Which Presidential candidates have you seen in person?

[MatthewZD]

Jimmy Carter in 1977.  My parents and I were visiting my uncle and his family that Easter in Calhoun, GA, where my mom grew up.  I was an Army brat and we were living in Savannah at the time.  Well, one of Carter's sons lived in Calhoun and he went to visit.  A ton of people turned out to greet him at the small airport and I remember as he passed shaking hands Carter said they "didn't expect this kind of a reception."

I also saw Newt Gingrich when he came to speak at a class at my college in the early 90s.  If he noticed the "I survived the Reagan administration" button on my backpack strap, he didn't say anything.  (I was a bit more liberal in my youth than I am now)

Interesting story that happened to my mother.  She and some relatives were sightseeing in DC in the mid-90s and had stopped to take some pictures outside one of the buildings near the White House.  An older gentleman stopped and offered to take a photo so all of them could be in the picture.  One of the relatives thought he looked familiar and asked.  It was Lloyd Bentsen.  I always thought he seemed very classy in the 1988 campaign and wish we had more gentlemen like him in DC.