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Benjamin Harrison won the 1888 election but lost in popular votes to Grover Cleveland.

Since then, George W. Bush lost the popular vote in 2000 to Al Gore and , of course, Gerald Ford, was never elected President at all but took the office when Nixon resigned in mid-term.

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