Percentage 31.9% 22.4% 14.7%

 
Nominee Elihu Root L. M. Shaw Joseph G. Cannon
Home state New York Iowa Illinois
Contests won 0 0 1
Popular vote 240,312 203,352 165,890
Percentage 6.7% 5.7% 4.6%

Previous Republican nominee

Theodore Roosevelt

Republican nominee

Theodore Roosevelt

1912 Democratic Party presidential primaries

← 1908 March 19–June 4, 1912 1916 →
 
Nominee Champ Clark Oscar W. Underwood William Jennings Bryan
Home state Missouri Alabama Nebraska
Contests won 39 3 1
Popular vote 13,595,529 6,105,934 5,902,533
Percentage 35.7% 16.0% 15.5%

 
Nominee Simeon E. Baldwin Judson Harmon Thomas R. Marshall
Home state Connecticut Ohio Indiana
Contests won 2 3 0
Popular vote 4,924,674 4,182,939 2,226,553
Percentage 12.9% 11.0% 5.8%

Previous Democratic nominee

William Jennings Bryan

Democratic nominee

Champ Clark

1912 Republican Party presidential primaries

← 1908 March 19–June 4, 1912 1916 →
 
Nominee Theodore Roosevelt Robert M. La Follette
Home state New York Wisconsin
Contests won 46 2
Popular vote 9,488,107 1,791,438
Percentage 84.1% 15.9%

Previous Republican nominee

William Howard Taft

Republican nominee

Theodore Roosevelt

1916 Democratic Party presidential primaries

← 1912 March 7–June 6, 1916 1920 →
 
Nominee William Jennings Bryan
Home state Nebraska
Contests won 48
Popular vote 36,938,162
Percentage 100.0%

Previous Democratic nominee

Woodrow Wilson

Democratic nominee

William Jennings Bryan

1916 Republican Party presidential primaries

← 1912 March 7–June 6, 1916 1920 →
 
Nominee Elihu Root Theodore Roosevelt Charles W. Fairbanks
Home state New York New York Indiana
Contests won 6 10 5
Popular vote 1,182,384 974,708 818,838
Percentage 21.0% 17.3% 14.5%

 
Nominee Theodore E. Burton Lawrence Y. Sherman Albert B. Cummins
Home state Ohio Illinois Iowa
Contests won 2 1 6
Popular vote 472,157 413,444 392,069
Percentage 8.4% 7.3% 7.0%

 
Nominee John W. Weeks William Howard Taft Martin G. Brumbaugh
Home state Massachusetts Ohio Pennsylvania
Contests won 5 1 2
Popular vote 382,268 236,009 176,900
Percentage 6.8% 4.2% 3.1%

Previous Republican nominee

William Howard Taft

Republican nominee

Charles W. Fairbanks

1920 Democratic Party presidential primaries

← 1916 March 9–June 5, 1920 1924 →
 
Nominee A. Mitchell Palmer William Gibbs McAdoo Al Smith
Home state Pennsylvania California New York
Contests won 25 12 1
Popular vote 1,792,604 728,960 698,244
Percentage 24.1% 9.8% 9.4%

 
Nominee Oscar W. Underwood Thomas R. Marshall Carter Glass
Home state Alabama Indiana Virginia
Contests won 0 2 1
Popular vote 596,781 573,967 542,002
Percentage 8.0% 7.7% 7.3%

 
Nominee Edward I. Edwards John W. Davis William Jennings Bryan
Home state New Jersey West Virginia Nebraska
Contests won 1 1 1
Popular vote 519,477 391,180 372,238
Percentage 7.0% 5.3% 5.0%

Previous Democratic nominee

Woodrow Wilson

Democratic nominee

A. Mitchell Palmer

1920 Republican Party presidential primaries

← 1916 March 9–June 5, 1920 1924 →
 
Nominee Robert M. La Follette Leonard Wood Charles Evans Hughes
Home state Wisconsin New Hampshire New York
Contests won 36 1 1
Popular vote 2,277,812 1,166,182 997,508
Percentage 23.1% 11.8% 10.1%

