# 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:** 26
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2010, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-american-elimination-game-game-thread/528423/502 "2010-03-15T14:07:02Z")
Please change my vote from MLK to Thomas Edison. ---
**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 15, 2010, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-american-elimination-game-game-thread/528423/503 "2010-03-15T14:15:52Z")
Oooooh…dramatic tension! ---
**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 15, 2010, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-american-elimination-game-game-thread/528423/504 "2010-03-15T16:35:04Z")
We appear to have another tie Edison 4 Anthony 4 Douglass 2 Roosevelt (T) 1 ---
**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 15, 2010, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-american-elimination-game-game-thread/528423/505 "2010-03-15T18:05:59Z")
I will again break the tie. Edison was a jerk; Anthony wasn’t. There are other men still on the list, but no other women. Edison has never been on a U.S. coin; Anthony has. Edison is now gone. That leaves: Susan B. Anthony: Suffrage activist Frederick Douglass: Abolitionist, orator Benjamin Franklin: Scientist, statesman, inventor Martin Luther King Jr.: Preacher, orator, humanitarian Abraham Lincoln: President, emancipator, writer Franklin D. Roosevelt: President, reformer, statesman Theodore Roosevelt: President, conservationist, statesman George Washington: President, general, statesman Still one vote each, with one person eliminated each round. The current round will end at noon EST on Weds. March 17. ---
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2010, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-american-elimination-game-game-thread/528423/506 "2010-03-15T18:22:56Z")
King. ---
**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 15, 2010, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-american-elimination-game-game-thread/528423/507 "2010-03-15T18:35:09Z")
T Roosevelt ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2010, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-american-elimination-game-game-thread/528423/508 "2010-03-15T19:00:54Z")
Frederick Douglass ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2010, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-american-elimination-game-game-thread/528423/509 "2010-03-15T20:27:27Z")
Frederick Douglass By the way, Edison has appeared on a [U.S. coin](http://www.usmint.gov/mint_programs/commemoratives/index.cfm?action=edison), albeit a commemorative silver dollar not released into circulation. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2010, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-american-elimination-game-game-thread/528423/510 "2010-03-15T21:56:09Z")
Frederick Douglass ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2010, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-american-elimination-game-game-thread/528423/511 "2010-03-15T22:01:02Z")
Douglass. ---
**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 15, 2010, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-american-elimination-game-game-thread/528423/512 "2010-03-15T22:55:18Z")
MLK ---
**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 16, 2010, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-american-elimination-game-game-thread/528423/513 "2010-03-16T10:29:36Z")
Martin Luther King Jr. ---
**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 16, 2010, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-american-elimination-game-game-thread/528423/514 "2010-03-16T13:45:02Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > … By the way, Edison has appeared on a [U.S. coin](http://www.usmint.gov/mint_programs/commemoratives/index.cfm?action=edison), albeit a commemorative silver dollar not released into circulation. Thank you! Ignorance fought. Frederick Douglass gets my vote this round. ---
**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:** [March 16, 2010, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-american-elimination-game-game-thread/528423/515 "2010-03-16T15:40:22Z")
Teddy. ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Skeezix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aca169/32.png) [@Red\_Skeezix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Skeezix)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2010, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-american-elimination-game-game-thread/528423/516 "2010-03-16T16:32:30Z")
Theodore Roosevelt ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2010, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-american-elimination-game-game-thread/528423/517 "2010-03-16T18:05:55Z")
I thought this was Greatest American, not greatest President. Do you people know how ridiculously kick-ass Theodore was? He propelled America onto the world stage. Won a Nobel Peace prize for ending a war. Wrote scholarly and popular books. The _Naval war of 1812_ was used as a war college text on both sides of the Atlantic. Was a rancher, hunter, explorer, war hero, dandy, amateur scientist, reformer, diplomat, discoverer and several others things I am forgetting. He was shot in the chest giving a speech but quickly accessed he could hold of immediate medical attention and gave a 45 minute speech that was said to be quite rousing and then got medical aid. In the cold Dakota winter, he hunted down and captured live two desperadoes and brought them to justice with only the aid of two of his ranch hands. There is a large river named for him as his expedition discovered this tributary to the Amazon. The Panama canal was basically him. The Great White Fleet was him. Please check at least the wiki article for a quick review of how much more he was than just a top President. The man was simply amazing beyond belief. Jim (all of the above was from memory, please excuse any small mistakes and omissions.) ---
**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 16, 2010, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-american-elimination-game-game-thread/528423/518 "2010-03-16T18:13:40Z")
You forgot the National Parks. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2010, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-american-elimination-game-game-thread/528423/519 "2010-03-16T18:18:57Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > You forgot the National Parks. Huge oversight on my part, thank you. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2010, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-american-elimination-game-game-thread/528423/520 "2010-03-16T18:22:16Z")
I’ll back off of Teddy. I’d like to vote for FDR but it seems futile this round. Therefore, my vote goes to: **Frederick Douglass** ---
**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 16, 2010, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-american-elimination-game-game-thread/528423/521 "2010-03-16T19:58:47Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > You forgot the National Parks. Plus trust-busting, clean food and drink legislation, and dining in the White House with Booker T. Washington despite Southern angst. Quite a guy. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-american-elimination-game-game-thread/528423.md?page=25) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-american-elimination-game-game-thread/528423.md?page=27)