Can you name the Multistate political families given their states? by soberden

Can you name the Multistate political families given their states?

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These families had members serve as Senator, Governor, or Congressman from more than one state.
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States	Family	Relationships
Iowa, Pennsylvania		Husband/Wife
Kentucky, Maryland		Brothers
South Dakota, Texas		Husband/Wife
Arkansas, New York		Husband /Wife
New York, California		Cousins/Son
Indiana, Kansas		Husband/Wife
Illinois, Indiana		Brothers
Texas, Kentucky		Father/Son
Arizona, California		Father/Son
Georgia, Alabama		Brothers
New York, Rhode Island		Father/Son
Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico		Brothers/Cousins
Massachusetts, Connecticut		Grandfather/Grandsons
Ohio, Indiana		Grandfather/Grandson
Massachusetts, New York, Rhode Island		Brothers/ Nephew
Kansas, North Carolina		Husband/Wife
Connecticut, Florida, Texas		Grandfather/Son/Grandsons
New York, Arkansas, West Virginia		Brothers/Nephew
Michigan, Massachusetts		Father/Son
Florida, California		Husband/Wife

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Multistate political families Quiz

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Created Feb 22, 2013 in History
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	soberden:	Feb 23rd, 2013 at 19:34 GMT		1 point
	For those who are curious, Barry Goldwater Jr. and James Roosevelt served as congressmen from California. We know their more famous fathers. There may be some families I missed. I chose to omit in laws or there are a few others I could have done.

	popestcyril:	Mar 3rd, 2013 at 14:55 GMT		1 point
	Nice quiz. Thanks for adding a challenge to my day! I gave it a curator's pick for Politics. Keep up the good work.

	shakescene:	Mar 4th, 2013 at 04:36 GMT		1 point
	Great idea for a quiz. There are more you could add, for example (how did you miss this?) Ron Paul (R-Texas) & his son Rand Paul (R-Ky); and Sen. Claiborne deB. Pell (D-RI), son of Rep. Herbert C(laiborne) Pell (D-NY), himself the great-grandson & great-grandnephew of Congressmen (http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000194 ; entries for other members note any Congressional relatives, ancestors or descendants). Plus the cross-state marital teams such as Mr Connie Mack (R-Fla) & Mrs Mary Bono Mack (R=Calif., widow of Mr Sonny Bono, R-Calif.); and Mr Andrew Jacobs (D-Ind.) & Mrs Martha Keys (D-Ks). Also (as this site reminds me http://news.muckety.com/2009/09/02/love-marriage-and-politics-on-capitol-hill/19691) Howard Baker (R-Tenn) with Nancy Kassebaum (R-Kans. daughter of Gov. Alf Landon, R-Ks); Ed Mezvinsky (D-Ill) with Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky (D-Iowa); and Stephanie Herseth-Sandlin (D-SD) with Mark Sandlin (D-Texas). See also (this only covers Senators who served in Congress simultaneously with a brother or sister) http://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/reference/four_column_table/Brothers.htm

	sabresfan:	Mar 4th, 2013 at 14:43 GMT		3 points
	Also the Romneys (Michigan gov, Massachusetts gov).

	soberden:	Mar 5th, 2013 at 17:56 GMT		2 points
	I am surprised I forgot the Pauls and Romneys. Added them and the others you mentioned.

	soberden:	Mar 5th, 2013 at 18:00 GMT		1 point
	I am leaving out Baker and Kassebaum because they were not married while in the senate.

	soberden:	Mar 5th, 2013 at 18:04 GMT		1 point
	I believe Ed Mezvinsky represented Iowa, like his wife. I remember him on the Judiciary committee in the 70's.

	needapausebutton:	Mar 5th, 2013 at 19:13 GMT		3 points
	@soberden: While you are in the process of tweaking your fine quiz, I'll suggest the following, to enhance the appearance as well: 1. Set columns to 1, rather than auto. This will eliminate the minor, yet unsightly issue of unbalanced columns, and then you can also take advantage of items 2 and 3 below. 2. Make your column widths proportionate to the "general amount" of info typically appearing in each set 3. Increase the font at least 1 point (perhaps 2) 4. Add an appealing color scheme for backgrounds, text and borders (avoiding red text). Test each aspect above until they look good to you, while maintaining the "playability" of the quiz. - napb (History editor)

	soberden:	Mar 5th, 2013 at 22:15 GMT		2 points
	I took your suggestions and I think it looks good as it is now. I am open to suggestions on how what I did can be improved, though. Thanks

	needapausebutton:	Mar 6th, 2013 at 20:19 GMT		2 points
	^ Yes, it's looking nice now. Just a few more touches: - Lighten the third column a fair amount, it is difficult to make out the black text. - The Arkansas/New York relationship needs the slash between husband / wife - Up the timer to 5 minutes - players need time to think AND to re-position the cursor when they decide to skip around. Thanks!

