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« Reply #150 on: January 06, 2008, 05:28:52 PM »


Hint - all were Democrats
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« Reply #151 on: January 06, 2008, 05:31:18 PM »
NFL: Roosevelt
NBA: Kennedy
NHL: Johnson
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« Reply #152 on: January 06, 2008, 05:32:38 PM »
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« Reply #153 on: January 06, 2008, 05:38:28 PM »
NFL-Johnson
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« Reply #154 on: January 06, 2008, 05:43:45 PM »

Took you a few but you got it!
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« Reply #155 on: January 06, 2008, 05:47:30 PM »
Which President had an assistant who later became Commissioner of the NBA?
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« Reply #156 on: January 06, 2008, 05:58:10 PM »
« Edited: January 06, 2008, 06:00:54 PM by CPT MikeyMike »
JFK and LBJ for O'Brien
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« Reply #157 on: January 06, 2008, 06:24:38 PM »
Quote from: J. J. on January 05, 2008, 06:44:50 PM


What presidents never voted for themselves as president under a party banner in a general election.

I repeat the question.  Nobody was even close.

Hint:  There are four.
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« Reply #158 on: January 06, 2008, 08:00:01 PM »
No president has been from a state where the electors weren't popularly elected by some fashion at the time, so it's not that.

Tyler, Johnson, and Arthur never had anybody (let alone themselves) vote for them for President.  But that's only three (Fillmore ran again in '56). 
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« Reply #159 on: January 06, 2008, 08:32:17 PM »
Wasn't Washington techincally an independent? Just a guess.
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« Reply #160 on: January 06, 2008, 09:24:38 PM »
Quote from: Josef Švejk on January 06, 2008, 08:32:17 PM
Wasn't Washington techincally an independent? Just a guess.

I think he was ON the ballot, however.  Hoover might have written himself in 1960, for example.

Erc, there is a fourth (that I thought was the easiest).
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« Reply #161 on: January 07, 2008, 03:37:59 PM »
Quote from: J. J. on January 06, 2008, 06:24:38 PM
What presidents never voted for themselves as president under a party banner in a general election.

George Washington (independent, no popular vote in Virginia), John Adams (no popular vote in Massachusetts), Thomas Jefferson (no popular vote in Virginia), James Madison (no popular vote in Virginia), James Monroe (no popular vote in Virginia)

John Tyler (was William Henry Harrison's vice president, Harrison died and Tyler did not stand in the next election), Andrew Johnson (was Abraham Lincoln's vice president, Lincoln died and Johnson did not stand in the next election), Chester A. Arthur (was James Garfield's vice president, Garfield died and Arthur did not stand in the next election)

So by my count eight.

(Fillmore ran for the Know Nothings in 1856 and Ford ran in 1976.)
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« Reply #162 on: January 07, 2008, 06:09:23 PM »
Quote from: StateBoiler on January 07, 2008, 03:37:59 PM
Quote from: J. J. on January 06, 2008, 06:24:38 PM
What presidents never voted for themselves as president under a party banner in a general election.

George Washington (independent, no popular vote in Virginia), John Adams (no popular vote in Massachusetts), Thomas Jefferson (no popular vote in Virginia), James Madison (no popular vote in Virginia), James Monroe (no popular vote in Virginia)

John Tyler (was William Henry Harrison's vice president, Harrison died and Tyler did not stand in the next election), Andrew Johnson (was Abraham Lincoln's vice president, Lincoln died and Johnson did not stand in the next election), Chester A. Arthur (was James Garfield's vice president, Garfield died and Arthur did not stand in the next election)

So by my count eight.

(Fillmore ran for the Know Nothings in 1856 and Ford ran in 1976.)

You are still missing one.  Of the 4, none ever even voted for an elector that would vote for them.

Four presidents, never a party nominee for president, never voted for an elector (even a losing one) that would vote for them for president.
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« Reply #163 on: January 07, 2008, 06:52:41 PM »
Quote from: J. J. on January 07, 2008, 06:09:23 PM
Quote from: StateBoiler on January 07, 2008, 03:37:59 PM
Quote from: J. J. on January 06, 2008, 06:24:38 PM
What presidents never voted for themselves as president under a party banner in a general election.

