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Trivia - Perennial Presidential Candidates
Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2020 6:19 pm
by Fred588
If all parties are included, I believe the record for being on the presidential ticket (Pres or VP) is held by Harold Stassen. Stassen ran 9 times. If things are limited to those who ran at least once as a democrat or republican, and we complicate things by looking a surnames only even if held by more than one person, what surname holds the record?
Re: Trivia - Perennial Presidential Candidates
Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2020 8:15 pm
by H-Less Perv Side
I’m going to take a guess and say Johnson?
Re: Trivia - Perennial Presidential Candidates
Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2020 6:07 am
by MadMax359
my gut reaction is Johnson
Re: Trivia - Perennial Presidential Candidates
Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2020 6:47 am
by Fred588
MadMax359 wrote:my gut reaction is Johnson
Nope, unless you know something I am missing. Lyndon ran for VP once and Pres once, and Andrew for VP once, for a total of three. Not even close.
Re: Trivia - Perennial Presidential Candidates
Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2020 1:56 pm
by Duncan Edwards
I count "Bush" at least nine times.
Re: Trivia - Perennial Presidential Candidates
Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2020 4:19 pm
by Fred588
Duncan Edwards wrote:I count "Bush" at least nine times.
Show me what I am missing. I have 41 as running for VP twice, and President twice, then 43 running for president twice, once winning and once not. That comes to six.
Are you counting unsuccessful runs for the nomination?
Re: Trivia - Perennial Presidential Candidates
Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2020 4:39 pm
by Fred588
Fred588 wrote:MadMax359 wrote:my gut reaction is Johnson
Nope, unless you know something I am missing. Lyndon ran for VP once and Pres once, and Andrew for VP once, for a total of three. Not even close.
Its closer than I thought. There were two other Johnsons who ran once each for VP, so the total for Johnson is five by my count, but that isn't the most.and lost.
Re: Trivia - Perennial Presidential Candidates
Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2020 5:24 pm
by Mynock
Fred588 wrote:Fred588 wrote:MadMax359 wrote:my gut reaction is Johnson
Nope, unless you know something I am missing. Lyndon ran for VP once and Pres once, and Andrew for VP once, for a total of three. Not even close.
Its closer than I thought. There were two other Johnsons who ran once each for VP, so the total for Johnson is five by my count, but that isn't the most.and lost.
You also have Gary Johnson who ran as a Libertarian in 2012 and 2016.
Re: Trivia - Perennial Presidential Candidates
Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2020 6:02 pm
by Fred588
Mynock wrote:Fred588 wrote:Fred588 wrote:MadMax359 wrote:my gut reaction is Johnson
Nope, unless you know something I am missing. Lyndon ran for VP once and Pres once, and Andrew for VP once, for a total of three. Not even close.
Its closer than I thought. There were two other Johnsons who ran once each for VP, so the total for Johnson is five by my count, but that isn't the most.and lost.
You also have Gary Johnson who ran as a Libertarian in 2012 and 2016.
True but the question was delimited to republicans and democrats, although my intention was to include the major parties, such as Whig and Federalist.
Re: Trivia - Perennial Presidential Candidates
Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2020 7:16 pm
by Fred588
As best as I can determine the best answer is Roosevelt. Teddy ran for VP once and President once as a Republican and for President once with a third party popularly known as the Bull Moose Party. (This qualifies because he had been a candidate at least once with one of the major parties. Franklin ran for Vice President once, unsuccessfully and for President four times, all successfully, as a Democrat. This adds up to eight times for the surname. According to my data there were six candidacies for Bush and six for Johnson.
It an unrelated question but I believe the record for the surname with the most different individuals is Johnson at five, followed by Clinton at four.