Gerald Ford (1976), Al Gore (2000)
Walter Mondale in 1984 and Al Gore in 2000.
Walter Mondale in 1984 and Al Gore in 2000. Also, Richard Nixon in 1960, but he was later elected in 1968.
More American soldiers were killed in the Vietnam War under President Johnson than in any other conflict since 1960.
The total number of former vice presidents (not counting incumbent vice presidents) who ran for president since 1960 is five: Lyndon Johnson in 1964, Richard Nixon in 1968 and 1972, Gerald Ford in 1976, Walter Mondale in 1984, and George H. W. Bush in 1992. Johnson won, and Nixon won both times. Ford and Mondale lost. Bush won when he was the incumbent vice president but lost when he was the incumbent president.Including both incumbents and former Vice Presidents, those who ran for President and lost since 1960 are...1960 - Richard Nixon (won in '68 & '72)1968 - Hubert Humphrey1976 - Gerald Ford (served as President from '74 to '77)1984 - Walter Mondale1992 - George H. W. Bush (won in '88)2000 - Al GoreNixon, Bush and Gore each had been Vice President for eight years. Humphrey and Mondale each had been Vice President for four years. Ford had been Vice President for about eight months.
Gerald Ford (1976), Al Gore (2000)
In 1960, Senator John F. Kennedy beat incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon.In 1968, former Vice President Richard Nixon beat incumbent Vice President Hubert Humphrey.In 1976, former Vice President Gerald R. Ford, who was the incumbent President, having assumed the presidency in 1974 upon the resignation of Richard Nixon, lost to Jimmy Carter.In 1984, incumbent President Ronald Reagan beat former Vice President Walter Mondale.In 1988, incumbent Vice President George H. W. Bush beat Senator Michael Dukakis but lost four years later to Governor Bill Clinton.In 2000, Governor George W. Bush beat incumbent Vice President Al Gore.
Walter Mondale (1984) and Al Gore (2000).
Richard Nixon, Vice President under President Eisenhower, lost the 1960 presidential election to John F. Kennedy. Nixon won the presidential election eight years later, defeating Hubert Humphrey.
Gerald Ford (1976), Al Gore (2000)
Since 1960
In 1800, President John Adams lost to Thomas Jefferson. In 1828, President John Quincy Adams lost to Andrew Jackson. In 1840, President Martin Van Buren lost to William Henry Harrison. In 1888, President Grover Cleveland lost to Benjamin Harrison. In 1892, President Benjamin Harrison lost to former President Grover Cleveland. In 1912, President William Howard Taft lost to Woodrow Wilson. In 1932, President Herbert Hoover lost to Franklin D. Roosevelt. In 1976, President Gerald Ford lost to Jimmy Carter. In 1980, President Jimmy Carter lost to Ronald Reagan. In 1992, President George H. W. Bush lost to Bill Clinton.
The family felt that they lost their one and only father. Also, they knew that they lost their former president.