Richard M. Nixon-1960
Hubert Humphrey-1968
Walter Mondale-1984
Al Gore-2000
Gerald R. Ford was previously VP under Nixon, and George Bush Sr. was VP under Reagan, but both served time as President before losing reelection.
There have been a total of ten incumbent U. S. Presidents who ran for reelection and lost. Three of them did so after 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.
Richard Nixon (V.P. 1953-1961) lost in 1960.
Hubert Humphrey (V.P. 1965-1969) lost in 1968.
Gerald Ford (V.P. 1973-1974) lost in 1976.
Walter Mondale (V.P. 1977-1981) lost in 1984.
George Bush (V.P. 1981-1989) lost in 1992.
Al Gore (V.P. 1993-2001) lost in 2000.
Walter Mondale, vice-president under Carter, ran for president in 1984 and lost. Al Gore, vice-president under Clinton, ran for president in 2000 and lost to George W. Bush.
Some more recent examples are Al Gore, Bob Dole, Walter Mondale, George H. W. Bush ,Hubert Humphrey and Richard Nixon. LBJ ran as the incumbent president as did Truman.
Walter Mondale in 1984, and Al Gore in 2000.
Walter Mondale in 1984, and Al Gore in 2000.
Gerald Ford (1976), Al Gore (2000)
Walter Mondale in 1984 and Al Gore in 2000. Also, Richard Nixon in 1960, but he was later elected in 1968.
Walter Mondale (1984) and Al Gore (2000).
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)
Walter Mondale in 1984 and Al Gore in 2000.
The vice presidents who were nominated by their parties and lost the election were Thomas Jefferson in 1996, Richard Nixon in 1960, Hubert Humphrey in 1968, Bob Dole in 1996 and Al Gore in 2000. Former Vice Presidents John Adams, Martin Van Buren, Theodore Roosevelt, Gerald Ford and George W. Bush also lost presidential elections, but only after they were President.
Since 1960
Incumbent Vice Presidents who lost their presidential elections were...John C. Breckinridge (1860)Richard M. Nixon (1960)Hubert H. Humphrey (1968)Al Gore (2000)(Although Nixon lost the 1960 election, he ran again and won eight years later.... His opponent was the incumbent Vice President.)
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.
More American soldiers were killed in the Vietnam War under President Johnson than in any other conflict since 1960.
Lost in the Former West was created in 1994.