Hereโ€™s a 2008 question that would throw the whole thing off:

The first book on the list, De Re Metallica, was, according to the article, translated by future president Herbert Hoover. That gives rise to a good question for the 2008 presidential โ€œdebatesโ€ โ€“ โ€œWhat classical works have you translated, and have any of your translations been published?โ€