If he were elected, Vilsack would have been the first president born in Pennsylvania since James Buchanan, the first to come from Iowa since Herbert Hoover, the second Roman Catholic president following John F. Kennedy and the first president to be born in the 1950s.
If he were elected, Vilsack would have been the first president born in Pennsylvania since James Buchanan, and the first to be born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He would also be the first to come from Iowa since Herbert Hoover, the second Roman Catholic president following John F. Kennedy and the first president to be born in the 1950s.