Statistically speaking
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The student Senatorial and presidential elections came to a close last week. With problems arising from ruling bodies on campus, here are some interesting facts on governments of yore:
Number of U.S. Presidents from Pennsylvania: 1, James Buchanan
Number of Presidents who ran for the office while still a member of the House of
Representatives: 1, James A. Garfield
Number of freshman Senators elected in 2004: 9
Proportion of eligible U.S. voters who voted in the 2000 Presidential election:
51 percent
Largest number of vetoes executed by a President:
635, Franklin Roosevelt
Total number of U.S. Senators and Representatives from Pennsylvania since 1789: 1048
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