The following is a list of female U.S. presidential and vice-presidential nominees. Nominees are candidates nominated or otherwise selected by political parties for particular offices. Listed are those women who achieved ballot access in at least one state. They may have won the nomination of one of the US political parties (either one of the major parties, or one of the third parties), or made the ballot as an Independent, and in either case must have votes in the election to qualify for this list. Exception is made for those few candidates whose parties lost ballot status for additional runs.

Not included in the first two tables are women who lost a nominating convention or primary election for their party's nomination (or who have not yet completed that process), write-in candidates, potential candidates (suggested by media, objects of draft movements, etc.), or fictional candidates. The third table excludes all but the foremost.

Two women have won the nomination of a major party, both as vice-presidential candidates: Geraldine Ferraro for the Democratic Party in the 1984 election and Sarah Palin for the Republican Party in the 2008 election.

U.S. Presidential candidates: Party Nominees

Year	Name	Party	Running Mate	Votes
1872	Victoria Woodhull	Equal Rights Party	Frederick Douglass
1884	Belva Ann Lockwood	National Equal Rights Party	Marietta Stow	4,149
1888	Belva Ann Lockwood	National Equal Rights Party	Alfred Love
1940	Gracie Allen	Surprise Party	N.A.	42,000
1952	Ellen Linea W. Jensen	Washington Peace Party
	Mary Kennery	American Party
	Agnes Waters	American Woman's Party
1968	Charlene Mitchell	Communist Party	Michael Zagarell	1,076
1972	Linda Jenness	Socialist Workers Party	Andrew Pulley	83,380
	Evelyn Reed	Socialist Workers Party	Andrew Pulley	13,878
1976	Margaret Wright	People’s Party	Benjamin Spock	49,024
1980	Ellen McCormack	Right to Life Party	Carroll Driscoll	32,327
	Maureen Smith	Peace and Freedom Party	Elizabeth Cervantes Barron	18,116
	Deirdre Griswold	Workers World Party	Gavrielle Holmes.	13,300
1984	Sonia Johnson	Citizens Party	Richard Walton	72,200
	Gavrielle Holmes	Workers World Party	Gloria La Riva	2,656
1988	Lenora Fulani	New Alliance Party	Joyce Dattner	217,219
	Willa Kenoyer	Socialist Party, Liberty Union Party	Ron Ehrenreich	3,928
1992	Lenora Fulani	New Alliance Party	Maria Elizabeth Munoz	73,714
	Helen Halyard	Socialist Equality Party	Fred Mazelis	3,050
	Isabell Masters	Looking Back Party	Walter Masters	327
	Gloria La Riva	Workers World Party	Larry Holmes	181
1996	Monica Moorehead	Workers World Party	Gloria La Riva	29,083
	Marsha Feinland	Peace and Freedom Party	Kate McClatchy	25,332
	Mary Cal Hollis	Socialist Party, Liberty Union Party	Eric Chester	4,766
	Diane Beall Templin	The American Party	Gary Van Horn	1,847
	Isabell Masters	Looking Back Party	Shirley Jean Masters	752
2000	Monica Moorehead	Workers World Party	Gloria La Riva	4,795
	Cathy Gordon Brown	Independent	Sabrina R. Allen	1,606
2004	Diane Beall Templin	The American Party	Albert B. "Al" Moore	(lost ballot status)
2008	Diane Beall Templin	The American Party	Linda Patterson	(lost ballot status)
	Gloria La Riva	Party for Socialism and Liberation	Eugene Puryear
	Elvena Lloyd-Duffie	Independent
	Cynthia McKinney	Green Party	Rosa Clemente

