Running Men of the 20th Century Quiz

Answer: 4

Thurmond carried South Carolina, of which he was governor, as well as Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana. He also received 1 electoral vote from Tennessee, for a total of 39 electoral votes.

Answer: 11

Theodore Roosevelt, nominated by the Republicans in 1904, had been William McKinley's running mate in 1900; Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1932, 1936, 1940, 1944), was the Democratic running mate of James Cox in 1920; Calvin Coolidge (1924) was Warren Harding's choice for the Republican ticket in 1920; Harry Truman (1948) was FDR's choice in 1944; Richard Nixon (1960, 1968, 1972) was liked by Ike in 1952 and 1956; Lyndon Johnson (1964) ran with John Kennedy in 1960; Hubert Humphrey (1968) was Johnson's partner in 1964; Walter Mondale (1984) was Jimmy Carter's man in 1976 and 1980; George H.W. Bush (1988, 1992) won two with The Gipper, Ronald Reagan, in 1980 and 1984; Bob Dole (1996) was a Ford man when he ran with Gerald Ford in 1976; and Al Gore (2000) was Bill Clinton's right hand man in 1992 and 1996.

Answer: 1948 and 1968

in 1948, two former FDR veeps, Harry S. Truman and Henry Wallace, were both nominated for the presidency, Truman by the Democrats and Wallace by the Progressive Party. In 1968, Richard Nixon and Hubert Humphrey faced each other in a tight race made tighter by 3rd party candidate George Wallace.

Answer: Texas

While many point to Illinois and its "deceased" voters as the reason JFK was elected president, there were some charges, none substantiated but very reasonable, of improprieties in Lyndon Johnson's home state of Texas. In Fannin County, over 6,100 votes were cast. Only problem was that there were only 4,895 voters registered in that county. And, in one of the precincts in Angelina County, 147 votes were counted for Kennedy. Even owing to new math, it still doesn't explain how that was possible, as only a total of 86 votes were cast for all candidates.

Answer: 88

Teddy Roosevelt carried six states, totalling 88 electoral votes, in 1912 as the Progressive, or Bull Moose, candidate, finishing a distant second behind Democrat Woodrow Wilson. TR beat out President William Taft, the man whom Teddy handpicked to succeed him in 1908. Taft garnered a scant 8 electoral votes, winning only Utah and Vermont.

In 1968, George Wallace, American Independent party, captured 5 states (Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana) plus one electoral vote from North Carolina, for a total of 46, for the second-highest total. Strom Thurmond is third, with 39 in 1948.

Answer: Roosevelt and Nixon

FDR and Nixon both were on five tickets. Roosevelt was the vice presidential candidate for the Democrats in 1920, and was their presidential candidate in 1932, 1936, 1940, 1944. Nixon was Eisenhower's running mate in 1952 and 1956, and was the standard bearer for the GOP in 1960, 1968 and 1972. "Papa" George H.W. Bush is second, with four (vice president 1980 and 1984, president 1988 and 1992). Rounding out the top five are Walter Mondale (vice president 1976 and 1980, president 1984) and Al Gore (vice president 1992 and 1996, president 2000), with three each.

Answer: Chicago Daily Tribune

By now, most everyone has seen the famous picture of Truman beaming as he victoriously holds up the paper. No pictures of Dewey though. Guess it's hard to face anyone, let alone reporters, when you manage to lose an election in your sleep.

Answer: James Cox

Cox was the Democratic presidential candidate in 1920, when FDR was the v.p. candidate. Garner ran with Roosevelt in 1932 and 1936, Wallace in 1940, and Truman in 1944.

Answer: False

In 1912 and 1916, Woodrow Wilson was elected with less than 50% of the vote. Other minority presidents of the 20th Century are Harry Truman in 1948, John Kennedy in 1960, Richard Nixon in 1968, and George W. Bush in 2000.

Answer: 2

It happened twice. In 1976, Jimmy Carter carried 23 states, while President Gerald Ford won 27. In 1960, Richard Nixon won 25 states, John Kennedy 22, and Harry Byrd one, Mississippi. Byrd and Nixon split the electoral votes of Alabama and Oklahoma.