president who lost both popular vote and electoral college
1 John Quincy Adams who lost by 44,804 votes to Andrew Jackson in 1824. 2  Rutherford B. Hayes who lost by 264,292 votes to Samuel J. Tilden in 1876. 3  Benjamin Harrison who lost by 95,713 votes to Grover Cleveland in 1888. 4  George W. Bush who lost by 543,816 votes to Al Gore in the 2000 election.