United States Historical Election Returns Series
Investigator(s): Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)
The United States Historical Election Returns series was developed by ICPSR and was supported by grants from the National Science Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities. ICPSR's holdings of historical election data cover the years 1788-1990 and consist of several discrete datasets that contain county- and state-level returns for all elections to the offices of president, governor, United States senator, and United States representative. ICPSR distributes three major general election data collections: United States Historical Election Returns, 1824-1968 (ICPSR 0001), General Election Data for the United States, 1950-1990 (ICPSR 0013), and United States Historical Election Returns, 1788-1823 (ICPSR 0079). ICPSR 0001 contains state files that list county- level returns for over 90 percent of all elections to the offices of president, governor, United States senator, and United States representative for all parties and candidates from 1824 to 1968, as well as special elections and regularly-scheduled contests. ICPSR 0013 consists of national files containing county-level returns for elections to the offices of president, governor, United States senator, and United States representative from 1950 to 1990. Also included in this collection are returns for one additional statewide office, usually attorney general or secretary of state, for those states that elected state offices in the period 1970-1990. ICPSR 0079 is an extension of the general election collection (ICPSR 0001) and covers the preceding years, 1788-1823, going back to the occurrence of the first elections held under the United States Constitution. This collection contains data for elections to the offices of president, governor, and United States representative for the years 1788-1823. These data, recorded chiefly at the county level, consist of only about half of the possible returns for elections in this period and are less complete than the body of returns available for the years from 1824-present. The Candidate Name and Constituency Totals, 1788-1990 (ICPSR 0002) data collection provides the names of candidates, candidates' political party name and ICPSR party ID code, and the number of votes received by each candidate for elections between 1788 and 1900. The data include county-level returns for over 90 percent of all elections to the offices of president, governor, United States representative (1824-1990), and United States senator (1912-1990). The dataset also includes returns for approximately two-thirds of all elections to the offices of president, governor, United States senator, and United States representative for the period 1788-1823. It contains returns for all parties and candidates (as well as scattering vote) contesting general elections and special elections anywhere in the nation. Information is also included on elections for which returns are available only at the constituency level and therefore not found in the county-level files of election returns in the other collections. Beginning with the 1968 elections, returns for one additional statewide office were included. Also included are 1990 data from the District of Columbia for United States senator and United States representative.
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- General Election Data for the United States, 1950-1990 (ICPSR 13)
- Electoral Data for Counties in the United States: Presidential and Congressional Races, 1840-1972 (ICPSR 8611)
- County and City Data Book [United States] Consolidated File: County Data, 1947-1977 (ICPSR 7736)
- Historical, Demographic, Economic, and Social Data: The United States, 1790-2002 (ICPSR 2896)
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- General Election Data for the United States, 1950-1990 (ICPSR 13)
- ANES 1986 Time Series Study (ICPSR 8678)
- ANES 1988 Time Series Study (ICPSR 9196)
- ANES 1992 Time Series Study (ICPSR 6067)
- ANES 1994 Time Series Study (ICPSR 6507)
- ANES 1996 Time Series Study (ICPSR 6896)
- ANES 1998 Time Series Study (ICPSR 2684)
