How would you have voted?: United States Presidential Elections

[SWE]

Assuming every candidate listed on Wikipedia for that election was actually on my ballot...

1932: Franklin D. Roosevelt
1936: Alf Landon
1940: Wendell Willkie
1944: Franklin D. Roosevelt
1948: Harry Truman (Primary: Earl Warren)
1952: Dwight Eisenhower (Primary: Douglas MacArthur)
1956: Dwight Eisenhower
1960: John F. Kennedy (Primary: George Smathers)
1964: George Lincoln Rockwell (Primaries: John W. Byrnes)
1968: George Wallace
1972: George McGovern
1976: Jimmy Carter
1980: John B. Anderson (Primary: Larry Pressler)
1984: Lyndon LaRouche (Primary: Gary Hart)
1988: George H. W. Bush (Primary: Alexander Haig)
1992: John Hagelin (Primary: Jerry Brown)
1996: John Hagelin (Primary: Pete Wilson)
2000: John Hagelin (Primary: Gary Bauer)
2004: John Kerry (Primary: Howard Dean)
2008: Barack Obama (Primary: Chris Dodd)
2012: Virgil Goode (Primary: Jon Huntsman)
2016: We'll see! (Primary: Jim Webb)

Mods, pls ban

[Goldwater]

Assuming every candidate listed on Wikipedia for that election was actually on my ballot...

1932: Franklin D. Roosevelt
1936: Alf Landon
1940: Wendell Willkie
1944: Franklin D. Roosevelt
1948: Harry Truman (Primary: Earl Warren)
1952: Dwight Eisenhower (Primary: Douglas MacArthur)
1956: Dwight Eisenhower
1960: John F. Kennedy (Primary: George Smathers)
1964: George Lincoln Rockwell (Primaries: John W. Byrnes)
1968: George Wallace
1972: George McGovern
1976: Jimmy Carter
1980: John B. Anderson (Primary: Larry Pressler)
1984: Lyndon LaRouche (Primary: Gary Hart)
1988: George H. W. Bush (Primary: Alexander Haig)
1992: John Hagelin (Primary: Jerry Brown)
1996: John Hagelin (Primary: Pete Wilson)
2000: John Hagelin (Primary: Gary Bauer)
2004: John Kerry (Primary: Howard Dean)
2008: Barack Obama (Primary: Chris Dodd)
2012: Virgil Goode (Primary: Jon Huntsman)
2016: We'll see! (Primary: Jim Webb)

You supoort Nazi's and sgregationists, while also supporting people like Earl Warren, JFK, and Jerry Brown? WTF?

[Derpist]

Assuming every candidate listed on Wikipedia for that election was actually on my ballot...

1932: Franklin D. Roosevelt
1936: Alf Landon
1940: Wendell Willkie
1944: Franklin D. Roosevelt
1948: Harry Truman (Primary: Earl Warren)
1952: Dwight Eisenhower (Primary: Douglas MacArthur)
1956: Dwight Eisenhower
1960: John F. Kennedy (Primary: George Smathers)
1964: George Lincoln Rockwell (Primaries: John W. Byrnes)
1968: George Wallace
1972: George McGovern
1976: Jimmy Carter
1980: John B. Anderson (Primary: Larry Pressler)
1984: Lyndon LaRouche (Primary: Gary Hart)
1988: George H. W. Bush (Primary: Alexander Haig)
1992: John Hagelin (Primary: Jerry Brown)
1996: John Hagelin (Primary: Pete Wilson)
2000: John Hagelin (Primary: Gary Bauer)
2004: John Kerry (Primary: Howard Dean)
2008: Barack Obama (Primary: Chris Dodd)
2012: Virgil Goode (Primary: Jon Huntsman)
2016: We'll see! (Primary: Jim Webb)

You supoort Nazi's and sgregationists, while also supporting people like Earl Warren, JFK, and Jerry Brown? WTF?

#YOLO

[Kleine Scheiße]

Assuming every candidate listed on Wikipedia for that election was actually on my ballot...

1932: Franklin D. Roosevelt
1936: Alf Landon
1940: Wendell Willkie
1944: Franklin D. Roosevelt
1948: Harry Truman (Primary: Earl Warren)
1952: Dwight Eisenhower (Primary: Douglas MacArthur)
1956: Dwight Eisenhower
1960: John F. Kennedy (Primary: George Smathers)
1964: George Lincoln Rockwell (Primaries: John W. Byrnes)
1968: George Wallace
1972: George McGovern
1976: Jimmy Carter
1980: John B. Anderson (Primary: Larry Pressler)
1984: Lyndon LaRouche (Primary: Gary Hart)
1988: George H. W. Bush (Primary: Alexander Haig)
1992: John Hagelin (Primary: Jerry Brown)
1996: John Hagelin (Primary: Pete Wilson)
2000: John Hagelin (Primary: Gary Bauer)
2004: John Kerry (Primary: Howard Dean)
2008: Barack Obama (Primary: Chris Dodd)
2012: Virgil Goode (Primary: Jon Huntsman)
2016: We'll see! (Primary: Jim Webb)

You supoort Nazi's and sgregationists, while also supporting people like Earl Warren, JFK, and Jerry Brown? WTF?

#YOLO

I have my reasons.* #Gilmentum

*Protest votes

EDIT 2, JULY 19 2019: This is one of the most ridiculous, insensitive, callous, and glib things I have ever put my name to, and I'm leaving it up solely because I don't want to try and wash out my own past. It's important that people with this kind of history own up to it and apologize. I have no nostalgia for this period of my life and I am deeply sorry to anyone who would ever be in a position to have read this.

