Henry Clay
2 runs · 0 wins · 1832 — 1844 · National Republican, Whig.
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Henry Clay ran for president 2 times between 1832 and 1844. Henry Clay never won the presidency despite 2 attempts. The campaigns spanned more than one party — National Republican and Whig.
The strongest showing came in 1844 — 105 electoral votes in a race won by James K. Polk. In all, Henry Clay's campaigns gathered 154 electoral votes. Those campaigns fall within the Second Party System era.
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