ITT: What major politicians have you met?

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

I spent a week in Washington as a senior in high school as one of my state's two participants in the United States Senate Youth Program. I got to meet Thurmond then, but not Hollings as he was on the campaign trail in Iowa and New Hampshire. The hotel we were boarded at that week (the Mayflower) was where Reagan/Bush kicked off their reelection campaign.