This was my thinking at the time:

If they have absolutely no credible shot whatsoever, it's harmless to give your protest vote to the wackiest guy up there.

[SATW]

how is voting for a neo nazi a legitimate "protest" vote?

[Kleine Scheiße]

He got like 200 votes as a write-in candidate. I could conceivably also go for Kirby Hensley, who got like 20.

If they have absolutely no credible shot whatsoever, it's harmless to give your protest vote to the wackiest guy up there.

EDIT 2, JULY 19 2019: This is one of the most ridiculous, insensitive, callous, and glib things I have ever put my name to, and I'm leaving it up solely because I don't want to try and wash out my own past. It's important that people with this kind of history own up to it and apologize. I have no nostalgia for this period of my life and I am deeply sorry to anyone who would ever be in a position to have read this.

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

It's been a while since I did this...

1788   George Washington (Ind)
1792   George Washington (Ind)
1796   John Adams (Fed)
1800   Thomas Jefferson (DR)
1804   Thomas Jefferson (DR)
1808   James Madison (DR)
1812   DeWitt Clinton (Fusion)
1816   James Monroe (DR)
1820   James Monroe (DR)
1824   Henry Clay (DR)
1828   John Q. Adams (Nat)
1832   Henry Clay (Nat)
1836   William H. Harrison (Whig)
1840   William H. Harrison (Whig)
1844   Henry Clay (Whig)
1848   Martin Van Buren (FS)
1852   John P. Hale (FS)
1856   John C. Fremont (Rep)
1860   Abraham Lincoln (Rep)
1864   Abraham Lincoln (Union)
1868   Ulysses S. Grant (Rep)
1872   Ulysses S. Grant (Rep)
1876   Rutherford B. Hayes (Rep)
1880   James Garfield (Rep)
1884   Grover Cleveland (Dem)
1888   Benjamin Harrison (Rep)
1892   James B. Weaver (Pop)
1896   William J. Bryan (Dem)
1900   William J. Bryan (Dem)
1904   Theodore Roosevelt (Rep)
1908   William J. Bryan (Dem)
1912   Theodore Roosevelt (Pro)
1916   Woodrow Wilson (Dem)
1920   James M. Cox (Dem)
1924   Robert M. La Follette (Pro)
1928   Al Smith (Dem)
1932   Franklin D. Roosevelt (Dem)
1936   Franklin D. Roosevelt (Dem)
1940   Franklin D. Roosevelt (Dem)
1944   Franklin D. Roosevelt (Dem)
1948   Harry S. Truman (Dem)
1952   Adlai E. Stevenson (Dem)
1956   Dwight D. Eisenhower (Rep)
1960   John F. Kennedy (Dem)
1964   Lyndon B. Johnson (Dem)
1968   Hubert H. Humphrey (Dem)
1972   George McGovern (Dem)
1976   Jimmy Carter (Dem)
1980   Jimmy Carter (Dem)
1984   Walter Mondale (Dem)
1988   Michael Dukakis (Dem)
1992   Bill Clinton (Dem)
1996   Bill Clinton (Dem)
2000   Al Gore (Dem)
2004   John Kerry (Dem)
2008   Barack Obama (Dem)
2012   Barack Obama (Dem)
2016   Hillary Clinton (Dem)

[The Other Castro]

1948: Harry Truman (Democratic)
1952: Dwight Eisenhower (Republican)
1956: Dwight Eisenhower (Republican)
1960: John F. Kennedy (Democratic)
1964: Lyndon Johnson (Democratic)
1968: Richard Nixon (Republican
1972: Richard Nixon (Republican)
1976: Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
1980: John B. Anderson (Independent)
1984: Walter Mondale (Democratic)
1988: Michael Dukakis (Democratic)
1992: Bill Clinton (Democratic)
1996: Bill Clinton (Democratic)
2000: Al Gore (Democratic)
2004: John Kerry (Democratic)
2008: Barack Obama (Democratic)
2012: Barack Obama (Democratic)
2016: Hillary Clinton/Bernie Sanders (Democratic)

[Lexii, harbinger of chaos and sexual anarchy]

1840: Birney (Liberty)
1844: Clay (W)
1848: Van Buren (FS)
1852: Hale (FS)
1856: Frémont
1860: Lincoln (R)
1864: Lincoln (Nat. Union)
1868: Grant (R)
1872: Greeley (Lib. R)
1876: Peter Cooper (Gb)
1880: Garfield (R)
1884: Cleveland (D)
1888: Harrison (R)
1896: Bryan (D)
1900: Bryan (D)
1904: Parker (D) (?)
1908: Bryan (D)
1912: Roosevelt (Prog.)
1916: Wilson (D)
1920: Debs (S)
1924:La Follette (Prog.)
1928: Smith (D)
1932:Hoover(R)
1936: Roosevelt (D)
1940: Roosevelt (D)
1944: Roosevelt (D)
1948: Dewey (R) or Henry Wallace (I) in a safe state
1952: Stevenson (D)
1956: Stevenson (D)
1960: Kennedy (D)
1964: abstain
1968: Humphrey (D)
1972: McGovern (D)
1976: Carter (D),
                            McCarthy (I) in a safe state
1980: Anderson (I)
1984: Mondale (D)
1988: Dukakis (D)
1992: abstain
1996: Nader (G)
2000: Nader (G)
2004: Kerry (D)
2008: Obama (D)
2012: Stein (G)
2016: Clinton

[Oldiesfreak1854]

Update.

