President Gerald Ford served as president without having being elected. He took Spiro T. Agnew's place as vice president when he resigned. Ford then took the presidency when President Richard M. Nixon resigned. Ford lost his bid in the 1976 election to Jimmy Carter.
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Democratic Party candidate William J. Bryan ran for president three times and never won the presidential election. William McKinley won the 1896 presidential election defeating William J. Bryan. Incumbent President William McKinley won reelection in the 1900 presidential election again defeating William J. Bryan. William Taft won the 1908 presidential election defeating William J. Bryan.
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In the 2012-2013 presidential election President Barrack Obama Won the election going against Governor Mitt Romney
President Barack Obama
The men who never won a presidential election are: you me billions of others The U.S. Presidents who never won a U.S. presidential election are: John Tyler Millard Fillmore Andrew Johnson Chester A. Arthur Gerald R. Ford
There was no U.S. presidential election in 1866. Incumbent President Abraham Lincoln won reelection in the 1864 presidential election defeating George McClellan. Ulysses S. Grant won the 1868 presidential election defeating Horatio Seymour.
He won his party's nomination and the Presidential election.
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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.
Herbert Hoover won the 1928 presidential election defeating Alfred Smith.
In 1852, Franklin Pierce won the election to be the 14th US President. In 1856 James Buchanan was elected to be the 15th US President. Therefore, there was no presidential election in 1854.
Dwight Eisenhower won the 1952 presidential election defeating Adlai Stevenson. Incumbent President Dwight Eisenhower won reelection in the 1956 presidential election defeating Adlai Stevenson. John F. Kennedy won the 1960 presidential election defeating Richard Nixon. Lyndon Johnson won the 1964 presidential election defeating Barry Goldwater. Richard Nixon won the 1968 presidential election defeating Hubert Humphrey. Incumbent President Richard Nixon won reelection in the 1972 presidential election defeating George McGovern.