 
Nominee William Cameron Sproul Theodore Roosevelt John J. Pershing
Home state Pennsylvania New York Missouri
Contests won 2 1 2
Popular vote 926,270 917,123 851,192
Percentage 9.4% 9.3% 8.6%

 
Nominee Herbert Hoover Frank Orren Lowden Howard Sutherland
Home state California Illinois West Virginia
Contests won 4 1 0
Popular vote 599,871 595,243 490,399
Percentage 6.1% 6.0% 5.0%

Previous Republican nominee

Charles Evans Hughes

Republican nominee

John J. Pershing

1924 Democratic Party presidential primaries

← 1920 March 12–June 7, 1924 1928 →
 
Nominee Albert Ritchie James M. Cox William Gibbs McAdoo
Home state Maryland Ohio California
Contests won 11 8 8
Popular vote 719,174 650,625 603,622
Percentage 12.1% 10.9% 10.1%

 
Nominee Al Smith Woodbridge Nathan Ferris William Jennings Bryan
Home state New York Michigan Nebraska
Contests won 4 1 2
Popular vote 531,272 393,407 356,751
Percentage 8.9% 6.6% 6.0%

 
Nominee Cordell Hull Oscar W. Underwood Carter Glass
Home state Tennessee Alabama Virginia
Contests won 2 3 1
Popular vote 347,765 321,386 234,328
Percentage 5.8% 5.4% 3.9%

Previous Democratic nominee

James M. Cox

Democratic nominee

James M. Cox

1924 Republican Party presidential primaries

← 1920 March 12–June 7, 1924 1928 →
 
Nominee Warren G. Harding Herbert Hoover
Home state Ohio California
Contests won 38 4
Popular vote 3,971,108 2,335,985
Percentage 33.2% 19.5%

 
Nominee Frank Orren Lowden Charles Evans Hughes
Home state Illinois New York
Contests won 2 4
Popular vote 2,273,787 1,933,962
Percentage 19.0% 16.2%

Previous Republican nominee

Warren G. Harding

Republican nominee

Herbert Hoover

1928 Democratic Party presidential primaries

← 1924 March 6–May 18, 1928 1932 →
 
Nominee James A. Reed Cordell Hull Franklin D. Roosevelt
Home state Missouri Tennessee New York
Contests won 17 12 3
Popular vote 2,433,177 1,344,509 918,744
Percentage 24.8% 13.7% 9.4%

 
Nominee Joseph T. Robinson Jesse H. Jones Thomas J. Walsh
Home state Arkansas Texas Montana
Contests won 4 3 5
Popular vote 816,584 784,607 690,842
Percentage 8.3% 8.0% 7.0%

 
Nominee Newton D. Baker Evans Woollen Pat Harrison
Home state Ohio Indiana Mississippi
Contests won 1 1 1
Popular vote 657,661 634,993 601,622
Percentage 6.7% 6.5% 6.1%

Previous Democratic nominee

John W. Davis

Democratic nominee

Joseph T. Robinson

1928 Republican Party presidential primaries

← 1924 March 6–May 18, 1928 1932 →
 
Nominee Calvin Coolidge Frank Orren Lowden Charles Evans Hughes
Home state Massachusetts Illinois New York
Contests won 25 9 5
Popular vote 3,166,781 2,855,591 2,624,718
Percentage 24.1% 21.7% 20.0%

 
Nominee Charles Curtis James E. Watson Guy D. Goff
Home state Kansas Indiana West Virginia
Contests won 6 0 0
Popular vote 1,956,226 825,051 682,987
Percentage 14.9% 6.3% 5.2%

 
Nominee George W. Norris William E. Borah
Home state Nebraska Idaho
Contests won 1 2
Popular vote 398,461 282,300
Percentage 3.0% 2.1%

Previous Republican nominee

Calvin Coolidge

Republican nominee

Frank Orren Lowden

1932 Democratic Party presidential primaries

← 1928 March 8–May 20, 1932 1936 →
 
Nominee Newton D. Baker J. Hamilton Lewis John Nance Garner
Home state Ohio Illinois Texas
Contests won 11 4 17
Popular vote 2,900,559 2,589,590 2,087,622
Percentage 22.0% 19.7% 15.9%

