CQ TODAY MIDDAY UPDATE
May 22, 2008 – 6:13 a.m.
Political Trivia for May 22
By CQ Staff
What member of Congress is a direct descendent of Benjamin Franklin?
a. Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin , D-Md.
b. Rep. Michael N. Castle , R-Del.
c. Rep. Allyson Y. Schwartz , D-Pa.
d. Rep. Jim Gerlach R-Pa.
Answer: b
Rep. Michael N. Castle , age 69, is a 7th generation descendent of founding father Benjamin Franklin, a 6th generation descendent of Franklin’s daughter Sarah Franklin Bache.
CQ’s Politics in America says: “The 6-foot, 4-inch Castle was a basketball star in high school. He went to Georgetown University Law School after college, ‘sort of because I didn’t know what I was doing.’ In private practice, he worked for a former Delaware attorney general who encouraged him to take the part-time position of deputy attorney general, a post he assumed at age 26.”
A Delaware native, Castle later went on to serve as a state legislator (House and Senate), lieutenant governor and governor before becoming the state’s at-large congressman in 1992.
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Mike Castle has voted with Bush to undo much of what Ben Franklin stood for. Ben Franklin would be ashamed of his descendent is he was alive today..
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