How would you have voted in past elections (3rd vs 4th place candidates)

[RC (a la Frémont)]

If I absolutely had to vote for either:
1872: James Black (Prohibition)
1876: Peter Cooper (Greenback)
1880: James Weaver (Greenback)
1884: Benjamin Butler (Greenback)
1888: Clinton Fisk (Prohibition)
1892: James Weaver (Populist)
1896: John Palmer (National Democratic)
1900: Eugene Debs (Socialist)
1904: Silas Swallow (Prohibition)
1908: Eugene Chafin (Prohibition)
1912: William Howard Taft (Republican)
1916: James Hanly (Prohibition)
1920: Parley Christiansen (Farmer-Labor)
1924: Robert La Follette (Progressive)
1928: Norman Thomas (Socialist)
1932: Norman Thomas (Socialist)
1936: William Lemke (Union)
1940: Roger Babson (Prohibition)
1944: None (Texas Regulars)
1948: Henry Wallace (Progressive)
1952: Vincent Hallinan (Progressive)
1956:Eric Hass (Socialist Labor)
1960: Eric Hass (Socialist Labor)
1964: Clifton DeBerry (Socialist Workers)
1968: Henning Blomen (Socialist Labor)
1972: Linda Jenness (Socialist Workers)
1976: Eugene McCarthy (Independent)
1980: John B. Anderson (Independent)
1984: David Bergland (Libertarian)
1988: Ron Paul (Libertarian)
1992: Ross Perot (Independent)
1996: Ross Perot (Reform)
2000: Ralph Nader (Green)
2004: Ralph Nader (Independent)
2008: Ralph Nader (Independent)
2012: Gary Johnson (Libertarian)
2016: Gary Johnson (Libertarian)
2020: Jo Jorgensen (Libertarian)