2012 -- Mitt Romney(01 of27)
Open Image ModalRepublican presidential candidate, Mitt Romney, speaks at the podium as he concedes the presidency on November 7, 2012 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Matthew Cavanaugh/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
2008 -- John McCain (02 of27)
Open Image ModalSen. John McCain, R-Ariz., gestures to his supporters, while his wife, Cindy looks on during his concession speech at the Arizona Biltmore in Phoenix, Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola) (credit:AP)
2004 -- John Kerry(03 of27)
Open Image ModalFormer Democratic presidential candidate U.S. Senator John Kerry (D-MA) stands on stage with his wife Teresa Heinz Kerry after delivering his concession speech at Faneuil Hall on November 3, 2004 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
2000 -- Al Gore(04 of27)
Open Image ModalDemocratic presidental candidate Al Gore leaves the voting booth after casting his vote at Forks River Elementry School in Elmwood, Tennessee on November 7, 2000. (TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty )
1996 -- Bob Dole(05 of27)
Open Image ModalRepublican presidential candidate Bob Dole lowers his head while making his concession speech to supporters at a Washington hotel, on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 1996. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) (credit:AP)
1992 -- George H.W. Bush (06 of27)
Open Image ModalU.S. President George Bush concedes the election on Nov. 3, 1992 after losing to President-elect Bill Clinton. (BOB DAEMMRICH/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
1992 -- Ross Perot(07 of27)
Open Image ModalU.S. independent presidential candidate Ross Perot delivers his concession speech on November 3, 1992 after Democrat Bill Clinton won the presidential election. (Photo credit should read PAUL RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty )
1988 -- Michael Dukakis (08 of27)
Open Image ModalDemocratic presidential candidate Michael Dukakis wipes his upper lip during the first presidential debate with his opponent U.S. Vice President George Bush in Winston-Salem, N.C. on Sept. 25, 1988. (AP Photo/Bob Jordan) (credit:AP)
1984 -- Walter Mondale (09 of27)
Open Image ModalDefeated presidential hopeful Walter Mondale addresses supporters at night, Tuesday, Nov. 7, 1984 at the St. Paul Civic center, conceding to President Reagan. (AP Photo/Jim Mone) (credit:AP)
1980 -- Jimmy Carter(10 of27)
Open Image ModalU.S. President Jimmy Carter concedes defeat in the presidential election as he addresses a group of Carter-Mondale supporters in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 1980. (AP Photo/Barry Thumma) (credit:AP)
1976 -- Gerald Ford(11 of27)
Open Image ModalPresident Gerald Ford speaks in the White House Press Room in Washington on November 3, 1976, conceding defeat to Jimmy Carter. (AP photo/ stf) (credit:AP)
1972 -- George McGovern(12 of27)
Open Image ModalSen. George McGovern and his family in Sioux Falls, election night, Nov. 7, 1972 after he was defeated by Richard Nixon, and conceding the election. (AP Photo) (credit:AP)
1968 -- Hubert H. Humphrey(13 of27)
Open Image ModalVice President Hubert H. Humphrey spaks at the Alfred E. Smith memorial dinner in Waldorf Astoria on Oct. 16, 1968 in New York. (AP Photo/John Lent) (credit:AP)
1964 -- Barry Goldwater (14 of27)
Open Image ModalA contact sheet of Republican senator Barry Morris Goldwater of Arizona concedes the 1964 presidential election to President Lyndon Johnson at a press conference held at his campaign headquarters at the Camelback Inn, Phoenix, Arizona, on November 4, 1964. (Photo by Washington Bureau/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
1960 -- Richard Nixon (15 of27)
Open Image ModalVice President Nixon points to home-made sign at airport as he arrives in home state to cast his ballot on Nov. 8, 1960 in Ontario, California. (AP Photo) (credit:AP)
1956 -- Adlai Stevenson(16 of27)
Open Image ModalSen. John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts talks with Democratic presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson on August 12, 1956 in Chicago. (AP Photo) (credit:AP)
1952 -- Adlai Stevenson (17 of27)
Open Image ModalMovie Actress Piper Laurie (left) is wearing a donkey head beauty spot on her cheek as she chats with Gov. Adlai Stevenson of Illinois, Democratic presidential nominee in Portland on Sept. 8, 1952. (AP Photo) (credit:AP )
1948 -- Thomas Dewey(18 of27)
Open Image ModalDewey ran as the presidential candidate of the Republican Party in the elections of 1944 and 1948. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
1944, 1948 -- Thomas Dewey(19 of27)
Open Image ModalThomas Dewey (1902 - 1971) Governor of the State of New York broadcasting over the 'Crusade of Freedom' radio. Dewey was the presidential candidate of the Republican Party in the elections of 1944 and 1948. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images) (credit:Getty )
1940 -- Wendell Wilkie(20 of27)
Open Image ModalWendell Willkie, rehearses a report to the nation at a New York City radio station on Oct. 26, 1942. Willkie was President Roosevelt's personal representative, and his Republican opponent in the 1940 presidential elections. (AP Photo/Murray Becker) (credit:AP)
1936 -- Alf Landon(21 of27)
Open Image ModalGov. Alf M. Landon, G.O.P. presidential nominee, voting in Independence, Kansas on Nov. 3, 1936. (AP Photo) (credit:AP)
1932 -- Herbert Hoover(22 of27)
Open Image ModalHerbert Hoover is shown leaving Madison Square Garden, Oct. 31, 1932 in New York City, after delivering his major campaign address before a crowd estimated at 22,000. (AP Photo) (credit:AP)
1928 -- Alfred E. Smith(23 of27)
Open Image ModalGovernor Alfred E. Smith speaks in New York on Nov. 2, 1928. (AP Photo) (credit:AP)
1924 -- John W. Davis(24 of27)
Open Image ModalJohn W. Davis, Democratic nominee for President of the U.S., and his wife, are pictured on the estate of Charles Dana Gibson at Seven Hundred Acre Island in Dark Harbor, Maine on July 21, 1924. (AP Photo) (credit:AP)
1920 -- James M. Cox (25 of27)
Open Image ModalDemocratic candidates for the presidency and vice-presidency of the United States, Governor James M Cox and Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882 - 1945) are seen at the head of a nomination parade in Dayton, Ohio on Nov. 1, 1920. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Getty )
1916 -- Charles Evans Hughes(26 of27)
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1912 -- Theodore Roosevelt (27 of27)
Open Image ModalTheodore Roosevelt during the progressive campaign of 1912. (AP Photo) (credit:AP)