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Monday, October 1, 2012



The presidential election is really heating up with the big debates kicking off this week. So let's take a closer look at the grand tradition of the U.S. presidency.


Today's Random Fact:

The oldest president inaugurated was Reagan (age 69); the youngest was Kennedy (age 43). Theodore Roosevelt, however, was the youngest man to become president??he was 42 when he succeeded McKinley, who had been assassinated.

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Bonus Fact:

Vice presidents were originally the presidential candidates receiving the second-largest number of electoral votes. The Twelfth Amendment, passed in 1804, changed the system so that the electoral college voted separately for president and vice president. The presidential candidate, however, gradually gained power over the nominating convention to choose his own running mate.

Can you imagine if John McCain had been elected Obama's vice president?