General of the Army Willam T. Sherman (R-NY)/Senator Joseph Hawley (R-CT) 1885-1893
1884 def. Governor Grover Cleveland (D-NY)/Former Governor Thomas Hendricks (D-IN)
1888 def. Senator Thomas Bayard (D-DL)/Governor Isaac Grey (D-IN)
Secretary of State James Blaine (R-ME)/Senator John Sherman (R-OH) 1893-1897
1892 def. Former Governor James Campbell (D-OH)/Former Representative Adlai Stevenson (D-IL) Former Representative James Weaver (P-IO)/Former Attorney General of Virginia James Field (P-VA)
Former Representative William J. Bryan (D/P-NE)/Governor Horace Boies (D-IO) 1897-1901
1896 def. President James Blaine (R-ME)/Vice President John Sherman (R-OH)
President William J. Bryan (D/P-NE)/Secretary of State Adlai Stevenson (D-IL) 1901-1905
1900 def. Senator William McKinley (R-OH)/Governor James Mount (R-IN)
Governor Theodore Roosevelt (R-NY)/Senator Henry C. Lodge (R-MA) 1905-1907
1904 def. President William J. Bryan (P-NE)/Representative William R. Hearst (P-NY) Representative John W. Sharp (D-MS)/Judge Alton Parker (D-NY)
Vice President Henry C. Lodge (R-MA)/Vacant 1907-1909
Senator William LaFollette (P-WI)/Provisional Governor of Cuba William H. Taft (P-OH) 1909-1917
1908 def. President Henry C. Lodge (R-MA)/Senator Charles Fairbanks (R-IN) UMW President John Mitchell (P-IL)/Former Representative Charles Towne (P-NY) Representative Ollie M. James (D-KY)/Governor John A. Johnson
1912 def. Governor Woodrow Wilson (P-NJ)/Governor John Burke (P-ND) Senator Philander Knox (R-PA)/Senator Elihu Root (R-NY) House Opposition Leader Oscar Underwood (D-AL)/Representative Champ Clark (D-MO)
Governor Charles E. Hughes (P-NY)/Governor John Burke (P-ND) 1917-1921 (Only One Term)
1916 def. Senator Lawrence Sherman (R-IL)/Governor T. C. Du Pont (R-DL) Senator Carter Glass (D-VA)/Senator Robert Owen (D-OK)
Major General Leonard Wood (R-NH)/Senator Miles Poindexter (R-WA) 1921-1927
1920 def. Senate Majority Leader Hiram Johnson (PL-CA)/Governor James Cox (PL-OH) Senator Furnifold Simmons (D-NC)/Governor John Davis (D-WV)
1924 def. Governor Charles Bryan (PL-NE)/Representative Parley Christensen (PL-UT)
Vice President Miles Poindexter (R-WA)/Vacant 1927-1929
President Miles Poindexter (R-WA)/Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover (R-CA) 1929-1930
1928 def. Senator George Norris (PL-NE)/Governor Al Smith (PL-NY)
President Miles Poindexter (R-WA)/Vacant 1930-1933
Governor Floyd Olson (PL-MN)/Governor Franklin Roosevelt (PL-NY) 1933-1936
1932 def. President Miles Poindexter (R-WA)/Senator Joseph France (R-MD) Governor Theodore Bilbo (C-MS)/Senator John N. Garner (C-TX)
Vice President Franklin Roosevelt (PL-NY)/Vacant 1936
President Franklin Roosevelt (PL-NY)/Senator Burton Wheeler (PL-NE) 1936-1945
1936 def. Former Vice President Herbert Hoover (R-CA)/Senator Lester Dickinson (R-IO)
1940 def. Governor Alf Landon (R-KS)/Senator Arthur Vandenburgh (R-MI)
Vice President Burton Wheeler (PL-NE)/Secretary of Agriculture Henry Wallace (PL-IO) 1945-1949
1944 def. Former Governor Harold Stassen (R-MN)/Governor John Bricker (R-OH)
Senator Robert Taft (R-OH)/Governor Earl Warren (R-CA) 1949-1953
1948 def. President Burton Wheeler (PL-NE)/Vice President Henry Wallace (PL-IO)
1952 def. Former Vice President Henry Wallace (P-IO)/Senator Adlai Stevenson (P-IL)
Vice President Earl Warren (R-CA)/Secretary of Commerce Joseph Ball (R-MN) 1953-1961
1956 def. Senator Glen Taylor (PL-ID)/Senator Hubert Humphrey (PL-MN)
Senator Wayne Morse (PL-OR)/Senator Lyndon B. Johnson (PL-TX) 1961-1969
