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Has a president ever won the popular vote and lost the election?
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In addition to presidential candidates who won the popular vote but lost the election (Al Gore in 2000 and Samuel Tilden in 1876 come to mind), there have been two people for which the statement as written is literally true:
Andrew Jackson won a plurality (not a majority, but more votes than any other candidate) of both the popular and electoral vote in the presidential election of 1824. However, since there were four candidates in the race that year and none of them had a majority, the decision went to the House of Representatives, who chose John Quincy Adams instead. Jackson then went on to later became president in the election of 1828, with a clear majority of both the popular and electoral vote, so for him the statement is true in retrospect, but not at the time of the first election.
Grover Cleveland also won a plurality of the popular vote in 1888 after his first term as president, though in his case he lost the electoral vote to Benjamin Harrison. He then ran again in 1892 and again won a plurality of the popular vote, but this time garnered a clear majority of the electoral vote and became president for a second time. He's the only one for whom the statement was true at the time of the election itself.
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Why did president bush became president even though he lost?
President George H. W. Bush won the election of 1988 then lost the election of 1992, after which he did not run again. His son, President George W. Bush, never lost a Presidential election.
What candidates ran for president and lost then ran again and won?
NixonThomas Jefferson lost in 1796 and won in 1800 and 1804.Andrew Jackson lost in 1824 and won in 1828 and 1832.William Henry Harrison lost in 1836 and won in 1840.Grover Cleveland lost in 1888 and won in 1892. He had also won in 1884; he is the only U.S. President to be voted out of office then voted back in four years later. Also, he received more popular votes than Benjamin Harrison in the 1888 election, making him the only President besides Franklin D. Roosevelt to win the popular vote in at least three consecutive elections.Richard M. Nixon lost in 1960 and won in 1968 and 1972.There was also one U.S. President who had previously run for Vice President and lost: Franklin D. Roosevelt lost the vice presidential election of 1920 then won the presidential elections of 1932, 1936, 1940 and 1944.(Thomas A. Hendricks lost the vice presidential election of 1876 then won the vice presidential election of 1884.)
How did Rutherford B. Hayes become president?
He won the popular and electoral vote. Actually he didn't win the popular vote and thought he had lost the election. In a nutshell, he became president when he was able to broker a "backroom" deal with the Democrats.
In 1876 and 1888 presidential candidates won the popular vote?
But still lost the election. Your welcome.
All the following were a presidential candidate in the 1860 election except:?
abrham lincoln
Who lost the re-election by the worst margin ever?
President James Carter lost the re-election by the worst margin ever recorded. He was defeated by Ronald Reagan who won 90.9% of the electoral vote and 50.8 percent of the popular vote. Reagan carried 44 of the 50 states.
Democratic candidate for president in 1876 who won the popular vote but lost the election?
Samuel Tilden
Was Benjamin Harrison a very popular president?
No. Not really. He lost the popular vote the year he was elected, 1888, and lost his try for re-election in 1892. He was rather stiff and formal as a person.
Why did president bush became president even though he lost?
President George H. W. Bush won the election of 1988 then lost the election of 1992, after which he did not run again. His son, President George W. Bush, never lost a Presidential election.
Has any president candidate ever lost his home state in an election?
Yes, most recently was Al Gore who lost his home state of Tennessee in 2000.
Has there ever been a president who lost both the electoral votes and poplular votes?
Yep The election of 1824. Jackson won both electoral and popular votes but didn't get majority. That's why The house of representatives whose the president. and John Q. Adams won.
Which American president lost a presidentail election before he won one?
(Stephen) Grover Cleavland. As an incumbant president, he lost the 1888 election to Benjamin Harrison, but defeated Harrison in the 1892 election.
What presidents lost the popular vote but won the electoral college in 1876?
Samuel J. Tilden lost the election of 1876 even though he won the popular votes. There were problems with the credentials of the electors from four states and Tilden needed only one of the votes from these state to win the election. He could have sued and likely kept the country hanging without a president for weeks, but he chose not to.
Which president's election was marred by charges of electoral vote corruption in Florida and other states after he lost the popular vote to his opponent?
Richard Nixon.
Who did Davy lose his election to?
he lost it to President Jackson :[
what president since 1888 to be elected president without winning the popular vote?
Benjamin Harrison won the 1888 election but lost in popular votes to Grover Cleveland.Since then, George W. Bush lost the popular vote in 2000 to Al Gore and , of course, Gerald Ford, was never elected President at all but took the office when Nixon resigned in mid-term.
Who ousted an incumbent President from office but then lost to them in the next election?
Benjamin Harrison ousted an incumbent President Grover Cleveland from office but then lost to him in the next election. This made Grover to be the 22nd and 24th President of USA.
