Sat Dec 8, 2018, 05:04 PM

US Politics: sitting presidents not renominated.

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I was curious about this as it could apply in 2020.

Apparently it’s only happened once to an elected president, Franklin Pierce (14) in 1856.

Others ( John Tyler, Millard Fillmore, Andrew Johnson and Chester Arthur) were denied nomination but were not elected to the presidency and all had assumed the presidency as VP at the death of the president.

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US Politics: sitting presidents not renominated. (Original post)	California_Republic	Dec 2018	OP
It'll be very unlikely.	Drunken Irishman	Dec 2018	#1
I had a great great etc.... grandson of Franklin Pierce for my 5th grade teacher	Cal Carpenter	Dec 2018	#2
Trump wasn't elected, either.	JaneQPublic	Dec 2018	#3
I think you are forgetting LBJ	TexasTowelie	Dec 2018	#4
Poor poll numbers because of a little problem called Viet Nam (n/t)	PJMcK	Dec 2018	#5
But he chose not to run on his own	Polybius	Dec 2018	#6
" I will not seek, nor will I except your nomination"	California_Republic	Dec 2018	#8
Andrew Johnson not Jackson	Sneederbunk	Dec 2018	#7
Thanks! Corrected	California_Republic	Dec 2018	#9

Response to California_Republic (Original post)

Sat Dec 8, 2018, 05:07 PM

Drunken Irishman (34,857 posts)

1. It'll be very unlikely.

Trump is unpopular - but very popular with the base, the people who'll renominate him.

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Response to California_Republic (Original post)

Sat Dec 8, 2018, 05:13 PM

Cal Carpenter (4,959 posts)

2. I had a great great etc.... grandson of Franklin Pierce for my 5th grade teacher

He pretty much said that his esteemed ancestor was most known for being one of the worst presidents ever.

Also, that they both had 6 toes on one of their feet (or both feet? I forget). He then proceeded to show us that foot.

Probably one of the few things I remember from school that year, LOL.

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Response to California_Republic (Original post)

Sat Dec 8, 2018, 05:22 PM

JaneQPublic (7,113 posts)

3. Trump wasn't elected, either.

He was installed by Vladimir Putin.

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Response to California_Republic (Original post)

Sat Dec 8, 2018, 05:30 PM

TexasTowelie (97,942 posts)

4. I think you are forgetting LBJ

if I'm reading your criteria correctly. While he was VP in 1963 when JFK was killed, LBJ won the nomination on his own in 1964, but didn't run in 1968 because of poor poll numbers.

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Response to TexasTowelie (Reply #4)

Sat Dec 8, 2018, 05:35 PM

PJMcK (19,548 posts)