Aside from when an accident of history occurs, the average American does not know who has served as Vice President past twenty or so years. Indeed, to a large extent, their biggest responsibility is to be ready to serve at a moments notice. If you need any proof of this, consider this: Truman was Roosevelt's third Vice President. Do you know his first two?
So, off of Pocket Trivia: US History -Which of these men never served as Vice President? Eldridge Gerry, George Clinton, Bob Dole or Walter Mondale?
Eldridge Gerry was Madison's Vice President - but he died a year and a half into his term, making him the first VP to die in office.
George Clinton was Vice President under Madison & Jefferson, making he and John Calhoun the only VPs to serve under two different President.
Walter Mondale was VP under Jimmy Carter. He also ran for President in 1984 and was absolutely destroyed, losing the electoral vote 525-13 (biggest landslide of all time) and the popular vote 59-41%.
So, the correct answer is Bob Dole. Dole, the former Senator Majority leader, did run for President with Ford in 1976 - but the ticket lost. He then ran for President in 1996 and lost that as well.
But, he does make a great spokesman for Viagra
No comments:
Post a Comment