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The history behind an exclusive but lesser-known presidential club


The history behind an exclusive but lesser-known presidential club
When Joe Biden was sworn in as the nation s 46th president, he joined an exclusive but lesser-known club of those who d come before.
Joe Biden s full name is Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. He is one of 10 other commanders-in-chief through history named after their fathers. Others in the group include James Madison Jr., Theodore Roosevelt Jr. and Calvin Coolidge Jr.
Jeffrey Engel, founding director of the Center for Presidential History at Southern Methodist University, told CBS News Dana Jacobson he isn t surprised presidents don t use the junior distinction.
I m not surprised that presidents or any politician would choose not to call themselves junior. Because what is the word junior but diminutive? It s saying you re lesser something, or at the very most you are a copy of something, he said. So we see presidents who found themselves using junior throughout most of their life, but when they wan ....

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if you were opposing the questions, what would you ask? if you were posing the questions. the numbers are on the screen to call. the newspapers have stories on the debates. candy crowley is one of three moderator s. jim lehrer at the university. and bob schieffer of cbs with the final presidential debate that will take place in mid october. the vice-presidential debate will be moderated by martha raddatz. let s look at the schedule, october 3, october 16, october 22, for the presidential debates. october 11 for the vice- presidential debate. if you were moderating, what question would you ask? you can also join us on our facebook page or send us an e- mail. or join us on our twitter page. meanwhile, susan page this morning with news of the morning after much speculation, chris christie confirmed as the keynote speaker at the republican national convention which will take place in late august in tampa, florida. she writes and there s this headline from the des moines ....

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