How many presidents did we have?
Sel Appa
06-02-2005, 22:44
Take your guesses...I'll have the answer when the poll closes.
Northrop-Grumman
06-02-2005, 22:51
42
Arenestho
06-02-2005, 22:59
I like pie...
Mechanixia
06-02-2005, 23:02
I also like pie.
Raven_Moonfire
06-02-2005, 23:03
I like pie but i answer this for one technicality reason... are you including the rticles of the confederation.. if so.. then there is 50 if not.. then 42.. but do yto the trick question of yours.. i would rather say.. I LIKE PIE!!!!
Also, are you asking how many different people have held the office, or how many presidential terms there've been?
Super-power
06-02-2005, 23:19
42
The almighty answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything!
42 + 1
Sel Appa
07-02-2005, 01:01
I am not saying anything except it is under the Constitution.
Zeppistan
07-02-2005, 01:36
One at a time?
43 sworn into the office in total?
Or do we include people who thought they were president for a while? (i.e: Alexander Haig's "I'm in command here!" after Reagan got shot?)
:D
Keruvalia
07-02-2005, 02:20
If you're trying to be tricky with the whole David Rice Atchison thing, don't bother. It's not true.
Sel Appa
07-02-2005, 02:34
Please don't state anything that could aid or hinder someone's choice.
I chose 42 because technically we still have bush (#43) and the the question is past tense so we really can't count bush. sorry sel appa I didn't see you post before mine.
Antebellum South
07-02-2005, 02:53
Please don't state anything that could aid or hinder someone's choice.
This is getting old. Just tell us what you think the answer is.
There have been 42, including Bush. Cleveland was both 33 and 36th I think it was.
Latouria
07-02-2005, 05:17
42, including the Chimp. Some people count Grover Cleveland twice because he served non-consecutive terms, but I don't.
Corneliu
07-02-2005, 05:43
42
Wrong, 43!
Corneliu
07-02-2005, 05:45
42, including the Chimp. Some people count Grover Cleveland twice because he served non-consecutive terms, but I don't.
Doesn't matter! He served 2 non consecutive terms so he is counted twice. THerefore 43!
Alien Born
07-02-2005, 05:47
Being British, we have had none. The USA, Duh, I like pie is the best I can do.
Please don't state anything that could aid or hinder someone's choice.
There were 8 presidents under the Articles of Confederation, but they were presidents of the Congress, not presidents of the country.
1. John Hanson (1781)
2. Elias Boudinot (1783)
3. Thomas Mifflin (1784)
4. Richard Henry Lee (1785)
5. Nathan Gorman (1786)
6. Arthur St. Clair (1787)
7. Cyrus Griffin (1788)
8. George Washington (1788)
Under the Constitution there have been 42 presidents, if you count Grover Cleveland once (he was the 22nd and 24th), or 43 presidents if you count him twice, although sometimes people like to have a little trivia fun with David Rice Atchison, who is known as president for a day.
Atchison was the Pro Tem of the Senate and because President James Knox Polk was scheduled to step down from office at noon on Sunday, March 4, 1849 and President-elect Zachary Taylor was a religious man and refused to be sworn in on a Sunday, Atchison became president for one day. However he was never sworn in and is said to have slept through most of his presidency.
Sel Appa
08-02-2005, 03:56
^^^
Thanks for the trivia.
The correct answer is 42. Grover Cleveland is one man.
Puppet States
08-02-2005, 04:11
There were 8 presidents under the Articles of Confederation, but they were presidents of the Congress, not presidents of the country.
1. John Hanson (1781)
2. Elias Boudinot (1783)
3. Thomas Mifflin (1784)
4. Richard Henry Lee (1785)
5. Nathan Gorman (1786)
6. Arthur St. Clair (1787)
7. Cyrus Griffin (1788)
8. George Washington (1788)
Under the Constitution there have been 42 presidents, if you count Grover Cleveland once (he was the 22nd and 24th), or 43 presidents if you count him twice, although sometimes people like to have a little trivia fun with David Rice Atchison, who is known as president for a day.
Atchison was the Pro Tem of the Senate and because President James Knox Polk was scheduled to step down from office at noon on Sunday, March 4, 1849 and President-elect Zachary Taylor was a religious man and refused to be sworn in on a Sunday, Atchison became president for one day. However he was never sworn in and is said to have slept through most of his presidency.
You got almost all of them... you have most of the Presidents of the United States in Congress Assembled (there were a few before Hanson), and also forgot the Presidents of the Continental Congress. The complete list up to the first President of the United States of America, George Washington, thus reads:
The following men served as the President of the Continental Congress:
* Peyton Randolph (September 5, 1774 - October 21, 1774) and
* Henry Middleton (October 22, 1774 - October 26, 1774)
* Peyton Randolph (again) (May 10, 1775 - May 23, 1775)
* John Hancock (May 24, 1775 - October 30, 1777)
* Henry Laurens (November 1, 1777 - December 9, 1778)
* John Jay (December 10, 1778 - September 27, 1779)
* Samuel Huntington (September 28, 1779 - February 28, 1781)
The following men served as President of the United States in Congress Assembled:
* Samuel Huntington (March 1, 1781 - July 6, 1781)
* Thomas McKean (July 10, 1781 to November 4, 1781)
* John Hanson (November 5, 1781 to November 4, 1782)
* Elias Boudinot (November 4, 1782 to November 3, 1783)
* Thomas Mifflin (November 3, 1783 to June 3, 1784)
* Richard Henry Lee (November 30, 1784 to November 23, 1785)
* John Hancock (November 23, 1785 to June 6, 1786)
* Nathaniel Gorham (June 6, 1786 to November 13, 1786)
* Arthur St. Clair (February 2, 1787 to October 29, 1787)
* Cyrus Griffin (January 22, 1788 to March 4, 1789)
†On March 1, 1781 the title of the office changed, but Samuel Huntington remained in the chair.
Naval Snipers
08-02-2005, 05:53
actually we had 44. i cant remember what his name was or when it was, but one president-elect refused to be sworn in on a sunday so his opponent took office for one day, resigned, and the president-elect took office on monday.
well now that you mention Cleveland, 43.
actually we had 44. i cant remember what his name was or when it was, but one president-elect refused to be sworn in on a sunday so his opponent took office for one day, resigned, and the president-elect took office on monday.
well now that you mention Cleveland, 43.
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Gen William J Donovan
08-02-2005, 06:55
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