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2016 Postmortem

jg10003

(976 posts) Mon Jan 25, 2016, 03:53 AM Jan 2016

Trivia question: Which president was the most experienced when he took office? [View all]

Answer: Richard Nixon; the only president to have served as a congressman, senator, and vice-president.

Other very experienced presidents include:
* Buchanan; 10 years a congressman, 4 years ambassador to Russia, 10 years a senator, 4 years secretary of state, 4 years as ambassador to England.

*Andrew Johnson; 10 years a congressman, 4 years governor of Tennessee, 5 years a senator, 3 years military governor of Tennessee.

*Martin Van Buren; senator, governor of New York, ambassador to England, Secretary of State, Vice-President.

Draw your own conclusions.

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Trivia question: Which president was the most experienced when he took office? [View all] jg10003 Jan 2016 OP

Whoa. Very interesting! kath Jan 2016 #1

None of them worth a quarter brush Jan 2016 #2

Herbert Hoover had tons of experience, too. n/t. Ken Burch Jan 2016 #3

Hoover was very effective as an administrator, but he never held an elective office sarge43 Jan 2016 #4

New Bernie Talking Point? billhicks76 Jan 2016 #5

Sarah Palin posts on DU? (nt) jeff47 Jan 2016 #10

??? billhicks76 Jan 2016 #17

Neither does your post. (nt) jeff47 Jan 2016 #18

Really? You Don't Understand 911? billhicks76 Jan 2016 #19

Bernie is the more experienced one, even Hillary admits it. Motown_Johnny Jan 2016 #13

9-11 AND a gender. Don't you forget it! eom Betty Karlson Jan 2016 #15

LBJ cloudbase Jan 2016 #6

Washington was pretty experienced by 1789 (nt) Recursion Jan 2016 #7

George H. W. Bush had quite a resume before becoming President Art_from_Ark Jan 2016 #8

I remember Pat Paulsen reciting his resume and concluding Va Lefty Jan 2016 #9

FDR, c. 1944 OilemFirchen Jan 2016 #11

I have to say Jefferson. bornskeptic Jan 2016 #12

Ooooh, that must leave a stinging mark or too. Betty Karlson Jan 2016 #14

So, you're saying we shouldn't support the guy who has been in Congress for over a quarter century? Freddie Stubbs Jan 2016 #16