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Posted: Wednesday, 05 March 2008 4:58PM

Nominees from the Same State 2/26/08

Wow, I thought I made this one so easy, by adding option E - but hardly anyone got it right.  The correct answer is E.  In 1860, both Abe Lincoln and Stephen Douglas were from Illinois; in 1904, Teddy Roosevelt and Alton Parker were both from New York; in 1920, Harding and Cox were both from Ohio, and in 1944, FDR and Thomas Dewey were both from New York.  One footnote: after losing in 1920, Gov. James Cox went back to his newspaper business.  He eventually got into radio, then TV, and today his Cox Broadcasting owns KTVU-Channel 2 in Oakland!

 
One of our wrong answers last week was "Harding vs. Cox," the 1920 presidential matchup. Harding was an Ohio Senator; James Cox was Governor of Ohio. Has there been any other year in which the two major nominees were from the same state?
A. No, 1920 was the only time
  10%
B. Yes, 1860 - Lincoln vs. Douglas
  60%
C. Yes, 1904 - Roosevelt vs. Parker
  0%
D. Yes, 1944 - Roosevelt vs. Dewey
  20%
E. Yes - it happened in 1860, 1904 AND 1944
  10%

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