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Revision as of 15:16, 10 November 2002 by 217.168.172.176 (talk) (slight re-wording)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)James Danforth Quayle, known as Dan Quayle (February 4, 1947-), was Vice President under George Bush (1989-1993).
Quayle was born in Indianapolis, Indiana. He was elected in 1976 to the House of Representatives at age 29. At age 30, he was elected to the Senate. As Vice President he made visits to 47 countries and chaired the President's Council on Competitiveness and the National Space Council.
He was widely ridiculed in the media as a mental lightweight and was prone to verbal gaffes. Most famous was his correcting a student's spelling of potato as "potatoe". (When this story is related, it is usually not mentioned that Quayle was relying on a spelling bee card on which the word had been misspelled by the teacher although admittedly Quayle should have picked that up.)