
In the last row of the U.S. Senate Chamber, there is a desk that is always stocked with candy.
James K. Polk is the only former Speaker to be elected President. The only other Speaker to be a major party’s nomination for President was James G. Blaine, who ran for President as a Republican in 1884, but lost to Democrat Grover Cleveland.
(Nancy Pelosi is in no danger of adding her name to this list)
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