Fail to the Chief

Comic historian Thom Woodley dissects the back stories, politics and failures of the men who lost presidential elections. In this episode, epic 1876 loser Samuel Tilden, who had the election stolen right from under his beaklike nose.  

Join comic historian Thom Woodley as he investigates the losers of presidential history. In this episode, Liberal Republican candidate and New York Tribune founder-editor Horace Greeley. He lost to Ulysses Grant, was a titan of media, and a journalistic icon, as well as a brilliant genius and possible lunatic. (History politics presidents worst comedy)

Join comic historian Thom Woodley on a tour through the losers of presidential history - this time Horatio Seymour, Governor of New York, who lost the election of 1868 to Ulysses S. Grant, and has the distinction of being the loser who most sincerely did NOT want to become president. 

Join comic historian Thom Woodley on a discussion of the very Trumplike candidate to lose against Abraham Lincoln in the middle of the Civil War. 

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Join humorist historian Thom Woodley as he discusses the men who lost presidential elections. This time he talks about conservative icon and uber-loser Barry Goldwater.  Please subscribe and rate us on iTunes! And follow us at @failtothechief. 

Humorist historian discuss the presidential losers.  In this episode, Gov. James Cox of Ohio, who lost in 1920 to Warren G. Harding and bears a striking similarity to Gov. John Kasich of Ohio.

Thom reads the New York Times' premature and erroneous obituary of John C. Breckinridge, thought to be killed in the Civil War (but actually surviving for another 12 years).

Join humorist historian Thom Woodley on a whirlwind tour through the losers of presidential history.

Comic historian Thom Woodley @thomwoodley dives into one presidential loser each episode. This time it's the sole nominee of the short-lived Constitutional Union party, John Bell of Tennessee.

Join comic historian on a tour through the presidential losers of elections past.  @failtothechief

Join comic historian Thom Woodley (@thomwoodley) as he explores a losing presidential candidate of the past, and discusses how they got the nomination, how they lost, what life might be like if they had won, and what they might be like if they were on the political scene today.  This episode: Fighting Bob La Follette, Wisconsin Progressive, of the 1924 election. 

join comic historian Thom Woodley as he discusses the losers of the presidential elections of the past, and debates what kind of president said loser would have made. In this episode, the 1856 election and the first Republican candidate, John C. Fremont. 

Join comic historian @thomwoodley as he explores the foibles and facts of the losers of our presidential elections.  Follow us @failtothechief and check out failtothechief.wordpress.com for more. 

Comic historian Thom Woodley (@thomwoodley) takes you on a tour through the rogues gallery of presidential candidates who didn't quite make it. This episode, Lewis Cass (Democrat, 1848), who lost to Zachary Taylor. 

Comic historian @thomwoodley discusses the candidate Al Gore in the 2000 presidential election, and what would have happened had he won. 

Comic historian Thom Woodley @thomwoodley talks about congressional legend Daniel Webster's failed 1836 Presidential bid, and the two other times he could have very easily become president. 

This episode, Thom Woodley talks about Hugh Lawson White, possibly the most conservative candidate ever to run on a major party ticket for president. Also one of the ugliest, and possibly most undead. 

Every episode, comic historian Thom Woodley (@thomwoodley) details one loser of a presidential election. This time, it's the 1832 third party, William Wirt, sole candidate of the short-lived Anti-Masonic Party... that's right, an entire party dedicated to eradicating the influence of Freemasons. 

Today Thom discusses Henry Clay, three-time loser, six-time candidate, and loserly legend so spectacular he needs two episodes. 

Today in honor of President's Day, we take a look at all the presidents who have been defeated, either before or after their terms. Just because they won doesn't mean they're not losers. 

This episode, comic historian Thom Woodley talks about the famous villain from the movie SELMA and his quixotic 1968 run for President as the candidate of the American Independent Party. Segregationist, populist, and assassination survivor - just how bad of a President would George C. Wallace have made? Follow at @failtothechief on Twitter and Facebook, subscribe on iTunes, and follow the blog at...

Thom Woodley takes a look at the first 9 terms of American presidential history, decides who the Loser of the Era was, and talks about a few more interesting losers who didn't clinch the nomination.