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I’m not a history buff re: presidents running for re-election
Posted on 7/21/24 at 10:28 pm
Posted on 7/21/24 at 10:28 pm
How many former Presidents decided not to run for re-election?
10
Posted on 7/21/24 at 10:29 pm to dkreller
The most recent example is LBJ in 1968.
Posted on 7/21/24 at 10:30 pm to SCLibertarian
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The most recent example is LBJ in 1968.
With a convention in Chicago.
Posted on 7/21/24 at 10:30 pm to SCLibertarian
Ah so that explains the Chicago shite fest back then.
Posted on 7/21/24 at 10:30 pm to dkreller
It happens every time Democrats are behind in the polls.
Posted on 7/21/24 at 10:32 pm to dkreller
Truman was eligible in 1952 but did an LBJ & quit
Posted on 7/21/24 at 10:40 pm to dkreller
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How many former Presidents decided not to run for re-election?
Not many.
Since the 2 terms was put in stone post-FDR, the ones who have not run were Truman and LBJ, IIRC.
Pre-FDR, the ones coming to mind are TR (let Taft run in 1908 before challenging him in 1912), Rutherford B Hayes (did not run in 1880 as part of the deal cut related to the disputed 1876 election), etc.
It happens but very rarely.
Posted on 7/21/24 at 10:45 pm to teke184
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1912), Rutherford B Hayes (did not run in 1880 as part of the deal cut related to the disputed 1876 election), etc.
Interdasting.
Posted on 7/21/24 at 10:50 pm to dkreller
Well, every sitting 2-term president before FDR techncially could have run for a 3rd term. They chose not to until FDR, which caused the rules to be changed.
LBJ was the last president who was under those rules who chose not to seek a term he legally could have. He dropped out during the primaries (the same primaries where Robert Kennedy was shot).
Truman was only elected once, but since he served more than 2 years of FDR's last elected term, with the new rules he was ineligible to run again.
Rutherford B. Hayes made a pledge to only serve one term as president and did not seek relection after his term was over. James Buchanan did the same thing. James Polk as well.
Millard Filmore chose not to run for a second term, not because of a promise but due to low support from his party.
There were several sitting presidents who sought the nomination of their party but did not win it. Franklin Pierce, Andrew Johnson and Chester Arthur for example.
John Tyler ran as a third party candidate to seek reelection after he left the whigs and the demcratic republicans refused to take him back (he had left them before)
LBJ was the last president who was under those rules who chose not to seek a term he legally could have. He dropped out during the primaries (the same primaries where Robert Kennedy was shot).
Truman was only elected once, but since he served more than 2 years of FDR's last elected term, with the new rules he was ineligible to run again.
Rutherford B. Hayes made a pledge to only serve one term as president and did not seek relection after his term was over. James Buchanan did the same thing. James Polk as well.
Millard Filmore chose not to run for a second term, not because of a promise but due to low support from his party.
There were several sitting presidents who sought the nomination of their party but did not win it. Franklin Pierce, Andrew Johnson and Chester Arthur for example.
John Tyler ran as a third party candidate to seek reelection after he left the whigs and the demcratic republicans refused to take him back (he had left them before)
Posted on 7/21/24 at 10:50 pm to dkreller
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How many former Presidents decided not to run for re-election?
Polk 1848
Hayes 1880
Teddy Roosevelt 1908
Coolidge 1928
Johnson 1968
Biden 2024
Truman 1952 - He could have sought a 3rd term and he declined. The 22nd Amendment, ratified in 1951, exempted him as the sitting President at the time.
Posted on 7/21/24 at 11:08 pm to GumplandTiger
Everyone leaves out Washington.
Posted on 7/21/24 at 11:13 pm to Dday63
Did Andrew Johnson run in 1868?
Chester Arthur in 1884?
Chester Arthur in 1884?
Posted on 7/21/24 at 11:14 pm to GRTiger
The 1876 election was one of the bigger clusterfricks.
It came down to votes in three states which were under Reconstruction (LA, FL, SC, I believe) where both sides claim to have won.
It went to a panel that was evenly filled with Dems and GOP with one independent.
The Dems in his home state appointed the independent to the senate, so he vacated his position and it got filled by the GOP. GOP wins, Hayes agrees not to run for reelection, and Reconstruction ends as part of the bargain.
It came down to votes in three states which were under Reconstruction (LA, FL, SC, I believe) where both sides claim to have won.
It went to a panel that was evenly filled with Dems and GOP with one independent.
The Dems in his home state appointed the independent to the senate, so he vacated his position and it got filled by the GOP. GOP wins, Hayes agrees not to run for reelection, and Reconstruction ends as part of the bargain.
Posted on 7/21/24 at 11:16 pm to dkreller
Slight change of topic- has any President lost re-election and then came back and won a second but non-consecutive term?
Posted on 7/21/24 at 11:20 pm to Big Jim Slade
Grover Cleveland, somewhat famously.
Posted on 7/21/24 at 11:31 pm to Ace Midnight
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Grover Cleveland, somewhat famously
“In my day, presidents spanked us all the time! I was once spanked by Grover Cleveland on two non-consecutive occasions!” - Abe Simpson
Posted on 7/22/24 at 6:19 am to DawginSC
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Millard Filmore chose not to run for a second term, not because of a promise but due to low support from his party.
There were several sitting presidents who sought the nomination of their party but did not win it. Franklin Pierce, Andrew Johnson and Chester Arthur for example.
This is what makes Biden so unique. He not only ran for a second term, he faced no serious threats in securing his party’s nomination. Then suddenly drops out less than a month before a ceremonial convention.
LBJ had a couple of similarities to Biden. LBJ personally began to worry more about his health (he died in January ‘73 only a couple of days after his second term would have ended) He probably would have secured the nomination, but the concerns at the time were that the process and campaign would be messy, split the party, and cost LBJ in the general election.
January 1, 1968: LBJ was considered a shoe-in for the nomination. Sen. Eugene McCarthy was his only opposition, but he was having trouble raising money and no national organization.
March 31 1968: LBJ announces he’s not seeking his party’s nomination.
Things went downhill fast.
Posted on 7/22/24 at 6:54 am to dkreller
Posted on 7/22/24 at 6:58 am to dkreller
LBJ is the only one, at least in my lifetime, I can think of. Harry Truman could have run again in '52, but didn't as the 22nd Amendment had not yet taken effect.
This post was edited on 7/22/24 at 7:09 am
Posted on 7/22/24 at 7:22 am to GumplandTiger
I guess Truman figured 7 years was enough. A lot of Presidents are relieved when the end comes. Ike was. The pressures and responsibilities especially today take a toll.
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