QUESTIONS:
1. With the announcement of retired Gen. Wesley Clark that he is running for the Democratic nomination for President, there is fresh interest in the top military brass seeking office. Who was the last retired general to seek a major party nomination for President?
2. Who was the last retired general to be nominated for President on the Democratic ticket?
3. Who was the last retired general to be elected President as a Democrat?
4. Who was the last retired general to seek a major party nomination for governor in the U.S.?
5. Who was the last retired general to be nominated by a major party for the U.S. Senate?
ANSWERS:
1. Republican Alexander M. Haig in 1988.
2. Winfield Scott Hancock in 1980, who lost to Republican James Garfield.
3. Andrew Jackson in 1832.
4. William C. Westmoreland, retired U.S. Army Chief of Staff, who lost the Republican nomination for governor of South Carolina to James Edwards in 1974.
5. Retired Gen. Pete Dawkins, Republican nominee against Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D.-N.J.) in 1988.
