Former United States presidents who ran again

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This is a list of former United States Presidents who actively campaigned to regain political office (the presidency, a seat in congress or governor) after leaving office. It is believed to be complete.

Some Presidents have been recruited, requested, or drafted to run again. This list, however, only includes those presidents who actively campaigned. However the 22nd amendment which states that only a president can only serve 2 consecutive terms and can't come back after losing their second term, prevents such acts like this from ever happening again.

[edit] Presidency

This list only includes former Presidents who ran again for President.

President	Previous term	Reason the President first left office	Year of attempted comeback	Result	Notes
Martin Van Buren	1837-1841	defeated in the General Election	1844	Lost	Failed in his attempt to win the nomination of the Democratic Party
			1848	Lost	First candidate of the newly formed Free Soil Party
Millard Fillmore	1850-1853	denied nomination by his party	1856	Lost	Nominee for the American Party (Know Nothing)
Ulysses S. Grant	1869-1877	retired	1880	Lost	Failed in his attempt to win the nomination of the Republican Party
Grover Cleveland	1885-1889	defeated in the General Election	1892	Won	Only president to succeed at his comeback attempt, he won in 1892 and served four more years
Theodore Roosevelt	1901-1909	retired	1912	Lost	Nominee of the Progressive Party (Bull Moose), after he was denied the nomination of the Republican Party

[edit] Other elective office

President	Previous term	Reason first left office	Year of election	Office	Result	Notes
John Quincy Adams	1825-1829	defeated in the General Election	1830, multiple reelections	United States House of Representatives	Won	Only ex-President to serve in the House
			1834	Governor of Massachusetts	Lost	continued in House after defeat
John Tyler	1841-1845	denied nomination by his party/withdrew from race	1861	Confederate House of Representatives	Won	Died before he could take office (had served in unelected Provisional Congress)
Andrew Johnson	1865-1869	denied nomination by his party	1868	United States Senate	Lost
			1872	United States House of Representatives	Lost
			1874	United States Senate	Won	Only ex-President to serve in the Senate

[edit] Major appointive office

President	Previous term	Reason first left office	Year of appointment	Office	Result	Notes
William Howard Taft	1909-1913	defeated in the General Election	1921	Chief Justice of the United States	Confirmed	Only ex-President to serve on the Supreme Court

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