Here's a trivia question

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Thought about this in a reply to another thread.

Neither Gingrich, Romney, nor Obama has ever served in the military. Assuming either Gingrich or Romney is the nominee, this election will feature no candidate at the top of a major party ticket who has served in the military. When was the last election where that was the case?

Here's a hint. Note that I said 'served in'

And no cheating of course!

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1. '92? nt

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2. Nope

H-Dub was naval bomber pilot in the Pacific during WWII.

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3. That's right, I was trying to remember.

'48 then?

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7. Nope

Truman served in the army in WWI and saw combat in an artillery unit.

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5. Or '84.

I know Raygun made movies, I don't think he joined up. And I'm pretty sure Dukakis did not serve.

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8. Not 84 or 88

In 88 H-Dub was at the top of the ticket.

Walter Mondale served in the army during the Korean war, though he was stationed stateside.

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10. Nixon-Humphrey?

I know McGovern served ('72).

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11. No

Nixon joined the Navy during WWII. He served as a supply officer in the Pacific.

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12. Wow, I didn't now that.

I'm stuck, I'd have to cheat.

[Scuba]

4. 2000, since W never showed up and did his service.

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6. No

I'm not trying to rehash the Bush guard story. Whatever exactly happened, he was in the national guard. But that doesn't matter anyway because Al Gore joined the army in Vietnam, in no small part hoping it would help his father's Senate re-election chances.

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9. Duh, I knew that.

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13. 1916? Wilson and Hughes?

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14. That's one, but not the most recent n/t

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15. 1944?

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16. Yep. You got it n/t