U.S. Vice-Presidential candidates: Party Nominees

Year	Name	Party	Running Mate	Votes
1884	Marietta Stow	National Equal Rights Party	Belva Ann Lockwood	4,149
1924	Marie Brehm	Prohibition Party	Herman P. Faris	56,289
1932	Florence Garvin	National Party	John Zahnd	1,645
1936	Florence Garvin	Greenback Party	John Zahnd
1948	Grace Carlson	Socialist Workers Party	Farrell Dobbs	13,614
1952	Charlotta Bass	Progressive Party, Communist Party, American Labor Party	Vincent Hallinan	140,023
	Myra Tanner Weiss	Socialist Workers Party	Farrell Dobbs	10,312
1956	Georgia Cozzini	Socialist Labor Party	Eric Hass	44,300
	Myra Tanner Weiss	Socialist Workers Party	Farrell Dobbs	7,797
	Ann Marie Yezo	American Third Party	Henry B. Krajewski	1,829
1960	Georgia Cozzini	Socialist Labor Party	Eric Hass	47,521
	Myra Tanner Weiss	Socialist Workers Party	Farrell Dobbs	60,166
1968	Peggy Terry	Peace and Freedom Party	Eldridge Cleaver
1972	Genevieve Gundersen	Socialist Labor Party	Louis Fisher	53,814
	Theodora B. Nathan	Libertarian Party	John Hospers	3,674
1976	Constance Blomen	Socialist Labor Party	Jules Levin	9,616
	Willie Mae Reid	Socialist Workers Party	Peter Camejo	90,986
1980	Elizabeth Cervantes Barron	Peace and Freedom Party	Maureen Smith	18,106
	Naomi Cohen	Workers World Party	Deirdre Griswold	3,790
	Angela Davis	Communist Party	Gus Hall	43,871
	Diane Drufenbrock	Socialist Party	David McReynolds	6,898
	Wretha Hanson	Citizens Party	Barry Commoner	8,564
	La Donna Harris	Citizens Party	Barry Commoner	233,052
	Gavrielle Holmes	Workers World Party	Deirdre Griswold	13,213
	Eileen Shearer	American Independent Party	John Rarick	41,268
	Matilde Zimmermann	Socialist Workers Party	Andrew Pulley	40,105
1984	Jean T. Brust	Socialist Equality Party	Ed Winn
	Angela Davis	Communist Party	Gus Hall	36,386
	Geraldine Ferraro	Democratic Party	Walter Mondale	37,577,352
	Andrea Gonzales	Socialist Workers Party	Melvin T. Mason	24,672
	Helen Halyard	Socialist Equality Party	Edward Winn	10,801
	Gloria La Riva	Workers World Party	Larry Holmes/Gavrielle Holmes	15,329
	Emma Wong Mar	Peace and Freedom Party	Sonia Johnson
	Nancy Ross	New Alliance Party	Dennis L. Serrette	46,852
	Maureen Kennedy Salaman	Populist Party	Bob Richards	66,168
	Matilde Zimmermann	Socialist Workers Party	Melvin T. Mason
1988	Joan Andrews	Right to Life Party	William A. Marra	20,504
	Joyce Dattner	New Alliance Party	Lenora Fulani	217,219
	Debra Freeman	National Economic Recovery Party	Lyndon LaRouche
