A 5 minute Listen or Read of the Courtesy (32 in the last 120 years)


Pieces of the concessions...

Hon. Wm. McKinley, Canton, Ohio: Senator Jones has just informed me that the returns indicate your election, and I hasten to extend my congratulations. We have submitted the issue to the American people and their will is law.

I've sent the following wire to President Truman. My heartiest congratulations to you on your election and every good wish for a successful administration. Thomas Dewey (1948), after his loss to Harry S. Truman

I have great faith that our people, Republicans, Democrats alike, will unite behind our next president. Richard Nixon (1960), after his loss to John F. Kennedy

I have a deep appreciation of the system, however, that lets people make a free choice about who will lead them for the next four years. Jimmy Carter (1980), after his loss to Ronald Reagan

Our constitutional democracy enshrines the peaceful transfer of power. We don't just respect that. We cherish it. Hillary Clinton (2016), after her loss to Donald Trump

I shall continue my personal commitment to the cause of human rights, to peace and to the betterment of man. Hubert Humphrey (1968), after his loss to Richard Nixon

15 Most Memorable Presidential Concession Speeches Over the Years (Videos)

It is not necessary for the losing candidate to concede for the winning candidate to be seated, and the losing candidate is not obliged to concede once defeat has been conclusively demonstrated.

Our constitutional democracy enshrines the peaceful transfer of power. We don't just respect that. We cherish it. Hillary Clinton (2016), after her loss to Donald Trump

Too bad this didn't actually happen in 2016 when Trump won

cowboypack02 said:

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Our constitutional democracy enshrines the peaceful transfer of power. We don't just respect that. We cherish it. Hillary Clinton (2016), after her loss to Donald Trump

Too bad this didn't actually happen in 2016 when Trump won

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dude....it was in the 2nd link if you'd taken time to look. I'll make it easier for you!

24 minutes and 11 seconds....



11 minutes and 55 second full concession....


the easy 1 minute and 38 seconds...

full text; public Clinton Concession; phone call happened the night before




32 times has a concession speech happened in 120 years. "Congratulatory telegraph from William Jennings Bryan, Democratic presidential candidate in 1896, is considered to be the first public concession in U.S. presidential politics"

The concession speech tradition

Wolfer79 said:

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Bill Clinton's victory was the first time in U.S. history that the POTUS was elected without winning the male vote. "The president is my opponent, not my enemy, and I wish him well and I pledge my support in whatever advances the cause of a better America because that's what the race was about in the first place," Dole said.


After an electoral dispute over a Florida recount (and a Supreme Court ruling in Bush's favor), Gore said, "I say to president elect Bush that what remains a partisan ranker must now be put aside and may God bless his stewardship of this country."


Bush won a second term, painting John Kerry as a flip-flopper on the Iraq War. In his concession speech, Kerry spoke of his call to the president: "We talked about the danger of division in our country and the need -- the desperate need -- for unity, for finding common ground, coming together. Today, I hope that we can begin the healing."

John McCain said of Barak Obama: "In a contest as long and as painful as this has been, his success alone commands my respect for his ability and perseverance, but that he managed to do so by inspiring the hopes of so many millions of Americans who had once wrongly believed that they had little at stake or little influence in the election of an American president."

The GOP was all-but certain that Mitt Romney was on his way to the White House. In fact, Obama was in for another four years. "At a time like this, we can't risk partisan bickering and political posturing," Romney said. "Our leaders have to reach across the aisle to do the people's work, and we citizens also have to rise to the occasion."

When Bush 41 reneged on his "Read my lips: no new taxes" promises, Bill Clinton rose in the polls and won the race. Bush went on to say, "I want the country to know that our entire administration will work closely with his team to insure the smooth transition of power. There is important work to be done and America must always come first."

Michael Dukakis lost to Reagan's vice president, George H.W. Bush, blaming himself on spending too much time on his day job as Massachusetts governor. Dukakis went on to say, "I know I speak for you and all the American people when I say that he will be OUR president, and we'll work with him. This nation faces major challenge ahead, and we must work together."

Walter Mondale was defeated in a landslide by Ronald Reagan, who won his second term. "Although I would have rather won, tonight we rejoice in our democracy, we rejoice in the freedom of a wonderful people, and we accept their verdict," Mondale said.

One term president Jimmy Carter graciously handed the baton to Ronald Reagan, saying, "I have been blessed as only a few people ever have -- to help shape the destiny of this nation."

Nixon was re-elected in 1972, during the height of the Vietnam War. George McGovern went on to tell his supporters, "I ask you not to despair of the political process of this country because that process has yielded the much-valued improvement in these past two years."

"Please know that you will have my support in unifying and leading the nation," Hubert Humphrey said. "I'm confident that if constructive leaders in both our parties joined together now, we shall be able to go on with the business of building a better America we all seek in the spirit of peace and harmony."

I have a 2.8 handicap but I play like a 13 and my caddy doesn't let me play from the rough, the woods or the sand.

...and this thread was started on the morning of live vote at the polls Election Day

As Trump refuses to concede, a look back at how it's done

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