George Washington (independent, no popular vote in Virginia), John Adams (no popular vote in Massachusetts), Thomas Jefferson (no popular vote in Virginia), James Madison (no popular vote in Virginia), James Monroe (no popular vote in Virginia)

John Tyler (was William Henry Harrison's vice president, Harrison died and Tyler did not stand in the next election), Andrew Johnson (was Abraham Lincoln's vice president, Lincoln died and Johnson did not stand in the next election), Chester A. Arthur (was James Garfield's vice president, Garfield died and Arthur did not stand in the next election)

So by my count eight.

(Fillmore ran for the Know Nothings in 1856 and Ford ran in 1976.)

You are still missing one.  Of the 4, none ever even voted for an elector that would vote for them.

Four presidents, never a party nominee for president, never voted for an elector (even a losing one) that would vote for them for president.

John Quincy Adams, cause he was never the party nominee. There were 3 or 4.
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« Reply #164 on: January 07, 2008, 06:59:08 PM »
Quote from: StateBoiler on January 07, 2008, 06:52:41 PM
Quote from: J. J. on January 07, 2008, 06:09:23 PM
Quote from: StateBoiler on January 07, 2008, 03:37:59 PM
Quote from: J. J. on January 06, 2008, 06:24:38 PM
What presidents never voted for themselves as president under a party banner in a general election.

George Washington (independent, no popular vote in Virginia), John Adams (no popular vote in Massachusetts), Thomas Jefferson (no popular vote in Virginia), James Madison (no popular vote in Virginia), James Monroe (no popular vote in Virginia)

John Tyler (was William Henry Harrison's vice president, Harrison died and Tyler did not stand in the next election), Andrew Johnson (was Abraham Lincoln's vice president, Lincoln died and Johnson did not stand in the next election), Chester A. Arthur (was James Garfield's vice president, Garfield died and Arthur did not stand in the next election)

So by my count eight.

(Fillmore ran for the Know Nothings in 1856 and Ford ran in 1976.)

You are still missing one.  Of the 4, none ever even voted for an elector that would vote for them.

Four presidents, never a party nominee for president, never voted for an elector (even a losing one) that would vote for them for president.

John Quincy Adams, cause he was never the party nominee. There were 3 or 4.

No, he had electors.  Try again.  Never voted for himself in the popular vote, never voted for an elector (even an unsuccessful elector) who was pledged to him, even by honor.
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« Reply #165 on: January 07, 2008, 09:19:21 PM »
Quote from: J. J. on January 07, 2008, 06:59:08 PM
Quote from: StateBoiler on January 07, 2008, 06:52:41 PM
Quote from: J. J. on January 07, 2008, 06:09:23 PM
Quote from: StateBoiler on January 07, 2008, 03:37:59 PM
Quote from: J. J. on January 06, 2008, 06:24:38 PM
What presidents never voted for themselves as president under a party banner in a general election.

George Washington (independent, no popular vote in Virginia), John Adams (no popular vote in Massachusetts), Thomas Jefferson (no popular vote in Virginia), James Madison (no popular vote in Virginia), James Monroe (no popular vote in Virginia)

John Tyler (was William Henry Harrison's vice president, Harrison died and Tyler did not stand in the next election), Andrew Johnson (was Abraham Lincoln's vice president, Lincoln died and Johnson did not stand in the next election), Chester A. Arthur (was James Garfield's vice president, Garfield died and Arthur did not stand in the next election)

So by my count eight.

(Fillmore ran for the Know Nothings in 1856 and Ford ran in 1976.)

You are still missing one.  Of the 4, none ever even voted for an elector that would vote for them.

Four presidents, never a party nominee for president, never voted for an elector (even a losing one) that would vote for them for president.

John Quincy Adams, cause he was never the party nominee. There were 3 or 4.

