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Vermont is the only state that President Bush has yet to visit during his presidency, but don't give up all hope yet.

Until June of last year, Rhode Islanders feared they might be one of two states to never get a visit from the president, but he managed to fit them into his schedule.

The first president to visit all 50 states was Richard Nixon. Like Bush, at least one Vermont town voted to impeach Nixon. First Lady Laura Bush has visited Vermont a few times, and despite a rough visit to Brattleboro when he was vice president, George H. W. Bush visited the state twice during his presidency.

Patrick Leahy won a close race for U.S. Senate against Richard Mallary in 1974, and is now in his sixth term in the Senate: Getty Images Photo
Former Republican Rep. Richard W. Mallary is not certain he would have been re-elected to the US Senate had he defeated Democrat Patrick J. Leahy in his 1974 U.S. Senate bid, Mallary told PolitickerVT.com on Sunday.

“Given my political philosophy, I would not have lasted long. I’m a moderate Republican and that seems to be a vanishing breed,” said the 78-year-old Mallary, who won a Special Election for Congress in 1971 and was re-elected in 1972.