The vexed history of former presidents trying to regain the White House
Donald Trump is not the first former president to launch a comeback campaign to return to the White House. Martin Van Buren, Millard Fillmore, Ulysses S. Grant, Grover Cleveland, Theodore Roosevelt, and Herbert Hoover all attempted comebacks. Only Cleveland’s bid didn’t turn out badly. Van Buren, Fillmore, and Roosevelt tried unsuccessfully to regain the presidency […]