 
Nominee Cordell Hull Al Smith James A. Reed
Home state Tennessee New York Missouri
Contests won 3 9 4
Popular vote 1,927,716 1,840,283 1,816,521
Percentage 14.6% 14.0% 13.8%

Previous Democratic nominee

Al Smith

Democratic nominee

John Nance Garner

1932 Republican Party presidential primaries

← 1928 March 8–May 20, 1932 1936 →
 
Nominee Calvin Coolidge Guy D. Goff Charles G. Dawes
Home state Massachusetts West Virginia Illinois
Contests won 34 9 0
Popular vote 4,799,947 2,173,533 1,240,071
Percentage 41.9% 19.0% 10.8%

 
Nominee John J. Blaine James W. Wadsworth, Jr. Joseph I. France
Home state Wisconsin New York Maryland
Contests won 0 1 0
Popular vote 1,128,522 990,794 628,558
Percentage 9.9% 8.7% 5.5%

 
Nominee William E. Borah
Home state Idaho
Contests won 4
Popular vote 484,077
Percentage 4.2%

Previous Republican nominee

Herbert Hoover

Republican nominee

Calvin Coolidge

1936 Democratic Party presidential primaries

← 1932 March 10–May 19, 1936 1940 →
 
Nominee Cordell Hull Henry Skillman Breckinridge
Home state Tennessee New York
Contests won 36 6
Popular vote 6,317,680 3,947,533
Percentage 40.1% 25.1%

 
Nominee John Nance Garner Huey Long
Home state Texas Louisiana
Contests won 2 4
Popular vote 3,317,892 2,165,300
Percentage 21.1% 13.7%

Previous Democratic nominee

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Democratic nominee

Cordell Hull

1936 Republican Party presidential primaries

← 1932 March 10–May 19, 1936 1940 →
 
Nominee Theodore Roosevelt Jr. Robert A. Taft Arthur H. Vandenberg
Home state New York Ohio Michigan
Contests won 11 5 5
Popular vote 3,184,954 2,347,323 2,148,679
Percentage 24.4% 18.0% 16.5%

 
Nominee Herbert Hoover William E. Borah John W. Bricker
Home state California Idaho Ohio
Contests won 17 8 1
Popular vote 2,082,999 1,723,581 1,530,747
Percentage 16.0% 13.2% 11.7%

Previous Republican nominee

Herbert Hoover

Republican nominee

Theodore Roosevelt Jr.

1940 Democratic Party presidential primaries

← 1936 March 12–June 27, 1940 1944 →
 
Nominee Huey Long John Nance Garner Cordell Hull
Home state Louisiana Texas Tennessee
Contests won 38 5 4
Popular vote 6,236,642 3,773,315 3,359,916
Percentage 37.5% 22.7% 20.2%

 
Nominee Millard Tydings James A. Farley
Home state Maryland New York
Contests won 1 0
Popular vote 2,255,182 1,011,221
Percentage 13.6% 6.1%

Previous Democratic nominee

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Democratic nominee

Huey Long

1940 Republican Party presidential primaries

← 1936 March 12–May 17, 1940 1944 →
 
Nominee Joseph W. Martin Jr. Herbert Hoover Fiorello H. La Guardia
Home state Massachusetts California New York
Contests won 13 18 3
Popular vote 2,572,818 2,152,889 1,220,357
Percentage 16.8% 14.1% 8.0%

 
Nominee Arthur H. Vandenberg Charles L. McNary Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.
Home state Michigan Oregon Massachusetts
Contests won 4 4 1
Popular vote 1,177,169 1,125,358 929,931
Percentage 7.7% 7.4% 6.1%

 
Nominee John W. Bricker Henry L. Stimson Robert A. Taft
Home state Ohio New York Ohio
Contests won 0 1 2
Popular vote 856,708 729,330 622,396
Percentage 5.6% 4.8% 4.1%

Previous Republican nominee

Alf Landon

Republican nominee

Joseph W. Martin Jr.

