QUESTIONS:
1. Georgia Democratic Sen. Zell Miller announced his retirement last week, raising Republican hopes of picking up his seat next year. So far, Georgia has elected two Republican senators since Reconstruction. Can you name them?
2. Aside from Miller, how many U.S. senators have announced their retirement in ’04?
3. Republicans recently chose Sen. Bill Frist of Tennessee as their new majority leader. Who was the first Southern senator to serve as Senate Republican leader?
4. Who was the longest-serving Senate majority leader?
5. Other than Frist, how many living people have held the title of Senate majority leader?
ANSWERS:
1. Mack Mattingly, who served from 1980 until 1986, and Paul Coverdell, who served from 1992 until his death in 2000.
2. None.
3. Sen. Howard Baker of Tennessee, who served as Republican leader from 1976 until his retirement in 1984.
4. Democrat Mike Mansfield of Montana, majority leader from 1960 until his retirement in 1976.
5. Republicans Baker (1980-84), Bob Dole of Kansas (1984-86, 1994-96) and Trent Lott of Mississippi (1996-2001) and Democrats Robert Byrd of West Virginia (1976-80, 1986-88), George Mitchell of Maine (1988-94), and Tom Daschle of South Dakota (2001-02).
