List of former presidents of the United States who ran for office
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This is a list of former presidents of the United States who ran for office (the presidency, a seat in Congress, or governor) after leaving office as president. It does not include presidents who sought reelection to a consecutive term while still in office. Prior to the passage of the 22nd Amendment, presidents could run for re-election without restriction;[1] Donald Trump is the first president to win a non-consecutive term since its passage. [2]
Some presidents have been recruited, requested, or drafted to run again. This list, however, only includes those presidents who actively campaigned.
Presidency
[edit]This list only includes former presidents who ran again for president.
President | Previous term | Reason the president first left office |
Year of attempted comeback |
Result | Notes |
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Martin Van Buren[3] | 1837–1841 | Defeated in the general election | 1844 | Lost | Failed in his attempt to win the nomination of the Democratic Party |
1848 | Lost | First nominee of the newly formed Free Soil Party | |||
Millard Fillmore[4] | 1850–1853 | Denied nomination by his party | 1856 | Lost | Nominee for the American Party (Know Nothing) |
Ulysses S. Grant[5] | 1869–1877 | Retired | 1880 | Lost | Failed in his attempt to win the nomination of the Republican Party |
Grover Cleveland[6] | 1885–1889 | Defeated in the general election | 1892 | Won | First president to succeed at his comeback attempt of winning a non-consecutive term, served four more years and would be the only for 132 years. |
Theodore Roosevelt[7] | 1901–1909 | Retired | 1912 | Lost | Nominee of the Progressive Party (Bull Moose), after he was denied the nomination of the Republican Party. |
Herbert Hoover[8] | 1929–1933 | Defeated in the general election | 1940 | Lost | Failed in his attempt to win the nomination of the Republican Party |
Donald Trump[9] | 2017–2021 | Defeated in the general election | 2024 | Won | Second president to succeed at his comeback attempt of winning a non-consecutive term. |
Other elected office
[edit]President | Presidential term | Reason for leaving office | Year of election | Office | Result | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
John Quincy Adams | 1825–1829 | Defeated in the general election[10] | 1830–1846 (9 elections) |
U.S. House of Representatives | Won | Only former president to serve in the House, served until his 1848 death. |
1833 | Governor of Massachusetts | Lost[11] | Continued in House after defeat. | |||
John Tyler | 1841–1845 | Denied nomination by his party/withdrew from race | 1861 | Confederate States Congress | Won | Died before he could take office (had served in unelected Provisional Congress).[12] Only former president to ever run for an office outside the United States. |
Andrew Johnson | 1865–1869 | Denied nomination by his party | 1872 | U.S. House of Representatives | Lost | Ran as an Independent and finished 3rd in the general election.[13] |
1874 | U.S. Senate | Won | Only former president to serve in the Senate, served until his 1875 death.[14] |
Major appointed office
[edit]President | Previous term | Reason first left office | Year of appointment |
Office | Result | Notes |
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William Howard Taft | 1909–1913 | Defeated in the general election | 1921[15] | Chief Justice of the United States | Confirmed | Only former president ever to serve on the Supreme Court, served until his 1930 resignation.[16] |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ DeSilver, Drew. "Few former presidents have run for their old jobs – or anything else – after leaving office". Pew Research Center. Archived from the original on April 26, 2023. Retrieved 2023-04-26.
- ^ Fins, Antonio (November 15, 2022). "A second Trump administration would be limited to one term, says U.S. Constitution". The Palm Beach Post. Retrieved 2023-04-26.
- ^ Shepard, Edward Morse. "Martin Van Buren". gutenberg.org. Archived from the original on February 7, 2023. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
- ^ Smith, Elbert B. (1988). The presidencies of Zachary Taylor & Millard Fillmore. Lawrence, Kan.: University Press of Kansas. ISBN 978-0-7006-0362-6.
- ^ Chernow, Ron (2017). Grant. New York. ISBN 9781594204876.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "Presidential Election of 1892: A Resource Guide (Virtual Programs & Services, Library of Congress)". www.loc.gov. Archived from the original on February 6, 2023. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
- ^ Morris, Edmund (2010). Colonel Roosevelt (First ed.). New York. ISBN 978-0375504877.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Hagerty, James A (June 26, 1940). "Hoover Bids for Nomination to Fight New Deal; Stronger Anti-War Plank Put in Platform; Italy to Occupy Areas in France and Africa". New York Times. Archived from the original on February 6, 2023. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
- ^ Kurtzleben, Danielle. "Trump announces 2024 presidential run". NPR. Archived from the original on April 13, 2023. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
- ^ "The American Presidency Project". www.presidency.ucsb.edu. UC Santa Barbara. Archived from the original on February 7, 2023. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
- ^ "Adams, John Quincy". United States House of Representatives. Archived from the original on March 6, 2023. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
- ^ "DEATH OF EX-PRESIDENT TYLER". The New York Times. 22 January 1862. Archived from the original on April 19, 2023.
- ^ Castel, Albert (1979). The Presidency of Andrew Johnson. Lawrence: Regents Press of Kansas. ISBN 978-0-7006-0190-5.
- ^ Castel, Albert (1979). The Presidency of Andrew Johnson. Lawrence: Regents Press of Kansas. ISBN 978-0-7006-0190-5.
- ^ "William Howard Taft (Sept. 15, 1857 - March 8, 1930)". Supreme Court of Ohio. Archived from the original on April 19, 2023. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
- ^ "William Howard Taft Court (1921-1930)". Justia Law. Archived from the original on April 26, 2023. Retrieved 2023-04-26.