Presidential Candidate Announcements 1960-2022

Announcing for the highest and second highest office in the United States is no easy thing. While only 44 men have served as President and 48 men have served as Vice President, so many Americans have stepped up to answer the call to run for these two top spots. Listen as we hear from some of these Americans as they make their plans known, give their victory, and even their concession.

The beauty of our republic is that anybody born an orphan like Tom Vilsack or born a billionaire like Donald Trump, someone born Catholic like Al Smith and John Kennedy, someone born the son of a president like George W. Bush and Jeb Bush and the son of a senator like Al Gore, someone born an African-American like Jesse Jackson, Akan Keyes, Barack Obama, and Herman Cain, or someone born a woman like Margaret Chase Smith, Shirley Chisholm, Kamala Harris, and Hillary Clinton can run for the presidency.  Some, like John Kennedy, Ronald Reagan, George Bush, Barack Obama, Robert Kennedy, Joe Biden, and Donald Trump have taken some of their challengers to create a team of rivals.

It just goes to show that in the United States of America, anybody can become president.

See also:

• Presidential Before They Were Nominees
• President Inaugural Addresses
• Presidential and Political Funerals
• Presidential Campaigns
• Presidential Debates
• Presidential Election 2000
• Presidential Farewells and Library
• Presidential Party Nominating Convention
• Presidential Victory and Concession Speeches
• Presidential Christmas Addresses