Harper's Magazine homage

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Last presidential election won by a sitting member of the House of Representatives: 1880 (James Garfield)

Last presidential election won by a sitting member of the Senate: 1960 (JFK)

Last time the powers of the presidency were conferred upon a sitting governor: 2000 (G.W. Bush)

Presidential elections recently won by sitting or former governors: 1996, 1992, 1984, 1980, 1976

Presidential elections where even the losing older party candidate was a sitting or former governor: 1988, 1980

Number of sitting or former governors running for the Democratic nomination: 1 (Dean)

Number of sitting or former governors appointed by G.W. Bush to his cabinet: 5 (Thompson HHS, Ridge DHS, Whitman EPA, Leavitt EPA, Ashcroft DOJ)

Number of sitting or former governors appointed by G.W. Bush as ambassadors: 1 (Cellucci, Canada)

Number of sitting governors interviewed by Dick Cheney under the color of a search for G.W. Bush's running mate in 2000, who reportedly had to go through a top-to-bottom disclosure of their past: 3 (Ridge of PA, Keating of OK, Pataki of NY)

Number of sitting Republican governors in 2000: 25

Percentage of then-sitting Republican governors appointed by G.W. Bush to Federal office: 20%

Last time a sitting cabinet secretary ran for president: n/a

Number of siblings of G.W. Bush who are a sitting governor and eligible to run for president in 2008: 1