# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2013, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-us-presidents-have-there-been-in-your-lifetime/653913/61 "2013-03-25T23:00:07Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > 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 Now, I am intrigued. Which one was the duplicate Pierre? Curiously, I actually know the names of each of these PMs. That may be because I like Canada, or because I am an information junkie. I remember thinking back in 1993 how interesting it was that Canada had elected a woman as Prime Minister. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Mondegreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/91b2a8/32.png) [@Lord\_Mondegreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Mondegreen)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2013, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-us-presidents-have-there-been-in-your-lifetime/653913/62 "2013-03-25T23:14:06Z")
10 for me (only just - born 6 months before Kennedy was killed). Not being an America, the first one I was aware of was Nixon. Also - 12 Australian Prime Ministers (I’m doing this off the top of my head, but I think it’s right): Menzies Holt McEwen - caretaker PM after Holt disappeared (until the Liberal Party chose a successor), but legitimately sworn in Gorton McMahon Whitlam Fraser Hawke Keating Howard Rudd Gillard ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2013, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-us-presidents-have-there-been-in-your-lifetime/653913/63 "2013-03-25T23:23:26Z")
Born during Carter, 1st memories during Reagan. BTW, how many Canadian/UK/Aussie PMs is that? ---
**Author:** ![Lobot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ce7236/32.png) [@Lobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobot)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2013, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-us-presidents-have-there-been-in-your-lifetime/653913/64 "2013-03-25T23:48:40Z")
I’ve lived through six U.S. Presidents and six Australian Prime Ministers so far: Carter, Reagan, Bush I, Clinton, Bush II and Obama. Fraser, Hawke, Keating, Howard, Rudd and Gillard. I was born in '78 and have no memory of either Carter or Fraser. ETA: **etv78** , there’s your answer. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2013, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-us-presidents-have-there-been-in-your-lifetime/653913/65 "2013-03-26T00:11:56Z")
TY **Lobot**! Now we need the Canuck and Brit answer. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2013, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-us-presidents-have-there-been-in-your-lifetime/653913/66 "2013-03-26T00:27:52Z")
Twelve, starting with Truman. ---
**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 26, 2013, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-us-presidents-have-there-been-in-your-lifetime/653913/67 "2013-03-26T00:30:38Z")
> [@Gagundathar](#): > > Now, I am intrigued. > Which one was the duplicate Pierre? > > Curiously, I actually know the names of each of these PMs. That may be because I like Canada, or because I am an information junkie. I remember thinking back in 1993 how interesting it was that Canada had elected a woman as Prime Minister. Duplicate Pierre. Trudeau served two non-consecutive terms as Prime Minister. So, there were 11 in my list, but only really 10, if you know what I mean. We didn’t actually elect a female Prime Minister; Brian Mulroney resigned and the Progressive Conservatives handed the Prime Ministership to Kim Campbell, who summarily got completely and utterly wiped out in the next election. ETA: She was Prime Minister for like 4 months. ---
**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2013, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-us-presidents-have-there-been-in-your-lifetime/653913/68 "2013-03-26T01:00:41Z")
10; don’t remember Kennedy, don’t really remember LBJ. I kind of remember his funeral, though. The first election I remember is 1972. ---
**Author:** ![Daylate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9dc877/32.png) [@Daylate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daylate)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2013, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-us-presidents-have-there-been-in-your-lifetime/653913/69 "2013-03-26T01:09:14Z")
14, starting with Hoover. Do I win? ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2013, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-us-presidents-have-there-been-in-your-lifetime/653913/70 "2013-03-26T01:21:10Z")
Eisenhower, JFK, LBJ, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush Sr, Clinton, Bush Jr, Obama. I remember them all (though I haven’t lived in the USA since 1990). ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2013, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-us-presidents-have-there-been-in-your-lifetime/653913/71 "2013-03-26T01:23:51Z")
Eleven for me. Now, my grandmother, who passed away last November just before her 108th birthday, saw nineteen in her lifetime. She saw the whole list in the OP, with Teddy Roosevelt before Taft. Grandma voted in 22 straight presidential elections, starting in 1928, and the last time was about three weeks before she died. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2013, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-us-presidents-have-there-been-in-your-lifetime/653913/72 "2013-03-26T01:27:08Z")
> [@Daylate](#): > > 14, starting with Hoover. > > Do I win? I surely hope so! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2013, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-us-presidents-have-there-been-in-your-lifetime/653913/73 "2013-03-26T01:29:31Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Born during Carter, 1st memories during Reagan. > > BTW, how many Canadian/UK/Aussie PMs is that? Eight Canadian PMs: Trudeau, Clark, Trudeau again (two changes of govenment during Carter’s term in office), Turner, Mulroney, Campbell, Chrétien, Martin, and Harper. Unlike the US, which counts Cleveland twice, we don’t double-count PMs who served two separate terms (or triple-count in the case of Mackenzie King, who served three separate terms) ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2013, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-us-presidents-have-there-been-in-your-lifetime/653913/74 "2013-03-26T01:34:23Z")
Eleven for me: Eisenhower, JFK, LBJ, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush Sr, Clinton, Bush Jr, Obama. I don’t remember Eisenhower; all I remember of JFK was his funeral; the rest I remember. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2013, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-us-presidents-have-there-been-in-your-lifetime/653913/75 "2013-03-26T01:38:43Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Duplicate Pierre. Trudeau served two non-consecutive terms as Prime Minister. So, there were 11 in my list, but only really 10, if you know what I mean. I have the same list as **Leaffan**. > [@Leaffan](#): > > Kim Campbell, who summarily got completely and utterly wiped out in the next election. Didn’t even win her own seat, which is very rare for a sitting Prime Minister; last time it happened was with Mackenzie King back in the 1920s. > [@Leaffan](#): > > ETA: She was Prime Minister for like 4 months. Which wasn’t even the PM with the shortest term in office, an honour held by PM Turner (June 30, 1984 – September 17, 1984 - less than three months). ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2013, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-us-presidents-have-there-been-in-your-lifetime/653913/76 "2013-03-26T01:47:20Z")
Four. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2013, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-us-presidents-have-there-been-in-your-lifetime/653913/77 "2013-03-26T01:50:58Z")
Twelve, although I don’t remember Truman, being only one year old when he left office. ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2013, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-us-presidents-have-there-been-in-your-lifetime/653913/78 "2013-03-26T02:17:47Z")
Twelve. I was born mid-way through Truman’s term. ---
**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:** [March 26, 2013, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-us-presidents-have-there-been-in-your-lifetime/653913/79 "2013-03-26T02:38:59Z")
Three: Bill Clinton, Bush the Lesser, and Obama. ---
**Author:** ![Tamex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Tamex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamex)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2013, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-us-presidents-have-there-been-in-your-lifetime/653913/80 "2013-03-26T02:58:31Z")
Seven for me. Was an infant during the Ford Administration, and while I have other memories of the Carter era, I do not remember Carter as president at all. > [@CrazyCatLady](#): > > Seven, though I only remember 5 of them. Actually, the first memory I have of being aware there was such a thing as a President was the Reagan shooting, when I was confused about why they were pre-empting my cartoons. I bet we’re the same age. I remember being pissed that they pre-empted Sesame Street every day for about a week! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-us-presidents-have-there-been-in-your-lifetime/653913.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-us-presidents-have-there-been-in-your-lifetime/653913.md?page=5)