- ANES 2000 Time Series Study (ICPSR 3131)
- ANES 2002 Time Series Study (ICPSR 3740)
- ANES 2004 Time Series Study (ICPSR 4245)
- ANES 2008 Time Series Study (ICPSR 25383)
- ANES 2012 Time Series Study (ICPSR 35157)
- Historical, Demographic, Economic, and Social Data: The United States, 1790-2002 (ICPSR 2896)
- CBS News Telenoticas Survey, October 1996 (ICPSR 4481)
- American National Election Studies, 1992-1997: Combined File (ICPSR 2407)
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- Historical, Demographic, Economic, and Social Data: The United States, 1790-2002 (ICPSR 2896)
- United States Historical Election Returns, 1824-1968 (ICPSR 1)
- United States Agriculture Data, 1840 - 2012 (ICPSR 35206)
- Roster of United States Congressional Officeholders and Biographical Characteristics of Members of the United States Congress, 1789-1996: Merged Data (ICPSR 7803)
- Knights of Labor Assemblies, 1879-1889 (ICPSR 29)
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- Historical, Demographic, Economic, and Social Data: The United States, 1790-2002 (ICPSR 2896)
- General Election Data for the United States, 1950-1990 (ICPSR 13)
- Electoral Data for Counties in the United States: Presidential and Congressional Races, 1840-1972 (ICPSR 8611)
- County and City Data Book [United States] Consolidated File: County Data, 1947-1977 (ICPSR 7736)
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- Southern Primary and General Election Data, 1946-1972 (ICPSR 72)
- Electoral Data for Counties in the United States: Presidential and Congressional Races, 1840-1972 (ICPSR 8611)
- Uniform Crime Reporting Program Data [United States]: Hate Crime Data, 2000 [Record-Type Files] (ICPSR 23783)
- Uniform Crime Reporting Program Data [United States]: Hate Crime Data, 2001 [Record-Type Files] (ICPSR 23781)
- Uniform Crime Reporting Program Data [United States]: Hate Crime Data, 2002 [Record-Type Files] (ICPSR 23625)
- Uniform Crime Reporting Program Data [United States]: Hate Crime Data, 2003 [Record-Type Files] (ICPSR 23600)
- Uniform Crime Reporting Program Data [United States]: Hate Crime Data, 2004 [Record-Type Files] (ICPSR 23544)
- Uniform Crime Reporting Program Data [United States]: Hate Crime Data, 2005 [Record-Type Files] (ICPSR 23441)
- Uniform Crime Reporting Program Data [United States]: Hate Crime Data, 2006 [Record-Type Files] (ICPSR 22406)
- Uniform Crime Reporting Program Data [United States]: Hate Crime Data, 2007 [Record-Type Files] (ICPSR 25107)
- Uniform Crime Reporting Program Data [United States]: Hate Crime Data, 2008 [Record-Type Files] (ICPSR 27645)
- Uniform Crime Reporting Program Data: Hate Crime Data, 2009 [Record-Type Files] (ICPSR 30764)
- Uniform Crime Reporting Program Data: Hate Crime Data, 2010 [Record-Type Files] (ICPSR 33524)
- Uniform Crime Reporting Program Data: Hate Crime Data, 2011 [Record-Type Files] (ICPSR 34583)
- Uniform Crime Reporting Program Data: Hate Crime Data, 2012 [Record-Type Files] (ICPSR 35086)
- Uniform Crime Reporting Program Data: Hate Crime Data, 2013 [Record-Type Files] (ICPSR 36118)
- Uniform Crime Reporting Program Data: Hate Crime Data, 2014 [Record-Type Files] (ICPSR 36397)
- Uniform Crime Reporting Program Data: Hate Crime Data, 2015 [Record-Type Files] (ICPSR 36835)
- Uniform Crime Reporting Program Data: Hate Crime Data (Record-Type Files), United States, 2016 (ICPSR 37060)
- Uniform Crime Reporting Program Data: Hate Crime Data (Record-Type Files), United States, 2017 (ICPSR 37854)
- Uniform Crime Reporting Program Data: Hate Crime Data (Record-Type Files), United States, 2018 (ICPSR 37872)
- Historical, Demographic, Economic, and Social Data: The United States, 1790-2002 (ICPSR 2896)
- United States Agriculture Data, 1840 - 2012 (ICPSR 35206)
- Ethnic Collective Action in Contemporary Urban United States -- Data on Conflicts and Protests, 1954-1992 (ICPSR 34341)
- Voter Registration in the United States, 1968-1988 (ICPSR 9405)
- United States Historical Election Returns, 1824-1968 (ICPSR 1)
- County and City Data Book [United States] Consolidated File: County Data, 1947-1977 (ICPSR 7736)