1944 Democratic Party presidential primaries

← 1940 March 14–May 19, 1944 1948 →
 
Nominee Cordell Hull Harry F. Byrd
Home state Tennessee Virginia
Contests won 39 9
Popular vote 1,324,006 273,915
Percentage 79.2% 13.9%

Previous Democratic nominee

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Democratic nominee

Cordell Hull

1944 Republican Party presidential primaries

← 1940 March 14–May 19, 1944 1948 →
 
Nominee Everett Dirksen Arthur H. Vandenberg John W. Bricker
Home state Illinois Michigan Ohio
Contests won 3 22 2
Popular vote 2,550,302 2,355,930 2,076,068
Percentage 17.7% 16.3% 14.4%

 
Nominee Wendell Willkie Robert A. Taft Earl Warren
Home state New York Ohio California
Contests won 15 0 3
Popular vote 2,045,102 1,508,952 1,318,012
Percentage 14.2% 10.4% 9.1%

 
Nominee Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. Harold Stassen
Home state Massachusetts Minnesota
Contests won 2 1
Popular vote 1,124,347 875,917
Percentage 7.8% 6.1%

Previous Republican nominee

Wendell Willkie

Republican nominee

John W. Bricker

1948 Democratic Party presidential primaries

← 1944 March 9–June 1, 1948 1952 →
 
Nominee Claude Pepper Franklin D. Roosevelt Cordell Hull
Home state Florida New York Tennessee
Contests won 19 18 6
Popular vote 3,872,903 3,115,188 3,024,226
Percentage 27.4% 22.0% 21.4%

 
Nominee Richard Russell Jr. Strom Thurmond Harry F. Byrd
Home state Georgia South Carolina Virginia
Contests won 4 0 0
Popular vote 1,970,851 936,459 774,119
Percentage 13.9% 6.6% 5.5%

 
Nominee Henry A. Wallace
Home state Iowa
Contests won 1
Popular vote 444,701
Percentage 3.1%

Previous Democratic nominee

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Democratic nominee

Claude Pepper

1948 Republican Party presidential primaries

← 1944 March 9–June 1, 1948 1952 →
 
Nominee Douglas MacArthur Dwight D. Eisenhower Everett Dirksen
Home state New York New York Illinois
Contests won 9 8 4
Popular vote 2,515,469 2,484,191 2,474,395
Percentage 15.5% 15.3% 15.2%

 
Nominee Arthur H. Vandenberg Harold Stassen John W. Bricker
Home state Michigan Minnesota Ohio
Contests won 5 15 3
Popular vote 2,338,716 1,996,244 1,817,117
Percentage 14.4% 12.3% 11.2%

 
Nominee Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. Earl Warren Robert A. Taft
Home state Massachusetts California Ohio
Contests won 2 1 1
Popular vote 1,185,312 775,222 666,196
Percentage 7.3% 4.8% 4.1%

Previous Republican nominee

Thomas E. Dewey

Republican nominee

Arthur H. Vandenberg

1952 Democratic Party presidential primaries

← 1948 March 11–June 3, 1952 1956 →
 
Nominee Eleanor Roosevelt Alben W. Barkley W. Averell Harriman
Home state New York Kentucky New York
Contests won 34 9 0
Popular vote 14,066,548 10,929,943 4,426,453
Percentage 35.4% 27.5% 11.1%

 
Nominee Estes Kefauver Hubert Humphrey Harry S. Truman
Home state Indiana Minnesota Missouri
Contests won 2 1 1
Popular vote 2,579,805 1,327,004 1,000,266
Percentage 6.5% 3.3% 2.5%

 
Nominee Paul A. Dever
Home state Massachusetts
Contests won 1
Popular vote 543,359
Percentage 1.4%

Previous Democratic nominee

Harry S. Truman

Democratic nominee

Eleanor Roosevelt

1952 Republican Party presidential primaries

← 1948 March 11–June 3, 1952 1956 →
 
Nominee Everett Dirksen John W. Bricker Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.
Home state Illinois Ohio Massachusetts
Contests won 34 4 2
Popular vote 10,725,878 6,789,179 4,928,146
Percentage 27.0% 17.1% 12.4%

