President Condi Rice

sleepyjeff · 02-15-2007, 02:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Alex Stroup

So I think it is a steak likely to end in two years. (I wonder if as Carter was inaugurated in 1977 there were people saying it wasn't possible since the previous six presidents had all not been governors.)

Fair enough...but how many of those were elected from the Senate?

Speaking of Carter; who would have thought that a Titan like Senator Jackson would be defeated by this lowly Southern State Governor? Who had ever even heard of Carter 20 months before the election?

Alex · 02-15-2007, 03:04 PM

I thought sloppily when I said six previous (forgetting that you'd mentioned the vice presidency as well).

House, Vice President (Ford, unelected)
House, Senate, Vice President (Nixon)
Senate, Vice President (LBJ)
House, Senate (JFK)
No previous elective office (Eisenhower)
Senate, Vice President (Truman)
Governor (NY) (FDR)
No previous elective office (Hoover)
Governor (MA), Vice President (Coolidge)
Senate (Harding)
Governor (NJ) (Wilson)
No previous elective office (Taft)
Governor (NY), Vice President (Teddy Roosevelt)

Side note, the Wikipedia page for Woodrow Wilson includes this line: "Wilson did not learn to read until he was about 12 years old cause he was dumb."

Tref · 02-15-2007, 03:26 PM

Big question -- Can Condi defeat Boss Jim Gettys?

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Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	I thought sloppily when I said six previous (forgetting that you'd mentioned the vice presidency as well). House, Vice President (Ford, unelected) House, Senate, Vice President (Nixon) Senate, Vice President (LBJ) House, Senate (JFK) No previous elective office (Eisenhower) Senate, Vice President (Truman) Governor (NY) (FDR) No previous elective office (Hoover) Governor (MA), Vice President (Coolidge) Senate (Harding) Governor (NJ) (Wilson) No previous elective office (Taft) Governor (NY), Vice President (Teddy Roosevelt) Side note, the Wikipedia page for Woodrow Wilson includes this line: "Wilson did not learn to read until he was about 12 years old cause he was dumb."
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