General Election
1789: George Washington (Independent/Federalist)
1792: George Washington (Independent/Federalist)
1796: John Adams (Federalist)
1800: John Adams (Federalist)
1804: Thomas Jefferson (Republican)
1808: James Madison (Republican)
1812: James Madison (Republican)
1816: Rufus King (Federalist)
1820: James Monroe (Republican)
1824: John Quincy Adams (Republican)
1828: John Quincy Adams (National Republican)
1832: Henry Clay (National Republican)
1836: William Henry Harrison (Whig)
1840: William Henry Harrison (Whig)
1844: Henry Clay (Whig)
1848: Zachary Taylor (Whig)
1852: Winfield Scott (Whig)
1856: John C. Fremont (Republican)
1860: Abraham Lincoln (Republican)
1864: Abraham Lincoln (Republican)
1868: Ulysses S. Grant (Republican)
1872: Ulysses S. Grant (Republican)
1876: Rutherford B. Hayes (Republican)
1880: James A. Garfield (Republican)
1884: James G. Blaine (Republican)
1888: Benjamin Harrison (Republican)
1892: Benjamin Harrison (Republican)
1896: William McKinley (Republican)
1900: William McKinley (Republican)
1904: Theodore Roosevelt (Republican)
1908: William Howard Taft (Republican)
1912: William Howard Taft (Republican)
1916: Charles Evans Hughes (Republican)
1920: Warren G. Harding (Republican)
1924: Calvin Coolidge (Republican)
1928: Herbert Hoover (Republican)
1932: Herbert Hoover (Republican)
1936: Alf Landon (Republican)
1940: Wendell Willkie (Republican)
1944: Thomas E. Dewey (Republican)
1948: Thomas E. Dewey (Republican)
1952: Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)
1956: Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)
1960: Richard Nixon (Republican)
1964: Barry Goldwater (Republican)
1968: Richard Nixon (Republican)
1972: Richard Nixon (Republican)
1976: Gerald R. Ford (Republican)
1980: Ronald Reagan (Republican)
1984: Ronald Reagan (Republican)
1988: George H.W. Bush (Republican)
1992: George H.W. Bush (Republican)
1996: Bob Dole (Republican)
2000: George W. Bush (Republican)
2004: George W. Bush (Republican)
2008: John McCain (Republican)
2012: Mitt Romney (Republican)
2016: TBD

Comments
1800: With hesitation.
1812: Enthusiastically.
1840: Webster if I lived in Massachusetts.
1860: Enthusiastically with hindsight.
1864: Perhaps the most enthusiastic vote of my life.
1868: Enthusiastically.
1872: With hesitation.
1876: Somewhat enthusiastically.
1892: With strong hesitation; would've considered Cleveland.
1896: Enthusiastically.
1912: Would have considered Roosevelt, but want to preserve party unity.
1920: Enthusiastically.
1932: Unenthusiastically.
1960: I imagine I probably would have liked both candidates, and wouldn't have been sorry when Kennedy won.
1964: Mostly a protest vote against Johnson.
1968: Enthusiastically.
1972: Enthusiastically with hindsight, in spite of Watergate.
1976: Michigan's favorite son, plus pretty close to my views.
1980: Would've hesitated and considered Anderson at first, but Gov. Milliken's endorsement in the general, desire for party unity, plus my enthusiasm to defeat Carter, would win out.
1992: Enthusiastically with hindsight.
1996: Unenthusiastically.
2008: Enthusiastically with hindsight.
2012: Voted for IRL.

Nomination
1920: Uncommitted
1924: Calvin Coolidge
1928: Uncommitted
1936: Alf Landon (Republican)
1940: Uncommitted
1944: Thomas E. Dewey (Republcan)
1948: Uncommitted
1952: Uncommitted
1960: Richard Nixon (Republican)
1964: Nelson Rockefeller (Republican) or Bill Scranton (Republican), depending on schedule
1968: Uncommitted
1976: Gerald Ford (Republican)
1980: John Anderson (Republican) or George H.W. Bush (Republican), depending on schedule
1988: George H.W. Bush (Republican), though I would've liked DuPont and Kemp.
1996: Uncommitted
2000: George W. Bush (Republican) or John McCain (Republican) , depending on schedule
2008: Uncommitted
2012: Mitt Romney (Republican), voted for IRL.
2016: John Kasich (Republican) or Chris Christie (Republican), depending on schedule.  Voted for Kasich IRL.

Party ID/Affiliation
1789-1804: Federalist
1804-1820: Independent
1820-1825: Republican
1825-1833: National Republican/Anti-Jacksonian
1833-1854: Whig
1854-present: Republican

[MATTROSE94]

1972: George McGovern (Democratic)
1976: Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
1980: Jimmy Carter, reluctantly
1984: Walter Mondale (Democratic)
1988: Michael Dukakis (Democratic)
1992: Andre Marrou (Libertarian)
1996: Robert Dole (Republican)
2000: Bush or Nader (Green), probably Bush (to stop Gore)
2004: Ralph Nader
2008: Cynthia McKinney (Green)
2012: Jill Stein (Green)

You wouldn't have supported Reagan in 1980 or 1984?

[Derpist]

1972: George McGovern (Democratic)
1976: Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
1980: Jimmy Carter, reluctantly
1984: Walter Mondale (Democratic)
1988: Michael Dukakis (Democratic)
1992: Andre Marrou (Libertarian)
1996: Robert Dole (Republican)
2000: Bush or Nader (Green), probably Bush (to stop Gore)
2004: Ralph Nader
2008: Cynthia McKinney (Green)
2012: Jill Stein (Green)

You wouldn't have supported Reagan in 1980 or 1984?

