Who was the last governor from the NE to win the presidency?

[quinnox]

I recall governors like Carter and Clinton who were from the South, and Reagan who was from the huge western electoral state of California but I don't recall the last governor from the north east to win the presidency? Any history buffs can tell me?

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

1. George W Bush and his father

The Texas thing is a disguise.

oops, you said GOVERNOR..nevermind.

[indigo32]

3. If only people realized it

LOL

[UrbScotty]

2. FDR

Before him was Coolidge.

[Sick of Bullshit]

4. And before Coolidge, there was Wilson

[Toucano]

5. Aren't we forgetting JFK? n/t

[DemocratSinceBirth]

6. I Think He Was A Senator

NT

[Toucano]

9. Of course...my bad!

I wasn't paying attention to that part of the question. ;(

[UrbScotty]

7. We're talking GOVERNORS, not Senators.

Was JFK a Governor? No.

[Bucky]

8. "Governor" from the NE

We aren't forgetting JFK; you're forgetting the first post in this thread. Jeeze you Clark people are just so... wait a minute. I'm a Clark person. Damn, I can't make fun of a whole group of people now.

[ShaneGR]

10. Teddy Roosevelt... progressive Republican.... FDR..... progressive Dem

Both were Governor's from New York.

http://www.nps.gov/thrb/

After graduating from Harvard, Roosevelt pursued his boyhood dreams, as a rancher, naturalist, explorer, author and Colonel of the Rough Riders. His political service included reforming the U.S. Civil Service Commission and New York City Police Department, and terms as Governor of New York and Vice President of the U.S.

http://www.feri.org/archives/fdrbio/governor.cfm

FDR would serve two, two-year terms as Governor of New York, from 1928 to 1932. In true progressive tradition, he pursued an activist agenda, enhancing the power of state agencies, expanding support for social services and increasing regulatory supervision of business. He also provided help to the state's agricultural community by passing tax cuts for small farmers, boosting funds for rural education, and initiating the first program in the country that sought to raise commodity prices by taking land out of production. Following the collapse of the Stock Market in 1929, and the onset of the Great Depression, FDR moved slowly away from his fiscal conservatism, and through measures such as the New York State Unemployment Relief Act and the creation of the Temporary Emergency Relief Administration (TERA), moved to provide relief to the growing numbers of jobless in the state.

[Sick of Bullshit]

12. That's right

Both Roosevelts had been governor of NY at one time or another.

[msanger]

11. Who was the last Governor from Texas to "win" the presidency?

I don't think there has ever been one. :-)

[Silverhair]

13. Are you saying that LBJ didn't win in 1964? n/t

[Silverhair]

14. OOPS, My bad. LBJ was never governor.