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10 things you should know about Fort Myers

2. Mitt, you're not alone Legend has it that one of the first European babies born here was to Captain Winfield Scott Hancock, later a general and Union hero at Gettysburg. (One of the main roads in town is called Hancock Bridge Parkway.) Hancock was the Democratic nominee for president in 1880, putting up only a slightly weaker candidacy than Paul Tsongas, Michael Dukakis, John Kerry, Ted Kennedy, and Mitt Romney.
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2. Mitt, you're not alone

Legend has it that one of the first European babies born here was to Captain Winfield Scott Hancock, later a general and Union hero at Gettysburg. (One of the main roads in town is called Hancock Bridge Parkway.) Hancock was the Democratic nominee for president in 1880, putting up only a slightly weaker candidacy than Paul Tsongas, Michael Dukakis, John Kerry, Ted Kennedy, and Mitt Romney.