I'm not counting desires to be president. I'm counting electoral votes.
If you're asking, did any president who was running for re-election get 0 electoral votes, the answer is: none who were still in the race in November. Some tested the waters earlier on, but found insufficient support (in modern times, by losing primaries) and gave up, and that includes Truman in 1952. Also Johnson in 1968, who was also eligible for re-election. In earlier times, Tyler in 1844 and Pierce in 1856 are the most notable cases.
There is one case of an ex-President who was still running in November and got 0 electoral votes. This was Martin Van Buren, who ran on the Free Soil ticket in 1848, got sizable popular votes, but carried no states. The next most pathetic case of an ex-President running again was Millard Fillmore in 1856, who got 8 electoral votes. Grant and Hoover failed to get the nomination and gave up. TR did better (88 electoral votes) and Grover Cleveland was the only ex-President who actually won (277 electoral votes).
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Date: 2012-10-27 09:24 pm (UTC)If you're asking, did any president who was running for re-election get 0 electoral votes, the answer is: none who were still in the race in November. Some tested the waters earlier on, but found insufficient support (in modern times, by losing primaries) and gave up, and that includes Truman in 1952. Also Johnson in 1968, who was also eligible for re-election. In earlier times, Tyler in 1844 and Pierce in 1856 are the most notable cases.
There is one case of an ex-President who was still running in November and got 0 electoral votes. This was Martin Van Buren, who ran on the Free Soil ticket in 1848, got sizable popular votes, but carried no states. The next most pathetic case of an ex-President running again was Millard Fillmore in 1856, who got 8 electoral votes. Grant and Hoover failed to get the nomination and gave up. TR did better (88 electoral votes) and Grover Cleveland was the only ex-President who actually won (277 electoral votes).