With Gov. Palin’s five chlidren and McCain’s seven, the presumptive GOP nominees have more offspring than any major-party ticket since 1920. In that year, Democratic Ohio Gov. James M. Cox (six children) and Franklin D. Roosevelt (also six children) lost to Harding and Coolidge. Interestingly, both the McCain/Palin and Cox/Roosevelt campaigns were launched from Dayton, Ohio.
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