The Great Primary: Failed Democratic nominees of the 20th century

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I did a series of these some time ago with every President elected from both parties in the 20th century. I'd like to resume these by including every candidate from both parties who won the nomination but lost in the general election.

That said, the scenario is as follows:


Imagine if you will a world in which the spirits of the dead have returned to make visitations upon us, the living. The dead - and the politically dead, who are often the same - have decided to return to their past vocation. Towards this end every failed Presidential nominee of the 20th century has been allowed the opportunity to enter into the ranks of his Party and compete for the nomination of that Party for the Presidency of the United States in 2012. This includes only those candidates who had never before been President; individuals who had attained the office but who had been defeated for re-election will not be included.

The rules are these: the world has changed; these men have not. They are re-emerging in history exactly as they were as they left it, and may have a Hell of a time adjusting to that fact. With that in mind, Democrats, these are your candidates:

William Jennings Bryan
Alton Brooks Parker
James Cox
John Davis
Al Smith
Adlai Stevenson
Hubert Humphrey
George McGovern
Walter Mondale
Michael Dukakis

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Will there be a Republican one?

https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=136570.0

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That was excellent. =D

Sad to see my guy George go down after a solid third-place showing in Iowa, though. Al Smith probably took a lot of his votes. Ah, well, at least Bryan was halted at the pass.