Now what I really object to is why you would vote for HP Cynthia McKinney over FF Ralph Nader.

[ElectionsGuy]

1789 - George Washington
1792 - George Washington
1796 - Thomas Jefferson
1800 - Thomas Jefferson
1804 - Thomas Jefferson
1808 - James Madison
1812 - James Madison
1816 - James Monroe
1820 - James Monroe
1824 - Andrew Jackson
1828 - Andrew Jackson
1832 - Andrew Jackson
1836 - Martin Van Buren
1840 - Martin Van Buren
1844 - James Birney
1848 - Martin Van Buren
1852 - John Hale
1856 - John Fremont
1860 - Abraham Lincoln
1864 - Abraham Lincoln
1868 - Ulysses Grant
1872 - Ulysses Grant
1876 - Samuel Tilden
1880 - James Garfield
1884 - Grover Cleveland
1888 - Grover Cleveland
1892 - Grover Cleveland
1896 - John Palmer
1900 - William McKinley*
1904 - Alton Parker
1908 - William Taft
1912 - William Taft
1916 - Charles Hughes
1920 - Warren Harding
1924 - Calvin Coolidge
1928 - Al Smith
1932 - Franklin Roosevelt*
1936 - Alfred Landon
1940 - Wendell Willkie*
1944 - Thomas Dewey*
1948 - Thomas Dewey*
1952 - Dwight Eisenhower
1956 - Dwight Eisenhower
1960 - Richard Nixon*
1964P - Barry Goldwater
1964 - Barry Goldwater
1968P - Ronald Reagan
1968 - Richard Nixon*
1972P - George McGovern
1972 - John Hospers
1976P - Ronald Reagan
1976 - Roger MacBride
1980P - Ronald Reagan
1980 - Ronald Reagan
1984P - Gary Hart
1984 - David Bergland
1988P - Jack Kemp
1988 - Ron Paul
1992P - Jerry Brown
1992 - Andre Marrou
1996P - Steve Forbes
1996 - Harry Browne
2000P - George W. Bush
2000 - Harry Browne
2004P - Howard Dean
2004 - Michael Badnarik
2008P - Ron Paul
2008 - Bob Barr
2012P - Ron Paul
2012 - Gary Johnson
2016P - Ted Cruz ✔
2016 - Gary Johnson ✔

*Reluctant/unenthusiastic/close call
✔ Actual Vote

[Goldwater]

My primary votes:*

1964: Barry Goldwater
1968: Ronald Reagan
1972: Henry M. "Scoop" Jackson
1976: Ronald Reagan
1980: Ronald Reagan
1984: Gary Hart
1988: Jack Kemp
1992: Bill Clinton
1996: Steve Forbes
2000: John McCain
2004: Wesley Clark
2008: John McCain
2012: Jon Huntsman
2016: Marco Rubio

*(This is assuming hypothetically I could vote for anybody who actually ran in the primary, which is why you see people like Rubio here.)

[Clark Kent]

Primaries:

1976: Reagan
1980: Reagan
1984: Reagan
1988: Kemp
1992: Bush
1996: Dole
2000 Bush
2004: Bush
2008: Romney
2012: Romney/Gingrich
2016: Kasich (would've been Rubio if he was still in)

[JohnathanOHughes]

[These elections are who I think I would have voted for at the time not knowing what happened in the future, so for example Nixon in 1960 before Watergate because he seemed stronger than Kennedy poking fingers at the Russians literally, I would obviously be wrong about Kennedys lack of strength, I also put in elections I already voted]

1900: Bryan
1904: Roosevelt
1908: Bryan
1912: Roosevelt
1916: Wilson
1920: Cox
1924: Coolidge
1928: Smith
1932: Roosevelt
1936: Roosevelt
1940: Roosevelt
1944: Roosevelt
1948: Truman
1952: Eisenhower
1956: Eisenhower
1960: Nixon
1964: Johnson
1968: Nixon
1972: Nixon
1976: Ford
1980: Reagan
1984: Reagan
1988: Dukakis
1992: Clinton
1996: Clinton
2000: Gore
2004: Kerry
2008: Obama
2012: Obama
2016: Clinton

[Intell]

