# Former President George W **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [September 26, 2016, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-president-george-w/766903 "2016-09-26T01:42:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2016, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-president-george-w/766903/21 "2016-09-27T03:48:27Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > (Isn’t this thread just supposed to be about political figures, **panache45**?) Yes, in fact _former U.S._ political figures. BTW, for those of you who weren’t around at about 9:30 Sunday night: This thread had its origins as a live stream spam thread called **Former President George W** , which a couple of us briefly treated as an actual Thread Game, before it was removed. I then opened this one. So in the spirit of the original spammer, let’s keep it about former U.S. political figures … with or without middle initials. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2016, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-president-george-w/766903/22 "2016-09-27T11:42:45Z")
Welles Former Secretary of Commerce Joshua W. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2016, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-president-george-w/766903/23 "2016-09-27T13:23:46Z")
Alexander Former Governor and professional wrestler Jesse ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2016, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-president-george-w/766903/24 "2016-09-27T15:02:11Z")
Ventura Former President Thomas W Why, yes, that is a trick question. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2016, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-president-george-w/766903/25 "2016-09-27T15:12:45Z")
Ross former NOT President-for-a-day David R. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2016, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-president-george-w/766903/26 "2016-09-27T15:15:02Z")
Correct answer to #24: Wilson. (W is for Woodrow) To #25: Atchison Former Prime Minister Anthony C. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2016, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-president-george-w/766903/27 "2016-09-27T15:29:11Z")
> [@jtur88](#): > > Correct answer to #24: > > Wilson. (W is for Woodrow) Thomas W. Ross is also the former _President_ of the University of North Carolina before he was fired ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2016, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-president-george-w/766903/28 "2016-09-27T15:52:03Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > Thomas W. Ross is also the former _President_ of the University of North Carolina before he was fired Nonetheless, jtur88 got the answer I was seeking. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2016, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-president-george-w/766903/29 "2016-09-27T16:09:03Z")
Playing #26 Eden (albeit he was a British, not an American political figure) Secretary of State John F. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2016, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-president-george-w/766903/30 "2016-09-27T17:00:56Z")
Kerry Or, if you want a former officeholder, Dulles (although he usually spelled out his middle name “Foster”). Secretary of War Edwin ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2016, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-president-george-w/766903/31 "2016-09-27T17:30:03Z")
> [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > Playing #26 > > Eden (albeit he was a British, not an American political figure) I was looking for Blair. I dom’t think the OP specified American. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2016, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-president-george-w/766903/32 "2016-09-27T17:31:08Z")
I think you forgot the M. Edwin M. Stanton. TV reporter Irving R. ETA: Replying to #30 ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2016, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-president-george-w/766903/33 "2016-09-27T17:50:50Z")
> [@jtur88](#): > > I dom’t think the OP specified American. Former U.S. political figures on the Federal level … including Presidents, Congresspeople, Supreme Court justices, ambassadors, First Ladies, etc., etc., etc. Not political figures from individual states or foreign countries. Not rock stars, reality show contestants or Star Trek aliens. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2016, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-president-george-w/766903/34 "2016-09-27T19:59:55Z")
Elendil’s Heir, I was going for Dulles, never even thought of Kerry. in play (post 30): Levine Supreme Court Justice Harlan ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2016, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-president-george-w/766903/35 "2016-09-27T20:35:51Z")
Stone Former Senator “Scoop” ---
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Jackson Mass. Gov. Michael S. ---
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Dukakis Former president Stephen G ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2016, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-president-george-w/766903/38 "2016-09-28T00:58:56Z")
Cleveland Former Cabinet Secretary Alphonso ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2016, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-president-george-w/766903/39 "2016-09-28T01:49:22Z")
Jackson Former Ambassador to Czechoslovakia Shirley T. ---
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