Voting In Past US Presidential Elections

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Without hindsight and if forced to vote for a candidate (but with ballot access to third party vote):

1789: George Washington (None-VA)/George Clinton (Anti Fed-NY)
1792: George Washington (None-VA)/George Clinton (DR-NY)
1796: Aaron Burr (DR-NY)/Thomas Jefferson (DR-VA)
1800: Aaron Burr (DR-NY)/Thomas Jefferson (DR-VA)
1804: Thomas Jefferson (DR-VA)
1808: George Clinton (DR-NY)
1812: DeWitt Clinton (F-NY)
1816: James Monroe (DR-VA)
1820: James Monroe (DR-VA)
1824: Andrew Jackson (DR-TN)
1828: Andrew Jackson (D-TN)
1832: Henry Clay (NR-KY)
1836: Martin Van Buren (D-NY)
1840: Martin Van Buren (D-NY)
1844: Henry Clay (W-KY)
1848: Martin Van Buren (FS-NY)
1852: John P. Hale (FS-NH)
1856: James Buchanan (D-PA)
1860: Stephen Douglas (D-IL)
1864: George McClellan (D-NJ)
1868: Horatio Seymour (D-NY)
1872: Horace Greeley (LR-NY)
1876: Samuel J. Tilden (D-NY)
1880: Winfield Hancock (D-PA)
1884: Grover S. Cleveland (D-NY)
1888: Grover S. Cleveland (D-NY)
1892: Grover S. Cleveland (D-NY)
1896: John M. Palmer (ND-IL)
1900: William J. Bryan (D-NE)
1904: Alton B. Parker (D-NY)
1908: William J. Bryan (D-NE)
1912: Woodrow Wilson (D-NJ)
1916: Charles E. Hughes (R-NY)
1920: Warren G. Harding (R-OH)
1924: Calvin Coolidge (R-MA)
1928: Alfred Smith (D-MA)
1932: Franklin D. Roosevelt (D-NY)
1936: Alfred Landon (R-KS)
1940: Wendell Willkie (R-NY)
1944: Thomas Dewey (R-NY)
1948: Thomas Dewey (R-NY)
1952: Dwight Eisenhower (R-NY)
1956: Adlai Stevenson (D-IL)
1960: John F. Kennedy (D-MA)
1964: Barry M. Goldwater (R-AZ)
1968: Richard M. Nixon (R-NY)
1972: George McGovern (D-SD)
1976: James Carter (D-GA)
1980: Edward Clark (L-CA)
1984: David Bergland (L-CA)
1988: Ronald E. Paul (L-TX)
1992: Andre V. Marrou (L-AK)
1996: Harry Browne (L-TN)
2000: Harry Browne (L-TN)
2004: Michael Badnarik (L-TX)
2008: Ralph Nader (I-CT)

Parties in chronological order:
F=Federalist
DR=Democratic-Republican
D=Democratic
NR=National Republican
W=Whig
FS=Free Soil
R=Republican
LR=Liberal Republican
ND=National Democratic
L=Libertarian

Party vote record:
Independent: 3
Federalist: 1
Anti-Federalist: 1
Democratic-Republican: 8
Democratic: 22
National Republican: 1
Whig: 1
Free Soil: 2
Republican: 10
Liberal Republican: 1
National Democratic: 1
Libertarian: 7