Question for resident historians of DU

[SwampG8r]

i have been looking for the answer to a question and maybe you can help me with the answer.


Has a candidate for president of a major party,who failed to win the nomination of that party in an earlier election,ever gone on to win that parties nomination and become president at a later date.

[grantcart]

1. Of course Ronald Reagan

On edit George Bush Senior also failed in his earlier bid

Lyndon Johnson failed to get the nomination in 1960


Just off the top of my head but I think you will find a lot of them depending how far you want to go back.

[monmouth]

2. Nixon????

[grantcart]

9. no Nixon failed winning the Governorship in 62 but won the nomination the three

times he ran for it 60 68 and 72

[Crunchy Frog]

10. I don't think so. He won the nomination in 1960,

just didn't win the election.

[Zynx]

3. Reagan. Failed in 1976, came back in 1980.

[Gman]

4. Yes

off hand, JFK in 1956, LBJ also in 56. Reagan in 76 against Ford. I'm sure there are others.

[salonghorn70]

14. No on JFK

Actually, JFK was not a candidate for President in 1956. He was nominated for VP in 1956 when Stevenson threw the convention open for the VP nomination. Also, LBJ was a candidate in 1960 and not 1956.

[Parche]

5. Few Times

Andrew Jackson, Nixon, are a few that come to mind............


:hi:

[grantcart]

8. Nixon failed at winning the Governor of Ca and his first Presidential bid

but never failed in getting the nomination.

[SwampG8r]

11. dammit man you are right again

he was never a failed candidate he was nominated twice
so we have reagan and who else?

[Parche]

13. I Misread The Post

Reagan is correct,

[grantcart]

17. Reagan, Bush Sr, LBJ in modern history you would have to go way back to get

any more

[SwampG8r]

6. dang i always leave reagan out

for some reason he doesnt register on my memories
nixon was the only other i could think of
thanks for anyone inputting this thread

[LeftishBrit]

19. I wish Reagan didn't register on MY memories

not to mention his best pal Maggie Thatcher!!!

[scheming daemons]

7. LBJ... failed in 1960..... won in 1964....

[onenote]

12. Poppa Bush -- didn't get nomination in 1980, got it and won in 1988

It helped that he got the VP nod in 1980, of course.

[Mass]

15. At least Reagan and GHW Bush.

[salonghorn70]

16. Going Back to 1932

Only LBJ, Reagan and BUSH Sr. Of course Gore would also be included if it had not been for the Supremes. Gore was a candidate in 1988. So what does all of this mean? LBJ and Bush would not have been elected President had they not been a VP.

[LeftishBrit]

18. Yes, there are a few recent examples

Reagan lost to Ford in '76, and then became president in '80.

Daddy Bush lost to Reagan in '80; was then taken on as vice-president and became president in '88.

Gore lost the Dem nomination to Dukakis in '88; won the nomination in 2000; and was elected, but.........................

I am sure there must have been other examples earlier.

[LTR]

20. Quite a few

Though in previous years, there really wasn't much of a primary season. It's a rather vague, murky issue, since candidates then ran rather nonchalantly. Many candidates just showed up at the convention (where the nominees were picked) and perhaps even got delegate votes. Some were 'favorite son' candidates.

Here are some from the 20th century

Democrats:

John F. Kennedy - 1956 (may have had some favorite son support)
Lyndon B. Johnson - 1956, 1960

Republicans:

Calvin Coolidge - 1920
Herbert Hoover - 1920
Ronald Reagan - 1968, 1976
George H.W. Bush - 1980

[salonghorn70]

21. JFK and LBJ

JFK was not nominated as a favorite son Presidential candidate in 1956 and he did not seek the 1956 Presidential nomination. LBJ was nominated as a favorite son in 1956 but did not actively seek the nomination in the sense that LBJ did in 1960, Reagan did in 1976 and Bush Sr. did in 1980. JFK was nominated for VP in 1956 and did actively seek that nomination when Stevenson threw the nomination to the convention.