Hillary Clinton received more votes on Election Day than any other presidential candidate in U.S. history who lost the election, according to a final election count released Wednesday evening.

The Democrat took home 65,844,954 votes to President-elect Trump's 62,979,879, giving Clinton a 2.1 percent advantage over the billionaire businessman. To put that into perspective, Andrew Jackson won the popular vote by more than 10 percent in 1824, but lost the election to John Quincy Adams through the House of Representatives.

Clinton also beat out President Obama's numbers in 2012 by 389,944 votes, according to a CNN report. The final count does not take into account population growth.

Some supporters of Clinton have recently rallied against the Electoral College in light of her large popular vote advantage. Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif.,and Rep. Charlie Rangel, D-N.Y., have both introduced bills to rescind the process.

Trump has maintained he won the election fair and square, taunting Democrats that he also could have won the popular vote if that had been the determining factor. He also tweeted last month that he won the popular vote "if you deduct the millions of people who voted illegally."

Editor's note: A prior edition of this story incorrectly stated how John Quincy Adams won the 1824 election. We regret the error.