Can you name the first names of these US politicians and high-profile leaders from the last hundred years?

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Presidents are intentionally excluded.
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Role	First Name	Last Name
Secretary of State		Kissinger
Senator		Goldwater
House Speaker		Pelosi
Justice		Marshall
Pres. candidate		Nader
Labor leader		Chávez
House Speaker		O'Neill
Mayor		Giuliani
Senator		McCarthy
Secretary of State		Rice

Role	First Name	Last Name
Vice President		Cheney
Civil rights leader		Jackson
Chief Justice		Vinson
House Speaker		Gingrich
Labor leader		Hoffa
Governor		Blagojevich
Fed Chairman		Greenspan
FBI Director		Hoover
Justice		Sotomayor
Vice President		Agnew

Role	First Name	Last Name
Secretary of State		Powell
Senator		Thurmond
Attorney General		Reno
Governor		Palin
Fed Chairman		Bernanke
President pro tem		Inouye
Governor		Dukakis
Civil rights leader		Parks
Sec. of Defense		Panetta
Secretary of State		Clinton
Vice President	Clinton
Secretary of the Treasury	Clinton
Vice President	Clinton

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US Leaders - First Names Quiz

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	aznemesis:	Feb 9th, 2012 at 04:27 GMT		12 points
	There are several questions about the accepted names in the archived comments. My addition to that would be why "Dan" isn't acceptable for Inouye. After hitting the Give Up link, I went and looked him up, to see where I went wrong. I thought maybe I was mistaken about his first name. The very first hit from Google is "Dan Inouye United States Senator for Hawaii" for his inouye.senate.gov site. Even the Wiki article, which uses his full name, has him as Daniel Ken "Dan" Inouye, which would seem to imply that "Dan" is the most common manner of referring to him. This wouldn't be a big deal if "Tip" wasn't acceptable for O'Neill and "J. Edgar" wasn't acceptable for Hoover. If John isn't required for Hoover and Thomas isn't required for O'Neill, Daniel shouldn't be required for Inouye.

	mexal:	Feb 9th, 2012 at 04:47 GMT		7 points
	would be nice to accept Mahalia Jackson

	cocky:	Feb 9th, 2012 at 04:48 GMT		-1 points
	I've never heard him called Dan. I kept trying Carl for vinson, but he was the congressman.

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	clapifyoulikeme:	Feb 9th, 2012 at 05:08 GMT		5 points
	I got 100%, but I too would like Mahalia accepted for "Jackson". According to Wikipedia, she was a "singer and civil rights activist. She was described by entertainer Harry Belafonte as 'the single most powerful black woman in the United States'". And I second "Booker T." not being included. He died in 1915, 97 years ago, before most of the others were even born, and way before they did any of the things for which they are famous.

	Pogues:	Feb 9th, 2012 at 05:09 GMT		4 points
	John Marshall, while a Chief Justice of the United States, sorta died in 1835...so he's not quite eligible for the parameters of this quiz. I was dying trying to remember Hoover's first name, and swore it was Edgar. Totally blanked on the J.

	eleriero:	Feb 9th, 2012 at 05:10 GMT		23 points
	Huh....finally found Jimmy Hoffa!

	jpl486:	Feb 9th, 2012 at 06:27 GMT		-1 points
	Harold Washington.

	evildevil97:	Feb 9th, 2012 at 11:27 GMT		5 points
	Is "J. Edgar" really a first name?

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	yrralh:	Feb 9th, 2012 at 12:05 GMT		5 points
	Not to nitpick, but is "civil rights" really a role? Civil rights leader, maybe...

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	gowhere:	Feb 9th, 2012 at 12:28 GMT		1 point
	Rather than Booker T. Washington, you should have Walter Washington, the first elected Mayor of Washington, DC, who was also campaigned for civil rights.

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	Cecispanda:	Feb 9th, 2012 at 13:04 GMT		1 point
	I didn't read the limitation to 100 years, so I was going to gripe about John Marshall, but that's my fault. It might be a bit of a stretch, but certainly if you decide to accept Mahalia Jackson, you should also accept Dinah Washington, who at least locally here in Tuscaloosa was considered a civil rights leader as well as a jazz singer. Gowhere's suggestion of Walter Washington also has merit.

	jshep:	Feb 9th, 2012 at 13:29 GMT		3 points
	I knew Hank Kissinger. Hank Kissinger was a friend of mine. LTH, you're no Hank Kissinger. Great quiz!

	Koltrane:	Feb 9th, 2012 at 13:33 GMT		11 points
	The problem with Jackson and Washington is that both are very common names in the black community, and the case can be made that many black Americans who gained notoriety through avenues such as performing or athletics were seen as Civil Rights leaders by proxy. While Mahalia Jackson may be rightly considered a civil rights activist, it's not the first thing most people think of when her name is mentioned, whereas Jesse Jackson's primary vocation has been issues of civil rights. I do agree that Booker T. is a little out of place, given that most of these are living people, but he's still a legitimate answer (one I missed, btw :)

	rockgolf:	Feb 9th, 2012 at 14:05 GMT		4 points
	I'd agree with replacing Booker T Washington. Unlike every other person listed, he is NOT primarily known for the role which listed. If you're going to add another Civil Rights leader, I'd suggest Medgar Evers. Much less likelihood of mistaking that name.

	krisfunk27:	Feb 9th, 2012 at 14:06 GMT		1 point
	Any other St. Louis-area types try "Ray" for Vinson?

	rockgolf:	Feb 9th, 2012 at 14:07 GMT		1 point
	@LTH: jshep just gave you the nicest compliment. He said you're no Henry Kissinger.

	tvfan3:	Feb 9th, 2012 at 14:07 GMT		5 points
	It's HIHGLY debatable to call Booker T Washington as a "civil rights" figure. He largely rejected the strategy of folks like W.E.B. DuBois and the NAACP which insisted that civic and political equality was a necessary precursor for black uplift. Washington famously believed in educational and economic uplift, believing that political and civil equality would follow the establishment of a black middle class. It would make more sense to refer to Washington as an "educator" since he's the most important African-American educator in history. Not every black leader of the Jim Crow era was a "civil rights" leader. If you DO want another civil rights leader then why not W.E.B. DuBois or, more challengingly, Bayard Rustin or Fred Shuttlesworth.

	johnlk:	Feb 9th, 2012 at 14:10 GMT		1 point
	Beyond what everyone else has already said, Booker T. Washington really wasn't a civil rights activist. He advocated Black economic self-improvement, mostly, and said that political rights would have to wait until African Americans had improved their own economic situation.

	kmusheno:	Feb 9th, 2012 at 14:26 GMT		4 points
	But Denzel Washington played the title character in Malcolm X

	munga:	Feb 9th, 2012 at 14:46 GMT		-1 points
	What about Stevie Washington, angry youth?

	clapifyoulikeme:	Feb 9th, 2012 at 14:54 GMT		5 points
	Seconding replacing Booker T with Medgar Evers. Less common name, inarguably a civil rights leader, and squarely in the last 100 years.

	Wolfie0890:	Feb 9th, 2012 at 17:36 GMT		1 point
	If I change my last name to Sporcle, will you support my 2028 Presidential Campaign?

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	JacketFan2:	Feb 9th, 2012 at 19:34 GMT		2 points
	Please accept "Gene" for Eugene McCarthy. He was known as "Clean Gene" in '68 and forever after.

	Badgerhawk:	Feb 9th, 2012 at 19:37 GMT		1 point
	Only 15% of sporclers guessed Booker T. although I'd guess upwards of 90-100% of them have heard of him. Therefore, I think he doesn't belong on this quiz.