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Encyclopedia > Former U.S. presidents who ran again

This is a complete list of former U.S. Presidents who actively campaigned to regain a political office (the presidency or otherwise) after leaving office the first time.


Former Presidents who attempted to regain the presidency:

President Previous term Reason their term ended Year of
attempted
comeback
Result Notes
Martin Van Buren 1837-1841 (A) 1844 Lost Failed in his attempt to win the nomination of the Democratic Party
1848 Lost First candidate of the newly formed Free Soil Party
Millard Fillmore 1850-1853 (B) 1856 Lost Nominee for the American Party (Know Nothing)
Ulysses Grant 1869-1877 (C) 1880 Lost Failed in his attempt to win the nomination of the Republican Party
Grover Cleveland 1885-1889 (A) 1892 Won Only president to succeed at his comeback attempt, he won in 1892 and served four more years
Theodore Roosevelt 1901-1909 (C) 1912 Lost Nominee of the Progressive Party (Bullmoose), after he was denied the nomination of the Republican Party

Former Presidents who ran for Congress: Martin Van Buren (December 5, 1782 – July 24, 1862), nicknamed Old Kinderhook, was the eighth President of the United States. ... Presidential electoral votes by state. ... The Democratic Party, founded in 1792, is the longest-standing political party in the world. ... Summary President James Polk, having achieved virtually all of his objectives in one term and suffering from declining health that would take his life less than four months after leaving office, chose not to seek re-election. ... The Free Soil Party was a short-lived political party in the United States organized in 1848 that petered out by about 1852. ... Millard Fillmore (January 7, 1800 – March 8, 1874) was the thirteenth President of the United States, serving from 1850 until 1853, and the last member of the Whig Party to hold the nations highest office. ... Presidential electoral votes by state. ... The Know-Nothing movement was a nativist American political movement of the 1850s. ... Ulysses S. Grant (April 27, 1822 – July 23, 1885) was the 18th President of the United States (1869–1877). ... Summary Keeping a promise made during the 1876 campaign, incumbent President Rutherford Hayes did not seek re-election. ... The Republican Party, often called the GOP (for Grand Old Party), is a political party and is one of the two major political parties in the United States (the other being the Democratic Party). ... Stephen Grover Cleveland (March 18, 1837–June 24, 1908) was the 22nd (1885–1889) and 24th (1893–1897) President of the United States, and the only President to serve two non-consecutive terms. ... Presidential electoral votes by state. ... Theodore Roosevelt (October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919) was the 26th (1901–09) President of the United States. ... Presidential electoral votes by state. ... The United States Progressive Party refers to three distinct political parties in 20th-century United States politics. ...

President Previous term Reason their term ended Year of
attempted
comeback
Office Result Notes
John Quincy Adams 1825-1829 (A) 1831 U.S. House Won Only ex-President to serve in the House
Andrew Johnson 1865-1869 (B) 1868 U.S. Senate Lost
1872 U.S. House Lost
1874 U.S. Senate Won Only ex-President to serve in the Senate

Reason their first Presidential term Ended: John Quincy Adams (July 11, 1767 – February 23, 1848) was the sixth (1825-1829) President of the United States. ... Seal of the House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives is one of the two houses of the Congress of the United States, the other being the Senate. ... Andrew Johnson (December 29, 1808 – July 31, 1875) was the sixteenth Vice President (1865) and the seventeenth President of the United States (1865–1869), succeeding to the presidency upon the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. ... The United States Senate is the upper house of the U.S. Congress, smaller than the United States House of Representatives. ... Seal of the House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives is one of the two houses of the Congress of the United States, the other being the Senate. ... The United States Senate is the upper house of the U.S. Congress, smaller than the United States House of Representatives. ...

  • (A) - defeated in the General Election
  • (B) - denied nomination by their party
  • (C) - retired
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