Jessie Jackson 1984
Alan Keys 2004
Julian Bond 1968 vp nominee (turned it down)
Al Sharpton 2004
Shirley Chilsholm 1972
Six other African-Americans sought their party's nomination for President of the United States. They were Dem. Shirley Chisholm in 1972, Dem. Jesse Jackson in 1984 and '88, Lenora Fulani as an Independent in 1992 and 1988, Rep. Alan Keyes in 1996 and 2000, Dem. Carol Moseley Braun in 2004, and Al Sharpton campaigned for a Democratic nomination in 2004.
The following are past African-American presidential candidates:
Shirley Chisholm (Democrat) 1972
Jesse Jackson (Democrat) 1984
Dr. Lenora Fulani (Independent)1988
Alan Keyes (Republican) 2000
Carol Moseley Braun (Democrat) 2004
Al Sharpton (Democrat) 2004
Barack Obama (Democrat) 2008
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Someone has to run the nation. The president is the person of the people. Without the president, who is going to think through all of the bills passed by congress? No one. Without the president, the country would be in turmoil because without a leader, the people are nothing.
Harold Stassen ran for US president nine times between 1948 and 1992.
If he has only run once, he can run for a second term. However, If he has run twice, he cannot become president a third time.
Yes, if they registered as an independent, they can vote for whomever they want.
Yes, gay people are allowed to run for president.
In a campaign for presidency, people who are nominated as a candidate to represent a certain group or organization can run for president. These people are loyal to the cause and have many supporters.
He didn't run for president. He was appointed President of the C.S.A when the South seceded from the Union.
Themselves or the people
This depends on the country. Different countries have different limitations on who can be president and for how long.
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a president can only run two terms
he found out that people was running from president so he thought he should run
You have to be at least 35 to run or become president. Other people may think you can be any age, but they are wrong.
The term of a president is 4 years, and they can run for two terms.