Hoody Doody freckles equal number of states?

[insider]

Did Hoody Doody have 49 freckles equal to the number of US states at that time?

[friedo]

It's Howdy Doody.

[AWB]

If it were true, it would've been 48, 49, or 50. The US only had 49 states for less than one year.

[bibliophage]

He originally had 48, one for each state, according to http://www.globegazette.com/news/2000/052000/week2/09/Dt1.shtml