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To: amnestynone

Number of times in U.S. history a losing VP nominee was later elected President: one.


13 posted on 12/16/2013 12:42:03 PM PST by southernnorthcarolina ("The power to tax is the power to destroy." -- Chief Justice John Marshall, 1819)
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To: southernnorthcarolina
Yep. FDR in 1932, but he was elected four times. Richard Nixon may not have actually lost in 1960 (possible stolen election), but he, Grover Cleveland (1892), Andrew Jackson (1832) and Thomas Jefferson (1804) were the only three to lose presidential elections, then come back and win later.
16 posted on 12/16/2013 12:48:51 PM PST by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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