# 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:** 5
**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:** [October 2, 2016, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-president-george-w/766903/81 "2016-10-02T18:35:39Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Clearly you’re thinking of someone else, and that’s fine, but I beg to differ: [William Proxmire - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Proxmire) > > I can think of no other U.S. senator about whom a famous sf author wrote. He is unique. EXCEPT his name is EDWARD William Proxmire so the clue would be “Former Senator Edward W.” according to the rules of the game. So you are wrong sir, wrong and FTR this is now the second time you’ve changed the name in the clue to something close to answer my post with an incorrect answer (the other time you changed the middle initial from A. to R. to answer it.) ---
**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:** [October 2, 2016, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-president-george-w/766903/82 "2016-10-02T18:41:15Z")
Still in play Former ex-Senator and holds a unique distinction: William The “ex” Senator is a key part of the clue. In other word he is more famous becaus he is an ex-Senator than for being Senator. The “unique” distinction is one that cannot be matched and pertains with why he is famous. There is no middle initial since he did not have a middle name. His legal first name is not Edward. ---
**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:** [October 2, 2016, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-president-george-w/766903/83 "2016-10-02T18:47:57Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > Former ex-Senator and holds a unique distinction: William > > The “ex” Senator is a key part of the clue. In other word he is more famous becaus he is an ex-Senator than for being Senator. So he’s a “former ex-Senator”, does that mean he was once in the Senate, got voted out of office (or otherwise left) and then was re-elected? Or is he “former” because he’s now dead? ---
**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:** [October 2, 2016, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-president-george-w/766903/84 "2016-10-02T22:52:55Z")
> [@buddha\_david](#): > > So he’s a “former ex-Senator”, does that mean he was once in the Senate, got voted out of office (or otherwise left) and then was re-elected? Or is he “former” because he’s now dead? ex means did not leave office by traditional means i.e. died or voted out of office. ---
**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:** [October 6, 2016, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-president-george-w/766903/85 "2016-10-06T04:06:36Z")
Seems like we’ve stalled. Secretary of the Treasury Salmon P. ---
**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:** [October 6, 2016, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-president-george-w/766903/86 "2016-10-06T13:28:35Z")
Chase Former White House Chief of Staff Rahm I. ---
**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:** [October 6, 2016, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-president-george-w/766903/87 "2016-10-06T15:35:03Z")
Emanuel Governor of New Jersey George B. ---
**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:** [October 6, 2016, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-president-george-w/766903/88 "2016-10-06T15:46:40Z")
McClellan Senator James Hint: He was a Senator for three different states. ---
**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:** [October 6, 2016, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-president-george-w/766903/89 "2016-10-06T15:52:37Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > Still in play > > Former ex-Senator and holds a unique distinction: William > > The “ex” Senator is a key part of the clue. In other word he is more famous becaus he is an ex-Senator than for being Senator. > The “unique” distinction is one that cannot be matched and pertains with why he is famous. > There is no middle initial since he did not have a middle name. > His legal first name is not Edward. Senator William Blount. The only Senator to be impeached. The Senate rejected the impeachment as a matter of legal principle (arguing the House of Representatives didn’t have this authority over the membership of the Senate) but kicked Blount out on its own. ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2016, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-president-george-w/766903/90 "2016-10-06T21:35:42Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > McClellan > > Senator James > > Hint: He was a Senator for three different states. Senator James Buchanan, Jr., who would later become president, had no middle name. I don’t think he matches your hint, but if you had meant that to be a requirement perhaps it should have been labeled as such. President John C. ---
**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:** [October 6, 2016, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-president-george-w/766903/91 "2016-10-06T22:22:00Z")
Coolidge (Full name = John Calvin Coolidge Jr.) U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development George W. ---
**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:** [October 7, 2016, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-president-george-w/766903/92 "2016-10-07T20:34:56Z")
Romney Governor of Ohio Richard F. ---
**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:** [October 8, 2016, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-president-george-w/766903/93 "2016-10-08T03:49:14Z")
Celeste Ambassador accredited to Monaco Craig R. ---
**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:** [October 8, 2016, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-president-george-w/766903/94 "2016-10-08T04:43:24Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Senator William Blount. > > The only Senator to be impeached. The Senate rejected the impeachment as a matter of legal principle (arguing the House of Representatives didn’t have this authority over the membership of the Senate) but kicked Blount out on its own. Double Points for Little Nemo 😃 ---
**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:** [October 8, 2016, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-president-george-w/766903/95 "2016-10-08T21:12:47Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Ambassador accredited to Monaco Craig R. Stapleton U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth B. ---
**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:** [October 9, 2016, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-president-george-w/766903/96 "2016-10-09T01:07:41Z")
Ginsburg Secretary of Labor Arthur ---
**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:** [October 9, 2016, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-president-george-w/766903/97 "2016-10-09T01:10:02Z")
Goldberg Postmaster General Francis ---
**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:** [October 10, 2016, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-president-george-w/766903/98 "2016-10-10T04:33:30Z")
Granger Confederate Secretary of State Judah P. ---
**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:** [October 10, 2016, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-president-george-w/766903/99 "2016-10-10T14:09:43Z")
Benjamin Emperor of the United States Joshua A. ---
**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:** [October 10, 2016, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-president-george-w/766903/100 "2016-10-10T16:57:53Z")
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