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Quiz about Losing US Presidential Candidates What Party

Losing US Presidential Candidates: What Party? Quiz

Correctly identify the political party of the following US presidential candidates who have never been elected president. This is a tough one.

A multiple-choice quiz by fabulouscoops. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
fabulouscoops

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
270,074

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

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Avg Score
8 / 10

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Question 1 of 10

1. George Brinton McClellan ran for president in 1864. What party nominated him to run against an incumbent President during the Civil War? Hint

Republican

Federalist

Peace Party

Democratic

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Question 2 of 10

2. William Jennings Bryan ran for president in 1896, 1900 and 1908. These elections saw some of the first use of colorful buttons for campaigning. Although he was endorsed by multiple parties during his three runs for the White House, which one nominated him all three times. Hint

Democratic

Silver Republican

Whig

Populist

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Question 3 of 10

3. Charles Evans Hughes ran for president in 1916 coming in second to the Democrat, Woodrow Wilson. What party did Hughes run for? Hint

Whig

Democratic Nationalists

Republican

Democratic Alternative

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Question 4 of 10

4. In 1928, Alfred Emanual Smith was the first Roman Catholic to run for President. The first Catholic to be elected President belonged to the same party, name it. Hint

Faith First

Pro-life

Republican

Democratic

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Question 5 of 10

5. Adlai Ewing Stevenson ran for president in 1952 and 1956 opposing a WWII hero who was a two term president. Can you name the major losing political party in both years? Hint

Republican

Democratic

The American Communist Party

Socialist

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Question 6 of 10

6. Barry Morris Goldwater was a long time conservative Arizona Senator often called a reactionary by his political enemies. He ran for president in 1964 under the banner of what political party? Hint

Republican

Southern Democrat

Reactionary

Conservative

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Question 7 of 10

7. Henry Ross Perot ran for president in 1992 as an Independent with the platform that he was a Washington outsider. While not a Republican or a Democrat, he still made an impressive showing at the polls. He was the founder and first candidate of which new political party for his second run for president in 1996? Hint

The Reform Party

The Green Party

The Business Party

NAFTA

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Question 8 of 10

8. Ralph Nader ran for president in 1996, 2000 and 2004, but did not represent either of the two major parties. What was the colorful name of the party that nominated him twice? Hint

Red Power

Libertarian-Populist

Green

Cyanites

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Question 9 of 10

9. Henry Clay ran for president in 1824, 1832 and 1844 losing to three different men in a time when political parties were just emerging as a factor in American Politics. To which political party(s) did Clay throw his support? Hint

Democratic-Republican

All of these

Whig

National Republican

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Question 10 of 10

10. Stephen Arnold Douglas was a popular US senator from Illinois. He had several run-ins with a tall man born in a log cabin. Both men ran for president in 1860 and Douglas was defeated. Everyone knows that Honest Abe was a Republican, but what party did Douglas represent? Hint

Democratic

Constitution

Republican, there was no Democrat that year.

Independent

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. George Brinton McClellan ran for president in 1864. What party nominated him to run against an incumbent President during the Civil War?

Answer: Democratic

A Civil War general and general-in-chief of the Union forces, he lost to the Republican, Abraham Lincoln by a wide margin. Although Lincoln was his Commander-in-Chief, McClellan had no love for Abe and ridiculed him openly.

Answer: Democratic

Lost to William McKinley twice and Howard Taft once. Bryan was the most prominent orator of his day and served as Secretary of State. He argued against evolution in the famous Scopes Monkey Trial (winning the case), but never won the Presidency. He was nominated by the Populist party and the Silver Republicans in 1896 but only the Democrats in 1900 and 1908.

3. Charles Evans Hughes ran for president in 1916 coming in second to the Democrat, Woodrow Wilson. What party did Hughes run for?

Answer: Republican

He resigned his appointment as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court to run for President but lost to Woodrow Wilson. Later, he served as Secretary of State under both Harding and Coolidge and then was reappointed to the Supreme Court as Chief Justice by Hoover.

4. In 1928, Alfred Emanual Smith was the first Roman Catholic to run for President. The first Catholic to be elected President belonged to the same party, name it.

Answer: Democratic

Al Smith got most of the female catholic vote in the years after suffrage was granted to women. He lost to Herbert Hoover by a wide margin.

5. Adlai Ewing Stevenson ran for president in 1952 and 1956 opposing a WWII hero who was a two term president. Can you name the major losing political party in both years?

Answer: Democratic

Lost to Dwight Eisenhower twice although he was widely regarded as one of the sharpest minds in American politics. He was US Ambassador to the United Nations 1961-65.

6. Barry Morris Goldwater was a long time conservative Arizona Senator often called a reactionary by his political enemies. He ran for president in 1964 under the banner of what political party?

Answer: Republican

Lost to Lyndon Johnson in a landslide. Goldwater was a US senator from Arizona for 5 terms and regarded as the most prominent conservative of his time.

Answer: The Reform Party

Lost to William Clinton, twice. Ross Perot was a successful businessman and one of the country's richest men. He won nearly 20% of the vote as an independent in 1992, uncharacteristic of a third party candidate. In 1995 he founded the Reform party and ran as that party's candidate in 1996.

8. Ralph Nader ran for president in 1996, 2000 and 2004, but did not represent either of the two major parties. What was the colorful name of the party that nominated him twice?

Answer: Green

Lost to Bill Clinton in 1996. While not formally, the national Green Party candidate, he was nominated by the state Green parties. Lost to George Walker Bush as a Green party candidate in 2000 and again as an Independent candidate in 2004.

Answer: All of these

Clay ran for President 5 times in total. He lost to John Quincy Adams as a Democratic-Republican (all politicians were Democratic-Republicans at the time), lost to Andrew Jackson (a Democrat) as a National Republican and lost to James Polk (also a Democrat) as a Whig. He also failed to win his party's nomination two other times.

Answer: Democratic

He took part in a famous series of debates with Lincoln in 1858 while running for US senator from Illinois. Lincoln lost the Senate election but gained enough notoriety to run for President in 1860.

Source: Author fabulouscoops

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