list of unsuccessful major-party u.s. presidential candidates' military service

List Of Unsuccessful Major-party U.s. Presidential Candidates' Military Service

Note that not all Presidential election years are listed as many elections involved candidates who lost but were to be eventually elected President or where the loser was the incumbent. Only candidates who were never President are listed.

Year	Candidate	Service	Rank	Active Duty
2004	John Kerry	Navy	Lieutenant	Vietnam War
2000	Al Gore	Army	enlisted	Vietnam War
1996	Bob Dole	Army	Captain	World War 2
1988	Michael Dukakis	Army	Korea
1984	Walter Mondale	Army	none
1972	George McGovern	Army Air Force	World War 2
1968	Hubert Humphrey	none
1964	Barry Goldwater	Army Air Force	Major General	World War 2
1952 & 1956	Adlai Stevenson	none
1944 & 1948	Thomas Dewey	none
1940	Wendell Wilkie
1936	Alfred M. Landon
1928	Alfred E. Smith
1924	John W. Davis
1920	James M. Cox
1916	Charles Evans Hughes
1916	Charles Evans Hughes
1904	Alton B. Parker
1896,1900 & 1908	William Jennings Bryan
1884	James G. Blaine
1880	Winfield S. Hancock	Army	General	American Civil War
1876	Samuel J. Tilden	none
1872	Horace Greeley	none
1868	Horatio Seymour	none
1864	George McClellan	Army	Major General	American Civil War
1860	John C. Breckinridge	Major	Mexican-American War
1856	John C. Frmont	Army	Major General	American Civil War
1852	Winfield Scott	Army	Major General & General-in-Chief	War of 1812 & many others
1848	Lewis Cass	Army	Brigadier General	War of 1812
1816	Rufus King	American Revolution
1812	DeWitt Clinton	none
1804 & 1808	Charles C. Pinckney	Continental Army	Brigadier-General	American Revolution

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