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1. Grover Cleveland was both the 22nd and 24th President of the United States and the only President to have a split term. Other firsts were that he was the only President to marry in the White House and to have a child there.
Thomas Dewey, in addition to being Governor, was a Presidential candidate in both 1944 and 1948, losing to Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman.
Mario Cuomo declined to run for President himself and also declined an appointment to the United States Supreme Court.
2. Adlai Stevenson was twice defeated for the Presidency by Eisenhower in 1952 and 1956.
Otto Kerner had a distinguished career as a war hero, federal judge and Governor. He later ran into legal problems.
James Thompson was the longest serving Governor of this state.
3. John Connelly was shot in the limo with John Kennedy but was able to recover from his wounds.
Ann Richards was an outspoken Governor who overcame alcoholism to emerge as the leader of her state.
George W. Bush became the 43rd President of the United States.
4. Earl Warren later became Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
Pat Brown won the Governorship one time by defeating Richard Nixon and later lost the office to Ronald Reagan.
Arnold Schwarzenegger was elected in a wild and woolly election following the resignation of Gray Davis.
5. Rutherford B Hayes became the 19th President of the United States.
William McKinley was the 25th President and opposed William Jennings Bryan's stance on monetary reform.
Salmon P. Chase served as Secretary of the Treasury in the Lincoln administration.
6. Patrick Henry is also remembered as an American Revolution leader and his famous speech in which he said, "Give me liberty or give me death".
Henry "Light Horse Harry" Lee gained his nickname because of his skill with horses.
It certainly did not harm Charles Robb's career when he married Lynda Johnson, daughter of the sitting United States President at the time, Lyndon Johnson.
7. Martin Van Buren succeeded Andrew Jackson as President.
Averell Harriman had a distinguished career in business, politics, and government service.
Al Smith was a popular four time Governor of this State.
8. Andrew Jackson was a war hero and considered the first President who presented himself as a "common man".
Sidney Catts was the only Governor of any State ever elected on the Prohibition Party ticket.
John Ellis Bush perhaps benefited by having powerful relatives.
9. Sam Houston served as Governor of this state from 1827 to 1832.
James K. Polk is considered the last of the "Jacksonian" Presidents.
Andrew Johnson succeeded Abraham Lincoln as President.
10. Ronald Reagan, a former actor, Democrat, union leader, and activist turned Republican ascended to the Presidency.
Edmund "Jerry" Brown later became mayor of a major city.
Leland Stanford was leading industrialist and played a major role in establishing a trans-continental railroad.
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