Some History When Senators Became President
President-elect Barack Obama is only the third sitting senator to be elected directly to the White House.
With a potential lame-duck session looming next week, here is a little background on the activities of senators who move to the Executive Branch.
* Only two sitting senators before Obama moved right from the Senate to the White House: Warren Harding and John Kennedy. In late 1920, President-elect Harding came back to the Senate briefly for a speech and meetings, but did not vote.
* No lame-duck session was held when Kennedy was president-elect.
* For Vice President-elect Joe Biden, the story is a little different. There wasn't much going on in the Senate when Vice Presidents-elect Gore, Dan Quayle, Hubert Humphrey and Lyndon B. Johnson were still in the Senate.
* However in 1948, Vice President-elect Alben Barkley was still a senator from Kentucky and participated in debates and voted....
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With a potential lame-duck session looming next week, here is a little background on the activities of senators who move to the Executive Branch.
* Only two sitting senators before Obama moved right from the Senate to the White House: Warren Harding and John Kennedy. In late 1920, President-elect Harding came back to the Senate briefly for a speech and meetings, but did not vote.
* No lame-duck session was held when Kennedy was president-elect.
* For Vice President-elect Joe Biden, the story is a little different. There wasn't much going on in the Senate when Vice Presidents-elect Gore, Dan Quayle, Hubert Humphrey and Lyndon B. Johnson were still in the Senate.
* However in 1948, Vice President-elect Alben Barkley was still a senator from Kentucky and participated in debates and voted....