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« on: January 07, 2008, 03:37:59 PM »

What presidents never voted for themselves as president under a party banner in a general election.

George Washington (independent, no popular vote in Virginia), John Adams (no popular vote in Massachusetts), Thomas Jefferson (no popular vote in Virginia), James Madison (no popular vote in Virginia), James Monroe (no popular vote in Virginia)

John Tyler (was William Henry Harrison's vice president, Harrison died and Tyler did not stand in the next election), Andrew Johnson (was Abraham Lincoln's vice president, Lincoln died and Johnson did not stand in the next election), Chester A. Arthur (was James Garfield's vice president, Garfield died and Arthur did not stand in the next election)

So by my count eight.

(Fillmore ran for the Know Nothings in 1856 and Ford ran in 1976.)
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« Reply #1 on: January 07, 2008, 06:52:41 PM »

What presidents never voted for themselves as president under a party banner in a general election.

George Washington (independent, no popular vote in Virginia), John Adams (no popular vote in Massachusetts), Thomas Jefferson (no popular vote in Virginia), James Madison (no popular vote in Virginia), James Monroe (no popular vote in Virginia)

John Tyler (was William Henry Harrison's vice president, Harrison died and Tyler did not stand in the next election), Andrew Johnson (was Abraham Lincoln's vice president, Lincoln died and Johnson did not stand in the next election), Chester A. Arthur (was James Garfield's vice president, Garfield died and Arthur did not stand in the next election)

So by my count eight.

(Fillmore ran for the Know Nothings in 1856 and Ford ran in 1976.)

You are still missing one.  Of the 4, none ever even voted for an elector that would vote for them.

Four presidents, never a party nominee for president, never voted for an elector (even a losing one) that would vote for them for president.

John Quincy Adams, cause he was never the party nominee. There were 3 or 4.
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