Almost president : the men who lost the race but changed the nation / Scott Farris.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Guilford, Conn. : Lyons Press, Description: xii, 339 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780762763788
  • 0762763787
  • 9780762780969
  • 0762780967
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 324.973 23
LOC classification:
  • E176 .F23 2012
Contents:
The concession -- Henry Clay, 1824, 1832, 1844 -- Stephen Douglas, 1860 -- William Jennings Bryan, 1896, 1900, 1908 -- Al Smith, 1928 -- Thomas E. Dewey, 1944, 1948 -- Adlai Stevenson, 1952, 1956 -- Barry Goldwater, 1964 -- George McGovern, 1972 -- Ross Perot, 1992, 1996 -- Al Gore, John Kerry, and John McCain, 2000, 2004, 2008.
Summary: Profiles 12 men who have run for the presidency and lost, but who, even in defeat, have had a greater impact on American history than many of those who have served as president. An appendix provides briefer profiles on an additional 22 candidates.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-333) and index.

The concession -- Henry Clay, 1824, 1832, 1844 -- Stephen Douglas, 1860 -- William Jennings Bryan, 1896, 1900, 1908 -- Al Smith, 1928 -- Thomas E. Dewey, 1944, 1948 -- Adlai Stevenson, 1952, 1956 -- Barry Goldwater, 1964 -- George McGovern, 1972 -- Ross Perot, 1992, 1996 -- Al Gore, John Kerry, and John McCain, 2000, 2004, 2008.

Profiles 12 men who have run for the presidency and lost, but who, even in defeat, have had a greater impact on American history than many of those who have served as president. An appendix provides briefer profiles on an additional 22 candidates.

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