Can I name all the presidents?
LearningPlunge asked on Instagram: “Can you name all 46 presidencies in order?” I know I can’t… but I was confident that I could list them if I bounced around a bit. I predicted it would take me forever. Likely with ooooone missing guy that would nag at me until I remember him.
Here’s what happened:
You’ll notice the paper said “Washington” when I started. I didn’t trust that the recording started… aaaaand I hit the button to stop it. Also I didn’t realize until after the fact that the videos could be easily strung together. Double oops. (I’m learning as I go). Please know that I didn’t cheat to get Washington on the list.
It took me a total of 6:18 (including fumbling over tapping “record”. And also fumbling to decline a phone call).
I sped up the recording because nobody wants to watch me have an extended brain fart. But I made sure the time was showing in the video, so you know I’m not pulling a fast one.
I forgot not one but two guys.
One guy I forgot is one of my favorites.
Thank you to LearningPlunge for previously teaching me that Madison and Monroe are alpha order. These guys were interchangeable to me for years.
My list is right! If you ignore that I wrote George by one of the Harrisons. (I’ve doodled extensively about Benjamin Harrison, so hopefully you know that I know that he was president.)
If you’re curious, here’s the order I went in:
George Washington
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
James Monroe
John Quincy Adams
Andrew Jackson
Abe Lincoln
Andrew Johnson (but in the wrong spot); Andrew Johnson (in the right spot)
Ulysses S. Grant
Rutherford B. Hayes
Grover Cleveland
Harrison (WTF! I wrote George!)
Grover Cleveland
Joe Biden
Trump
Barack Obama
Clinton… Martin Van Buren
James Buchanan
George W. Bush
Bill Clinton
George H.W. Bush
Ronald Reagan
Jimmy Carter
Gerald Ford
Richard Nixon
LBJ
John F. Kennedy
Harrison (William)
John Tyler
[then I jotted Pierce, Taylor, and Polk off to the side because I had no idea where they plug in] FDR
Harry S Truman
Dwight Eisenhower
Herbert Hoover
Calvin Coolidge
Teddy Roosevelt
William Howard Taft
Warren G. Harding
Woodrow Wilson
William McKinley
Zachary Taylor
Millard Fillmore
James Polk
Franklin Pierce
Garfield!!!! ❤️
Chester Arthur
Questions:
How different would the country be if this is the order we actually went in?
What if George Harrison was actually president?
Of all The Beatles, who would make the best president?
Do I need a new phone mount for making videos? Mine is terrible. It’s wobbly. Doesn’t go high enough. Gets in my way. Any recommendations?
I’d love to know what you think. Comment below!