1960 def. President Earl Warren (R-CA)/Vice President Joseph Ball (R-MN)
1964 def. Former Secretary of State Henry C. Lodge Jr. (R-MA)/Governor John Kennedy (R-NY)
Former Governor John Kennedy (R-NY)/Senator Henry M. Jackson (R-WA) 1969-1977
1968 def. VIce President Lyndon B. Johnson (PL-TX)/Senator Eugene McCarthy (PL-MN) Senator George Wallace (I-AL)/Senator Albert Gore (I-TN)
1972 def. Senator Edmund Muskie (PL-ME)/Senator Fred Harris (PL-OK) Senator Strom Thurmond (I-SC)/Senator George Smathers (I-FL)
Speaker Mo Udall (PL-AZ)/Senator George McGovern (PL-SD) 1977-1985
1976 def. Senator Bill Brock (R-TN)/Governor Jimmy Carter (R-GA)
1980 def. Senator Howard Baker (R-TN)/Representative John Anderson (R-IL)
Vice President George McGovern (PL-SD)/Speaker Shirley Chisholm (PL-NY) 1985-1993
1984 def. Senator Bob Dole (R-KS)/Representative Phil Crane (R-IL)
1988 def. Senator Walter Mondale (R-MN)/Senator Jack Kemp (R-NY)
Senator Donald Rumsfeld (R-IL)/Speaker Dick Cheney (R-WY) 1993-2001
1992 def. Senator Paul Tsongas (PL-MA)/Senator Jerry Brown (PL-CA)
1996 def. Senator Micheal Dukakis (PL-MA)/Senator Bill Bradley (PL-NJ)
Senator Paul Wellstone (PL-MN)/Representative Dick Gephardt (PL-MO) 2001-2009
2000 def. Vice President Dick Cheney (R-WY)/Senator Jeb Bush (R-FL)
2004 def. Former President Donald Rumsfeld (R-IL)/Governor Mike Huckabee (R-AR)
Senator Joe Biden (R-DL)/Senator John Thune (R-SD) 2009-2017
2008 def. Senator John Edwards (PL-NC)/Senator John Kerry (PL-MA)
2012 def. Senator Hillary Rodham (PL-OH)/Senator Barack Obama (PL-IL)
Vice President John Thune (R-SD)/Senator Amy Klobuchar (R-MN) 2017-2021
2016 def. Senator Bernie Sanders (PL-VT)/Senator Tammy Baldwin (PL-WI)
Representative Tulsi Gabbard (PL-HI)/Senator Elizabeth Warren (PL-HI) 2021-
2020 def. President John Thune (R-SD)/Vice President Amy Klobuchar (R-MN)
1884 def. Governor Grover Cleveland (D-NY)/Former Governor Thomas Hendricks (D-IN)
1888 def. Senator Thomas Bayard (D-DL)/Governor Isaac Grey (D-IN)
Secretary of State James Blaine (R-ME)/Senator John Sherman (R-OH) 1893-1897
1892 def. Former Governor James Campbell (D-OH)/Former Representative Adlai Stevenson (D-IL) Former Representative James Weaver (P-IO)/Former Attorney General of Virginia James Field (P-VA)
Former Representative William J. Bryan (D/P-NE)/Governor Horace Boies (D-IO) 1897-1901
1896 def. President James Blaine (R-ME)/Vice President John Sherman (R-OH)
President William J. Bryan (D/P-NE)/Secretary of State Adlai Stevenson (D-IL) 1901-1905
1900 def. Senator William McKinley (R-OH)/Governor James Mount (R-IN)
Governor Theodore Roosevelt (R-NY)/Senator Henry C. Lodge (R-MA) 1905-1907
1904 def. President William J. Bryan (P-NE)/Representative William R. Hearst (P-NY) Representative John W. Sharp (D-MS)/Judge Alton Parker (D-NY)
Vice President Henry C. Lodge (R-MA)/Vacant 1907-1909
Senator William LaFollette (P-WI)/Provisional Governor of Cuba William H. Taft (P-OH) 1909-1917
1908 def. President Henry C. Lodge (R-MA)/Senator Charles Fairbanks (R-IN) UMW President John Mitchell (P-IL)/Former Representative Charles Towne (P-NY) Representative Ollie M. James (D-KY)/Governor John A. Johnson
1912 def. Governor Woodrow Wilson (P-NJ)/Governor John Burke (P-ND) Senator Philander Knox (R-PA)/Senator Elihu Root (R-NY) House Opposition Leader Oscar Underwood (D-AL)/Representative Champ Clark (D-MO)
Governor Charles E. Hughes (P-NY)/Governor John Burke (P-ND) 1917-1921 (Only One Term)
1916 def. Senator Lawrence Sherman (R-IL)/Governor T. C. Du Pont (R-DL) Senator Carter Glass (D-VA)/Senator Robert Owen (D-OK)
