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He announced his intention to run in December 1974 and he died in December 2024

Only 2 other candidates did it, Strom Thurmond and Alf Landon

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George Washington met William Henry Harrison.

William Henry Harrison (of course) met Benjamin Harrison.

Benjamin Harrison met Alice Roosevelt.

Alice Roosevelt met Gerald Ford.

Gerald Ford met Jimmy Carter.

Jimmy Carter met Obama.

Might seem surprising since my fav President was a non New Deal Democrat but I am very aligned with FDR in terms of policies and I believe in the New Deal and its policies, Keynesian Economics, all of that stuff.

1.Polk and Buchanan:

Buchanan was SoS during Polk’s term but he only served to make his 1848 run more possible, he was a flip flopper, from a Supreme Court Nomination decline to acceptance to decline to acceptance again to not wanting all of Oregon to chastising Polk for getting too little of Oregon.

He aged Polk by decades problably.

2.Carter and Clinton:

Clinton blamed his 1980 Governor Race loss to Carter and his policies and they went back and forth, Carter did not support Clinton in the ‘92 Primaries, didn’t come to the ‘96 DNC and was deeply embarassed by the Monica Lewinsky Scandal they did reconcile I think before Carter died.

Clinton awarded the Carters the Medal of Freedom in ‘99 but I don’t think it ended the storm, in 2009, I think Carter said that Obama was critiqued due to racism and I think Clinton got so annoyed.

Carter would be one of the first to be for Obama and not Hillary in 2008 too.

To know the 1976 Campaign, ya have to know what happened between ‘72 and this one.

Well one word:

Watergate.

Investigators were pounding on Dick Nixon from all sides and it became impossible for him to get scot free so he resigned in 1974 and Jerry Ford became President, only to pardon Nixon afterwards.

So despite around 2 years passing by then, Nixon and Watergate loomed over the Primaries and the General Election later on.

Let’s start with the Republican Primaries:

It was between Jerry Ford and Ronald Reagan and both men gaffed:

On April 9,1976, Gerald Ford was in Texas for a campaign visit, the locals offered him tamale and he ate it with the husk on, making him nearly choke as he ate it with the husk on, angering many Texans.

During the Primary, Ronald Reagan kept his fumble of having to cut a lot of agencies to by 90 Billion , as a Budget Plan (originally said on September 26,1975, Ford’s campaign used it heavily in ‘76), he was ridiculed for it, also because it was pretty much mathematically impossible.

Now let’s move to the Democratic Primaries fought between a ton of candidates:

On April 5, 1976, Jerry Brown got the nickname “The Moonbeam Governor” because of how eccentric he was, his gaffes? He was just really weird.
When asked about the economy he began to talk about his Buddhist Economic Philosophy and that humanity was entering an “era of limits”.

The Wisconsin Primary was held on April 7,1976, and Mo Udall was SO SURE of his victory that he gave a victorious speech on the news and newspapers printed “Udall beats Carter” (or something like that) and what happened? A “Dewey beats Truman” event, Carter won, posed victorious with the newspapers and Udall had to embarrassingly go back to TV and take back his victorious speech.

Now let’s move to Frank Church, the underrated candidate, on March 18,1976, he decided (late) to enter the Primaries so he gave announced it on TV while being almost half buried in snow, and he had to move around heavily and the whole nation saw it.

Jimmy Carter in April 1976, “"I have nothing against a community that's made up of people who are German or Czech or Polish or whatever, trying to maintain the ethnic purity of their neighborhoods."”, he meant it in the way that there are German, Czech, Polish and etc neighbourhoods and basically that we should not separate them.

As you can see, it was a disaster wording and he later apologised for it and activists like Andrew Young and Martin Luther King Sr accepted his apology and campaigned for him later on.

Fred H. once called rich Americans “Fat Cats” it massively hurt his support with heavily urban areas.

VP Debate:

Only one entry here, and that is Bob Dole.

While in a debate with Walter Mondale, Dole (a WW2 Veteran) said that all wars from the 20th Century (WW1,WW2, Korea, Vietnam) were all started by Democrats and it is their fault as they were not prepared militarily.

General Election:

And to end with the most infamous ones:

Jimmy Carter on September 20 1976, had his Playboy Magazine interview released to the world where he said that he lusted in his heart for women other than his wife, he was trying to say that he was a sin and not Holy and that no one’s perfect but it was a major blunder.

