The table below is a list of United States presidential elections in Missouri, ordered by year. Since 1904, Missouri has voted for the eventual winner of the presidential election, with three exceptions: the 1956 election, the 2008 election and the 2012 election; it is commonly viewed as a bellwether state, though the consecutive errors in 2008 and 2012 have began doubts about its continued status as a bellwether.
| Year | Winner | National winner? |
|---|---|---|
| 1820 | James Monroe | Yes |
| 1824 | Henry Clay | No |
| 1828 | Andrew Jackson | Yes |
| 1832 | Andrew Jackson | Yes |
| 1836 | Martin Van Buren | Yes |
| 1840 | Martin Van Buren | No |
| 1844 | James K. Polk | Yes |
| 1848 | Lewis Cass | No |
| 1852 | Franklin Pierce | Yes |
| 1856 | James Buchanan | Yes |
| 1860 | Stephen Douglas | No |
| 1864 | Abraham Lincoln | Yes |
| 1868 | Ulysses S. Grant | Yes |
| 1872 | Horace Greeley | No |
| 1876 | Samuel Tilden | No |
| 1880 | Winfield Hancock | No |
| 1884 | Grover Cleveland | Yes |
| 1888 | Grover Cleveland | No |
| 1892 | Grover Cleveland | Yes |
| 1896 | William Jennings Bryan | No |
| 1900 | William Jennings Bryan | No |
| 1904 | Theodore Roosevelt | Yes |
| 1908 | William Taft | Yes |
| 1912 | Woodrow Wilson | Yes |
| 1916 | Woodrow Wilson | Yes |
| 1920 | Warren G. Harding | Yes |
| 1924 | Calvin Coolidge | Yes |
| 1928 | Herbert Hoover | Yes |
| 1932 | Franklin Roosevelt | Yes |
| 1936 | Franklin Roosevelt | Yes |
| 1940 | Franklin Roosevelt | Yes |
| 1944 | Franklin Roosevelt | Yes |
| 1948 | Harry S. Truman | Yes |
| 1952 | Dwight D. Eisenhower | Yes |
| 1956 | Adlai Stevenson | No |
| 1960 | John F. Kennedy | Yes |
| 1964 | Lyndon B. Johnson | Yes |
| 1968 | Richard Nixon | Yes |
| 1972 | Richard Nixon | Yes |
| 1976 | Jimmy Carter | Yes |
| 1980 | Ronald Reagan | Yes |
| 1984 | Ronald Reagan | Yes |
| 1988 | George H.W. Bush | Yes |
| 1992 | Bill Clinton | Yes |
| 1996 | Bill Clinton | Yes |
| 2000 | George W. Bush | Yes |
| 2004 | George W. Bush | Yes |
| 2008 | John McCain | No |
| 2012 | Mitt Romney | No |
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