John Anderson ran as an "Independent:" in 1980.
John B. Anderson ran for president in 1980, and was an independent.
George Wallace
Ross Perot was the wealthy independent who ran in both 1992 and 1996 for president.
George H. W. Bush ran against Ronald Reagan in the 1980 Republican primaries, but lost. Bush would eventually become Reagan's Vice President.
Jimmy Carter, the Democratic incumbent ran against Republican Ronald Reagan. Independent John B. Anderson and Libertarian Ed Clark were also in the picture. Use the link provided to the Wikipedia article for more information.
Gus Hall ran for President of the United States four times in a row and was defeated each time. He ran in 1972, 1976, 1980, and 1984.
George Wallace
When Walter Mondale ran for Vice President in 1976 and 1980, he was Jimmy Carter's running mate. When he ran for President in 1984, his running mate was Geraldine Ferraro (that was the first of two times to date that a woman was one of the major party Vice Presidential candidates).
1980, against Reagan and Carter, as an independent
In the 1980 US presidential election, Ronald Reagan ran against Jimmy Carter and John B. Anderson. In 1984, Reagan ran against Walter Mondale and won a second term in office.In 1980, Reagan's main opponent was incumbent President Jimmy Carter.In 1984, Reagan's main opponent was former Vice-President Walter Mondale.
He was the 39th President and served, 1977-1981.
Manuel Pinto da Costa was the President of São Tomé and Príncipe in 1980.Pinto da Costa is an economist educated in Germany and was the first President of São Tomé and Príncipe from 1975 July 12 to 1991 March 4. When the country became a democracy, Pinto da Costa chose not to run for election. He ran as an independent for President in 2011 and won in the run-off 53% to 47. He became president again on 2011 September 3.