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(Tuesday, November 8, 2016, during the 2016 presidential campaign) — Republican businessman Donald Trump of New York was elected president of the United States today despite Democratic former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton of New York winning the national popular vote.

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Trump and his running mate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, defeated Clinton and her running mate, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia, in the Electoral College, 304-227, despite Clinton receiving 48.2% of the national popular vote to Trump’s 46.1% — a difference of nearly 2.9 million votes.

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The result marked the fifth time in U.S. history that a presidential candidate won the Electoral College while receiving fewer votes nationwide than his opponent.

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The Associated Press declared Trump the winner at 2:29 a.m. Eastern on Nov. 9 after determining that his victory in Wisconsin’s 10 electoral votes put him over the 270 electoral votes needed to win the presidency.

Clinton ultimately received 65,853,516 votes nationwide, compared with 62,984,828 for Trump.

Trump and Pence were sworn in for their four-year terms on January 20, 2017.