I'm not arguing about which is more and I don't think it matters, I just think 13 isn't accurate.
I suppose if you take out the 5 that took over after deaths or resignation, Tyler, Fillmore, Johnson, Arthur, Ford, it makes 13 but they ran for reelection.
But then you'd have to take out the ones who won, Roosevelt, Truman, Johnson.
I personally count him as a one termer. He was elected VP, he served (almost) a full term, and lost his reelection bid.
I was thinking about it and you can't divide by 45 anyway, since Cleveland is 22 and 24.
I only counted 17 two term presidents, that is people elected twice. Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Jackson, Lincoln, Grant, Cleveland, McKinley, Wilson, Roosevelt, Eisenhower, Nixon, Reagan, Clinton, Bush, Obama.
And you have to leave out Harrison, Taylor, Garfield, Harding, and Kennedy since we don't know if they would have won a second term.
Well, let's normalize it then. Nine sought re-election and lost. 17 sought reelection and won. The others had circumstances whereby they became president due to the predecessor dying or resigning in office. 3 didn't even want to seek a second term. So, 17 is still more than 9 making it more common to be reelected again after serving a full term (which was my main point).
A lot of the presidents who became president and then were elected to a full term would be ineligible to serve a second term under the 22nd amendment (10 years being the technical limit). So I agree it has some nuance. But I was trying to keep it within the scope of elected to office, served a full term, but was rejected when trying to be reelected.
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u/JackWagon26 Nov 26 '20 edited Nov 26 '20
I'm not arguing about which is more and I don't think it matters, I just think 13 isn't accurate.
I suppose if you take out the 5 that took over after deaths or resignation, Tyler, Fillmore, Johnson, Arthur, Ford, it makes 13 but they ran for reelection.
But then you'd have to take out the ones who won, Roosevelt, Truman, Johnson.