George W. Bush won the Electoral College, but lost the popular vote. The elections of Rutherford B. Hayes and Benjamin Harrison displayed the same disparity.
In addition to presidential candidates who won the popular vote but lost the election (Al Gore in 2000 and Samuel Tilden in 1876 come to mind), there have been two people for which the statement as written is literally true:Andrew Jackson won a plurality (not a majority, but more votes than any other candidate) of both the popular and electoral vote in the presidential election of 1824. However, since there were four candidates in the race that year and none of them had a majority, the decision went to the House of Representatives, who chose John Quincy Adams instead. Jackson then went on to later became president in the election of 1828, with a clear majority of both the popular and electoral vote, so for him the statement is true in retrospect, but not at the time of the first election.Grover Cleveland also won a plurality of the popular vote in 1888 after his first term as president, though in his case he lost the electoral vote to Benjamin Harrison. He then ran again in 1892 and again won a plurality of the popular vote, but this time garnered a clear majority of the electoral vote and became president for a second time. He's the only one for whom the statement was true at the time of the election itself.
NixonThomas Jefferson lost in 1796 and won in 1800 and 1804.Andrew Jackson lost in 1824 and won in 1828 and 1832.William Henry Harrison lost in 1836 and won in 1840.Grover Cleveland lost in 1888 and won in 1892. He had also won in 1884; he is the only U.S. President to be voted out of office then voted back in four years later. Also, he received more popular votes than Benjamin Harrison in the 1888 election, making him the only President besides Franklin D. Roosevelt to win the popular vote in at least three consecutive elections.Richard M. Nixon lost in 1960 and won in 1968 and 1972.There was also one U.S. President who had previously run for Vice President and lost: Franklin D. Roosevelt lost the vice presidential election of 1920 then won the presidential elections of 1932, 1936, 1940 and 1944.(Thomas A. Hendricks lost the vice presidential election of 1876 then won the vice presidential election of 1884.)
Kevin Rudd It has happened 3 times: 1876: Rutherford B. Hayes won the electoral vote with 185/369 votes but lost the popular vote to Samuel Tilden. 1888: Benjamin Harrison won the electoral vote with 233/401 but lost the popular vote to Grover Cleveland. 2000: George W. Bush won the electoral vote with 270/538 but lost the popular vote to Al Gore by a very small margin.
There have only been three (or possibly four) such presidents. The certain ones are Rutherford B Hayes (1876), Benjamin Harrison (1888) and George W. Bush (2000). The probable case is John Quincy Adams (1824), who was behind Andrew Jackson in the popular vote, but only in those states which used the popular vote to determine presidential electors. At that time several states, including important ones such as New York, did not do so, but allowed the Legislature to choose Electors. There is no way to tell how a nationwide popular vote would have gone.
The popular vote in 1876 was about 8.3 million. it 1888 is was about 9.0 million- about 8% more.
Benjamin Harrison/Levi P.Morton Grover Cleveland/Allen G.Thurman
The U.S. President is never elected by popular vote. In fact, there have been four Presidential elections in U.S. history in which the winner of the election was not the candidate who received the most popular votes (in 1824, 1876, 1888 and 2000).
George W. Bush won the Electoral College, but lost the popular vote. The elections of Rutherford B. Hayes and Benjamin Harrison displayed the same disparity.
George W. Bush vs Al Gore. Al Gore won the popular vote but did not win the election. the elections in 1824, 1876, 1888 also saw the loser in the popular vote win the electorial college vote and become President.
John Quincy Adams (1824) and George W. Bush (2000). Also Rutherford B Hayes (1876) and Benjamin Harrison (1888). Prior to 1824, it is not very meaningful to speak of a "popular vote" as many states' presidential electors were chosen by their legislatures rather than being directly elected.
2000: Bush defeated Gore. 1888: Harrison defeated Cleveland. 1876: Hayes defeated Tilden. 1824: Adams defeated Jackson.
Prussia 1876 - 1888, then Germany 1888 - 1918
1888 Presidential ElectionThe candidates for the Presidential election of 1888 were; Grover Cleveland - Allen G. Thurman (Democratic), Benjamin Harrison - Levi Morton (Republican), Clinton B. Fisk - John A. Brooks (Prohibition), and Alson J. Streeter - Charles E. Cunningham (Union Labor). Benjamin Harrison won the election to become the 23rd President of the United States. President Benjamin Harrison was in office from March 4, 1889 to March 4, 1893.
Benjamin Harrison won the 1888 presidential election defeating incumbent President Grover Cleveland. In the 1888 presidential election Benjamin Harrison received 233 electoral votes and Grover Cleveland received 168 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Cleveland 5,534,488 and Harrison 5,443,892.
Candidates need a majority of electoral votes to be elected. Because most states* award all of their electoral votes to the top candidate in that state, candidates do not need to win the national popular vote to win a majority of electoral votes. The result is that winning a few large population states (called swing states), even by a tiny margin, can guarantee election to the presidency. In 1876, 1888, and 2000, the winning candidate did not get the most popular votes nationwide.
Benjamin Harrison won the 1888 presidential election defeating incumbent President Grover Cleveland. In the 1888 presidential election Benjamin Harrison received 233 electoral votes and Grover Cleveland received 168 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Cleveland 5,534,488 and Harrison 5,443,892.