QUESTIONS:
1. Doug Wead has just written a book on the children of presidents. Prior to George W. Bush, who was the last son of a President to run for governor of a state?
2. Before Bush, who was the last son of a president to seek a major party nomination for President himself?
3. Name the last presidential offspring to actually serve in the U.S. House?
4. Name the last presidential offspring to run for the House?
5. Who was the last son of a President to serve on his father's White House staff?
ANSWERS:
1. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr., Liberal Party nominee for governor of New York in 1966.
2. Sen. Robert A. Taft (R.-Ohio), son of President William Howard Taft, who sought the Republican nomination for President in 1952.
3. Rep. James Roosevelt (D.-Calif.), son of F.D.R, who served in the U.S. House from 1954-65.
4. George W. Bush, who was defeated for the House from Texas in 1978.
5. John Eisenhower, son of Dwight D. Eisenhower, who served on his father's staff from 1958-61.
