State Trivia

» pete_prbell - State Trivia

All in all 25 states have never been represented in the Presidency or Vice Presidency, name all 25 states

Good Luck

Pete Bell

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» Mugwump53 - Re: State Trivia

In response to message posted by pete_prbell:

Great question! (Which means, I wish I had thought of it.)

By state represented, I am assuming you mean the state they called home when elected, as opposed to state of birth.

If that is the case, I have only 24. they are:
Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Idaho, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Neveada, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.

I can name a president or vice-president from each of the others.

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» H2O - Re: Re: State Trivia

In response to message posted by Mugwump53:

But don't forget, Wisconsin had a presidential candidate in "Fighting Bob" LaFollette and a vice-president candidate in Patrick Lucey, John Anderson's third party running mate in 1980.

john

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» ossining - Re: Re: Re: State Trivia

In response to message posted by H2O:

I will take a stab at this, but I only find 24 that have not elected either a President or Vice-President (I am going by the list of the states from where the presidents and vice-presidents were elected from, i.e. The Electoral College)

Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Idaho, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont, Washington State, West Virginia, Wisconsin.

Coolidge, although born and buried in Vermont was elected from Massachusetts. Zachary Taylor, although born in Virginia and buried in Kentucky, was elected from Louisiana. Dwight Eisenhower, although born in Texas, and buried in Kansas, was elected from NY. VP Cheney had a residence in Texas, but had to change it back to Wyoming for the 2000 election.

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» ossining - Re: Re: Re: Re: State Trivia

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The 26 states that have Presidents or Vice-Presidents are:
1 each: Alabama (VP King), Arkansas (Clinton), Georgia (Carter), Iowa (VP Wallace) Kansas (VP Curtis), Louisiana (Taylor), Maine (VP Hamlin), Maryland (VP Agnew), Michigan (Ford), Missouri (Truman), New Hampshire (Pierce), South Carolina (VP Calhoun), Wyoming (VP Cheney) Total: 13 states
2 each: New Jersey (VP Hobart), Woodrow Wilson, Pennsylvania (VP Dallas), Buchanan. Minnesota (VPs Humphrey & Mondale) Total: 3 states
3 each: California (Hoover, Nixon, Reagan), Kentucky (VPs Richard Mentor Johnson, John Cabell Breckinridge & Alben W. Barkley) Total: 2 states
4 each: Texas (George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush, Lyndon B. Johnson and VP Garner, Tennessee: (Polk, Andrew Jackson, Andrew Johnson and VP Gore), Illinois: Lincoln, VP Schuyler Colfax, VP Adlai Stevenson, VP Charles Gates Dawes (3 states)
5 each: Virginia (Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Tyler). Indiana, (VPs James Danforth Quayle, Charles W. Fairbanks, Thomas Andrews Hendricks, Thomas Riley Marshall, and President Benjamin Harrison (2 states)
6 each: Massachusetts (John & John Quincy Adams,
John F. Kennedy, Calvin Coolidge, Elbridge Gerry and Henry Wilson. (1 state)
7 each: Ohio: Grant, Hayes, Garfield, McKinley, Taft, Harding, William H. Harrison (1 state)
14 each: New York: VPs Burr, George Clinton, Tompkins, Wheeler, Morton, Sherman, Rockefeller.
(13+3+2+3+2+1+1+1) = 26 states have had either Presidents or Vice-Presidents. 24 have not!
Presidents Van Buren, Fillmore, Arthur, Cleveland, Theodore & Franklin Roosevelt, Eisenhower. (1 state)

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» Mugwump53 - Re: Re: Re: State Trivia

In response to message posted by H2O:

Yes, John, but the question was about presidents and VPs, not candidates. If we counted candidates, we would eliminate even more states.

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» Mugwump53 - Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: State Trivia

In response to message posted by ossining:

Hi, Ossining. I agree with your list of states, a I posted above. I didn't have your problem with people like Eisenhower and Taylor, since all of their states were represented by others already (except Louisiana).

Hope you're feeling better soon.

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