1788: George Washington (Independent)
1792: George Washington (Independent)
1796: Thomas Jefferson (Democratic-Republican)
1800: Thomas Jefferson (Democratic-Republican)
1804: Thomas Jefferson (Democratic-Republican)
1808: James Madison (Democraitc-Republican)
1812: James Madison (Democratic-Republican)
1816: James Monroe (Democratic-Republican)
1820: James Monroe (Democratic-Republican)
1824: Andrew Jackson (Democratic-Republican)
1828: Andrew Jackson (Democratic)
1832: Andrew Jackson (Democratic)
1836: Martin Van Buren (Democratic)
1840: Martin Van Buren (Democratic)
1844: James K. Polk (Democratic)
1848: Martin Van Buren (Free Soil)
1852: Winfield Scott (Whig)
1856: John C. Fremont (Republican)
1860: Abraham Lincoln (Republican)
1864: Abraham Lincoln (Republican)
1868: Ulysses S. Grant (Republican)
1872: Ulysses S. Grant (Republican)
1876: Rutherford B. Hayes (Republican)
1880: Winfield Scott Hancock (Democratic)
1884: Benjamin Butler (Greenback)
1888: Benjamin Harrison (Republican)
1892: James Weaver (Populist)
1896: William J. Bryan (Democratic)
1900: William J. Bryan (Democratic)
1904: Theodore Roosevelt (Republican)
1908: William J. Bryan (Democratic)
1912: Theodore Roosevelt (Progressive)
1916: Woodrow Wilson (Democratic)
1920: Eugene V. Debs (Socialist)
1924: Robert M. La' Follette (Progressive)
1928: Al Smith (Democratic)
1932: Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
1936: Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
1940: Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
1944: Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
1948: Harry S. Truman (Democratic)
1952: Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)
1956: Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)
1960: John F. Kennedy (Democratic)
1964: Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)
1968: Hubert H. Humphrey (Democratic)
1972: George McGovern (Democratic)
1976: Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
1980: Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
1984: Walter Mondale (Democratic)
1988: Micheal Dukakis (Democratic)
1996: Ross Perot (Reform)
1996: Ross Perot (Reform)
2000: Al Gore (Democratic)
2004: John Kerry (Democratic)
2008: Barrack Obama (Democratic)
2012: Barrack Obama (Democratic)

[mencken]

1789: George Clinton and Edward Telfair^
1792: Thomas Jefferson and George Clinton^
1796: Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr
1800: Thomas Jefferson and George Clinton^¹
1804: Thomas Jefferson
1808: James Monroe
1812: DeWitt Clinton
1816: James Monroe (Caucus: William Crawford)
1820: James Monroe
1824: William Crawford (Contingent Vote: Andrew Jackson)
1828: Andrew Jackson
1832: Andrew Jackson²
1836: Martin Van Buren
1840: Martin Van Buren
1844: James Polk (Convention: Martin Van Buren)
1848: Martin Van Buren
1852: Franklin Pierce
1856: Abstain (Convention: Franklin Pierce)
1860: John Bell
1864: George McClellan (Convention: Horatio Seymour)
1868: Horatio Seymour
1872: Ulysses Grant³ (Convention: James Bayard)
1876: Samuel Tilden
1880: Winfield Hancock⁴ (Convention: Thomas Bayard)
1884: Grover Cleveland
1888: Grover Cleveland
1892: Grover Cleveland
1896: William McKinley⁵ (Convention: Robert Pattison)
1900: William Jennings Bryan⁶
1904: Alton Parker
1908: William Taft
1912: William Taft
1916: Charles Hughes
1920: Warren Harding
1924: Calvin Coolidge
1928: Al Smith
1932: Herbert Hoover⁷
1936: Alfred Landon (Convention: William Borah)
1940: Wendell Willkie (Convention: Robert Taft)
1944: Thomas Dewey (Convention: John Bricker)
1948: Thomas Dewey (Convention: Robert Taft)
1952: Douglas MacArthur (Convention: Robert Taft)
1956: Coleman Andrews
1960: Richard Nixon (Convention: Barry Goldwater)
1964: Barry Goldwater
1968: George Wallace⁸ (Primaries: Ronald Reagan)
1972: John Schmitz (Primaries: John Ashbrook)
1976: Gerald Ford (Primaries: Ronald Reagan)
1980: Ronald Reagan (Primaries: Phil Crane)
1984: David Bergland⁹
1988: Ron Paul (Primaries: Pete DuPont)
1992: Ross Perot (Primaries: Pat Buchanan)
1996: Ross Perot (Primaries: Steve Forbes)
2000: Harry Browne (Primaries: Steve Forbes)
2004: Michael Badnarik (Primaries: Howard Dean)
2008: Chuck Baldwin (Primaries: Ron Paul)
2012: Mitt Romney (Primaries: Ron Paul)
2016: Donald Trump (Primaries: Rand Paul)

^Not an actual ticket
Enthusiastic Vote
¹George Clinton chosen in highsight to avoid the House contingent election.
²Since John Floyd was not an option outside of South Carolina.
³Since sound money is important for me, although Charles O'Conor would have been tempting.
⁴Would have been James Garfield if not for the hindsight knowledge of Charles Guiteau.
⁵See 3, with John Palmer.
⁶Would have been William McKinley⁵ if not for the hindsight knowledge of Leon Czolgosz.
⁷Would have been Franklin Roosevelt if not for the hindsight knowledge of Roosevelt's entire administration.
⁸Would have been Richard Nixon if not for the hindsight knowledge of Nixon's price controls and suspension of gold repayments.
⁹Would have been Ronald Reagan if not for the hindsight knowledge of EMTALA, Simpson-Mazzolli, etc.

[VPH]

