United States presidential elections in Ohio


Following is a table of United States presidential elections in Ohio, ordered by year. Since its admission to statehood in 1803, Ohio has participated in every U.S. presidential election.
Winners of the state are in bold.
Party abbreviations:

Elections from 1864 to present

YearWinner VotesPercentLoser VotesPercentOther national
candidates		VotesPercentElectoral
Votes		Notes
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2016 *Donald Trump 2,841,00651.31Hillary Clinton 2,394,16943.24—18* Clinton won national popular vote 48.0% to 45.9%
2012Barack Obama 2,827,71050.67Mitt Romney 2,661,43347.69—18
2008Barack Obama 2,940,04451.50John McCain 2,677,82046.91—20
2004George W. Bush 2,859,76850.81John Kerry 2,741,16748.71—20
2000 *George W. Bush 2,351,20949.97Al Gore 2,186,19046.46—21* Gore won national popular vote, 48.4% to 47.9%
1996Bill Clinton 2,148,22247.38Bob Dole 1,859,88341.02Ross Perot 483,20710.6621
1992Bill Clinton 1,984,94240.18George H. W. Bush 1,894,31038.35Ross Perot1,036,42620.9821
1988George H. W. Bush 2,416,54955.00Michael Dukakis 1,939,62944.15—23
1984Ronald Reagan 2,678,56058.90Walter Mondale 1,825,44040.14—23
1980Ronald Reagan 2,206,54551.51Jimmy Carter 1,752,41440.91John B. Anderson254,4725.9425
1976Jimmy Carter 2,011,62148.92Gerald Ford 2,000,50548.65—25
1972Richard Nixon 2,441,82759.63George McGovern 1,558,88938.07—25
1968Richard Nixon 1,791,01445.23Hubert Humphrey 1,700,58642.95George Wallace 467,49511.8126
1964Lyndon B. Johnson 2,498,33162.94Barry Goldwater 1,470,86537.06—26
1960John F. Kennedy 1,944,24846.72Richard Nixon 2,217,61153.28—25
1956Dwight D. Eisenhower 2,262,61061.11Adlai Stevenson II 1,439,65538.89T. Coleman Andrews/
Unpledged Electors		——25
1952Dwight D. Eisenhower 2,100,39156.76Adlai Stevenson II 1,600,36743.24-25
1948Harry S. Truman 1,452,79149.48Thomas E. Dewey 1,445,68449.24Strom Thurmond ——25Henry Wallace won 1.3% of Ohio's votes
1944Franklin D. Roosevelt 1,570,76349.82Thomas E. Dewey 1,582,29350.18—25
1940Franklin D. Roosevelt 1,733,13952.2Wendell Willkie 1,586,77347.8—26
1936Franklin D. Roosevelt 1,747,14057.99Alf Landon 1,127,85537.44—26
1932Franklin D. Roosevelt 1,301,69549.88Herbert Hoover 1,227,31947.03—26
1928Herbert Hoover 1,627,54664.89Al Smith 864,21034.45—24
1924Calvin Coolidge 1,176,13058.33John W. Davis 477,88823.7Robert M. La Follette Sr. 357,94817.7524
1920Warren G. Harding 1,182,02258.47James M. Cox 780,03738.58Parley P. Christensen ——24
1916Woodrow Wilson 604,16151.86Charles E. Hughes 514,75344.18—24
1912Woodrow Wilson 424,83440.96Theodore Roosevelt 229,80722.16William H. Taft 278,16826.8224National vote: D 41.8%, Prog 27.4% & R 23.2%
1908William H. Taft 572,31251.03William Jennings Bryan 502,72144.82—23
1904Theodore Roosevelt 600,09559.75Alton B. Parker 344,67434.32—23
1900William McKinley 543,91852.30William Jennings Bryan 474,88245.66—23
1896William McKinley 525,99151.86William Jennings Bryan 477,49747.08—23
1892Grover Cleveland 404,11547.53Benjamin Harrison 405,18747.66James B. Weaver 14,8501.7523Electoral vote split 22 to 1
1888 *Benjamin Harrison 416,05449.51Grover Cleveland 396,45547.18—23* Cleveland won national popular vote, 48.6% to 47.8%
1884Grover Cleveland 368,28046.94James G. Blaine 400,08250.99—23
1880James A. Garfield 375,04851.73Winfield S. Hancock 340,82147.01James B. Weaver 6,4560.8922
1876*Rutherford B. Hayes 330,69850.21Samuel J. Tilden 323,18249.07—22* Tilden won a national popular majority, 50.9% to 47.9%
1872Ulysses S. Grant 281,85253.24Horace Greeley 244,32146.15—22
1868Ulysses S. Grant 280,15954.0Horatio Seymour 238,50646.0—21
1864Abraham Lincoln 265,67456.4George B. McClellan 205,60943.6—21

