List of Presidents of United States who failed to secure second term

If President Donald Trump fails to be re-elected, he will be the first President since George Bush Sr to not secure a second term.

Here are some of the US leaders who failed to be re-elected

William Taft- He was the 27th President of U.S. and served between 1909 and 1913.

Taft a close ally of Theodore Roosevelt lost to President Woodrow Wilson.

Herbert Hoover - Served as the US 31st President. He ruled between 1929-1933 and was blamed for the Great Depression brought about by the Stock Market Crash of 1929.

Hoover was trounced in 1932 election by Franklin Roosevelt the first US President to serve more than two terms.

Gerald Ford- He went down the history book as the only person never to be elected as Vice President or President

Ford was appointed the Vice President in 1976 by the then President Richard Nixon.

He would later succeed Nixon as the 38th US President following the latter's resignation due to the watergate scandal.

Ford bid for a second term was however not successful since his reign never solved the low growth frugality that was inherited from Hoover's Presidency.

He was defeated by Jimmy Carter.

Jimmy Carter - Despite succeeding Gerald Ford as the 39th US President, he failed to rescue the American economy and inflation rate.

He was defeated in by Ronald Reagan in the 1980 election.

George Bush, Sr - He was the 41st US President lost to Bill Clinton in 1992  election.

Despite his tenure marked with the military success, he failed to recapture Presidency.

It's during his term that the U.S. led first Gulf War that ended the Iraqi occupation of Kuwait.