1789:George Washington
1792:George Washington
1796:John Adams
1800:John Adams
1804:Charles C. Pickney
1808:James Madison
1812:Dewitt Clinton
1816:Rufus King
1820:James Monroe
1824:John Quincy Adams
1828:John Quincy Adams
1832:Henry Clay
1836:Daniel Webster
1840:Martin Van Buren
1844:Henry Clay
1848:Martin Van Buren
1852:John Hale
1856:John Fremont
1860:Abe Lincoln
1864:Abe Lincoln
1868:Ulysses S. Grant
1872:Horace Greeley
1876:Rutherford B. Hayes
1880:James A. Garfield
1884:Benjamin Butler
1888:Benjamin Harrison
1892:James B. Weaver
1896:William J. Bryan
1900:William J. Bryan
1904:Theodore Roosevelt
1908:Eugene V. Debs
1912:Theodore Roosevelt
1916:Woodrow Wilson
1920:Eugene Debs
1924:Robert LaFollette
1928:Al Smith
1932:FDR
1936:FDR
1940:FDR
1944:FDR
1948:Harry Truman
1952:Dwight D. Eisenhower
1956:Dwight D. Eisenhower
1960:John F. Kennedy
1964:Lyndon B. Johnson
1968:Hubert Humphrey
1972:George McGovern
1976:Jimmy Carter
1980:Jimmy Carter or John B Anderson (split here)
1984:Walter Mondale
1988:Michael Dukakis
1992:Ross Perot
1996: Ross Perot
2000: Ralph Nader if not in a swing state, otherwise Al Gore
2004:John Kerry
2008:Barack Obama
2012:Barack Obama
               Primaries
1952:Estes Kefauver
1956: Estes Kefauver
1960:John F. Kennedy
1964:Lyndon B. Johnson
1968: Robert Kennedy and then George McGovern
1972:George McGovern
1976: Fred Harris, then Mo Udall
1980:Edward Kennedy
1984:George McGovern, then Jesse Jackson
1988:Jesse Jackson
1992:Tom Harkin
1996: Bill Clinton
2000:Bill Bradley
2004: Wesley Clark
2008: Barack Obama

[President of the great nation of 🏳️‍⚧️]

Not including hypothetical hindsight

1788-89: Washington/Adams
1792: Washington/Adams
1796: Adams/Burr
1800: Adams/Burr
1804: Jefferson
1808: Pinckney
1812: Monroe
1816: King
1820: Monroe
1824: Adams
1828: Adams
1832: Clay
1836: Webster
1840: Harrison (Like Orser, not if I knew about Future President Tyler)
1844: Clay
1848: Van Buren
1852: Scott
1856: Fremont
1860: Lincoln
1864: Lincoln
1868: Grant
1872: Greeley (turned off by Grant corruption)
1876: Hayes
1880: Garfield
1884: Blaine
1888: Harrison
1892: Harrison
1896: McKinley
1900: McKinley
1904: Roosevelt
1908: Taft
1912: Roosevelt
1916: Hughes
1920: Cox
1924: La Follette
1928: Smith
1932: Roosevelt
1936: Roosevelt
1940: Roosevelt
1944: Roosevelt
1948: Wallace
1952: Stevenson
1956: Eisenhower
1960: Kennedy
1964: Johnson
1968: Humphrey (McCarthy in primary)
1972: McGovern
1976: Carter
1980: Carter
1984: Mondale
1988: Dukakis
1992: Clinton
1996: Clinton
2000: Gore (Bradley in primary)
2004: Kerry
2008: Obama
2012: Obama
2016: Clinton (Will be supporting) (Sanders in primary)
Registration:
1788-1820: Federalist
1820-1834: Republican
1834-1854: Whig
1854-1919: Republican
1919-: Democratic
Those up to 1852 are difficult because they all tend to be horrible people.

[ProgCon]

1789 – George Washington (I)
1792 – George Washington (I)
1796 – John Adams (F)
1800 – Thomas Jefferson (DR)
1804 – Thomas Jefferson (DR)
1808 – James Madison (DR)
1812 – DeWitt Clinton (DR)
1816 – Rufus King (F)
1820 – James Monroe (DR)
1824 – John Q. Adams (DR)
1828 – John Q. Adams (NR)
1832 – Henry Clay (NR)
1836 – Daniel Webster (W)
1840 – William H. Harrison (W)
1844 – Henry Clay (W)
1848 – Zachary Taylor (W)
1852 – Winfield Scott (W)
1856 – John C. Fremont (R)
1860 – Abraham Lincoln (R)
1864 – Abraham Lincoln (R)
1868 – Ulysses S. Grant (R)
1872 – Ulysses S. Grant (R)
1876 – Rutherford B. Hayes (R)
1880 – Winfield S. Hancock (D)
1884 – Grover Cleveland (D)
1888 – Benjamin Harrison (R)
1892 – James B. Weaver (P)
1896 – William J. Bryan (D)
1900 – William J. Bryan (D)
1904 – Theodore Roosevelt (R)
1908 – William J. Bryan (D)
1912 – Theodore Roosevelt (P)
1916 – Woodrow Wilson (D)
1920 – James M. Cox (D)
1924 – Robert M. La Follette, Sr. (P)
1928 – Herbert Hoover (R)
1932 – Herbert Hoover (R)
1936 – Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)
1940 – Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)
1944 – Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)
1948 – Harry S. Truman (D)
1952 – Adlai Stevenson (D)
1956 – Adlai Stevenson (D)
1960 – John F. Kennedy (D)
1964 – Lyndon B. Johnson (D)
1968 – Hubert Humphrey (D)
1972 – George McGovern
1976 – Jimmy Carter (D)
1980 – John B. Anderson (I)
1984 – Walter Mondale (D)
1988 – Michael Dukakis (D)
1992 – Bill Clinton (D)
1996 – Bill Clinton (D)
2000 – Al Gore (D)
2004 – John Kerry (D)
2008 – Barack Obama (D)
2012 – Barack Obama (D)

