List of third party performances in United States presidential elections
Major third party performances (1788–present)
The list includes the third party candidates that captured at least 1 electoral vote and/or more than 5% of the popular vote.

List of third party performances in United States presidential elections

Section Title: Major third party performances (1788–present)
Table Section Text: The list includes the third party candidates that captured at least 1 electoral vote and/or more than 5% of the popular vote.

Year	Party	Nominee	Running-Mate	# Votes	% Votes	% Votes On Ballot	Electoral Votes	Place	Notes

1832	Nullifier	John Floyd	Henry Lee	0	0 / 100	N/A	11 / 286	3rd

Anti-Masonic	William Wirt	Amos Ellmaker	99,817	7.78 / 100	15.93 / 100	7 / 286	4th

1848	Free Soil	Martin Van Buren	Charles F. Adams	291,475	10.13 / 100	13.79 / 100	0 / 290	3rd

1856	American	Millard Fillmore	Andrew J. Donelson	872,703	21.54 / 100	21.54 / 100	8 / 296	3rd

1860	Constitutional Democratic	John C. Breckinridge	Joseph Lane	851,844	18.20 / 100	22.04 / 100	72 / 303	2nd

Constitutional Union	John Bell	Edward Everett	590,946	12.62 / 100	15.43 / 100	39 / 303	3rd

1892	Populist	James B. Weaver	James G. Field	1,026,595	8.51 / 100	8.62 / 100	22 / 444	3rd

1912	Progressive	Theodore Roosevelt	Hiram Johnson	4,120,609	27.39 / 100	27.86 / 100	88 / 531	2nd

Socialist	Eugene V. Debs	Emil Seidel	900,742	5.99 / 100	5.99 / 100	0 / 531	4th

1924	Progressive	Robert M. La Follette	Burton K. Wheeler	4,833,821	16.62 / 100	16.69 / 100	13 / 531	3rd

1948	States' Rights Democratic (Dixiecrat)	Strom Thurmond	Fielding L. Wright	1,175,946	2.41 / 100	17.70 / 100	39 / 531	3rd

1968	American Independent	George Wallace	Curtis LeMay	9,901,118	13.53 / 100	13.56 / 100	46 / 538	3rd

1980	Independent	John B. Anderson	Patrick Lucey	5,719,850	6.61 / 100	6.61 / 100	0 / 538	3rd

1992	Independent	Ross Perot	James Stockdale	19,743,821	18.91 / 100	18.91 / 100	0 / 538	3rd

1996	Reform	Pat Choate	8,085,402	8.40 / 100	8.40 / 100	0 / 538	3rd

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Van Buren won 10.1% of the vote, by a third party presidential nominee.

final_sentence: Van Buren won 10.1% of the vote, by a third party presidential nominee.