With the end of the Trump presidency in sight, observers are wondering whether he will seek his old job in 2024. It’s too early to know; Trump himself probably doesn’t even know yet.
But this much is certain: Ex-presidents running for another term are exceedingly rare. And the last time it happened, the public witnessed sheer political drama. It was the only time that three presidents (the immediate past, the current, and the next one) all ran at the top of the ticket in the general election.
Nitpickers will argue something similar happened in 1976 when Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, and Ronald Reagan ran for president. However, Ford and Reagan slugged it out in the primaries while Ford faced Carter that fall. Then, in 1980, Carter and Reagan faced off with future president George H.W. Bush as Reagan's running mate.
But let's focus on the top of the ticket, when Theodore Roosevelt, William Taft, and Woodrow Wilson were all on November’s ballot in 1912.
Read Full Article »