QUESTIONS:
1. There has been much in the news of late of the military records of presidential candidates. Who was the first World War II veteran to be on a national party ticket?
2. Who was the last World War II veteran to be on a national party ticket?
3. Prior to Bill Clinton in 1992, who was the last major party nominee for President who did not serve in the military?
4. Who was the only Spanish-American War veteran to be on a national ticket?
5. Who was the only Korean War veteran to be on a national party ticket?
ANSWERS:
1. Gen. Dwight Eisenhower and Richard Nixon, Republican running mates in 1952, were both World War II veterans.
2. The Republicans??¢â???¬â???¢ 1996 presidential nominee Bob Dole, a U.S. Army veteran.
3. Democrat Hubert Humphrey in 1968, who had been rated 4-F by Selective Service and thus ineligible for service in World War II.
4. Republican Theodore Roosevelt, vice presidential nominee in 1900 and President from 1901-08.
5. Republican Spiro Agnew, U.S. Army veteran of both World War II and Korea, who was Vice President from 1968-74.
