QUESTIONS:
1. Who was the last World War I veteran to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives?
2. The first Vietnam veteran to be elected to the House was re-elected last week. Can you name him?
3. Excluding John McCain, how many other U.S. senators have been Vietnam POWs?
4. With the retirements of Republican Senators Jesse Helms (R.-N.C.) and Strom Thurmond (R.-S.C.) in January, how many World War II veterans will be left in the Senate?
5. Who was the last U.S. senator who served in World War I?
ANSWERS:
1. Rep. Bob Poage (D.-Tex.), Navy apprentice seaman in World War I, served in the House from 1936-1978.
2. Rep. John Murtha (D.-Pa.).
3. Sen. Jeremiah Denton (R.-Ala.), who served from 1980-86.
4. Four: Democratic Senators Ernest Hollings (S.C.) and Daniel Inouye (Hawaii) and Republican Senators Ted Stevens (Alaska) and John Warner (Va.).
5. Sen. Allen J. Ellender (D.-La.), who served from 1936 until his death in 1972.
