One such instance occurred 72 years ago and involved President Harry S. Truman. He decided not to seek a third term in March 1952 after losing the first primary of the election cycle.

The 1952 presidential election brought out the biggest vote in U.S. history, more than 60 million. This bettered by about 11 million the previous high set in 1940. It also reversed a trend alarming ...

Before Biden, this Missouri native dropped out of the 1952 election and endorsed nominee at Democratic National Convention. Here is the history.

With less than a month to go in the 1952 presidential election, Democratic candidate Adlai Stevenson, the governor of Illinois, landed his chartered plane in Spokane for a stump speech Oct. 15, 1952.

In the 1952 presidential election,Dwight Eisenhower polled 48.9% of the major party vote cast in the Democratic "Solid South." Since then, the Administration has been responsible ...

In response to national pollsters’ failure in forecasting election outcomes in 1948 and 1952, The New York Times pursued in 1956 a weeks-long, multi-state exercise in on-the-ground reporting to assess ...

The 1952 Democratic nomination. Presidential primaries were still rare in 1952, with only 16 states holding votes directly on the presidential candidates.

After backing out in March 1952, ... After Joe Biden’s historic decision Sunday to withdraw from the 2024 presidential election, ...

Before Biden, this Missouri native dropped out of the 1952 election and endorsed nominee at Democratic National Convention. Here is the history.