Major General Leonard Wood (R-NH)/Senator Miles Poindexter (R-WA) 1921-1927
1920 def. Senate Majority Leader Hiram Johnson (PL-CA)/Governor James Cox (PL-OH) Senator Furnifold Simmons (D-NC)/Governor John Davis (D-WV)
1924 def. Governor Charles Bryan (PL-NE)/Representative Parley Christensen (PL-UT)
Vice President Miles Poindexter (R-WA)/Vacant 1927-1929
President Miles Poindexter (R-WA)/Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover (R-CA) 1929-1930
1928 def. Senator George Norris (PL-NE)/Governor Al Smith (PL-NY)
President Miles Poindexter (R-WA)/Vacant 1930-1933
Governor Floyd Olson (PL-MN)/Governor Franklin Roosevelt (PL-NY) 1933-1936
1932 def. President Miles Poindexter (R-WA)/Senator Joseph France (R-MD) Governor Theodore Bilbo (C-MS)/Senator John N. Garner (C-TX)
Vice President Franklin Roosevelt (PL-NY)/Vacant 1936
President Franklin Roosevelt (PL-NY)/Senator Burton Wheeler (PL-NE) 1936-1945
1936 def. Former Vice President Herbert Hoover (R-CA)/Senator Lester Dickinson (R-IO)
1940 def. Governor Alf Landon (R-KS)/Senator Arthur Vandenburgh (R-MI)
Vice President Burton Wheeler (PL-NE)/Secretary of Agriculture Henry Wallace (PL-IO) 1945-1949
1944 def. Former Governor Harold Stassen (R-MN)/Governor John Bricker (R-OH)
Senator Robert Taft (R-OH)/Governor Earl Warren (R-CA) 1949-1953
1948 def. President Burton Wheeler (PL-NE)/Vice President Henry Wallace (PL-IO)
1952 def. Former Vice President Henry Wallace (P-IO)/Senator Adlai Stevenson (P-IL)
Vice President Earl Warren (R-CA)/Secretary of Commerce Joseph Ball (R-MN) 1953-1961
1956 def. Senator Glen Taylor (PL-ID)/Senator Hubert Humphrey (PL-MN)
Senator Wayne Morse (PL-OR)/Senator Lyndon B. Johnson (PL-TX) 1961-1969
1960 def. President Earl Warren (R-CA)/Vice President Joseph Ball (R-MN)
1964 def. Former Secretary of State Henry C. Lodge Jr. (R-MA)/Governor John Kennedy (R-NY)
Former Governor John Kennedy (R-NY)/Senator Henry M. Jackson (R-WA) 1969-1977
1968 def. VIce President Lyndon B. Johnson (PL-TX)/Senator Eugene McCarthy (PL-MN) Senator George Wallace (I-AL)/Senator Albert Gore (I-TN)
1972 def. Senator Edmund Muskie (PL-ME)/Senator Fred Harris (PL-OK) Senator Strom Thurmond (I-SC)/Senator George Smathers (I-FL)
Speaker Mo Udall (PL-AZ)/Senator George McGovern (PL-SD) 1977-1985
1976 def. Senator Bill Brock (R-TN)/Governor Jimmy Carter (R-GA)
1980 def. Senator Howard Baker (R-TN)/Representative John Anderson (R-IL)
Vice President George McGovern (PL-SD)/Speaker Shirley Chisholm (PL-NY) 1985-1993
1984 def. Senator Bob Dole (R-KS)/Representative Phil Crane (R-IL)
1988 def. Senator Walter Mondale (R-MN)/Senator Jack Kemp (R-NY)
Senator Donald Rumsfeld (R-IL)/Speaker Dick Cheney (R-WY) 1993-2001
1992 def. Senator Paul Tsongas (PL-MA)/Senator Jerry Brown (PL-CA)
1996 def. Senator Micheal Dukakis (PL-MA)/Senator Bill Bradley (PL-NJ)
Senator Paul Wellstone (PL-MN)/Representative Dick Gephardt (PL-MO) 2001-2009
2000 def. Vice President Dick Cheney (R-WY)/Senator Jeb Bush (R-FL)
2004 def. Former President Donald Rumsfeld (R-IL)/Governor Mike Huckabee (R-AR)
Senator Joe Biden (R-DL)/Senator John Thune (R-SD) 2009-2017
2008 def. Senator John Edwards (PL-NC)/Senator John Kerry (PL-MA)
2012 def. Senator Hillary Rodham (PL-OH)/Senator Barack Obama (PL-IL)
Vice President John Thune (R-SD)/Senator Amy Klobuchar (R-MN) 2017-2021
2016 def. Senator Bernie Sanders (PL-VT)/Senator Tammy Baldwin (PL-WI)
Representative Tulsi Gabbard (PL-HI)/Senator Elizabeth Warren (PL-HI) 2021-
2020 def. President John Thune (R-SD)/Vice President Amy Klobuchar (R-MN)