Obscure American history trivia

He was also Post Master of New Orleans or something.

 

Dangit, you beat me to it.

 

John Dean was once married to the daughter of an American politician. Name him.

 

EDIT: Oh the politician NM

 

Tom Hennings. Congressman and senator from Missouri.

 

Name the comic actress buried at Fort Liberty.

 

I don't know, but I do know it will be a very expensive comedy cluster if it reverts back to the original name after an election.

 

That would be honorary Green Beret Martha Raye.

 

Correct.
Don't know why but when I first read that this morning (a book about Charlie Chaplin), my first thought was her and Letterman.
EDIT: Come to think of it, Chaplin might have been wise to use a condom or two.

 

I knew because I work with a lot of military doctors and nurses and remember hearing how Raye could often be found helping medical units care for the wounded while in theater.

 

In the continental United States:

Boston-Providence (40 miles) and Dover-Annapolis (53 miles) are practically neighbors. Which pair of state capitols is 3rd-closest?

Using states that share a common border, which state capitols are located the furthest apart?