List of third party performances in United States presidential elections
Other third party performances (1788–present)
The list includes the third-party candidates that captured less than 5% but more than (or reasonably close to) 1% of the popular vote and no electoral votes.

List of third party performances in United States presidential elections

Section Title: Other third party performances (1788–present)
Table Section Text: The list includes the third-party candidates that captured less than 5% but more than (or reasonably close to) 1% of the popular vote and no electoral votes.

Year	Party	Nominee	Running mate	No. votes	% Votes	% Votes on ballot	Place	Note

1808	Independent Democratic-Republican	James Monroe	4,848	2.50 / 100	2.50 / 100	3rd

1812	Straight-Federalist	Rufus King	William Richardson Davie	5,574	2.00 / 100	2.00 / 100	3rd

1820	Independent Democratic-Republican	DeWitt Clinton	1,893	1.75 / 100	1.75 / 100	3rd

1844	Liberty	James G. Birney	Thomas Morris	62,300	2.31 / 100	3.28 / 100	3rd

1852	Free Soil	John P. Hale	George W. Julian	155,799	4.93 / 100	6.15 / 100	3rd

1876	Greenback	Peter Cooper	Samuel Fenton Cary	81,737	0.97 / 100	1.24 / 100	3rd

1880	James B. Weaver	Barzillai J. Chambers	308,578	3.35 / 100	3.45 / 100	3rd

1884	Benajamin F. Butler	Absolom M. West	175,370	1.74 / 100	2.16 / 100	3rd

Prohibition	John St. John	William Daniel	150,369	1.50 / 100	1.57 / 100	4th

1888	Clinton Fisk	John A. Brooks	249,506	2.19 / 100	2.21 / 100	3rd

Union Labor	Alson Streeter	Charles E. Cunningham	146,935	1.29 / 100	1.54 / 100	4th

1892	Prohibition	John Bidwell	James Cranfill	255,841	2.12 / 100	2.17 / 100	4th

1896	National Democratic	John M. Palmer	Simon Bolivar Buckner	134,645	0.97 / 100	0.99 / 100	3rd

Prohibition	Joshua Levering	Hale Johnson	131,312	0.94 / 100	0.96 / 100	4th

1900	John G. Woolley	Henry B. Metcalf	209,157	1.50 / 100	1.52 / 100	3rd

1904	Socialist	Eugene V. Debs	Benjamin Hanford	402,895	2.98 / 100	2.98 / 100	3rd

Prohibition	Silas C. Swallow	George W. Carroll	258,950	1.91 / 100	1.96 / 100	4th

1908	Socialist	Eugene V. Debs	Benjamin Hanford	420,890	2.83 / 100	2.84 / 100	3rd

Prohibition	Eugene W. Chafin	Aaron S. Watkins	252,511	1.70 / 100	1.80 / 100	4th

1912	207,828	1.38 / 100	1.46 / 100	5th

1916	Socialist	Allan L. Benson	George R. Kirkpatrick	585,113	3.17 / 100	3.19 / 100	3rd

Prohibition	Frank Hanly	Ira Landrith	220,506	1.19 / 100	1.24 / 100	4th

1920	Socialist	Eugene V. Debs	Seymour Stedman	919,799	3.44 / 100	3.53 / 100	3rd

Farmer–Labor	Parley P. Christensen	Max S. Hayes	265,411	0.99 / 100	1.77 / 100	4th

1932	Socialist	Norman Thomas	James H. Maurer	884,781	2.22 / 100	2.28 / 100	3rd

1936	Union	William Lemke	Thomas C. O'Brien	882,479	1.93 / 100	2.88 / 100	3rd

1948	Progressive	Henry A. Wallace	Glen H. Taylor	1,157,172	2.37 / 100	2.65 / 100	4th

1972	American Independent	John G. Schmitz	Thomas J. Anderson	1,100,868	1.42 / 100	1.79 / 100	3rd

1976	Independent	Eugene McCarthy	Various	740,640	0.91 / 100	1.20 / 100	3rd

1980	Libertarian	Ed Clark	David H. Koch	921,128	1.06 / 100	1.06 / 100	4th

2000	Green	Ralph Nader	Winona LaDuke	2,882,955	2.74 / 100	2.86 / 100	3rd

2012	Libertarian	Gary Johnson	James P. Gray	1,275,971	0.99 / 100	1.03 / 100	3rd

2016	William Weld	4,484,244	3.28 / 100	3.28 / 100	3rd

Green	Jill Stein	Ajamu Baraka	1,454,244	1.06 / 100	1.16 / 100	4th

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