1912 – Robert M. La Follette, Sr. (R)
1916 – John W. Weeks (R)
1920 – Hiram Johnson (R)
1924 – Robert M. La Follette, Sr. (R)
1928 – Herbert Hoover (R)
1932 – Herbert Hoover (R)
1936 – William Borah (R)
1940 – Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)
1944 – Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)
1948 – Harry S. Truman (D)
1952 – Estes Kefauver (D)
1956 – Estes Kefauver (D)
1960 – John F. Kennedy (D)
1964 – Lyndon B. Johnson (D)
1968 – Eugene McCarthy (D)
1972 – George McGovern (D)
1976 – Mo Udall (D)
1980 – Ted Kennedy (D)
1984 – Jesse Jackson (D)
1988 – Jesse Jackson (D)
1992 – Jerry Brown (D)
1996 – Abstain
2000 – Bill Bradley (D)
2004 – Howard Dean (D)
2008 – Barack Obama (D)
2012 – Barack Obama (D)

1796 – 1824 | Federalist Party
1825 – 1833 | National Republican Party
1833 – 1854 | Whig Party
1854 – 1936 | Republican Party
1937 – 2016 | Democratic Party

[Sedona]

Updated with primaries, and some minor changes

PARTY IDENTIFICATION
Independent (1788)
Federalist Party (1789-1815)
Democratic-Republican Party (1815-1825)
National Republican Party (1825-1833)
Whig Party (1833-1854)
Republican Party (1854-1912)
Progressive Party (1912-1916)
Democratic Party (1916-present)

*indicates close call
^Different with hindsight

PRESIDENTIAL VOTES
1788: George Washington
1792: George Washington
1796: John Adams^
1800: Thomas Jefferson*
1804: Thomas Jefferson
1808: James Madison
1812: DeWitt Clinton*
1816: Rufus King
1820: DeWitt Clinton
1824: John Quincy Adams
1828: John Quincy Adams
1832: Henry Clay
1836: William Henry Harrison
1840: William Henry Harrison^
1844: Henry Clay
1848: Zachary Taylor*^
1852: Winfield Scott
1856: John C. Frémont
1860: Abraham Lincoln
1864: Abraham Lincoln
1868: Ulysses S. Grant
1872: Ulysses S. Grant*
1876: Rutherford B. Hayes
1880: James Garfield
1884: James Blaine
1888: Benjamin Harrison
1892: Benjamin Harrison*
1896: William J. Bryan*
1900: William J. Bryan*^
1904: Theodore Roosevelt
1908: William Howard Taft*^
1912: Theodore Roosevelt*
1916: Woodrow Wilson*
1920: James Cox
1924: Robert La Follette
1928: Al Smith
1932: Franklin Delano Roosevelt
1936: Franklin Delano Roosevelt
1940: Franklin Delano Roosevelt
1944: Franklin Delano Roosevelt
1948: Harry S. Truman*
1952: Adlai Stevenson*
1956: Adlai Stevenson*
1960: John F. Kennedy
1964: Lyndon B. Johnson
1968: Hubert Humphrey
1972: George McGovern
1976: Jimmy Carter
1980: Jimmy Carter*
1984: Walter Mondale
1988: Michael Dukakis
1992: Bill Clinton
1996: Bill Clinton
2000: Al Gore
2004: John Kerry
2008: Barack Obama
2012: Barack Obama
2016: Hillary Clinton

CONVENTIONS/PRIMARIES

REPUBLICAN
1856: John C. Frémont
1860: William H. Seward
1864: John C. Frémont
1868: Ulysses S. Grant
1872: Ulysses S. Grant
1876: Benjamin Bristow
1880: John Sherman
1884: John Sherman
1888: John Sherman
1892: Benjamin Harrison
1896: Thomas Reed
1900: William McKinley
1904: Theodore Roosevelt
1908: Robert La Follette
1912: Theodore Roosevelt

DEMOCRATIC
1916: Woodrow Wilson
1920: James Cox
1924: Al Smith
1928: Al Smith
1932: Franklin D. Roosevelt
1936: Franklin D. Roosevelt
1940: Franklin D. Roosevelt
1944: Franklin D. Roosevelt
1948: Harry Truman
1952: Estes Kefauver
1956: Estes Kefauver
1960: Hubert Humphrey
1964: Lyndon B. Johnson
1968: Robert Kennedy
1972: Hubert Humphrey
1976: Mo Udall
1980: Ted Kennedy
1984: Walter Mondale
1988: Michael Dukakis
1992: Jerry Brown
1996: Bill Clinton
2000: Bill Bradley
2004: Howard Dean
2008: Barack Obama
2012: Barack Obama
2016: Bernie Sanders

[evergreenarbor]

Asterisk means conflicted/reluctant.

1789: George Washington (I)
1792: George Washington
1796: Thomas Jefferson (D-R)
1800: Thomas Jefferson
1804: Thomas Jefferson
1808: James Madison
1812: James Madison
1816: James Monroe
1820: James Monroe
1824: Henry Clay
1828: John Quincy Adams
1832: Henry Clay
1836: Martin Van Buren (D)
1840: William Henry Harrison (W)
1844: Henry Clay
1848: Martin Van Buren (Free Soil)
1852: John Hale
1856: John Fremont (R)
1860: Abraham Lincoln (R)
1864: Abraham Lincoln
1868: Ulysses S. Grant
1872: Ulysses S. Grant*
1876: Rutherford B. Hayes*
1880: James Garfield
1884: James Blaine*
1888: Benjamin Harrison
1892: Benjamin Harrison
1896: William J. Bryan*
1900: Eugene V. Debs (Socialist)
1904: Theodore Roosevelt
1908: Eugene V. Debs
1912: Theodore Roosevelt (Progressive)
1916: Allan Benson
1920: Eugene V. Debs
1924: Robert LaFollette
1928: Norman Thomas
1932: Franklin D. Roosevelt
1936: Franklin D. Roosevelt
1940: Franklin D. Roosevelt
1944: Franklin D. Roosevelt
1948: Harry Truman
1952: Adlai Stevenson
1956: Dwight D. Eisenhower*
1960: John F. Kennedy
1964: Lyndon B. Johnson
1968: Hubert Humphrey*
1972: George McGovern
1976: Eugene McCarthy (Independent)
1980: Jimmy Carter*
1984: Walter Mondale
1988: Michael Dukakis
1992: Bill Clinton*
1996: Ralph Nader (Green)
2000: Ralph Nader without hindsight; with hindsight Al Gore*
2004: John Kerry (supported)
2008: Barack Obama (supported)
2012: Barack Obama (supported)
2016: Hillary Clinton (will vote for)

