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To: dogbyte12; MadIvan

When bush 41 was running in 1988, all the talk was about how no sitting VP had been elected to pres since JQ adams.

130 posted on 11/30/2006 8:54:11 AM PST by staytrue

To: staytrue

Wrong. It was Martin van Buren, the election of 1836.

However, a number of VPs have gone on to become President and win when their boss died - Calvin Coolidge, Harry Truman, and Lyndon Johnson.

Regards, Ivan

131 posted on 11/30/2006 8:59:01 AM PST by MadIvan (I aim to misbehave.)

To: staytrue

Oh also, add Theodore Roosevelt to that list - he was re-elected after succeeding William McKinley after he was killed.

Regards, Ivan

132 posted on 11/30/2006 9:00:58 AM PST by MadIvan (I aim to misbehave.)

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