Democratic - Republican DR Democratic D Republican R Election Winner and party Electoral College Popular vote Runner - up and party Turnout Votes % Votes Margin % Margin % 1824 Adams, John Quincy Adams DR 84 / 261 32.18 % 113,122 − 38,149 30.92 % − 10.44 % Jackson, Andrew Jackson DR 26.90 % 1876 Hayes, Rutherford B. Hayes 185 / 369 50.14 % 4,034,311 − 254,235 47.92 % − 3.02 % Tilden, Samuel J. Tilden 81.80 % 1888 Harrison, Benjamin Harrison 233 / 401 58.10 % 5,443,892 − 90,596 47.80 % − 0.79 % Cleveland, Grover Cleveland 79.30 % 2000 Bush, George W. Bush 271 / 538 50.37 % 50,456,002 − 543,895 47.87 % − 0.51 % Gore, Al Gore 51.20 % 2016 Trump, Donald Trump 304 / 538 55.50 % 62,984,828 − 2,868,686 46.09 % − 2.10 % Clinton, Hillary Clinton 56.30 %
who became president without winning the popular vote
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