- John Q. Adams, son of John Adams, lost the popular vote in
1824, but was elected president.
- Benjamin Harrison, grandson of William Henry Harrison, lost
the popular vote in 1888, but was elected president.
- George W. Bush, son of George Bush, lost the popular vote
in 2000, but was elected.
- Neither J. Q. Adams or B. Harrison were re-elected.
- In each respective election, the opponent they beat came
back to win the next election. Jackson defeated Adams, and Cleveland
defeated Harrison. Gore in 2004?
- No president with four letters in their last name served
more than one term: James Polk 1845, Howard Taft 1909, Gerald
Ford 1974, and George Bush 1989. George W. Bush has four.
- No president whose last name began with the letter B was
re-elected: Buchanan 1857, and Bush 1989.
- No one with a B in their first name has served two terms:
Abraham Lincoln 1861, Herbert Hoover 1929, and Benjamin Harrison
1889.
- No one who used the middle initial B served a second term:
Rutherford B. Hayes 1877, and Lyndon B. Johnson 1963.
- Don't forget one-term president Martin Van Buren in 1837.
- George W. Bush's last name begins with a B, and Gore's first
name is Albert.
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