num_pages: 736
description: Looking back over the personal stories of the United States presidential candidates, one is struck by the irony of chance that pushed some nominees into high office and swept others off to remote corners of our national archives. What caliber of presidents might the country have had if the votes had gone another way? Among those even more easily forgotten nominees, those for the office of vice president, what great talents remained unused? Is it possible to distinguish who were the scoundrels, the party hacks, the time-servers or other unworthies, and who had the mark of greatness?
language: English
title: Presidential Also-Rans and Running Mates, 1788-1980
titlecomplete: Presidential Also-Rans and Running Mates, 1788-1980
ratings_count: 4
publisher: McFarland