![]() ![]() The Chicago Tribune described They Also Ran as "a fascinating and challenging book." The New York Times praised it as "a brilliant idea. Coincidentally Stone happens to rate them favorably compared to the candidates who were elected: Grant and Harding. For example, the first section assesses newspapermen Horace Greeley and James M. Stone groups the also-rans by profession, rather than listing them in chronological order. He explores their places in history (and those of their victorious opponents), and tries to assess whether or not the American people made the "right" choice in choosing another candidate for that office. ![]() Stone evaluates several unsuccessful candidates for President of the United States, from the elections of 1824 through 1940. ![]() An updated edition was published in 1966, with brief analyses of the 1944 through 1964 elections. They Also Ran: The Story of the Men Who Were Defeated for the Presidency (1943) is a non-fiction book about United States presidential candidates by American writer Irving Stone, known for his popular biographical novels of artists and intellectuals. ![]()
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