John Bell
1 run · 0 wins · 1860 — 1860 · Constitutional Union.
John Bell's presidential record
John Bell stood for president a single time, in 1860. That campaign did not win the presidency. Each campaign ran under the Constitutional Union banner.
The strongest showing came in 1860 — 39 electoral votes in a race won by Abraham Lincoln. Those campaigns fall within the Civil War era.
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