Just as long as they all inherit your class and grace, we'll be fine, I'm sure.
I did a quick search and found that Kennedy was the last legislator to defeat a candidate from the executive branch. I made an assumption that it was as governor (since Nixon was before my time). Now I see that his time as VP (after a career in the House and Senate) was his claim to the Executive Branch. Mea culpa. One ought never assume.
(Algebra teacher, by the way, in case you made others wonder.)
There is no excuse for not knowing that Nixon’s executive experience was as Eisenhower’s VP.
It was before my time too. But this is just basic knowledge.