	Ubbiebubbie:	Mar 6th, 2013 at 20:22 GMT		1 point
	^ Also, "Arkansas,New York" needs a space and "New York ,California" needs to be "New York, California".

	soberden:	Mar 6th, 2013 at 20:53 GMT		1 point
	How anybody missed Arkansas, New York or New York,Arkansas,West Virginia is beyond me. And not one but two of Arizona,Colorado,New Mexico are current.

	shakescene:	Mar 7th, 2013 at 04:32 GMT		1 point
	Black on blue in the third column is hard to read; perhaps pick yellow for text in the third column or else a dark color (e.g. black) on a lighter shade of blue, green, tan or pink (or else white on red, etc.)

	shakescene:	Mar 7th, 2013 at 04:34 GMT		1 point
	This is purely optional, but if you haven't thought about it already, consider accepting maiden names for the wives in married couples (Bono, Keys, etc.)

	soberden:	Mar 7th, 2013 at 16:47 GMT		1 point
	Changed the text color and added as optional some of the maiden names.

	soberden:	Mar 7th, 2013 at 22:57 GMT		1 point
	I added the Mezvinsky's when I remembered what state she represented(it wasn't Iowa. That was the state he represented.)

	Ubbiebubbie:	Mar 8th, 2013 at 12:38 GMT		1 point
	Just go with white in the third column... the current color is atrocious.

	soberden:	Mar 8th, 2013 at 16:49 GMT		1 point
	Yeah. I decided to go with white. It seems best.

	shakescene:	Mar 9th, 2013 at 04:36 GMT		1 point
	A little bit light on the Kennedys, there, aren't you, son (or lass)? — at both ends. Mass. Rep. John Francis Fitzgerald (Honey Fitz, a Mayor of Boston after Congress) is listed at the Congressional Biographicsl Directory as "FITZGERALD, John Francis, (grandfather of John Fitzgerald Kennedy; grandfather of Edward Moore Kennedy; grandfather of Robert Francis Kennedy; great-grandfather of Joseph P. Kennedy II; great-grandfather of Patrick Kennedy)" http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000164 ... and even that's incomplete because it hasn't been updated to include Joe Jr's son Joseph P. Kennedy III, who just joined Congress (from Mass.) two months ago. So, the simplest summary I can think of is "grandfather, brothers, son, grandson", although you could get quite involved with the other relationships ([great/grand] uncle, nephew, cousin), as in this entry for Joseph P. III: "KENNEDY, Joseph P. III, (son of Joseph Patrick Kennedy, II, great-nephew of Edward Moore Kennedy and John Fitzgerald Kennedy, and great-great-grandson of John Francis Fitzgerald, first cousin once removed of Patrick Joseph Kennedy)" http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000379

	shakescene:	Mar 9th, 2013 at 04:59 GMT		1 point
	And how can one forget the father of the immediate past Speaker, Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), daughter of Rep. Thomas D'Alesandro, Jr. (D-Md, 1939-47, when he became Mayor of Baltimore)? http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000007 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_D%27Alesandro,_Jr.

	needapausebutton:	Mar 9th, 2013 at 16:21 GMT		5 points
	OK, let's not get too carried away here with poor ol' soberden... The goal here is not to try to make the quiz as comprehensive as possible so that it covers every possible relationship that ever existed, but rather to make an enjoyable quiz, that is playable, and accurate. So, if "Kennedy" is the only answer that fits for the clue "Massachusetts, New York, Rhode Island" and the relationship of brothers/nephew is viable, let's leave it at that. And I do not mean to diminish your enthusiasm and research efforts, shakescene! But at this point (and all along, in fact), my goal with the touches above is to put the quiz into a condition where it can be considered for an Editor's pick, and it is now in the queue for that in the near future. Thanks - napb

	sproutcm:	Mar 9th, 2013 at 18:50 GMT		2 points
	Yeah I agree it shouldn't be comprehensive, I was just surprised that Ben/Dan Quayle aren't on here as that's a pretty big named-political family in two very different states.

	shakescene:	Mar 10th, 2013 at 00:35 GMT		1 point
	I agree that it's impractical to cover every interfamilial pair of governors or congressfolk (not quite as hopeless as doing this for showbiz, since the universe is finite, but far too pedantic to do in full). Maybe there could be some cut-off date with an exception for the Harrisons; few would be interested in every pair of 19th-century cross-state brothers.

	soberden:	Mar 10th, 2013 at 23:39 GMT		1 point
	I appreciate all the comments. I think I will leave it with the 20 we have now. I am surprised I didn't think of the D'alesandro/Pelosi connection, though.

	shakescene:	Mar 12th, 2013 at 07:53 GMT		1 point
	I think that if you were going to add (or replace) just one, Father/Daughter would be the fittest, since it may be the only one and Nancy Pelosi is still active and prominent.