 
Nominee Robert A. Taft Douglas MacArthur Thomas E. Dewey
Home state Ohio New York New York
Contests won 6 1 0
Popular vote 4,703,298 3,714,700 3,146,569
Percentage 11.8% 9.3% 7.9%

 
Nominee Joseph McCarthy Harold Stassen
Home state Wisconsin Minnesota
Contests won 0 1
Popular vote 2,182,077 929,024
Percentage 5.5% 2.3%

Previous Republican nominee

Thomas E. Dewey

Republican nominee

Everett Dirksen

1956 Democratic Party presidential primaries

← 1952 March 11–June 5, 1956 1960 →
 
Nominee George C. Marshall Stuart Symington Frank Lausche
Home state Virginia Missouri Ohio
Contests won 14 12 5
Popular vote 3,632,011 3,595,000 3,168,031
Percentage 12.8% 12.6% 11.1%

 
Nominee Happy Chandler Lyndon B. Johnson Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr.
Home state Kentucky Texas New York
Contests won 7 2 1
Popular vote 3,131,189 2,489,345 2,460,830
Percentage 11.0% 8.7% 8.6%

 
Nominee W. Averell Harriman Estes Kefauver Harry F. Byrd
Home state New York Tennessee Virginia
Contests won 0 4 1
Popular vote 1,949,350 1,508,558 1,459,280
Percentage 6.8% 5.3% 5.1%

Previous Democratic nominee

Adlai Stevenson II

Democratic nominee

George C. Marshall

1956 Republican Party presidential primaries

← 1952 March 11–June 5, 1956 1960 →
 
Nominee Joe Foss Prescott Bush Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.
Home state South Dakota Connecticut Massachusetts
Contests won 26 9 8
Popular vote 7,579,076 5,478,768 5,358,157
Percentage 23.5% 17.0% 16.6%

 
Nominee John W. Bricker William F. Knowland Richard Nixon
Home state Ohio California California
Contests won 2 1 1
Popular vote 4,403,891 3,702,680 3,517,939
Percentage 13.6% 11.5% 10.9%

 
Nominee Douglas MacArthur
Home state New York
Contests won 1
Popular vote 387,084
Percentage 1.2%

Previous Republican nominee

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Republican nominee

Joe Foss

1960 Democratic Party presidential primaries

← 1956 March 8–June 7, 1960 1964 →
 
Nominee Lyndon B. Johnson Adlai Stevenson II Stuart Symington
Home state Texas Illinois Missouri
Contests won 30 3 7
Popular vote 19,007,930 10,202,709 9,190,382
Percentage 31.0% 16.6% 15.0%

 
Nominee Estes Kefauver George Smathers Hubert Humphrey
Home state Tennessee Florida Minnesota
Contests won 2 1 5
Popular vote 7,161,437 4,938,036 4,717,019
Percentage 11.7% 8.1% 7.7%

 
Nominee Pat Brown Wayne Morse
Home state California Oregon
Contests won 1 1
Popular vote 2,842,867 1,528,613
Percentage 4.6% 2.5%

Previous Democratic nominee

Adlai Stevenson II

Democratic nominee

Lyndon B. Johnson

1960 Republican Party presidential primaries

← 1956 March 8–June 7, 1960 1964 →
 
Nominee Thomas E. Dewey Cecil H. Underwood William F. Knowland
Home state New York West Virginia California
Contests won 28 7 3
Popular vote 15,543,390 10,380,549 9,610,156
Percentage 24.6% 16.4% 15.2%

 
Nominee Nelson Rockefeller Prescott Bush Barry Goldwater
Home state New York Connecticut Arizona
Contests won 4 6 1
Popular vote 9,326,114 8,748,058 4,690,624
Percentage 14.7% 13.8% 7.4%

 
Nominee Harold Stassen
Home state Minnesota
Contests won 1
Popular vote 3,139,750
Percentage 5.0%

Previous Republican nominee

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Republican nominee

Thomas E. Dewey