History Tells Members Of Congress Not To Run For President They
are already lining up to run against President George W. Bush
next year; five, maybe six, United States senators and one
governor. Bet you canít name the governor who is seeking the
Democratic nomination! But he has the best chance of victory, if
history teaches any lessons. Ever since George Washington came
out of the Revolutionary War as Americaís strongest leader,
politicians have been chomping at the bit to challenge whomever
sits in the exalted seat now located at 1600 Pennsylvania
Avenue. But since Washington rode to near unanimous selection as
our first president in 1788, only three men have been elected to
that high office while serving in the U. S. Congress. To be
fair, congressional service was not considered nearly as
important as it is today. For example, Charles Carroll of
Carrollton was a U. S. Senator for Maryland in 1792 when a new
law went into effect that forbade anyone from serving in a
stateís legislature and Congress at the s