He violates Jon Rauch's rule:With only one exception since the presidency of Theodore Roosevelt, no one has been elected president who took more than 14 years to climb from his first major elective office to election as either president or vice president.
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http://www.nationaljournal.com/njmagazine/st_20031017_1717.php
I do believe it took Abraham Lincoln 14 years.
I do believe it took Abraham Lincoln 14 years.