Teddy Roosevelt
The U.S. President is never elected by popular vote. In fact, there have been four Presidential elections in U.S. history in which the winner of the election was not the candidate who received the most popular votes (in 1824, 1876, 1888 and 2000).
Barack Obama won the Popular Vote in the 2008 Presidential Election by about 8,500,000 votes.
As of October 2023, Joe Biden received the most popular votes in a U.S. presidential election, securing over 81 million votes in the 2020 election. This surpassed the previous record held by Barack Obama, who received approximately 69.5 million votes in the 2008 election. Biden's total reflects a significant voter turnout, making it the highest in U.S. history.
Bush received 62,028,285 popular votes in 2004.
The election of Rutherford B. Hayes was the most contentious presidential election in US history. He was actually chosen by the US House of Representatives rather than by popular vote. No candidate received the required number of electoral votes.
Andrew Jackson
Republic Party candidate Rutherford Hayes won the 1876 presidential election defeating Democratic Party candidate Samuel Tilden. In the 1876 presidential election Rutherford Hayes received 185 electoral votes and Samuel Tilden received 184 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Tilden 4,288,546 and Hayes 4,034,311.
John B. Anderson received 6.6 percent of the popular vote in the 1980 U.S. presidential election.
Lyndon Johnson won the 1964 presidential election defeating Barry Goldwater. In the 1964 presidential election Lyndon B. Johnson received 486 electoral votes and Barry Goldwater received 52 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Johnson 43,129,566 and Goldwater 27,178,188.
Andrew Jackson received the most popular votes during that Election.
Incumbent President Richard Nixon won reelection in the 1972 presidential election defeating George McGovern. In the 1972 presidential election Richard Nixon received 520 electoral votes and George McGovern received 17 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Nixon 47,169,911 and McGovern 29,170,383.