Lost the popular vote in a presidential election
... That would 
throw the election to the House of Representatives, where each... [DOC] [TLE] 10 Presidents Who Won with Less Than 50% of the Vote - Toptenz.net [PAR] Nov 4, 2008 ... John Quincy Adams  30.5% of the popular vote in 1824 ... On November 3, Bill 
Clinton won election as the 42nd President of the United ... that the losing 
candidate had received 543,816 more popular votes than the winner.