And finally:

On October 6,1976, Gerald Ford was asked on the Helsinki Accords and he said perhaps the most infamous gaffe of them all
“There is no Soviet domination of Eastern Europe and there never will be, under a Ford Administration” he meant in that in their souls they didn’t have their spirits crushed but it was a blunder and when asked to clarify, he doubled down.

So that was all, thanks for reading and God bless.

Decided in 1962 by the Warren Court, it was a landmark ruling that made a lot more districts.

(It is also known for making Associate Justice Whittaker get a nervous breakdown and resign).

Due to the new districts, there needed to be a lot more State Senators, and one of those who were elected? Jimmy Carter

His 152nd Birthday in Heaven is in 2 days. Please don't hate him for causing the Great Depression. He did everything he could to get us out. I went to his House in West Branch, Iowa on March 29, 2024. I learned that he helped People during the Armenian Genocide before his Presidency. He previously battled Cirrhosis and Liver Failure in 1962. In 1959, he was diagnosed with Hepatitis, which he battled. He also had Gallbladder Surgery in 1958. He also had several Illnesses as a Kid, which included Earaches, Diphtheria, Chicken Pox, Measles, Mumps. He nearly died from Asphyxiation caused by Croup as a Kid. He badly burned his Foot on a Hot Iron in his Dad's Blacksmith Shop and almost cut his Finger off while playing with a Hatchet. In February 1964, he fell Sick with Pneumonia, Sepsis, and a Kidney Infection caused by Kidney Stones, which he recovered from.

And before ya say.

LBJ is an abbreviation.

And yes, I know Landslide Lyndon exists but any nickname that changes his name?

And Obama was Barry (I forgot)

And Bush would also be Dubya

Not counting the Continental Congress since….those are gone.

And for those who were in multiple districts, I’ll count them all.

And no State House or State Senate, only National Congress.

James Madison: Served in the House of Representatives as a Representative from Virginia (1789-1797).

In the 5th District (1789-1793), the seat is held by Robert Hunt, a Republican, fun fact:John Floyd (1832 Candidate) held this seat.

And in the 15th District (1793-1797), the seat is held by no one as it was dissolved in 1853.

James Monroe:

Served as in the Senate as Senator from Virginia (1790-1794) , fun fact:Chuck Robb (Virginia Governor and LBJ’s son in law) held this seat, currently it is held by Tim Kaine, a Democrat.

JQA:Served as Senator (1803-1808) from Massachusetts, the seat was held by:

Edward Everett (1860 VP Candidate).

Henry Wilson (Grant’s 2nd VP).
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr (1960 VP Candidate).

John Kennedy and Ted Kennedy, now it is held by Elizabeth Warren, a Democrat.

Also served in the House of Representatives in the:

11th District (1831-1833), who was eliminated in 1993.

12th District (1833-1843),who was eliminated in 1983.

8th District (1843-1848), who is now held by Steven Lynch, a Democrat.

Andrew Jackson:

He served in the House of Representatives as a Representative from Tennessee’s At House District (1796-1797), who was eliminated in 1805.

And as Senator from Tennessee (1797-1798 and 1823-1825), the seat was held by:

Hugh White (1836 Candidate).

John Bell (1860 Candidate).

Cordell Hull (FDR’s Secretary of State).

Estes Kefauver (1952 Frontrunner Primary Candidate and 1956 VP Candidate).

Howard Baker (Senate Majority Leader in the 80s).

Al Gore (Clinton’s Vice President and 2000 Candidate) .

Fred Thompson (2008 Candidate in the Primaries)

Currently it is held by Lamar Alexander, a Republican, a loaded Senate Seat.

MVB (Check comments).

Served as Senator from New York (1821-1828), the seat would be held by:

Hamilton Fish (Grant’s Sec of State).

Elihu Root (Sec of State for McKinley and TR and 1912 Nobel Peace Prize Winner).

John Fuster Dulles (IKE’s Sec of State).

And it’s now held by Chuck Schumer, a Democrat.

WHH (Check comments).

He served as Senator from Ohio (1825-1828), the seat would be held by:

Thomas Ewing (his own Sec of Treasury and Father in Law to William Sherman).

Allen Thurman (1888 VP Candidate).

John Sherman (Hayes’ Sec of Treasury, 1880 Primary Candidate and General Sherman’s brother).

Mark Hanna (McKinley’s right hand man), Harold Burton (Associate Justice to the Supreme Court).

