# Greatest American elimination game (game thread) **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [February 10, 2010, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-american-elimination-game-game-thread/528423 "2010-02-10T15:08:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 17
**Author:** ![Stowed\_Bob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stowed_bob/32/3312_2.png) [@Stowed\_Bob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stowed_Bob)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2010, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-american-elimination-game-game-thread/528423/321 "2010-02-27T06:53:46Z")
Orville and Wilbur Wright Henry David Thoreau Dwight D. Eisenhower Harry Truman James Madison ---
**Author:** ![Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d9b06d/32.png) [@Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boozahol_Squid_P.I)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2010, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-american-elimination-game-game-thread/528423/322 "2010-02-27T10:18:26Z")
Harry Truman Langston Hughes Jackie Robinson Jim Thorpe William Seward ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2010, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-american-elimination-game-game-thread/528423/323 "2010-02-27T11:40:16Z")
Last round I was waiting till the last minute to see who I could save or knock off with my votes. I missed it because of a power outage. I guess that will teach me. George Washington Carver Langston Hughes William Seward Upton Sinclair Jim Thorpe ---
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2010, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-american-elimination-game-game-thread/528423/324 "2010-02-27T16:57:08Z")
> [@Curtis LeMay](#): > > Jim Thorpe 5 > > Walt Whitman 5 Fail. ---
**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:** [February 27, 2010, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-american-elimination-game-game-thread/528423/325 "2010-02-27T17:00:13Z")
> [@StusBlues](#): > > Fail. Quite. See the bottom of post 304, **Curtis LeMay** , if you please. ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2010, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-american-elimination-game-game-thread/528423/326 "2010-02-27T17:06:27Z")
Edgar Allan Poe Henry David Thoreau Jim Thorpe Mark Twain Walt Whitman ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2010, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-american-elimination-game-game-thread/528423/327 "2010-02-27T18:52:22Z")
George Washington Carver Thomas Edison Jonas Salk Langston Hughes Jim Thorpe ---
**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:** [February 27, 2010, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-american-elimination-game-game-thread/528423/328 "2010-02-27T22:11:21Z")
For admirers of Jesse Owens: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAf-v2CVAtg&feature=related](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAf-v2CVAtg&feature=related) ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2010, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-american-elimination-game-game-thread/528423/329 "2010-02-27T22:57:03Z")
William Lloyd Garrison Langston Hughes Edgar Allan Poe Upton Sinclair Walt Whitman ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Credible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Justin\_Credible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Credible)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-american-elimination-game-game-thread/528423/330 "2010-03-01T01:29:43Z")
William Lloyd Garrison Harry Truman Jackie Robinson Earl Warren Roger Williams ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Credible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Justin\_Credible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Credible)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-american-elimination-game-game-thread/528423/331 "2010-03-01T01:32:46Z")
1. Langston Hughes 8 2. Jim Thorpe 8 3. Upton Sinclair 6 4. Edgar Allan Poe 5 5. William Seward 5 6. Henry David Thoreau 5 7. William Lloyd Garrison 4 8. Harry Truman 4 9. Walt Whitman 4 10. George Washington Carver 3 11. Orville and Wilbur Wright 3 12. Jackie Robinson 3 13. Earl Warren 3 14. Roger Williams 3 Thomas Edison 2 Dwight D. Eisenhower 2 John Franklin Enders 2 Jonas Salk 2 Daniel Webster 2 Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. 1 James Madison 1 Thomas Paine 1 Theodore Roosevelt 1 Harriet Tubman 1 Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) 1 Susan B. Anthony Frederick Douglass Benjamin Franklin Martin Luther King Jr. Abraham Lincoln George Marshall John Marshall Franklin D. Roosevelt George Washington ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-american-elimination-game-game-thread/528423/332 "2010-03-01T02:20:46Z")
5 on Dwight D. Eisenhower ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Credible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Justin\_Credible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Credible)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-american-elimination-game-game-thread/528423/333 "2010-03-01T03:03:03Z")
> [@ToeJam](#): > > 5 on Dwight D. Eisenhower One vote max to a candidate this round, dude. ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-american-elimination-game-game-thread/528423/334 "2010-03-01T04:13:08Z")
> [@Justin\_Credible](#): > > One vote max to a candidate this round, dude. :smack: Shit my bad. I thought I read the 5 votes max, didn’t see the rest. William L. Garrison Gen. Eisenhower Harry Truman William Seward Earl Warren ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-american-elimination-game-game-thread/528423/335 "2010-03-01T10:53:07Z")
I suppose it’s too late to save Hughes, alas. Still: Jim Thorpe Edgar Allen Poe William Lloyd Garrison Walt Whitman Dwight D Eisenhower ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-american-elimination-game-game-thread/528423/336 "2010-03-01T11:53:20Z")
> [@Curtis LeMay](#): > > Edgar Allan Poe > Henry David Thoreau > Jim Thorpe > Mark Twain > Walt Whitman Looks like somebody doesn’t enjoy his American Lit class. Truman Williams Hughes G. Marshall Enders ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-american-elimination-game-game-thread/528423/337 "2010-03-01T15:06:35Z")
Morning standings update, 2 hours from closing: 1 Langston Hughes 9 1 Jim Thorpe 9 3 William Lloyd Garrison 6 3 Edgar Allen Poe 6 3 William Seward 6 3 Upton Sinclair 6 3 Harry Truman 6 Henry David Thoreau 5 Walt Whitman 5 Dwight D. Eisenhower 4 Earl Warren 4 Roger Williams 4 George Washington Carver 3 John Franklin Enders 3 Jackie Robinson 3 Orville and Wilbur Wright 3 Thomas Edison 2 Jonas Salk 2 Daniel Webster 2 Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. 1 James Madison 1 George Marshall 1 Thomas Paine 1 Theodore Roosevelt 1 Harriet Tubman 1 Mark Twain 1 I believe this is our first vote for a male Roosevelt. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-american-elimination-game-game-thread/528423/338 "2010-03-01T17:22:16Z")
And I guess that’s the way they stand. ---
**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:** [March 1, 2010, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-american-elimination-game-game-thread/528423/339 "2010-03-01T19:39:30Z")
Right you are. Hughes through Truman are now gone. (Sorry to see ol’ “Give 'Em Hell” Harry cut, but so it goes). That leaves us with: Susan B. Anthony: Suffrage activist George Washington Carver: Agricultural botanist Frederick Douglass: Abolitionist, orator Thomas Edison: Inventor, workaholic Dwight D. Eisenhower: President, war hero John Franklin Enders: Modern vaccines pioneer Benjamin Franklin: Scientist, statesman, inventor Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.: Supreme Court Justice Martin Luther King Jr.: Preacher, orator, humanitarian Abraham Lincoln: President, emancipator, writer James Madison: President, Framer, statesman George Marshall: General, diplomat, statesman John Marshall: Fourth Chief Justice Thomas Paine: Political theorist, pamphleteer Jackie Robinson: Athlete, activist, inspiration Franklin D. Roosevelt: President, reformer, statesman Theodore Roosevelt: President, conservationist, statesman Jonas Salk: Polio vaccine inventor Henry David Thoreau: Poet, naturalist, philosopher Harriet Tubman: Civil rights advocate Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens): Humorist, “Huckleberry Finn” Earl Warren: Chief Justice, governor George Washington: President, general, statesman Daniel Webster: Orator, advocate, statesman Walt Whitman: Civil War poet Roger Williams: Statesman, religious leader Orville and Wilbur Wright: Aviation pioneers, inventors Still five votes each, and no more than one against any individual. The next round will conclude at noon EST on Weds. March 3. ---
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