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Meeker
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« on: December 29, 2007, 08:05:07 PM »
Quote from: Lt. Governor Rockefeller Republican on December 29, 2007, 07:10:24 PM
Quote from: Reagan Republican on December 29, 2007, 06:01:37 PM

Harold Brown is correct.

Now please answer my question that I posted in my last post.

No question there Gporter. Here's my question, considering you yet again failed to post one.

Which famous media mogul ran for the 1904 Democratic Presidential Nomination?

William Randolph Hearst. Couldn't have done any worse than the loser they actually did pick.

Who was the first President to seriously want a third term?
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« Reply #1 on: December 30, 2007, 04:30:20 PM »
Quote from: Friedrich Stoltze on December 30, 2007, 08:49:55 AM
Quote from: Friedrich Stoltze on December 27, 2007, 11:22:54 AM
Okay... new question...

Which President was born in the same county as his Vice President?

I'm guessing it would be a Virginia/Virginia team... and the only one that comes to mind is Harrison/Tyler?
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« Reply #2 on: December 30, 2007, 04:46:02 PM »
Who was the first African-American to receive votes at a Presidential nominating convention?

And for bonus points, where, when, and what party?
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« Reply #3 on: December 30, 2007, 06:36:09 PM »
Quote from: Reagan Republican on December 30, 2007, 06:32:31 PM
Quote from: meekermariner on December 30, 2007, 04:46:02 PM
Who was the first African-American to receive votes at a Presidential nominating convention?

And for bonus points, where, when, and what party?

Might it be Shirley Chisholm.

Democratic party, 1972 Presidential Campaign.

Thanks for playing, but no.
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« Reply #4 on: December 30, 2007, 06:59:02 PM »
Quote from: Torie on December 30, 2007, 06:57:54 PM
Without cheating and looking it up, Frederick Douglas in 1856. Just a wild shot.
Good guess, but no.
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« Reply #5 on: December 30, 2007, 09:47:42 PM »
Quote from: Erc on December 30, 2007, 08:19:19 PM
One of the Reconstruction-era Senators, perhaps?

Blanche K. Bruce, probably just as a Mississippi favorite son, in the...1880? Republican Convention?

Winner!

Who are the only two President's to lose their homestates?
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« Reply #6 on: December 30, 2007, 10:08:40 PM »
Quote from: Reagan Republican on December 30, 2007, 09:59:02 PM
Quote from: meekermariner on December 30, 2007, 09:47:42 PM
Quote from: Erc on December 30, 2007, 08:19:19 PM
One of the Reconstruction-era Senators, perhaps?

Blanche K. Bruce, probably just as a Mississippi favorite son, in the...1880? Republican Convention?

Winner!

Who are the only two President's to lose their homestates?

Woodrow Wilson (1916)
Richard Nixon (1968)

My question is as follows:

Where was President-Elect John F. Kennedy when he learned that his wife had given birth to John F. Kennedy Jr.?

Nixon won California 48% - 45% in 1968.
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« Reply #7 on: December 30, 2007, 10:59:25 PM »
Oook then, didn't know I was going to spark such visceral reactions... but the two I was looking for were Wilson in 1916 and Polk in 1844.
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« Reply #8 on: March 01, 2008, 12:24:09 AM »
"Dick and I left you little 'present' in the bedside table, heh heh heh"
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« Reply #9 on: March 03, 2008, 01:55:04 AM »
Quote from: Southern Patriot on March 03, 2008, 01:49:45 AM
Which President frequently swam nude in the Potomac?

JQA. Then one time a reporter stole his clothes and refused to give them back until he got an interview.


What trait do Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush and Ross Perot all have in common?
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« Reply #10 on: March 03, 2008, 02:26:17 AM »
Quote from: Southern Patriot on March 03, 2008, 02:25:37 AM
Quote from: Senator-elect meekermariner on March 03, 2008, 01:55:04 AM
Quote from: Southern Patriot on March 03, 2008, 01:49:45 AM
Which President frequently swam nude in the Potomac?

JQA. Then one time a reporter stole his clothes and refused to give them back until he got an interview.


What trait do Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush and Ross Perot all have in common?
All 3 are caucasian males.

True, but besides that
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« Reply #11 on: March 03, 2008, 02:39:26 AM »
Clearly my question was too vague.

What physical trait, outside of being males, white, and up there in years, do Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush and Ross Perot all have in common?
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« Reply #12 on: March 03, 2008, 03:16:19 AM »
Quote from: Southern Patriot on March 03, 2008, 03:11:36 AM
Quote from: Senator-elect meekermariner on March 03, 2008, 02:39:26 AM
Clearly my question was too vague.

What physical trait, outside of being males, white, and up there in years, do Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush and Ross Perot all have in common?
same eye color

No
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« Reply #13 on: March 03, 2008, 02:44:52 PM »
Left-handed was correct
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« Reply #14 on: March 15, 2008, 08:12:06 PM »
Eisenhower?
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