# How many US Presidents have there been in your lifetime? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 25, 2013, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-us-presidents-have-there-been-in-your-lifetime/653913 "2013-03-25T14:02:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2013, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-us-presidents-have-there-been-in-your-lifetime/653913/1 "2013-03-25T14:02:26Z")
I woke up this morning with the thought that some US citizens must have lived from the terms of George Washington to Abraham Lincoln, as only 64 years separated their terms of 1st and 16th POTUS. So many US Presidents have served in your lifetime? My number is 11. A handy list dating back 100 years: William Howard Taft, 1909-1913 Woodrow Wilson, 1913-1921 Warren Gamaliel Harding, 1921-1923 Calvin Coolidge, 1923-1929 Herbert Clark Hoover, 1929-1933 Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 1933-1945 Harry S. Truman, 1945-1953 Dwight David Eisenhower 1953-1961 John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 1961-1963 Lyndon Baines Johnson, 1963-1969 Richard Milhous Nixon, 1969-1974 Gerald Rudolph Ford, 1974-1977 James Earl Carter, Jr., 1977-1981 Ronald Wilson Reagan, 1981-1989 George Herbert Walker Bush, 1989-1993 William Jefferson Clinton, 1993-2001 George Walker Bush, 2001-2009 Barack Hussein Obama, 2009- ---
**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2013, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-us-presidents-have-there-been-in-your-lifetime/653913/2 "2013-03-25T14:29:04Z")
Nine. I fully expect to get up to 16 before shuffling off this mortal coil. Maybe I’ll be one of them! OK, that’s a long shot. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2013, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-us-presidents-have-there-been-in-your-lifetime/653913/3 "2013-03-25T14:48:08Z")
11 for me - I had them all counted up before I saw your list. I am SMRT! 😃 And I have to say, I really thought I’d be older before we had a president younger than I am. The current POTUS falls between my two youngest sisters in age, and it just seems weird to me. ---
**Author:** ![piepiepie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47774/32.png) [@piepiepie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/piepiepie)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2013, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-us-presidents-have-there-been-in-your-lifetime/653913/4 "2013-03-25T14:51:43Z")
1. GHWB through BHO. Missed Reagan by several months. ---
**Author:** ![as\_u\_wish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6f9a4e/32.png) [@as\_u\_wish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/as_u_wish)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2013, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-us-presidents-have-there-been-in-your-lifetime/653913/5 "2013-03-25T14:54:17Z")
Twelve for me. I don’t remember Truman, but I remember all the others. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2013, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-us-presidents-have-there-been-in-your-lifetime/653913/6 "2013-03-25T14:56:51Z")
1. I go to 11. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2013, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-us-presidents-have-there-been-in-your-lifetime/653913/7 "2013-03-25T14:57:41Z")
Eight for me; Nixon through Obama. ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2013, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-us-presidents-have-there-been-in-your-lifetime/653913/8 "2013-03-25T15:02:28Z")
Another Eisenhower baby here. Eleven for me. ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2013, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-us-presidents-have-there-been-in-your-lifetime/653913/9 "2013-03-25T15:05:19Z")
Five; Kennedy through Carter. ---
**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2013, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-us-presidents-have-there-been-in-your-lifetime/653913/10 "2013-03-25T15:07:40Z")
> [@Eonwe](#): > > Five; Kennedy through Carter. You died before '82? 😕 Not a US citizen here, but seven - born during the Ford years I guess. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2013, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-us-presidents-have-there-been-in-your-lifetime/653913/11 "2013-03-25T15:08:15Z")
> [@Eonwe](#): > > Five; Kennedy through Carter. You are dead? ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2013, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-us-presidents-have-there-been-in-your-lifetime/653913/12 "2013-03-25T15:15:26Z")
Ok, so failed attempt at humor is fail. 🙂 It’s six for me. Born in '80, so I was born at the end of the Carter administration. ---
**Author:** ![Canadjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2013, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-us-presidents-have-there-been-in-your-lifetime/653913/13 "2013-03-25T15:18:34Z")
I’m a canuck, but you guys appear to have had 11 in my lifetime. In terms of Canadian PM’s, I go back to Diefenbaker. I’m sure someone will chime in with how many that is! 🙂 ---
**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:** [March 25, 2013, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-us-presidents-have-there-been-in-your-lifetime/653913/14 "2013-03-25T15:19:11Z")
1. I have no memory of Truman being President, but I do remember watching Eisenhower’s first inauguration on TV (as well as Elizabeth II’s Coronation). I was already a freshman in college when Kennedy was assassinated. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2013, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-us-presidents-have-there-been-in-your-lifetime/653913/15 "2013-03-25T15:19:12Z")
10 for me. I remember all of them except JFK. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2013, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-us-presidents-have-there-been-in-your-lifetime/653913/16 "2013-03-25T15:22:56Z")
1. Memories of all of them. ---
**Author:** ![rsat3acr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@rsat3acr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rsat3acr)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2013, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-us-presidents-have-there-been-in-your-lifetime/653913/17 "2013-03-25T15:37:39Z")
1. Don’t remember Eisenhower, remember Kennedy, saw him in San Antonio the day before he died. Wife and I have been together since Ford. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2013, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-us-presidents-have-there-been-in-your-lifetime/653913/18 "2013-03-25T15:40:41Z")
Eleven, although I have no memory of Eisenhower. Of course, I have no memory of where I parked my car either, so maybe that doesn’t count. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2013, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-us-presidents-have-there-been-in-your-lifetime/653913/19 "2013-03-25T15:47:43Z")
> [@rsat3acr](#): > > 1. Don’t remember Eisenhower, remember Kennedy, saw him in San Antonio the day before he died. > > Wife and I have been together since Ford. Oh yeah? Well, I dined, got drunk with (or maybe just in front of), and played backgammon with Eisenhower’s brother! And Wife and I have been together since Nixon! [sub]What do I win?[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2013, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-us-presidents-have-there-been-in-your-lifetime/653913/20 "2013-03-25T15:49:19Z")
> [@Canadjun](#): > > I’m a canuck, but you guys appear to have had 11 in my lifetime. In terms of Canadian PM’s, I go back to Diefenbaker. I’m sure someone will chime in with how many that is! 🙂 10 presidents, back to Kennedy. For Canadian Prime Ministers, it would also be 10, removing the duplicate Pierre. From the current backwards… Stephen Harper Paul Martin Jean Chrétien Kim Campbell Brian Mulroney John Turner Pierre Trudeau Joe Clark Pierre Trudeau Lester Pearson John Diefenbaker [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-us-presidents-have-there-been-in-your-lifetime/653913.md?page=2)