Which U.S. presidents won the Electoral College while losing the national popular vote?

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Alabama certificate showing the state's electors' votes — Electoral College A certificate from Alabama showing the signatures of the state's electors in 2000. The nine electors voted for George W. Bush and his running mate Dick Cheney.

To date, four U.S. presidents have won the Electoral College while losing the national popular vote:12

Rutherford B. Hayes in 187612
Benjamin Harrison in 188812
George W. Bush in 200012
Donald Trump in 201612

While these four instances represent cases where the popular vote winner lost the presidency, it is important to note that in many other elections, candidates have been elected without achieving a majority of the national popular vote, though they still won the popular vote plurality. Additionally, in 1824, Andrew Jackson won a plurality of both the popular and electoral votes but lost the presidency to John Quincy Adams after the election was decided by the House of Representatives.2