Blue State of Mind
This state currently sends 40 Democrats to the US House
What is California?
4 William & Mary alums have served on this judicial body
What is the Supreme Court?
He was featured near the end of the blockbuster film Oppenheimer
Who is Harry Truman?
He became the first Black speaker of the House in Virginia history this year
Who is Don Scott?
Article 1 created this branch of government
What is the legislative branch?
This state voted for Joe Biden by the closet percentage margin in 2020
What is Georgia?
This former head of the Central Intelligence Agency is now W&M's Chancellor
Who is Robert Gates?
Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton both came from this US region
What is the South?
She is the first Native person to serve as a cabinet secretary
Who is Deb Haaland?
This Amendment was the latest to be adopted but among the first to be proposed (bonus point if you can describe what it did).
What is the 27th Amendment?
This state has 400 members of its House of Representatives, by far the largest state legislature in the US
What is New Hampshire?
Jen Psaki, Class of 2000, Former White House Press Secretary, was a member of this sorority
What is Chi Omega?
He was the first Democratic president
Who is Andrew Jackson?
In 1972, she became the first Black candidate for a major party nomination
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
This state is the latest to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment
What is Virginia?
This state voted for Joe Biden by the widest percentage margin in 2020
What is Vermont?
This Representative from VA will retire from Congress in 2024 due to her diagnosis of an advanced neurodegenerative disease
Who is Jennifer Wexton?
This Democratic President was previously governor of New York
Who is FDR?
This person is the first Black LGBTQ+ US senator in history
Who is Laphonza Butler?
This Amendment is the only one to be repealed
What is the 18th Amendment?
Nebraska and this blue state each have 3 congressional districts
What is New Mexico?
Dina Titus, Class of 1970, represents this state in Congress
What is Nevada?
In the Senate, Joe Biden chaired Judiciary and this other committee
What is Foreign Relations?
They were the first openly gay person elected to the US Senate
Who is Tammy Baldwin?
This Amendment enabled the legal doctrine of incorporation, so the Bill of Rights applies to the states
What is the 14th Amendment?