tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7608102379287542578.post427331476039351325..comments2023-06-04T03:46:41.170-07:00Comments on This Is a Blog: Incumbent Losers in BriefDaroffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06080844152656054319noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7608102379287542578.post-89353809770775798042020-11-21T18:35:19.199-08:002020-11-21T18:35:19.199-08:00No worries, man. All good.
I thought about 1844, ...No worries, man. All good.<br /><br />I thought about 1844, but the narrative didn’t do much for me. Ultimately, it came down to Henry Clay’s THIRD run, which was like, eh. Sarah Polk, though, is fascinating. I’ve had her biography sitting on my shelf for months, it’s just not very well written.<br /><br />I’m probably never doing another election. I didn’t even finish this series. Ultimately theDaroffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06080844152656054319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7608102379287542578.post-14108271403997053752020-11-21T18:23:35.643-08:002020-11-21T18:23:35.643-08:00No worries, man. All good.
I thought about 1844, ...No worries, man. All good.<br /><br />I thought about 1844, but the narrative didn’t do much for me. Ultimately, it came down to Henry Clay’s THIRD run, which was like, eh. Sarah Polk, though, is fascinating. I’ve had her biography sitting on my shelf for months, it’s just not very well written.<br /><br />I’m probably never doing another election. I didn’t even finish this series. Ultimately theDaroffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06080844152656054319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7608102379287542578.post-77092479834912494272020-11-21T11:39:30.728-08:002020-11-21T11:39:30.728-08:00I gotcha man, hope I didn't come across like I...I gotcha man, hope I didn't come across like I was pointing out a problem or anything. Pierce being the only elected president to lose renomination is just one of my favorite lesser known presidential fun facts to bring up. It makes him unique among the losers, haha. At least the likes of Fillmore and Arthur can say "Hey, we were just supposed to balance the ticket. We didn't expect Nulla Lex Ink.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00903256895535081399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7608102379287542578.post-51114104348726013242020-11-21T10:05:07.595-08:002020-11-21T10:05:07.595-08:00On further research, I'm going to let it stand...On further research, I'm going to let it stand as is. Yes, he's the only ELECTED president to lose re-nomination, but Tyler and Fillmore, despite how they got into office, still also sought re-nomination and failed, making them functionally the same. The umbrella here is sitting president who fails to hold the White House for their party, how they got there is irrelevant. Further muddyingDaroffnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7608102379287542578.post-68165942652012180952020-11-21T09:34:55.875-08:002020-11-21T09:34:55.875-08:00How the hell did I not know that? I’ve been to the...How the hell did I not know that? I’ve been to the Pierce homestead. I should know these things. Thanks for the heads up. I’m going to do a little re-writingDaroffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06080844152656054319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7608102379287542578.post-2646833782376735952020-11-17T07:20:25.798-08:002020-11-17T07:20:25.798-08:00Pierce also sort of belongs on this list too. He t...Pierce also sort of belongs on this list too. He tried for renomination in 1856 and lost it to Buchanan, which as far as I'm aware makes him the only elected incumbent president outright denied renomination by his party. The only others were those who ascended or ran who a non consecutive term, like Van Buren in 1844 and Grant in 1880. Some would include Truman and Lyndon Johnson since Nulla Lex Ink.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00903256895535081399noreply@blogger.com