I’m sure that after nomination they hoped to win. But I was responding to the question “Can you name a president who did not want to be president, who did not seek it?”
George Washington....
“I’m sure that after nomination they hoped to win.”
If they had not wanted it, they would have turned it down cold, as did Sherman:
“If drafted, I will not run; if nominated, I will not accept; if elected, I will not serve.”
— summarized from Wikipedia