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Sunday, September 29, 2024

Presidential Election Trivia

If Donald Trump wins the election in November, he will become only the second president in U.S. history to serve nonconsecutive terms. In addition to that terrifying prospect, here are a few other trivial points from presidential history.

If Kamala Harris wins in November, Trump will become the fifth major-party two-time (or more) loser. The other four are: Henry Clay, William Jennings Bryan, Thomas Dewey, and Adlai Stevenson. (Martin Van Buren could be added, if we count his Free Soil Party candidacy in 1848.)

Trump is the eighth person to run for the presidency three or more times as a major party candidate. The other seven are Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson, Henry Clay, Grover Cleveland, William Jennings Bryan, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Richard Nixon. (Again, Martin Van Buren could be added, if we count his Free Soil Party candidacy in 1848.)

Comments are open to point out errors, omissions, or elaborations.

 

Posted by Steve Lubet on September 29, 2024 at 09:31 AM | Permalink

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