List of African-American United States presidential and vice presidential candidates
The following is a list of African-American United States presidential and vice-presidential nominees and candidates for nomination. Nominees are candidates nominated or otherwise selected by political parties for particular offices. Listed are those African Americans who achieved ballot access for the national election in at least one state. They may have won the nomination of one of the US political 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 candidates whose parties lost ballot status for additional runs.
Not included in the first two tables are African Americans who did campaigns in nominating conventions or primary elections for their party's nomination, write-in candidates, potential candidates, or fictional candidates.
The third table includes African Americans who ran for their party's presidential nomination but who were not nominated, as well as those who are currently pursuing their party's presidential nomination.
Barack Obama became the second bi-racial candidate to be nominated for president or vice president by a major party, the first nominated for president, and the second to win, when he became the Democratic Party presidential nominee in the 2008 election and was elected. He was re-elected in the 2012 election.
U.S. Presidential candidates: Party nominees
Denotes winning candidate.Candidates receiving electoral votes
Candidates receiving popular votes
U.S. Vice-Presidential candidates: Party nominees
Through the 2016 presidential election, no African-American candidates have received electoral votes for vice president.Candidates receiving popular votes
U.S. President: Other candidates for party nomination
Candidates who failed to receive their party's nomination. Candidates who won the nomination belong in the above tables only.| Year | Name | Party | Details | Nomination winner |
| 1848 | ' | Liberty Party | 1 vote at national convention | |
| 1888 | ' | Republican Party | 1 vote at national convention | |
| 1968 | ' | Democratic Party | 67.5 votes at national convention | |
| 1972 | ' | Democratic Party | 152 votes at national convention | |
| 1972 | ' | Democratic Party | 1 vote at national convention; 21,217 votes and winner of Washington, D.C. primary | |
| 1976 | ' | Democratic Party | 1 vote at national convention | |
| 1976 | ' | Democratic Party | 10,149 votes in Washington, D.C. primary | |
| 1984 | ' | Democratic Party | 466 votes at national convention | |
| 1988 | ' | Democratic Party | 1218.5 votes at national convention | |
| 1992 | ' | Democratic Party | Withdrew before Iowa caucuses | |
| 1992 | ' | Republican Party | 1 vote at national convention. Keyes was the Republican candidate in the U.S. Senate election in Maryland at the time, and was not actively seeking the presidency in 1992. | |
| 1996 | ' | Republican Party | 1 vote at national convention | |
| 1996 | ' | Republican Party | 1052 votes in Oklahoma primary | |
| 2000 | ' | Republican Party | 6 votes at national convention | |
| 2000 | ' | Republican Party | 6 votes in Alabama straw poll | |
| 2004 | ' | Democratic Party | Withdrew before Iowa caucuses | |
| 2004 | ' | Democratic Party | Earned 26 delegates in 5 primaries and caucuses | |
| 2008 | ' | Republican Party | Keyes withdrew from Republican Party on April 15, 2008, but remained on the Republican ballot in several states. | |
| 2008 | ' | Constitution Party | 125.7 votes at national convention. | |
| 2012 | ' | Republican Party | Withdrew on December 3, 2011. | |
| 2016 | ' | Democratic Party | Announced candidacy on June 1, 2015. | |
| 2016 | ' | Democratic Party | Announced candidacy on August 23, 2015. | |
| 2016 | ' | Green Party | 14.5 votes at national convention | Jill Stein |
| 2016 | ' | Peace and Freedom Party | 1,369 votes in California primary | |
| 2016 | ' | Republican Party | Announced candidacy on May 3, 2015. Withdrew on March 4, 2016. Earned 9 delegates. | |
| 2020 | ' | Democratic Party | Withdrew before Iowa caucuses | Joe Biden |
| 2020 | ' | Democratic Party | Withdrew before Iowa caucuses | Joe Biden |
| 2020 | ' | Democratic Party | Withdrew before Iowa caucuses | Joe Biden |
| 2020 | ' | Democratic Party | Announced candidacy on November 14, 2019. Withdrew on February 12, 2020. | Joe Biden |
| 2020 | ' | Green Party | 11.5 votes at national convention | Howie Hawkins |