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| Eddv 08/25/17 2:40:59 PM #490: | scarletspeed7 posted... Hey, Eddv, this is a sidetrack but your mention of Bleeding Kansas reminded me of how well-versed you are in American history. How often in history has someone who lost in a general election for President come back to win in a subsequent election? On the top of a ticket? 4 Times. Adams technically lost two elections to Washington and was then elected his vice president for coming in second. Jefferson lost the election of 1796 before coming back to beat Adams in 1800. Andrew Jackson lost a 4 way race to John Quincy Adams, Henry Clay and some jobber I don't remember off the top of my head despite winning the popular vote (with like 29 %) and Adams was elected after Clay decided to back him. He came back the next election and creamed Adams after Adams had a pretty bad presidency where he did nothing but fight with his own party-controlled Congress. And then of course Grover Cleveland, who Grover Clevelanded. FDR was a vice presidential candidate who came back to win the presidency on his own 8 years later (he developed Polio in the meantime which is why a lot of people didnt know he was bound to a wheelchair - he had very publicly campaigned on two feet). But that's it. EDIT: Honorable Mention to Martin van Buren who after losing the Presidency ran for president like 4 more times on an anti-slavery platform for the pro-slavery Democratic Party, making him a pretty cool guy. --- Board 8's Voice of Reason http://i.imgur.com/chXIw06.jpg ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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