list of major - party united states presidential candidates who lost their home or resident state 

Statements about this table:
martin van buren be the only candidate up for election in 1840
there be no candidate from the whig party after 1852
charles cotesworth pinckney lose his resident state of south carolina 2 election year in a row , 1804 and 1808
both martin van buren and henry clay be up for election in 1840
stephen a douglas of the whig party run in 1860
theodore roosevelt be follow in future election by 2 other candidate from the progressive party
john kerry lose his resident state of massachusetts in 2004 , while mitt romney , also a resident of massachusetts , win it in 2012
charles cotesworth pinckney win his resident state of south carolina 2 election year in a row , 1804 and 1808
name
election year
party
birth state
resident state
charles cotesworth pinckney
1804
federalist
lost south carolina
lost south carolina
charles cotesworth pinckney
1808
federalist
lost south carolina
lost south carolina
rufus king
1816
federalist
won massachusetts
lost new york
henry clay
1824
democratic - republican
lost virginia
won kentucky
henry clay
1832
national republican
lost virginia
won kentucky
william wirt
1832
anti - masonic
lost maryland
lost maryland
william henry harrison
1836
whig
lost virginia
won ohio
hugh lawson white
1836
whig
lost north carolina
won tennessee
daniel webster
1836
whig
lost new hampshire
won massachusetts
willie person mangum
1836
whig
lost north carolina
lost north carolina
martin van buren
1840
democrat
lost new york
lost new york
henry clay
1844
whig
lost virginia
won kentucky
winfield scott
1852
whig
lost virginia
lost new jersey
john c frãmont
1856
republican
lost georgia
lost california
millard fillmore
1856
know - nothing
lost new york
lost new york
name
election year
party
birth state
resident state
stephen a douglas
1860
democrat
lost vermont
lost illinois
john c breckinridge
1860
southern democrat
lost kentucky
lost kentucky
george b mcclellan
1864
democrat
lost pennsylvania
won new jersey
horace greeley
1872
liberal republican democrat
lost new hampshire
lost new york
winfield scott hancock
1880
democrat
lost pennsylvania
lost pennsylvania
grover cleveland
1888
democrat
won new jersey
lost new york
benjamin harrison
1892
republican
won ohio
lost indiana
james b weaver
1892
populist
lost ohio
lost iowa
william jennings bryan
1896
democrat - populist
lost illinois
won nebraska
william jennings bryan
1900
democrat - populist
lost illinois
lost nebraska
alton b parker
1904
democrat
lost new york
lost new york
william jennings bryan
1908
democrat
lost illinois
won nebraska
theodore roosevelt
1912
progressive
lost new york
lost new york
william howard taft
1912
republican
lost ohio
lost ohio
james m cox
1920
democrat
lost ohio
lost ohio
name
election year
party
birth state
resident state
john w davis
1924
democrat
lost west virginia
lost new york
al smith
1928
democrat
lost new york
lost new york
herbert hoover
1932
republican
lost iowa
lost california
alf landon
1936
republican
lost pennsylvania
lost kansas
thomas e dewey
1944
republican
lost michigan
lost new york
adlai stevenson
1952
democrat
lost california
lost illinois
adlai stevenson
1956
democrat
lost california
lost illinois
hubert humphrey
1968
democrat
lost south dakota
won minnesota
george mcgovern
1972
democrat
lost south dakota
lost south dakota
gerald ford
1976
republican
won nebraska
won michigan
george h w bush
1992
republican
lost massachusetts
won texas
al gore
2000
democrat
won district of columbia
lost tennessee
john kerry
2004
democrat
lost colorado
won massachusetts
john mccain
2008
republican
n / a
won arizona
mitt romney
2012
republican
lost michigan
lost massachusetts