Presidential losers
By: by David J. Goldman.
Publisher: Lerner Publications Co.
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Minneapolis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 72
Subjects: Presidents -- United States -- Election -- History -- Juvenile literature.; Presidential candidates -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Presidential candidates -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.; Presidential candidates.; United States -- Politics and government -- Juvenile literature.; United States -- Politics and government.
Genres: Juvenile literature.; Biography
Description: Highlights the political careers of a variety of candidates who lost their elections to the nation's highest office, including three-time presidential loser Henry Clay and Al Gore, who was defeated in the 2000 election after winning the popular vote.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-270) and index.
Table of contents: title: Aaron Burr (1756-1836) the election of 1800; title: Henry Clay (1777-1852) the elections of 1824, 1832 and 1844; title: George McClellan (1826-1885) the election of 1864; title: Samuel Tilden (1814-1886) the election of 1876; title: William Jennings Bryan (1860-1925) the elections of 1896, 1900 and 1908; title: Alfred M. Landon (1887-1987) the election of 1936; title: Thomas E. Dewey (1902-1971) the elections of 1944 and 1948; title: Adlai Stevenson (1900-1965) the elections of 1952 and 1956; title: Richard Nixon (1913-1994) and Hubert Humphrey (1911-1978) the elections of 1960 and 1968; title: Albert Gore (1948-) and George Bush (1946-) the election of 2000.