Throughout U.S. History Who Has Ran For President The Most Times...Anybody Know?

[iloveObama12]

i'm just curious

[silvershadow]

1. Maybe Nader? I'm not really sure...

[OKNancy]

2. Harold Stassen (?)

12 times

[nevergiveup]

3. Harold Stassen?

[Journeyman]

4. Norm Thomas was a six-time presidential candidate for the Socialist Party of America. . .

1928 to 1948.

[PoliticAverse]

5. Depends on what exactly you mean by 'ran for President'...

See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Stassen

[Proud Public Servant]

6. Harold Stassen, definitely

[brewens]

7. You might be able to find out how many people ever managed to get

on a ballott in any state. There are a lot of crackpots that you could say officially ran. It might not be possible to find out exactly.

[treestar]

14. Very true

As a grandstanding thing, that gets attention, it's a trick some have used. If they have any fame or hook at all. So you're right, and there are two categories: those who really intend to win and those who are just using it as a hook to get attention.

[DonViejo]

8. Harold Stassen ran nine times between 1948

and 1992. Ralph Nader ran five times. Eugene Debs ran 5 times for president in the Socialist Party of America

[TheFarseer]

11. you must have read the same yahoo answers I did! n/t

[treestar]

13. One would think these individuals would get the hint

after say about three tries

[TheFarseer]

9. just general election or primaries too?

Lyndon LaRouch has run 8 times if his primary runs count. I thought that might be the tops, but apparently a one time Governor of Minnesota named Harold Stassen ran nine times between 1948 and 1992. Never heard of that guy.

[life long demo]

10. Harold Stassen

I believe

[LTR]

12. Harold Stassen has entered the most major party primary races

There are quite a few others who have run for major party nomination more than twice. The same names often popped up numerous times during the 19th century. Last century there were people such as Robert Taft, George McGovern and George Wallace who campaigned multiple times (though Wallace became an independent). Ronald Reagan ran twice before becoming the GOP nominee in 1980. The nomination process was much different then. Most of the campaigning for the nomination took place ay the conventions until the modern day state primary system began in the 70s.

I won't count the third party and fringe candidates, otherwise Eugene Debs, Ralph Nader and Lyndon LaRouche would be mentioned.

Who was the major party nominee the most times without winning? William Jennings Bryan was frontrunner three times and lost each time.

[Gman]

15. Probably Ron Paul or Kucinich

[iloveObama12]

16. LOL Thanks Yall

[Pab Sungenis]

17. If we restrict ourselves to major party candidates and party nominees....

FDR was nominated for President four times, won each time.

Richard Nixon ran three times (1960, 1968, 1972) and won the last two.

Grover Cleveland ran three times (in 1884, 1888, and 1892). Lost the middle of the three races.

William Jennings Bryan (1896, 1900, 1908) and Henry Clay (1824, 1832, 1844) ran three times and lost all three.

If you include minor parties, it's Norman Thomas at six times. Include major party unsuccessful candidates for nomination, Harold Stassen at nine.

[NoPasaran]

19. A few more triples

From the early decades of the Republic. . .

Thomas Jefferson ran 1796 (finished second to John Adams, becoming Vice President under the original electoral system), 1800 (tied with his running mate Aaron Burr, elected by the House of Reps), 1804 (re-elected outright)

Andrew Jackson won a plurality in 1824 by John Quincy Adams won election when the Presidency was decided by the House (the so-called "Corrupt Bargain"; won the elections of 1828 and 1832.

And straddling the line between major and third parties, Martin Van Buren as a Democrat was elected in 1836, was defeated in 1840, and ran unsuccessfully as the candidate of the Free Soil Party in 1848

[HopeHoops]

18. I think Ralph Nader. Not sure.

[eppur_se_muova]

20. Pat Paulsen? 1968, 1972, 1980, 1988, 1992, and 1996.

Paulsen's campaign that year, and in succeeding years, was grounded in comedy, while not bereft of serious commentary. He ran the supposed campaigns using obvious lies, double talk, and tongue-in-cheek attacks on the major candidates, and responded to all criticism with his catchphrase "Picky, picky, picky". His campaign slogan was "Just a common, ordinary, simple savior of America's destiny."

Paulsen's name appeared on the ballot in New Hampshire for the Democratic Primary several times. In 1996, he received 921 votes (1%) to finish second to President Bill Clinton (76,754 votes); this was actually ahead of real politicians such as Buffalo mayor James D. Griffin. In 1992 he came in second to George Bush in the North Dakota Republican Primary. In the 1992 Republican Party primaries he received 10,984 votes total.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Paulsen




Not sure why he skipped '76 and '84.

[Rochester]

21. Lyndon La Rouche comes to mind. I haven't checked, though.

[cthulu2016]

22. Pat Paulsen and Stassen come to mind. Debs and Thomas had good runs, as socialist candidates.

[Doctor Jack]

23. My guess would be Stassen