	Susan Gardner	Consumer Party	Eugene McCarthy	30,905
	Helen Halyard	Socialist Equality Party	Edward Winn	18,693
	Gloria La Riva	Workers World Party	Larry Holmes	7,846
	Kathleen Mickells	Socialist Workers Party	James "Mac" Warren	15,604
	Vikki Murdock	Peace and Freedom Party	Herbert Lewin	10,370
1992	Estelle DeBates	Socialist Workers Party	James "Mac" Warren
	Doris Feimer	The American Party	Robert J. Smith	292
	Barbara Garson	Socialist Party	J. Quinn Brisben	3,057
	Nancy Lord	Libertarian Party	Andre Marrou	290,087
	Maria Elizabeth Munoz	New Alliance Party	Lenora Fulani	73,714
	Willie Mae Reid	Socialist Workers Party	James "Mac" Warren
	Joann Roland	Third Party	Eugene Arthur Hem
	Asiba Tupahache	Peace and Freedom Party	Ronald Daniels	27,961
1996	Connie Chandler	Independent Party of Utah	A. Peter Crane	1,101
	Laura Garza	Socialist Workers Party	James Harris	8,476
	Anne Goeke	Green Party	Ralph Nader
	Rosemary Giumarra	Independent	Charles E. Collins	8,952
	Madelyn Hoffman	Green Party	Ralph Nader
	Jo Jorgensen	Libertarian Party	Harry Browne	485,798
	Rachel Bubar Kelly	Prohibition Party	Earl Dodge	1,298
	Winona LaDuke	Green Party	Ralph Nader	685,128
	Shirley Jean Masters	Looking Back Party	Isabell Masters	752
	Anne Northrop	AIDS Cure Party	Steve Michael	408
	Krista Paradise	Green Party	Ralph Nader
	Kate McClatchy	Peace and Freedom Party	Marsha Feinland	25,332
	Muriel Tillinghast	Green Party	Ralph Nader	75,956
2000	Sabrina R. Allen	Independent	Cathy Gordon Brown	1,606
	Ezola B. Foster	Reform Party	Pat Buchanan	449,225
	Mary Cal Hollis	Socialist Party	David McReynolds	5,602
	Winona LaDuke	Green Party	Ralph Nader	2,883,105
	Gloria La Riva	Workers World Party	Monica Moorehead	4,795
	Margaret Trowe	Socialist Workers Party	James Harris	7,378
2004	Marilyn Chambers	Personal Choice Party	Charles Jay	946
	Irene M. Deasy	Independent	Stanford Andress	804
	Teresa Gutierrez	Workers World Party, Liberty Union Party	John Parker	1,646
	Arrin Hawkins	Socialist Workers Party	Róger Calero	3,689
	Mary Alice Herbert	Socialist Party, Natural Law Party	Walt Brown	10,837
	Janice Jordan	Peace and Freedom Party	Leonard Peltier	27,607
	Pat LaMarche	Green Party	David Cobb	119,859
	Jennifer A. Ryan	Christian Freedom Party	Thomas J. Harens	2,387
	Karen Sanchirico	Independent	Ralph Nader	6,168
	Margaret Trowe	Socialist Workers Party	James Harris	7,102
2008	Rosa Clemente	Green Party	Cynthia McKinney
	Sarah Palin	Republican Party	John McCain
	Alyson Kennedy	Socialist Workers Party	Róger Calero

