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Also Rans: Losing Presidential Candidates of the United States

Portrait Gallery: Thomas - Willkie

See below for selected portraits of "also rans," shown in alphabetical order, from Thomas through Willkie. For full caption/reproduction information, or to download an uncompressed tiff or higher resolution JPG image, click on the picture or caption. (These will open on a new tab.) Please note that dates listed here may refer to the date a print was made, which may be after the subject's life dates.

Norman Thomas

Head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front

Norman Thomas. By Hakkerup Studio. c1937. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-38332 (b&w film copy neg.)

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J. Strom Thurmond

Photograph shows head-and-shoulders portrait of Thurmond

J. Strom Thurmond. By Warren K. Leffler. 1961. U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ppmsca-19604 (digital file from original)

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Samuel J. Tilden

Three-quarter length portrait of Samuel Tilden, standing

Samuel J. Tilden. 1874. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-29812 (b&w film copy neg.)

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Donald J. Trump

Head-and-shoulders portrait of Donald Trump, facing front, with flag in background

Donald J. Trump. By Shealah Craighead. 2017. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ppbd-00608 (original digital file)

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Martin Van Buren

Martin Van Buren, half-length portrait, facing right

Martin Van Buren. Between 1840 and 1862. Brady-Handy Collection. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-13008 (b&w film copy neg. of detail)

Portrait shows Van Buren standing in a full-length view, facing right

Martin Van Buren. By John Sartain, after a painting by Henry Inman. Between 1839 and 1841. Mezzotint. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-pga-02634 (digital file from original print)

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George C. Wallace

Photograph shows head-and-shoulders portrait of Wallace

George C. Wallace. By Marion S. Trikosko. 1968. U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ppmsca-19605 (digital file from original negative)

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Henry A. Wallace

Henry Agard Wallace, bust portrait, facing left

Henry A. Wallace. By D.N. Townsend. c1940. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-49956 (b&w film copy neg.)

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James B. Weaver

Half-length portrait, seated, facing left

James B. Weaver. Between 1870 and 1880. Brady-Handy Collection. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-cwpbh-03668 (digital file from original neg.)

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Wendell L. Willkie

Head-and-shoulder portrait, facing front

Wendell L. Willkie. By Greystone Studio. c1940. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-38331 (b&w film copy neg.)

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