Electoral College:
Reversal of Popular Vote Winners


   
Popular 
 Votes
Electoral
Votes
Year Candidate
Total
Percentage
Total
Percentage
1876 Tilden
4,287,670
50.9%
184
50%
  Hayes
4,035,924
47.9%
185
50%
 
Tilden +
 251,746      
1888 Cleveland
5,540,365,
48.6%
168
42%
  Harrison
5,445,269
47.8%
233
58%
 
Cleveland
 + 95,096      
1960 * Nixon
34,108,157
49.3%
219
41%
  Kennedy
34,049,976
49.2%
303
59%
 
Nixon
 + 58,181      

Electoral College Deadlock and Uses of House Contingency Procedure


    Popular
Total
Electoral
 House Result
Year Candidate Vote
Percentage
Votes
  
1800 Jefferson    
73
 Jefferson winner 
  Burr    
73
 with 10
  Adams    
65
 states to 4
  Pinckney    
64
 for Burr after
  Jay    
1
 36 ballots
1824 Adams 115,696
31.9
84
 Adams winner 
with 13 states 
  Jackson 152,933
42.2
99
 to 7 for Jackson
  Crawford 46,979
13.0
41
 and 4 for Crawford 
  Clay 47,136
13.0
37
 on 1st ballot

* See, Lawrence D. Longley and Neal R. Peirce in "The Elecotral Collge Primer"  as well as Congresssional Quarterly Weekly Report, Feb. 17, 191, 285-288.