U.S. President: Unsuccessful candidates for party nomination

Candidates who failed to receive their parties' nomination. Candidates who won the nomination belong in the above tables only.

Year	Name	Party	Details	Nomination winner
1940	Anna Milburn	National Greenback Party	Declined nomination	John Zahnd
1964	Margaret Chase Smith	Republican Party		Barry Goldwater
	Fay T. Carpenter Swain	Democratic Party	7,140 votes in Indiana primary	Lyndon B. Johnson
1972	Shirley Chisholm	Democratic Party	152 votes at National convention	George McGovern
	Patsy Takamoto Mink
	Bella Savitzky Abzug
1976	Barbara Jordan	Democratic Party	1 vote at National convention	Jimmy Carter
	Ellen McCormack
1980	Koryne Kaneski Horbal	Democratic Party	5 votes at National convention	Jimmy Carter
	Alice Tripp		2 votes at National convention
1984	Martha Kirkland	Democratic Party	1 vote at National convention	Walter Mondale
1988	Patricia Schroeder	Democratic Party		Michael Dukakis
1992	Georgiana Doerschuck	Republican Party	58 votes in New Hampshire primary	George H.W. Bush
	Caroline Killeen	Democratic Party	96 votes in New Hampshire primary	Bill Clinton
	Tennie Rogers	Republican Party	754 votes in Texas primary	George H.W. Bush
	Patricia Schroeder	Republican Party	152 votes (12th place) in New Hampshire primary
1996	Georgiana Doerschuck	Republican Party	140 votes in New Hampshire primary	Bob Dole
	Susan Gail Ducey	Republican Party	539 votes in (9th place) at Arizona primary; 152 votes ((12th place) at New Hampshire primary; 1,092 votes (8th place) at Texas primary	"
	Elvena E. Lloyd-Duffie	Democratic Party	13,025 votes in Arkansas primary; 10,876 votes (6th place) in Texas primary; 40,758 in Oklahoma primary (3rd place); 11,620 votes (3rd place) in Louisiana primary; 15,650 votes (2nd place) in Illinois primary	Bill Clinton
	Dr. Heather Anne Harder	Democratic Party	28,772 votes (3rd place) in Texas primary; 376 votes in New Hampshire primary and two write-in votes as a Republican; 6 votes in Illinois primary	"
	Caroline Killeen	Democratic Party	118 votes in New Hampshire primary	"
	Mary "France" LeTulle	Republican Party	650 votes (9th place) at Texas primary; 290 votes in Nevada primary	Bob Dole
	Isabell Masters	Republican Party	1052 votes (7th place) at Oklahoma primary	"
	Tennie Rogers	Republican Party	35 votes at Mississippi primary; 12 votes inNew Hampshire primary	"
2000	Elizabeth Dole	Republican Party	231 write-in votes in NH primary	George W. Bush
	Dr. Heather Anne Harder	Democratic Party	1,358 votes in AZ primary; 192 votes (8th place) in New Hampshire primary, 1 Republican write-in vote	Al Gore
	Angel Joy Chavis Rocker	Republican Party	6 votes in Alabama straw poll	George W. Bush
	Dorian Yeager	Republican Party	98 votes (10th place) in New Hampshire primary	"
2004	Katherine Bateman	Democratic Party	68 votes (14th place) in New Hampshire primary	John Kerry
	JoAnne Bier Beeman	Green Party	14 votes at National convention	David Cobb
	Sheila Bilyeu	Green Party	2 votes at National convention	"
	Carol Moseley Braun	Democratic Party		"
	Jeanne Chebib	Democratic Party	43 votes (12th place) in the Washington, D.C. primary	"
	Mildred T. Glover	Democratic Party	11 votes (22nd place) in New Hampshire primary; 4,039 votes (8th place) in Maryland primary	"
	Caroline Killeen	Democratic Party	31 votes (19th place) in New Hampshire primary	"
	Millie Howard	Republican Party	239 votes (13th place) in New Hampshire primary	George W. Bush
	Carol A. Miller	Green Party	10 votes at National convention	David Cobb
	Lorna Salzman	Green Party	40 votes at National convention	David Cobb
	Florence Walker	Democratic Party	246 votes (6th place) in Washington, D.C. primary	John Kerry
2008	Hillary Rodham Clinton	Democratic Party	Reached second place in Democratic Primaries, winning 1,726½ Delegate votes	Barack Obama
	Susan Gail Ducey	Republican Party	2 votes (3-way tie for 8th place) in Tulsa, Oklahoma straw poll	John McCain
	Caroline Killeen	Democratic Party	11 votes in New Hampshire primary	Barack Obama
	Elaine Brown	Green Party	9 pledged delegates; withdrew	Cynthia McKinney
	Nan Garrett		Withdrew in February, 2007
	Kat Swift
	Mary Ruwart	Libertarian Party		Bob Barr
	Christine Smith

U.S. Vice-Presidential candidates for nomination

Year	Name	Party	Details	Nomination winner
1848	Lucretia Mott	Liberty Party	4 of 84 votes	C.C. Foote
1924	Lena Springs	Democratic Party	several to 50 votes in National convention	Charles W. Bryan
1928	Nellie Tayloe Ross	Democratic Party	31 votes in National convention	Joseph T. Robinson
1952	India Edwards	Democratic Party		John Sparkman
	Sarah T. Hughes
1972	Shirley Chisholm	Democratic Party	20 votes in National convention	Thomas Eagleton
	Frances Farenthold		405 votes in National convention
	Martha Griffiths		1 vote in National convention
	Patricia Harris		1 vote in National convention
	Eleanor McGovern		1 vote in National convention
	Martha Mitchell		1 vote in National convention
	Maggie Kuhn	People's Party	declined nomination	Benjamin Spock
1976	Anne Armstrong	Republican Party	subject of draft campaign; 6 votes in National convention	Bob Dole
	Barbara Jordan	Democratic Party	17 votes in National convention	Walter Mondale
	Nancy Palm	Republican Party	1 vote in National convention	Bob Dole
1984	Jeane J. Kirkpatrick	Republican Party	1 vote in primary	George H. W. Bush
1992	Susan K.Y. Shargal	Democratic Party	1,097 votes (2nd place) in New Hampshire primary	Al Gore
2008	Mary Alice Herbert	Socialist Party		Stewart Alexander

Notes

See also

• U.S. presidential election, 2008
• List of fictional United States Presidents
• List of women heads of state
• Female heads of government
• Edith Bolling Galt Wilson