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Peter Shea

Peter Shea is a writer, historian, and director of professional development at the community college level. He has written about prominent Irish Americans, educational gaming, and cutting-edge technologies in higher education. He is also the author of In the Arena, A History of American Presidential Hopefuls, which includes 34 profiles of history's most famous losing candidates for the U.S. presidency.

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From Henry Clay to Barry Goldwater and Shirley Chisholm, our failed presidential contenders can still inspire us with their legacies.