- General Election Data for the United States, 1950-1990 (ICPSR 13)
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- United States Newspaper Panel, 1869-2004 (ICPSR 30261)
- Candidate Name and Constituency Totals, 1788-1990 (ICPSR 2)
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- United States Historical Election Returns, 1824-1968 (ICPSR 1)
- Historical, Demographic, Economic, and Social Data: The United States, 1790-2002 (ICPSR 2896)
- Electoral Data for Counties in the United States: Presidential and Congressional Races, 1840-1972 (ICPSR 8611)
- Historical Transportation of Navigable Rivers, Canals, and Railroads in the United States (ICPSR 36353)
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- United States Historical Election Returns, 1824-1968 (ICPSR 1)
- Revivals in New York and Ohio, 1825-1835 (ICPSR 7754)
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- United States Agriculture Data, 1840 - 2012 (ICPSR 35206)
- United States Historical Election Returns, 1824-1968 (ICPSR 1)
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- General Election Data for the United States, 1950-1990 (ICPSR 13)
- United States Agriculture Data, 1840 - 2012 (ICPSR 35206)
- Electoral Data for Counties in the United States: Presidential and Congressional Races, 1840-1972 (ICPSR 8611)
- ANES 1970 Time Series Study (ICPSR 7298)
- American National Election Series: 1972, 1974, 1976 (ICPSR 7607)
- ANES 1978 Time Series Study (ICPSR 7655)
- ANES 1980 Time Series Study (ICPSR 7763)
- ANES 1982 Time Series Study (ICPSR 9042)
- ANES 1984 Time Series Study (ICPSR 8298)
- ANES 1986 Time Series Study (ICPSR 8678)
- ANES 1988 Time Series Study (ICPSR 9196)
- ANES 1990 Time Series Study (ICPSR 9548)
- Survey of Churches and Church Membership by County, 1952 (ICPSR 14)
- Survey of Church Membership, 1971 (ICPSR 7520)
- Censuses of Religious Bodies, 1906-1936 (ICPSR 8)
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- National Jail Census, 1983 (ICPSR 8203)
- National Jail Census, 1988 (ICPSR 9256)
- National Jail Census, 1993 (ICPSR 6648)
- National Jail Census, 1999 (ICPSR 3318)
- Census of Jail Inmates: Individual-Level Data, 2005 (ICPSR 20367)
- Census of Jail Facilities, 2006 (ICPSR 26602)
- Census of Jails, 2013 (ICPSR 36128)
- General Election Data for the United States, 1950-1990 (ICPSR 13)
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- Historical, Demographic, Economic, and Social Data: The United States, 1790-2002 (ICPSR 2896)
- U.S. County-Level Natality and Mortality Data, 1915-2007 (ICPSR 36603)
- Electoral Data for Counties in the United States: Presidential and Congressional Races, 1840-1972 (ICPSR 8611)
- United States Historical Election Returns, 1824-1968 (ICPSR 1)
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- ANES 1986 Time Series Study (ICPSR 8678)
- ANES 1988 Time Series Study (ICPSR 9196)
- ANES 1992 Time Series Study (ICPSR 6067)
- ANES 1994 Time Series Study (ICPSR 6507)
- ANES 1996 Time Series Study (ICPSR 6896)
- ANES 1998 Time Series Study (ICPSR 2684)
- ANES 2000 Time Series Study (ICPSR 3131)
- ANES 2002 Time Series Study (ICPSR 3740)
- ANES 2004 Time Series Study (ICPSR 4245)
- ANES 2008 Time Series Study (ICPSR 25383)
- ANES 2012 Time Series Study (ICPSR 35157)
- General Election Data for the United States, 1950-1990 (ICPSR 13)
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- United States Agriculture Data, 1840 - 2012 (ICPSR 35206)
- General Election Data for the United States, 1950-1990 (ICPSR 13)
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- United States Historical Election Returns, 1824-1968 (ICPSR 1)
- United States Agriculture Data, 1840 - 2012 (ICPSR 35206)
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- Electoral Data for Counties in the United States: Presidential and Congressional Races, 1840-1972 (ICPSR 8611)
- Historical, Demographic, Economic, and Social Data: The United States, 1790-2002 (ICPSR 2896)
- United States Historical Election Returns, 1824-1968 (ICPSR 1)
- County and City Data Book [United States] Consolidated File: County Data, 1947-1977 (ICPSR 7736)
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