Comments on: Name all the presidents

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 12:43:06 +0000

I’m impressed by what I can only assume is your steadfast refusal to acknowledge MacDonald.

By: andrew

andrew — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 12:14:42 +0000

PM’s…oh, damn. Harper, Martin, Chretien, Campbell, Mulroney, Trudeau, Clark, Pearson, Diefenbaker, Mackenzie, King, Laurier…Borden! (hah, he’s on the $50). That’s it. All I can remember. There’s 9 PM’s I can’t remember to save my life.

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 15:15:19 +0000

Well, I’ll be damned; all of this was news to me. And wow, Middleton clocked in even less than Harrison?

By: Peter Lynn

Peter Lynn — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 15:06:10 +0000

Peyton Randolph is the answer to a trick question regarding who the first president of the U.S. was; he was president of the first Continental Congress during the American Revolution prior to either the Constitution or George Washington’s presidency (though it was a mostly ceremonial and unimportant role).

But Randolph is at least the answer to a trivia question, so to answer the question of who’s the least known president, I might point to his successor, Henry Middleton. Not only does no one care about number two, but Middleton also served only four days.