Golden domes for states that birth presidents

[snopes]

Comment: In a history class, a student was told that states may place gold
on their domes after a person from their state is elected President. This
is clearly not true -- but is repeated in history classes.

[snopes]

In a history class, a student was told that states may place gold
on their domes after a person from their state is elected President.

This is true. And they may also place gold on their domes even if nobody from their state has been elected President.

[HighSierra Sherey]

Originally Posted by snopes

This is true. And they may also place gold on their domes even if nobody from their state has been elected President.

except for Nevada... the SILVER state!
(although its "silver" dome is technically tin)

[Dear Babby]

I assume they mean the dome of the state capitol building? No dome here in Hawaii for Obama.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2086/...4fe209.jpg?v=0

Of course gold would look nice on that volcano-shaped thing in the middle.

[Mateus]

Originally Posted by Dear Babby

I assume they mean the dome of the state capitol building? No dome here in Hawaii for Obama.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2086/...4fe209.jpg?v=0

Of course gold would look nice on that volcano-shaped thing in the middle.

Shh! Don't tell the birthers!

Just for S&G, NY's capitol building doesn't have a dome, let alone a gold dome, and we've produced quite a few presidents.

[Lainie]

Ohio's Statehouse has a "wedding cake," not a dome (it's domed on the inside). And it's not gold, although the state has produced a number of presidents.

[AnglRdr]

Tennessee's capital building is dome-free, but we've birthed some presidents, too.

[Squirt]

You're not allowed to get a dome until you've birthed a Supreme Court judge, 3 VP's and a Ambassador to France. If you get a President before you've got them, you lose your gold dome rights forever. Tough, but that's how it works.

[Magdalene]

Colorado has a gold dome, and hasn't produced a president at all that I'm aware of.

Magdalene

[Casey]

Originally Posted by Lainie

Ohio's Statehouse has a "wedding cake," not a dome (it's domed on the inside). And it's not gold, although the state has produced a number of presidents.

Ohio claims 8, though there is a bit of a challenge on WH Harrison. WH Harrison was born in Virginia, though he lived later in Ohio.

[lord_feldon]

Originally Posted by Lainie

Ohio's Statehouse has a "wedding cake," not a dome (it's domed on the inside). And it's not gold, although the state has produced a number of presidents.

It was taken away for producing Warren G. Harding.

[Lainie]

Originally Posted by lord_feldon

It was taken away for producing Warren G. Harding.

Fair enough.

[RealityChuck]

New York has four presidents born there: Van Buren, Fillmore, and the Roosevelts. Grover Cleveland was a long-time resident of the state, though he was born in New Jersey. Dwight Eisenhower lived in New York when he was elected, too.

In any case, there is no gold on the dome of the New York statehouse. The New York state capitol building has no dome at all.

[Mad Jay]

Originally Posted by Dear Babby

I assume they mean the dome of the state capitol building? No dome here in Hawaii for Obama.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2086/...4fe209.jpg?v=0

Of course gold would look nice on that volcano-shaped thing in the middle.

Aha! That proves it. Obama was born in Kenya!

[Silas Sparkhammer]

And...if one foot of the dome is off the ground, the president led troops in battle, right?

(California's dome was gold long before Nixon or Reagan was president -- or even born!)

Silas

[Loyhargil]

Nah, Iowa should be the only state with any valid claim to the gold dome, because of our awesome presidential causes record.

As an aside, Kansas has a copper dome. It was completely refurbished a few years back. I remember thinking it was very odd that they painstakingly cleaned the copper, replaced some missing bits, then re-applied the green patina. I mean ... I know copper turns green eventually, and the Kansas capitol building was pretty widely known for its green dome. But it was nice to see the actual copper for a change. They couldn't just have let it go naturally, rather than make it look like, well, dirty copper again on purpose?

Probably some reason for doing it I'm just dumb about, but it was pretty disappointing.

[rangerdog]

Well... as Virginia, The Old Dominion, has produced the most Presidents we certainly could have a golden dome but alas, our Statehouse has but columns.

[A Turtle Named Mack]

I was all set to say that Georgia has a gold dome, but had produced no presidents. Then I recalled that Carter came from here. We often try to forget that. And besides, we have had the gold dome for a very long time.

[lord_feldon]

West Virginia has a gold dome, but no presidents (unless one of the pre-civil war Virginian presidents came from there).

[Ramblin' Dave]

New Hampshire (birthplace of Franklin Pierce) has a gold-leaf dome. I'm not sure if that counts as "golden" or not. I'm not sure how much Pierce deserves to be remembered as a president either.