# Do you know who was President when you were born? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 22, 2011, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-who-was-president-when-you-were-born/593653 "2011-08-22T14:33:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2011, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-who-was-president-when-you-were-born/593653/1 "2011-08-22T14:33:29Z")
Poll coming - do you know who was President or your country’s equivalent elected Head of Government on the date of your birth? Note that I don’t mean monarch, since that would be way too easy for most Brits. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2011, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-who-was-president-when-you-were-born/593653/2 "2011-08-22T14:43:26Z")
Yes. LBJ. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2011, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-who-was-president-when-you-were-born/593653/3 "2011-08-22T14:48:21Z")
No. I know Clinton was president from 1992 to 2000 and GHWB was president before him, but he would have officially taken office in January of 1989, no? So I need whoever was president before him and I don’t know who that is. edit: Ronald Reagan apparently. ---
**Author:** ![Anamorphic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anamorphic/32/3057_2.png) [@Anamorphic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anamorphic)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2011, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-who-was-president-when-you-were-born/593653/4 "2011-08-22T14:50:58Z")
Yes, but mine’s pretty easy - Nixon. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2011, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-who-was-president-when-you-were-born/593653/5 "2011-08-22T14:55:14Z")
JFK was assassinated a little over a month after I was born. I’ve known my whole life … well, my whole life from when I was old enough to understand the “where were you when Kennedy was shot” discussion. ---
**Author:** ![Laggard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de053/32.png) [@Laggard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laggard)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2011, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-who-was-president-when-you-were-born/593653/6 "2011-08-22T14:55:14Z")
Yes. Taft ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2011, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-who-was-president-when-you-were-born/593653/7 "2011-08-22T14:56:53Z")
> [@Laggard](#): > > Yes. Taft You were alive 1909-1913? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Galwegian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galwegian/32/3426_2.png) [@Galwegian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Galwegian)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2011, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-who-was-president-when-you-were-born/593653/8 "2011-08-22T14:57:00Z")
I knew Nixon was US President in 1970. To my shame, though, I had no idea who was President or Taoiseach in Ireland in 1970, so I voted no. In fact, when I looked it up I was astonished to see that [Eamon DeValera](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eamon_de_Valera)was STILL president: he would have been 88 that year, and held office till 90! However, unlike the US, the Irish presidency is more of a sinecure than an executive role, and carries no real power. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2011, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-who-was-president-when-you-were-born/593653/9 "2011-08-22T14:58:05Z")
JFK ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2011, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-who-was-president-when-you-were-born/593653/10 "2011-08-22T15:01:43Z")
Yet another JFK. I was walking by the time he was assassinated. ---
**Author:** ![Omega\_Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2011, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-who-was-president-when-you-were-born/593653/11 "2011-08-22T15:03:45Z")
Yes. Reagan. ---
**Author:** ![Sarahfeena](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarahfeena/32/519_2.png) [@Sarahfeena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarahfeena)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2011, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-who-was-president-when-you-were-born/593653/12 "2011-08-22T15:04:09Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > Yes. LBJ. What he said. ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2011, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-who-was-president-when-you-were-born/593653/13 "2011-08-22T15:04:12Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > No. I know Clinton was president from 1992 to 2000 1993 - 2001 actually. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2011, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-who-was-president-when-you-were-born/593653/14 "2011-08-22T15:07:46Z")
LBJ here, too. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2011, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-who-was-president-when-you-were-born/593653/15 "2011-08-22T15:10:08Z")
Eisenhower. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2011, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-who-was-president-when-you-were-born/593653/16 "2011-08-22T15:10:22Z")
> [@Koxinga](#): > > 1993 - 2001 actually. Yeah, technically but do most people characterize the terms like that, do you think? ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2011, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-who-was-president-when-you-were-born/593653/17 "2011-08-22T15:13:08Z")
Nixon was president when I was born. ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2011, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-who-was-president-when-you-were-born/593653/18 "2011-08-22T15:15:09Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > Yeah, technically but do most people characterize the terms like that, do you think? Yes, most people do. The President takes office the calendar year after the election, and it’s always been that way. Anyway, I was born under the short-lived administration of Leslie Lynch King Jr. ---
**Author:** ![Sarahfeena](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarahfeena/32/519_2.png) [@Sarahfeena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarahfeena)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2011, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-who-was-president-when-you-were-born/593653/19 "2011-08-22T15:15:49Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > Yeah, technically but do most people characterize the terms like that, do you think? I’m with you, I think people usually count from election to election. ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2011, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-who-was-president-when-you-were-born/593653/20 "2011-08-22T15:20:20Z")
Does anyone seriously claim that Clinton was president in 1992? 'Cause when you give a range like that (1992 - 2000) that’s exactly what you’re saying. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-who-was-president-when-you-were-born/593653.md?page=2)