Election of 1860

The election of 1860 was a complex realigning election in which the breakdown of the previous two-party alignment culminated in four parties each competing for influence in different parts of the country. The result of the election, with the victory of an ardent opponent of slavery, spurred the secession of eleven states and brought about the American Civil War.
YearWinner VotesPercentLoser VotesPercentLoser VotesPercentLoser VotesPercentElectoral
Votes
1860Abraham Lincoln
231,70952.3Stephen A. Douglas
187,42142.3John C. Breckinridge
11,4062.6John Bell
12,1942.823

Elections from 1828 to 1856

YearWinner VotesPercentLoser VotesPercentOther national
candidates		VotesPercentElectoral
Votes		Notes
1856James Buchanan 170,87444.21John C. Frémont 187,49748.51Millard Fillmore 28,1267.2823
1852Franklin Pierce 168,93347.83Winfield Scott 152,52343.18John P. Hale 31,7328.9823
1848Zachary Taylor 138,35942.12Lewis Cass 154,77347.12Martin Van Buren 35,34710.7623
1844James K. Polk 149,06147.74Henry Clay 155,11349.68—23
1840William Henry Harrison 148,15754.1Martin Van Buren 124,78245.57—21
1836Martin Van Buren 96,23847.56William Henry Harrison 104,95851.87various21
1832Andrew Jackson 81,24651.33Henry Clay 76,53948.35William Wirt 5090.3221
1828Andrew Jackson 67,59651.6John Quincy Adams 63,45348.4—16

Election of 1824

The election of 1824 was a complex realigning election following the collapse of the prevailing Democratic-Republican Party, resulting in four different candidates each claiming to carry the banner of the party, and competing for influence in different parts of the country. The election was the only one in history to be decided by the House of Representatives under the provisions of the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution after no candidate secured a majority of the electoral vote. It was also the only presidential election in which the candidate who received a plurality of electoral votes did not become President, a source of great bitterness for Jackson and his supporters, who proclaimed the election of Adams a corrupt bargain.
YearWinner VotesPercentLoser VotesPercentLoser VotesPercentLoser VotesPercentElectoral
Votes
1824*Andrew Jackson
12,28024.55John Quincy Adams
18,48936.96Henry Clay
19,25538.49William H. Crawford
no ballots16

'*'The national popular vote was Jackson 41.4%, Adams 30.9%, Clay 12% and Crawford 11.2%

Elections of 1816 and 1820

In the election of 1820, incumbent President James Monroe ran effectively unopposed, winning all eight of Ohio’s electoral votes, and all electoral votes nationwide except one vote in New Hampshire. To the extent that a popular vote was held, it was primarily directed to filling the office of Vice President.
YearWinner Loser Electoral
Votes		Notes
1820James Monroe —8Monroe effectively ran unopposed.
1816James Monroe Rufus King 8
1812James Madison DeWitt Clinton 7
1808James Madison Charles C. Pinckney 3
1804Thomas Jefferson Charles C. Pinckney 3