Primaries (candidates in bold won):
1968: Robert Kennedy --> Eugene McCarthy
1972: George McGovern
1976: Mo Udall
1980: Ted Kennedy
1984: Jesse Jackson
1988: Michael Dukakis
1992: Jerry Brown
1996: NOTA
2000: Bill Bradley
2004: Howard Dean --> Dennis Kucinich
2008: Barack Obama (supported)
2012: Barack Obama (supported)
2016: Bernie Sanders (voted for)

[Mr. Smith]

Haven't done this in awhile, so here we go.

*reluctant
voted for winners
Actual Vote

Party ID

Federalist (1789-1804)
Republican (1804-1828)
Democratic (1828-1848, 1900-Present)
Whig (1848-1856)
GOP (1856-1877)
Independent (1877-1890)
Populist (1890-1900)



General

1789-1792: George Washington
1796: John Adams
1800: John Adams
1804: Thomas Jefferson
1808: James Madison
1812: DeWitt Clinton
1816: James Monroe
1820: James Monroe
1824: Andrew Jackson
1828: Andrew Jackson
1832: Andrew Jackson
1836: Martin Van Buren
1840: Martin Van Buren
1844: James Polk
1848: Zachary Taylor
1852: Winfield Scott
1856: Abstain
1860: Abraham Lincoln
1864: Abraham Lincoln
1868: Ulysses S. Grant
1872: Ulysses S. Grant
1876: Rutherford B. Hayes
1880: James Weaver
1884: Grover Cleveland*
1888: Benjamin Harrison*
1892: James Weaver
1896: William J. Bryan
1900: William J. Bryan
1904: Theodore Roosevelt
1908: William J. Bryan
1912: Woodrow Wilson
1916: Woodrow Wilson
1920: James M. Cox
1924: Robert M. LaFollette
1928: Al Smith
1932: Franklin D. Roosevelt
1936: Franklin D. Roosevelt
1940: Franklin D. Roosevelt
1944: Franklin D. Roosevelt
1948: Harry S. Truman
1952: Dwight Eisenhower
1956: Adlai Stevenson
1960: John F. Kennedy
1964: Lyndon B. Johnson
1968: Hubert Humphrey
1972: George S. McGovern
1976: Jimmy Carter
1980: Jimmy Carter
1984: Walter F. Mondale
1988: Michael S. Dukakis
1992: Bill Clinton*
1996: Bill Clinton*
2000: Al Gore
2004: John F. Kerry*
2008: Barack Obama
2012: Barack Obama*

Primaries

1952: Estes Kefauver
1956: Estes Kefauver
1960: Hubert Humphrey
1964: Lyndon Johnson
1968: Robert F. Kennedy
1972: Ed Muskie
1976: Jimmy Carter
1980: Jimmy Carter
1984: Gary Hart
1988: Al Gore
1992: Jerry Brown
1996: Bill Clinton
2000: Al Gore
2004: Wesley Clark
2008: Hillary Clinton
2012: Barack Obama
2016: Bernie Sanders

[HisGrace]

1796- Jefferson
1800- Jefferson
1804- Jefferson
1808- Madison
1812- Madison
1816- Monroe
1820- Monroe
1824- Jackson
1828- Jackson
1832- Jackson
1836- Van Buren
1840- Van Buren
1844- Polk
1848- Taylor
1852- Pierce
1856- Buchanan
1860- Lincoln (may have voted Bell if I was very afraid of the war)
1864- Lincoln
1868- Seymour
1872- Greenley
1876- Hayes
1880- Garfield
1884- Blaine
1888- Harrison
1892- Harrison
1896- McKinley
1900- McKinley
1904- Parker
1908- Taft
1912- Roosevelt
1916- Hughes
1920- Harding
1924- Coolidge
1928- Hoover
1932- Hoover
1936- Landon
1940- Wilkie
1944- Roosevelt (avoid a change of leadership during the war)
1948- Dewey
1952- Eisenhower
1956- Eisenhower
1960- Nixon
1964- Goldwater
1968- No vote (would have voted for Rockefeller, Reagan, or RFK)
1972- Nixon (just to stop McGovern)
1976- Ford
1980- Reagan
1984- Reagan
1988- Bush
1992- Perot
1996- Dole ( would have been seriously tempted to vote libertarian)
2000- Bush (would have been seriously tempted to vote libertarian)
2004- Bush
2008- McCain
2012- Romney (was seriously tempted to vote libertarian)
2016- Clinton

Primaries-
1964- Goldwater
1968- Rockefeller
1976- Ford
1980- Reagan
1988- Bush
1996- Forbes
2000- McCain
2008- Paul
2012- Paul
2016- Voted Rubio because he was the best chance to beat Trump with my living in Florida, would have preferred Kasich or Bush normatively.