# Figured out some random Presidential trivia today

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 28, 2011, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/figured-out-some-random-presidential-trivia-today/601098 "2011-10-28T17:25:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/figured-out-some-random-presidential-trivia-today/601098/1 "2011-10-28T17:25:00Z")

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Every President since Andrew Johnson has been alive at the same time as Herbert Hoover. Why Hoover? Long living President who was born after independence, and been dead an appreciable amount of time.

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**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/figured-out-some-random-presidential-trivia-today/601098/2 "2011-10-28T17:33:15Z")

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So unless we elect someone about 3 years younger than Obama (if his re-election doesn’t pan out), this will still be the case.

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**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/figured-out-some-random-presidential-trivia-today/601098/3 "2011-10-28T20:00:25Z")

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Luv da Dope.

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**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/figured-out-some-random-presidential-trivia-today/601098/4 "2011-10-28T20:49:52Z")

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> [@etv78](#):
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> Every President since Andrew Johnson has been alive at the same time as Herbert Hoover. Why Hoover? Long living President who was born after independence, and been dead an appreciable amount of time.

Nm.