Have any Presidents offered themselves for re-election and lost?

Dear probonopublico,

The answer is yes. By comparing the results of presidential elections
with the list of presidents, we find that there have been nine
occasions on which a sitting president lost his re-election bid.

InfoPlease: Presidential Elections, 1789?2000
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0781450.html

White House: The Presidents of the United States [by date]
http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/index2.html

These occasions are the following.

1800: John Adams (Federalist) loses to Thomas Jefferson (Dem.-Rep.)

1828: John Quincy Adams (Natl. Rep.) loses to Andrew Jackson (Democratic)

1840: Martin Van Buren (Democratic) loses to William H. Harrison (Whig)

1888: Grover Cleveland (Democratic) loses to Benjamin Harrison (Republican)

1892: Benjamin Harrison (Republican) loses to Grover Cleveland (Democratic)

1912: William H. Taft (Republican) loses to Woodrow Wilson (Democratic)

1932: Herbert Hoover (Republican) loses to Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)

1980: Jimmy Carter (Democratic) loses to Ronald Reagan (Republican)

1992: George H. Bush (Republican) loses to William J. Clinton (Democratic)

I have not included any cases where the sitting president failed to
secure his party's nomination, or where a former president who was not
currently in office failed in a later election bid (as Theodore
Roosevelt notoriously did in 1912).

If you find my answer to be incomplete or inaccurate in any way,
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Cheers,

leapinglizard


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Brilliant Leaping Lizard

Very many thanks.

I must admit that I was not even aware that a Lizard had leapt onto
the GAlaxy but I'm very glad you have.

But am I right in thinking that perhaps you are half human?

Welcome aboard!

Bryan

At least half of me, perhaps even three quarters, is human. Thanks for the tip!

leapinglizard