| MINORITY PRESIDENT - DEF - A PRESIDENT WHO WINS A MAJORITY OF THE ELECTORAL VOTE BUT | ||||||
| NOT A MAJORITY OF THE POPULAR VOTE | ||||||
| PRESIDENT | ELECTION | % OF POPULAR VOTE | PARTY | |||
| JOHN QUINCY ADAMS | 1824 | 30.6 | DEM-REP | |||
| JAMES K. POLK | 1844 | 49.7 | DEM | |||
| ZACHARY TAYLOR | 1848 | 47.4 | WHIG | |||
| JAMES BUCHANAN | 1858 | 45.6 | DEM | |||
| ABRAHAM LINCOLN | 1860 | 39.8 | REP | |||
| RUTHERFORD B. HAYES | 1876 | 48.4 | REP | |||
| JAMES GARFIELD | 1880 | 48.3 | REP | |||
| GROVER CLEVELAND | 1884 | 48.6 | DEM | |||
| BENJAMIN HARRISON | 1888 | 47.9 | REP | |||
| GROVER CLEVELAND | 1892 | 46.4 | DEM | |||
| WOODROW WILSON | 1912 | 41.9 | REP | |||
| WOODROW WILSON | 1916 | 49.3 | DEM | |||
| HARRY TRUMAN | 1948 | 49.5 | DEM | |||
| JOHN KENNEDY | 1960 | 49.5 | DEM | |||
| RICHARD NIXON | 1968 | 43.4 | REP | |||
| JAMES CARTER | 1976 | 48.1 | DEM | |||
| WILLIAM CLINTON | 1992 | 43.3 | DEM | |||
| GEORGE W. BUSH | 2000 | 47.9 | REP | |||