His pardon of Richard Nixon
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.
Grover Cleveland was the twenty-second and twenty-fourth President of the United States, the only person to serve non-sequential terms. He was initially elected in 1884, but lost reelection to Benjamin Harrison in 1888. Cleveland actually won the popular vote in 1888, but lost the critical states of New York and Indiana by less than 20,000 votes. He returned in 1892 to defeat Harrison.
The incumbent President George H. W. Bush ran for the Republicans in 1992 and lost to Bill Clinton.
Richard Nixon
Benjamin Harrison
Lincoln lost his business as a merchant. He lost reelection to the Illinois General Assembly. Lincoln lost reelection to the US House of Representatives. And as US President, he lost his life to an assassins bullet.
He lost his reelection attempt to Ronald Reagan.
John Adams lost reelection to Thomas Jefferson. Something to keep in mind was that for the first few presidential elections, the winner became President and the runner-up was VP, even if they were from different political parties.
John Adams was president for four years. He ran for reelection, but lost to Thomas Jefferson, who was his former vice-president.
Twice. The first time in 1976 in which he was elected. The second for reelection in 1980 in which he lost to Ronald Reagan.
His pardon of Richard Nixon
John Quincy Adams was the first president to be denied reelection. He lost the election to Andrew Jackson. He then was elected to the House of Representatives.
Jimmy Carter was U. S. President from January, 1977 until January, 1981, when he lost reelection to Ronald Reagan.
George W. Bush, Sr. President Bush served his first and only term from 1989 to 1993. He lost his reelection bid in 1992 to Bill Clinton.
The usual term is a "lame duck" president, although this can also be applied to a two term president who's party is voted out of office for the next election - i.e. George H.W. Bush was a "lame duck" president because he only served one term, and George W. Bush was a "lame duck " president because his party lost the next presidential election.
George Bush Sr. lost his reelection bid to Bill Clinton. George Bush Jr. was president AFTER Clinton.