Most career electoral votes
Franklin D. Roosevelt has won more electoral votes than anyone in American history: 2,003 across a career record of 5–1. Richard Nixon (1,939) and George H. W. Bush (1,608) are next. Career totals reward longevity, so the list runs to four-term and two-term presidents rather than the single biggest landslides.
Who has won the most electoral votes of all time?
Franklin D. Roosevelt, with 2,003 electoral votes across every presidential election they contested (career record 5–1). This is a career sum, not a single election: the biggest one-election haul is a separate record.
How many electoral votes has Franklin D. Roosevelt won in total?
2,003, added up across every presidential election Franklin D. Roosevelt ran in. A vote for a presidential ticket counts for the presidential candidate; running mates are shown on their own profiles.
Is this the same as the biggest electoral-college landslide?
No. This ranks a whole career, so it favours candidates who ran repeatedly. The single-election record belongs to Ronald Reagan, who won 525 electoral votes in 1984.
| # | Politician | Career electoral votes |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Franklin D. RooseveltD New York | 2,0035–1 record |
| 2 | Richard NixonR California | 1,9397–2 record |
| 3 | George H. W. BushR Texas | 1,6084–3 record |
| 4 | Al GoreD Tennessee | 1,0158–1 record |
| 5 | Ronald ReaganR California | 1,0144–0 record |
| 6 | Joe BidenD Delaware | 1,00310–0 record |
| 7 | John Nance GarnerD | 9952–0 record |
| 8 | Dwight D. EisenhowerR Kansas | 8992–0 record |
| 9 | Donald TrumpR Florida | 8482–1 record |
| 10 | Spiro AgnewR Maryland | 8213–0 record |
| 11 | Lyndon B. JohnsonD Texas | 7898–1 record |
| 12 | Calvin CoolidgeR Massachusetts | 7864–0 record |
| 13 | Bill ClintonD Arkansas | 7497–1 record |
| 14 | Harry S. TrumanD Missouri | 7354–0 record |
| 15 | Theodore RooseveltR New York | 7163–1 record |
| 16 | Thomas R. MarshallD | 7123–0 record |
| 17 | Woodrow WilsonD New Jersey | 7123–0 record |
| 18 | Barack ObamaD Illinois | 6973–0 record |
| 19 | Hubert HumphreyD Minnesota | 6776–1 record |
| 20 | Grover ClevelandD New York | 6643–1 record |
| 21 | Dan QuayleR Indiana | 5945–1 record |
| 22 | Charles W. FairbanksR | 5901–1 record |
| 23 | William McKinleyR Ohio | 56311–0 record |
| 24 | George W. BushR Texas | 5574–0 record |
| 25 | Dick CheneyR Wyoming | 5578–0 record |
| 26 | Mike PenceR Indiana | 5368–3 record |
| 27 | Kamala HarrisD | 5322–1 record |
| 28 | Charles CurtisR | 5034–1 record |
| 29 | Herbert HooverR California | 5031–1 record |
| 30 | Ulysses S. GrantR Illinois | 5002–0 record |
| 31 | Andrew JacksonD Tennessee | 4962–1 record |
| 32 | William Jennings BryanD Nebraska | 4930–3 record |
| 33 | Henry A. WallaceD | 4491–0 record |
| 34 | Martin Van BurenD New York | 4493–1 record |
| 35 | Adlai E. StevensonD | 4321–1 record |
| 36 | James MonroeDR Virginia | 4142–0 record |
| 37 | Warren G. HardingR Ohio | 4042–1 record |
| 38 | Thomas A. HendricksD | 4032–3 record |
| 39 | Bob DoleR Kansas | 3999–2 record |
| 40 | Abraham LincolnR Illinois | 3923–0 record |
| 41 | Charles G. DawesR | 3821–0 record |
