Theodore Roosevelt

August 25, 2008 - 1:37pm

TRIVIA: Pennsylvania has split history on supporting neighboring VP selections

Joseph Biden will mark the fourth vice presidential nominee from a state that borders Pennsylvania since Democratic candidate Alton Parker picked former West Virginia US Senator Henry Davis in 1904 to run with him against Theodore Roosevelt.  Davis’ neighboring status had no effect in Pennsylvania which cast their votes for the Republican team that year.  In 1968 Richard Nixon tapped Maryland Governor Spiro Agnew to join his ticket and while the Republicans won the election they lost Pennsylvania to Hubert Humphrey and Edmund Muskie.  Pennsylvania was sure to pick a VP candidate in 1972 when Nixon and Agnew were able to turn the tides and defeat George McGovern and former French Ambassador Sarget Shriver who also resided in Maryland. 

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July 10, 2008 - 6:33am

Bipolar not unfamiliar to politics

State Sen. Jim Marzilli's lawyer says the embattled lawmaker has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, a mix of normal mood, depression and mania (which can lead to as delusions and hallucinations).

Over the years, many political types have been treated for this affliction, most notably the late Thomas Eagleton, a U.S. Senator from Missouri and briefly the 1972 Democratic vice-presidential candidate.

In the more local parlance, former Massachusetts first lady Kitty Dukakis was treated for her depression.

Other historical figures who reputedly had bipolar disorder are Winston Churchill, Alexander Hamilton and even Theodore Roosevelt.

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