No, he had electors.  Try again.  Never voted for himself in the popular vote, never voted for an elector (even an unsuccessful elector) who was pledged to him, even by honor.

Are you looking for Gerald Ford?
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« Reply #166 on: January 07, 2008, 09:50:02 PM »
Quote from: True Democrat on January 07, 2008, 09:19:21 PM
Quote from: J. J. on January 07, 2008, 06:59:08 PM
Quote from: StateBoiler on January 07, 2008, 06:52:41 PM
Quote from: J. J. on January 07, 2008, 06:09:23 PM
Quote from: StateBoiler on January 07, 2008, 03:37:59 PM
Quote from: J. J. on January 06, 2008, 06:24:38 PM
What presidents never voted for themselves as president under a party banner in a general election.

George Washington (independent, no popular vote in Virginia), John Adams (no popular vote in Massachusetts), Thomas Jefferson (no popular vote in Virginia), James Madison (no popular vote in Virginia), James Monroe (no popular vote in Virginia)

John Tyler (was William Henry Harrison's vice president, Harrison died and Tyler did not stand in the next election), Andrew Johnson (was Abraham Lincoln's vice president, Lincoln died and Johnson did not stand in the next election), Chester A. Arthur (was James Garfield's vice president, Garfield died and Arthur did not stand in the next election)

So by my count eight.

(Fillmore ran for the Know Nothings in 1856 and Ford ran in 1976.)

You are still missing one.  Of the 4, none ever even voted for an elector that would vote for them.

Four presidents, never a party nominee for president, never voted for an elector (even a losing one) that would vote for them for president.

John Quincy Adams, cause he was never the party nominee. There were 3 or 4.

No, he had electors.  Try again.  Never voted for himself in the popular vote, never voted for an elector (even an unsuccessful elector) who was pledged to him, even by honor.

Are you looking for Gerald Ford?

He was the party nominee and had electoral votes, so no.

Four Presidents, never voted for themselves for president as a candidate for a party nomination (write-in could be possible), never voted for an elector pledged to them (even informally).  Three have been named.  John Tyler, Andrew Johnson, Chester A. Arthur.  There is a fourth, and I thought the easiest.
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« Reply #167 on: January 07, 2008, 10:19:01 PM »
Lord, I'm going to kick myself.

Well it obviously isn't Truman, T Roosevelt, Coolidge (since they all ran in their own right)
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« Reply #168 on: January 07, 2008, 10:41:50 PM »
It can't be Millard Fillmore, since he ran in 1856.

How about David Rice Atchison? Tongue
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« Reply #169 on: January 07, 2008, 11:31:01 PM »
Quote from: True Democrat on January 07, 2008, 10:41:50 PM
It can't be Millard Fillmore, since he ran in 1856.

How about David Rice Atchison? Tongue

No, he'd appear on any list of Presidents.
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« Reply #170 on: January 07, 2008, 11:33:30 PM »
Should I declare you all stumped and unable to answer a fairly easy question that was asked before. Smiley
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« Reply #171 on: January 07, 2008, 11:36:05 PM »
Quote from: J. J. on January 07, 2008, 11:33:30 PM
Should I declare you all stumped and unable to answer a fairly easy question that was asked before. Smiley

Yes.
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« Reply #172 on: January 08, 2008, 12:40:33 AM »
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Quote from: J. J. on January 07, 2008, 11:33:30 PM
Should I declare you all stumped and unable to answer a fairly easy question that was asked before. Smiley

Yes.

I'll you one very big hint.  You can be in a situation where you have been president but never voted for yourself (in the described scenario) if two cases. 

1.  You've never run for president, but succeeded to the presidency as vice president, or:

2.  You didn't vote.
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« Reply #173 on: January 08, 2008, 01:06:17 AM »
Well, one obvious pick in James Tyler.
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« Reply #174 on: January 08, 2008, 01:57:57 AM »
Quote from: Supersoulty on January 08, 2008, 01:06:17 AM
Well, one obvious pick in James Tyler.

Wrong.
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