| 42 | Benjamin HarrisonR Indiana | 3781–2 record |
| 43 | Walter MondaleD Minnesota | 3593–3 record |
| 44 | Jimmy CarterD Georgia | 3462–1 record |
| 45 | James S. ShermanR | 3291–1 record |
| 46 | William Howard TaftR Ohio | 3291–1 record |
| 47 | JD VanceR Ohio | 3122–0 record |
| 48 | William Henry HarrisonW Ohio | 3072–1 record |
| 49 | John F. KennedyD Massachusetts | 3036–0 record |
| 50 | Alben W. BarkleyD | 3036–0 record |
| 51 | Thomas JeffersonDR Virginia | 3032–1 record |
| 52 | Thomas E. DeweyR New York | 2883–3 record |
| 53 | Henry WilsonR | 2861–0 record |
| 54 | Garret HobartR | 2711–0 record |
| 55 | Joe LiebermanD Connecticut | 2664–1 record |
| 56 | Charles Evans HughesR New York | 2540–1 record |
| 57 | Franklin PierceD New Hampshire | 2543–0 record |
| 58 | William R. KingD | 2541–0 record |
| 59 | John KerryD Massachusetts | 2515–1 record |
| 60 | John EdwardsD North Carolina | 2511–1 record |
| 61 | James MadisonDR Virginia | 2503–0 record |
| 62 | John C. BreckinridgeD | 2461–1 record |
| 63 | Gerald FordR Michigan | 24013–1 record |
| 64 | John TylerW Virginia | 2341–0 record |
| 65 | Levi P. MortonR | 2331–0 record |
| 66 | Richard Mentor JohnsonD | 2301–1 record |
| 67 | Tim KaineD Virginia | 2274–1 record |
| 68 | Hillary ClintonD New York | 2272–1 record |
| 69 | Tim WalzD Minnesota | 2268–1 record |
| 70 | Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.R Massachusetts | 2193–2 record |
| 71 | James A. GarfieldR Ohio | 21410–0 record |
| 72 | Chester A. ArthurR New York | 2141–0 record |
| 73 | Schuyler ColfaxR | 2141–0 record |
| 74 | Andrew JohnsonD Tennessee | 2128–0 record |
| 75 | Mitt RomneyR Massachusetts | 2062–2 record |
| 76 | Paul RyanR Wisconsin | 20610–1 record |
| 77 | George WashingtonU Virginia | 2012–0 record |
| 78 | Edmund MuskieD Maine | 1916–1 record |
| 79 | Henry ClayNR | 1910–3 record |
| 80 | Earl WarrenR California | 1893–1 record |
| 81 | Rutherford B. HayesR Ohio | 1855–0 record |
| 82 | William A. WheelerR | 1851–0 record |
| 83 | Samuel J. TildenD | 1840–1 record |
| 84 | James G. BlaineR | 1820–1 record |
| 85 | John A. LoganR | 1820–1 record |
| 86 | Hannibal HamlinR | 1802–0 record |
| 87 | John C. CalhounD South Carolina | 1781–0 record |
| 88 | Arthur SewallD | 1760–1 record |
| 89 | James BuchananD Pennsylvania | 1746–0 record |
| 90 | John McCainR Arizona | 1738–1 record |
| 91 | Sarah PalinR Alaska | 1731–2 record |
| 92 | Millard FillmoreW New York | 1715–2 record |
| 93 | James K. PolkD Tennessee | 1706–2 record |
| 94 | George M. DallasD | 1701–0 record |
| 95 | Allen G. ThurmanD | 1680–2 record |
| 96 | John Quincy AdamsDR Massachusetts | 1679–1 record |
| 97 | Zachary TaylorW Louisiana | 1631–0 record |
| 98 | Adlai StevensonD Illinois | 1621–2 record |
| 99 | John W. KernD | 1620–4 record |
| 100 | Jack KempR | 1599–1 record |
How this ranking is measured
Electoral votes summed across every presidential election a candidate contested. The size of the electoral college has grown over time, so totals are not perfectly comparable across centuries, and four elections in the 1930s and 1940s outweigh two in the 2010s. The record column shows the candidate’s wins and losses across all races in our dataset.