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Vice presidential trivia
Campaigns & Elections, July, 2004 by David Mark
For the first 150 years of American history, the vice presidency was considered little more than a clerk with a hefty title, and was often discouraged from participating in executive branch decisions. Today, Vice President Dick Chency has his own national security staff and is considered among the most influential advisers to President Bush.
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Author Dan Coen examines these changes in depth and provides readers with lots of fun facts, trivia, lists and statistics about the second-in-command in "Second String: Trivia, Facts and Lists About the Vice Presidency and its Vice Presidents."
In his introduction, Coen explains the growth of the vice presidency in recent decades.
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"Today's culture of expansive and sometimes invasive media coverage practically mandates that the second most powerful office function like the second most powerful office," he writes.
Even the most die-hard political junkies will likely be stumped by questions in "Second String".
Why has the state of Indiana been referred to as the "Mother of the Vice Presidency"? (During the 48-year period from 1868 until 1916, 10 of the major party vice presidential nominees had been from Indiana.)
Or, What is the average age for vice presidents when assuming the office? 53.
The book is published by Vice Presidents.com, the only Web magazine dedicated to the nation's second in command.
Coen said he is one of the few people interested in politics to study the seemingly obscure topic of vice presidents.
"The men who have held the office were great figures of their time--political and historical," Coen said. "They were senators and congressman and governors and leaders. They were also people with great stories."
Coen, who is also president of a management development organization, wrote the book with the assistance of Glenn Rabney, a veteran Hollywood screen writer.
The book also features original drawings by Jorge Pacheco, a cartoonist who has worked on numerous comic books and animations.
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