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Since the emergence of the Republican Party, only two Democratic presidents, Franklin Roosevelt and John Kennedy, have been followed by Democrats, and both FDR and JFK died in office, so their successors ran as incumbents.
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George Will
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: May 4
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George F. Will
George Frederick Will
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