Lloyd Bentsen
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Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. was an American politician who served as the 69th United States secretary of the treasury under President Bill Clinton from 1993 to 1994. He served as a United States senator
Official portrait, 1993
Bentsen as a U.S. Representative in 1953
Official portrait, 1984
Official portrait as Secretary of the Treasury
"Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy" was a remark made during the 1988 United States vice presidential debate by Democratic nominee Senator Lloyd Bentsen to Republican nominee Senator Dan Quayle in respo
Lloyd Bentsen
…his purported inexperience by comparing his time in office up to that point to that of John F. Kennedy, leading Bentsen to famously castigate Quayle: "Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy." Although Dukakis hoped that the selection of Bentsen would help the Democratic ticket win Texas, the Republican ticket won the state and prevailed…
Senator Dan Quayle
Dan Quayle vice presidential portrait