Encyclopedia > Former United States presidents who ran again
This is a list of former United States Presidents who actively campaigned to regain political office (the presidency, a seat in congress or governor) after leaving office. It is believed to be complete. The President of the United States (often abbreviated POTUS) is the head of state of the United States. ...
Some Presidents have been recruited, requested, or drafted to run again. This list, however, only includes those presidents who actively campaigned.
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This list only includes former Presidents who ran again for President. Martin Van Buren (December 5, 1782 â July 24, 1862), nicknamed Old Kinderhook, was the 8th President of the United States from 1837 to 1841. ...
Presidential electoral votes by state. ...
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States; the other being the Republican Party. ...
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 active in the 1848 and 1852 presidential elections, and in some state elections. ...
Not to be confused with Mallard Fillmore. ...
Presidential electoral votes by state. ...
The Know-Nothing movement was a nativist American political movement of the 1850s. ...
Ulysses S. Grant[2] (born Hiram Ulysses Grant, April 27, 1822 â July 23, 1885) was an American general and the 18th President of the United States (1869â1877). ...
Summary Keeping a promise made during the 1876 campaign, incumbent President Rutherford Hayes did not seek re-election. ...
The Republican Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. ...
Stephen Grover Cleveland (March 18, 1837 â June 24, 1908) was the 22nd and 24th President of the United States, and the only President to serve two non-consecutive terms (1885â1889 and 1893â1897). ...
Presidential electoral votes by state. ...
Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt, Jr. ...
Presidential electoral votes by state. ...
The United States Progressive Party of 1912 was a political party created by a split in the Republican Party in the presidential election 1912. ...
Other elective office John Quincy Adams (July 11, 1767 â February 23, 1848) was a diplomat, politician, and President of the United States (March 4, 1825 â March 4, 1829). ...
Seal of the House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives (or simply the House) is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress, the other being the Senate. ...
John Hancock, the first Governor The Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is the executive magistrate of the United States Commonwealth of Massachusetts. ...
John Tyler, Jr. ...
The Confederate Congress was the legislative body of the Confederate States of America, existing during the American Civil War between 1861 and 1865. ...
The Provisional Confederate Congress was the body which drafted the Confederate Constitution, elected Jefferson Davis President of the Confederacy, and designed the first Confederate flag. ...
Andrew Johnson (December 29, 1808 â July 31, 1875) was the seventeenth President of the United States (1865â1869), succeeding to the presidency upon the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. ...
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Seal of the House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives (or simply the House) is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress, the other being the Senate. ...
Seal of the U.S. Senate Federal courts Supreme Court Chief Justice Associate Justices Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures State Courts Counties, Cities, and Towns Other countries Politics Portal Senate composition following 2006 elections The United States Senate is...
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