Does anybody know if there was any US President that was not nominated by their party even though he wanted to be re-elected? For some strange reason I just think that Obama might not get nominated by his party.
1844 - John Tyler was elected VP in 1840 to William Henry Harrison, when he died Tyler became President and ran a program favorable to the Democrats rather than the Whigs. The Whigs kicked him out of the party and in 1844 nominated Henry Clay. The Democrats didn’t trust Tyler either, so they nominated James Polk.
1848 - James Polk was not renominated by the Democratic Party, instead they nominated Lewis Cass, who lost to Zachary Taylor.
1852 - Millard Fillmore became the President upon the death of Zachary Taylor and when he signed the Compromise of 1850 became so unpopular that he was not renominated in 1852 by the Whigs. Instead they went with Winfield Scott who lost to the Democrat Franklin Pierce.
1856 - Franklin Pierce was not renominated by the Democrats in 1856, instead they chose Democratic party hack James Buchanan. He was such a non-entity that he was not renominated in 1860 on any of the parties that the Democrats had broken up into over slavery.
1868 - Andrew Johnson was not renominated by the Republicans, he was passed over for US Grant.
1880 - James Garfield won the nomination over the sitting President Rutherford B Hayes.
1884 - Chester A Arthur became President after Garfield was killed and James Blaine was nominated in his place.
1928 - Calvin Coolidge became President upon the death of Warren Harding and was replaced on the Republican ticket in 1928 by Herbert Hoover.
1952 - Harry Truman was replaced on the Democratic Ticket by Adlai Stevenson who lost to Ike.
1968 - Lyndon Johnson was replaced on the Democratic ticket of 1968 by Hubert Humphrey who lost to Richard Nixon.
The only reason LBJ didn’t run was because he was shellacked in the Vermont (?) primary by McCarthy.
Obama may need to experience the same rejection, considering all his life he’s been told how wonderful he is ...
The GOP turned its back on Calvin Coolidge in 1928 and nominated Herbert Hover, Coolidge's Secretary of Commerce. That, of course, led to the election of FDR, America's First Communist President in 1932. By 1933 it was illegal for American Citizens to own gold...
Coolidge made a clear statement of his intentions -- “I do not choose to run for president in 1928.” (August 2, 1927).
In the modern era, which I guess started with Theodore Roosevelt, it's been vice presidents who ascended to the presidency who were denied the nomination: Harry Truman, Lyndon Johnson.
If they'd been elected, they'd have served longer than eight years, since they'd already served their predecessor's uncompleted term and a four year term of their own.
It's like there's a time clock running that only allows a president at most eight years, though Korea and Vietnam were the main reasons why Truman and Johnson were rejected.
You might add Theodore Roosevelt, who left office, and tried unsuccessfully to win his party's nomination four years later.
Since 1900 presidents who got their party's nomination were rejected: Taft, Hoover, Ford, Carter, and Bush Sr. You could also add TR here as well, since he ran on a third party ticket after losing the Republican nomination and lost.
Since even Jimmy Carter got his party's nomination, I'd say it's there for Obama if he wants it. Four years on the party still has the hunger. After that, boredom and frustration set in.