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« Reply #850 on: April 26, 2008, 02:32:37 AM »
ok, I'm gonna just start naming Presidents, stop me if I'm correct.

Jackson, Van Buren, Tyler, Buchanan, Harrison, Garfield, Taft (damn, that's it, it MUST be Taft)
Seeing as he had to be agreed upon by the Senate in order to become Chief Justice. Taft is my final answer.
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« Reply #851 on: April 26, 2008, 07:35:26 AM »
FDR?
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« Reply #852 on: April 26, 2008, 11:30:14 AM »
Quote from: Southern Patriot on April 26, 2008, 02:32:37 AM
ok, I'm gonna just start naming Presidents, stop me if I'm correct.

Jackson, Van Buren, Tyler, Buchanan, Harrison, Garfield, Taft (damn, that's it, it MUST be Taft)
Seeing as he had to be agreed upon by the Senate in order to become Chief Justice. Taft is my final answer.

Your final answer is wrong and so is FDR.  Taft was appointed after he lost the presidency.

I'll give a hint later if you are still floundering around.
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« Reply #853 on: April 26, 2008, 02:51:52 PM »
Quote from: J. J. on April 22, 2008, 08:30:49 AM
Which sitting presidents appeared on the floor of the US Senate while it was in session.

Hmmm...I'm pretty sure JFK was sitting at some point while he was in the Senate. Tongue
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« Reply #854 on: April 26, 2008, 02:58:56 PM »
Was it Clinton?  After all spouses are often at the sides of Senators- and Representatives-elect when they are sworn in.
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« Reply #855 on: April 26, 2008, 03:04:19 PM »
Quote from: Douglas Hordern on April 26, 2008, 02:58:56 PM
Was it Clinton?  After all spouses are often at the sides of Senators- and Representatives-elect when they are sworn in.
Is the Senate "in session" while new Senators are sworn in?
If so, Ernest is right:
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« Reply #856 on: April 26, 2008, 03:37:44 PM »
Quote from: J. J. on April 22, 2008, 10:48:03 AM
Quote from: Joe Republic on April 22, 2008, 10:39:03 AM
Quote from: J. J. on April 22, 2008, 08:30:49 AM
Which sitting presidents appeared on the floor of the US Senate while it was in session.

Well there's Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton for obvious reasons, but I don't know if there were any others.

Neither appeared on the floor of the Senate while it was in session while either was President.

Unfortunately, that doesn't seem to be the answer...
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« Reply #857 on: April 26, 2008, 03:46:15 PM »
Quote from: Erc on April 26, 2008, 02:51:52 PM
Quote from: J. J. on April 22, 2008, 08:30:49 AM
Which sitting presidents appeared on the floor of the US Senate while it was in session.

Hmmm...I'm pretty sure JFK was sitting at some point while he was in the Senate. Tongue

Not JFK.

As for Clinton, I'm not sure the Senate was in session.  If it was, he was one of three, the other being Washington.

Hint, the President was never a member (which should eliminate a few).
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« Reply #858 on: April 26, 2008, 04:35:19 PM »
Presidents Elected to Congress, That didn't move up to the US Senate: Abraham Lincoln, James Garfield, George H.W. Bush, James Madison, Millard Fillmore, Rutherford Hayes.

Maybe one of them?
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« Reply #859 on: April 26, 2008, 07:05:35 PM »
Quote from: Senator-elect Conor Flynn on April 26, 2008, 04:35:19 PM
Presidents Elected to Congress, That didn't move up to the US Senate: Abraham Lincoln, James Garfield, George H.W. Bush, James Madison, Millard Fillmore, Rutherford Hayes.

Maybe one of them?

Either was Zachary Taylor.  Smiley  I didn't say that the President was ever a member of Congress.
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« Reply #860 on: April 27, 2008, 01:51:56 PM »
After a bit of digging...George H.W. Bush.

My question: on which building was the design for the White House based?
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« Reply #861 on: April 27, 2008, 02:37:14 PM »
GWH Bush is correct, but I'd love to see the link (I saw it when it happened).

Quote from: Jas on April 27, 2008, 01:51:56 PM


My question: on which building was the design for the White House based?

The Palace of Versailles?
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« Reply #862 on: April 27, 2008, 02:41:46 PM »
The correct answer is Leinster House.
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« Reply #863 on: April 27, 2008, 02:42:40 PM »
Quote from: J. J. on April 27, 2008, 02:37:14 PM
GWH Bush is correct, but I'd love to see the link (I saw it when it happened).

Cool...
http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/art/artifact/Sculpture_22_00042.htm
Found it after a hunch on why a President might turn up...Smiley

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My question: on which building was the design for the White House based?

The Palace of Versailles?

No

Quote from: J. J. on April 27, 2008, 02:41:46 PM
The correct answer is Leinster House.

Correct Smiley
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« Reply #864 on: April 27, 2008, 02:49:11 PM »
Which presidents have held public office after leaving the presidency (excluding any appointed envoy type offices).
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« Reply #865 on: April 27, 2008, 03:15:33 PM »
Quote from: J. J. on April 27, 2008, 02:49:11 PM
Which presidents have held public office after leaving the presidency (excluding any appointed envoy type offices).

Quincy Adams served in Congress. Taft was on the Supreme Court if that counts. That is all I can think of, off the top of my head.
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« Reply #866 on: April 27, 2008, 03:28:16 PM »
Andy Johnson was a Senator. I think that (incl. Torie's) would be it.
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« Reply #867 on: April 27, 2008, 06:18:39 PM »
« Edited: April 27, 2008, 06:22:03 PM by Erc »
Tyler, if one counts Confederate public offices...

...and Washington, if you count his official title as Lieut. General after he left the Presidency.
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« Reply #868 on: April 27, 2008, 06:26:11 PM »
Quote from: Erc on April 27, 2008, 06:18:39 PM
Tyler, if one counts Confederate public offices...

...and Washington, if you count his official title as Lieut. General after he left the Presidency.

I wouldn't count military rank, but Tyler is included.  So ...

JQ Adams, A. Johnson, Taft, and Tyler.
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« Reply #869 on: April 28, 2008, 11:04:24 AM »
Which major party nominee twice served as a delegate to the opposing party's convention?
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« Reply #870 on: April 28, 2008, 11:19:48 AM »
Wendell Willkie?
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« Reply #871 on: April 28, 2008, 11:40:29 AM »
Correct.  Smiley
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« Reply #872 on: April 28, 2008, 02:54:19 PM »
In 1948 when the "Dixiecrats" walked out of the Democratic Party Convention, which 1968 Presidential Candidate stepped in as an alternate?
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« Reply #873 on: April 28, 2008, 02:55:26 PM »
Quote from: Southern Patriot on April 28, 2008, 02:54:19 PM
In 1948 when the "Dixiecrats" walked out of the Democratic Party Convention, which 1968 Presidential Candidate stepped in as an alternate?

George Wallace
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« Reply #874 on: April 28, 2008, 03:20:05 PM »
Quote from: Lt. Governor Warner for Senate '08 on April 28, 2008, 02:55:26 PM
Quote from: Southern Patriot on April 28, 2008, 02:54:19 PM
In 1948 when the "Dixiecrats" walked out of the Democratic Party Convention, which 1968 Presidential Candidate stepped in as an alternate?

George Wallace

correct! Which is ironic, since most people label him as being a "dixiecrat"
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