Orville and Wilbur Wright
John Marshall
Roger Williams
The standings as I have them:
Mark Twain 9
Roger Williams 8
Orville and Wilbur Wright 6
James Madison 5
Earl Warren 5
Susan B. Anthony 5
John Marshall 4
Thomas Edison 2
Benjamin Franklin 1
Thanks. The three top vote-getters will be eliminated after noon EST tomorrow.
James Madison
Earl Warren
John Marshall
From my selections of the last round, the two Chief Justices of the United States are left. I also named Frederick Douglass, but he’s obviously going to survive this triple elimination, so I’ll vote for “The Bishop’s Boys” in an attempt to save Madison (and, to a lesser extent, Anthony) from the chopping block. Thus, my ballot features the following:
Earl Warren
John Marshall
Orville and Wilbur Wright
Morning standings update:
Mark Twain 9
Roger Williams 8
Orville and Wilbur Wright 7
Earl Warren 7
James Madison 6
John Marshall 6
Susan B. Anthony 5
Thomas Edison 2
Benjamin Franklin 1
Earl Warren
James Madison
John Marshall
Final standings:
Mark Twain 9
Roger Williams 8
Earl Warren 8
Orville and Wilbur Wright 7
James Madison 7
John Marshall 7
Susan B. Anthony 5
Thomas Edison 2
Benjamin Franklin 1
(Apologies for confusing formatting in the previous update - I was thinking of five eliminees rather than 3).
Boy those Wrights really are tenacious.
By my reckoning, this is who’s left:
Susan B. Anthony: Suffrage activist
Frederick Douglass: Abolitionist, orator
Thomas Edison: Inventor, workaholic
Benjamin Franklin: Scientist, statesman, inventor
Martin Luther King Jr.: Preacher, orator, humanitarian
Abraham Lincoln: President, emancipator, writer
James Madison: President, Framer, statesman
John Marshall: Fourth Chief Justice
Franklin D. Roosevelt: President, reformer, statesman
Theodore Roosevelt: President, conservationist, statesman
George Washington: President, general, statesman
Orville and Wilbur Wright: Aviation pioneers, inventors
…although I’ll refrain from casting my next round’s vote until I’m sure we’re supposed to vote for 3 again.
Oll Korrect, thanks.
Same rules for the next round, which will conclude at noon EST on Weds. March 10.
Thomas Edison
Franklin D. Roosevelt (He seemed to need a vote)
Orville and Wilbur Wright
James Madison
Orville and Wilbur Wright
John Marshall
First two were easy (relatively); third represents the first of the top 10 to be removed for me.
John Marshall
James Madison
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Orville and Wilbur Wright
John Marshall
Thomas Edison
Susan B. Anthony
Frederick Douglass
James Madison
Susan B. Anthony
Frederick Douglass
James Madison
Frederick Douglass
James Madison
John Marshall
Susan B. Anthony
Frederick Douglass
John Marshall