John W Bricker (1944 VP Candidate).

Bob Taft Jr (part of Taft Dynasty).

John Glenn (cool guy).

Currently it is held by Sherrod Brown, a Democrat.

John Tyler:He served as Congressman from Virginia’s 23rd District (1816-1821) which was eliminated in 1823.

And as Senator from Virginia (1827-1836).

The seat? Same as Monroe’s.

James Polk:

He was a member of the House of Representatives from Tennessee (1825-1839), representing:

6th District (1825-1833), occupied by Diane Black, a Republican.

9th District (1833-1839), occupied by Steve Cohen, a Democrat.

Millard Fillmore:

He was a member of the House of Representative (1833-1835,1837-1843), representing the 32nd District of New York which was eliminated in the 90s.

Franklin Pierce:

Served in New Hampshire’s At Large District (1833-1837), which is now gone for more than 100 years.

Served as Senator from New Hamphsire (1837-1842), it is currently held by Kelly Ayote, a Republican.

James Buchanan:

He was a Congressman (1821-1831) from Pennsylvania representing :

3rd District (1821-1823), currently held by Mike Kelly, a Republican.

4th District (1823-1831), currently held by Scott Perry, a Republican.

Buchanan also was Senator (1834-1845), seat held by Pat Toomey, a Republican.

Abraham Lincoln:

He was a member of the House of Representatives, representing the Illinois 7th District (1847-1849), the seat is currently held by Danny Davis, a Democrat and the 2nd African American to ever held that seat.

Andrew Johnson:

Served in the House of Representatives, representing the Tennessee 1st District (1843-1853), the seat is currently held by Phil Roe, a Republican.

He was also Senator (1857-1862 and 1875-1875), that seat was the same one that Jackson held for the first time (as a correction so all the people in Jackson’s section are from his second Senate seat), the seat was held by Al Gore Sr, and now the seat is currently held by Bob Corker, a Republican.

Rutherford B Hayes:

He served in the House of Representatives (1865-1867), representing Ohio’s 2nd district, the seat is now held by Brad Wenstrup, a Republican.

James A Garfield:

Served in the House of Representatives Representing Ohio’s 19th District that was eliminated in the 2000s.

He was also elected to the Senate from Ohio in 1880, but never took his seat, having his preferred candidate, John Sherman take it, the seat is currently held by Sherrod Brown, a Democrat.

Benjamin Harrison:

Served in the Senate, representing Indiana (1881-1887), same seat held by John W Kern (1908 VP Candidate), Sherman Minton (Associate Justice), seat currently held by Joe Donnelly, a Democrat.

William McKinley:

Served in the United States House of Representatives from Ohio (1877-1884, 1885-1891) representing:

17th District (1877-1879, 1881-1883), eliminated in 2010.

18th District (1883-1884,1887-1891) eliminated in 2010.

16th District (1879-1881),eliminated recently (after the 2014 Midterms) in 2020.

20th District (1885-1887), eliminated in the 1990s.

Warren G Harding:

Served in the Senate, representing Ohio (1915-1921), same seat as WHH’s.

Harry S Truman:

Served as Senator from Missouri (1935-1945), seat was held by Stuart Symington, John Ashcroft then Jean Carnahan after her dead husband won the election, now the seat is now occupied by Claire McCaskill, a Democrat.

JFK:

He was a Senator from Massachusetts (1953-1969), same as JQA’s seat.

Also was Congressman representing the 11th District, also same as JQA’s seat, that Tip O’ Neill was also part of (right after Kennedy), it was eliminated in 1993.

LBJ:

Served as a Congressman representing Texas’ 10th District (1937-1949) that Homer Thornberry (Johnson’s failed Supreme Court Nominee) also served in, it is currently held by Michael McCaul, a Republican.

And served as Senator from Texas (1949-1961), it is currently held by John Cornyn, a Republican.

Richard Nixon:

Served as Congressman from California (1947-1950), representing the 12th District, it is currently held by Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat.

Also served as Senator from California (1950-1953), it is currently occupied by Barbara Boxer, a Democrat.

Gerald Ford:

Served in the House of Representatives, serving Michigan’s 5th District (1949-1973), currently held by Dan Kildee, a Democrat.

George HW Bush:

Congressman from Texas’ 7th District (1967-1971), currently held by John Culberson, a Republican.

Barack Obama:

Senator from Illinois (2005-2008), seat currently held by Mark Kirk, a Republican.