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Human Events, Oct 24, 2005

1. Jack Carter, son of former President Jimmy Carter, recently announced for the U.S. Senate from Nevada. Who was the last presidential offspring to run for the Senate?

2. Who was the last presidential offspring to be elected to the Senate?

3. Who was the last presidential offspring to be elected a governor of a state?

4. Who was the last child of a President to serve in the House?

5. Excluding Jimmy Carter himself, who was the last relative of his to seek office before Jack?

ANSWERS

1. Maureen Reagan, daughter of Ronald Reagan, who unsuccessfully sought the Republican Senate nomination from California in 1982.

2. Republican Robert A. Taft, son of William Howard Taft, who served in the Senate from Ohio from 1938 to 1953.

3. Republican Jeb Bush, son of George H.W. Bush, elected governor of Florida in 1998.

4. Democrat James Roosevelt, son of FDR, who was a U.S. representative from California from 1954-65.

5. Younger brother Billy Carter, defeated for mayor of Plains, Ga., in 1977.