Faithless Elector

List the election years in which a member of the United States Electoral College did not vote for the presidential or vice-presidential candidate for whom they had pledged to vote. I've listed the number of faithless Electors in each particular election year and given the eventual election winner.
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# of Faithless Electors
Election Year
Eventual President
7
2016
Donald Trump
1
2004
George W. Bush
1
2000
George W. Bush
1
1988
George H. W. Bush
1
1976
Jimmy Carter
1
1972
Richard Nixon
1
1968
Rchard Nixon
1
1960
John F. Kennedy
1
1956
Dwight Eisenhower
1
1948
Harry Truman
8
1912
Woodrow Wilson
4
1896
William McKinley
1
1892
Grover Cleveland
63
1872
Ulysses S. Grant
23
1836
Martin Van Buren
32
1832
Andrew Jackson
7
1828
Andrew Jackson
1
1820
James Monroe
4
1812
James Madison
6
1808
James Madison
1
1800
Thomas Jefferson
18
1796
John Adams
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Level 90
Nov 12, 2016
And what fate, if any, befell these faithless electors? Treachery of this nature deserves heavy punishment.
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Level 81
Nov 14, 2016
Not much. Maybe a fine. Some states make it illegal to be a faithless elector which carries a fine. Other states invalidate the vote, so it would be the same as abstaining.