# The President Elimination Game **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [September 24, 2009, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-president-elimination-game/511317 "2009-09-24T01:36:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 34
**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:** [December 7, 2009, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-president-elimination-game/511317/661 "2009-12-07T20:17:37Z")
Interesting that we still have 4 of 6 presidents from 1789-1829, 5 of 6 from 1881-1913, and all 5 from 1933-1969. Only Polk, Lincoln, and Clinton stand on their own in their respective time periods. ---
**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:** [December 7, 2009, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-president-elimination-game/511317/662 "2009-12-07T20:22:04Z")
Yes, that is interesting, **Tom Scud**. Good catch. Still JQA for me, too, for the reasons aforementioned. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2009, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-president-elimination-game/511317/663 "2009-12-07T20:43:44Z")
JFK, again. Not only for his mistakes, but also for serving less than three years. ---
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2009, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-president-elimination-game/511317/664 "2009-12-07T20:47:07Z")
I’m sticking with Adams. A fine asset to our country before his presidency, and a fine statesman after. During…not so much. ---
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2009, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-president-elimination-game/511317/665 "2009-12-07T20:54:09Z")
Perhaps it bears mentioning that JQA is the only president who got a vote in the first round–and is still in the game. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2009, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-president-elimination-game/511317/666 "2009-12-08T02:00:08Z")
Adams, tho Anthony Hopkins’ portrayal was rather impressive (albeit the time period in the film was after his term was over). ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2009, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-president-elimination-game/511317/667 "2009-12-08T02:44:23Z")
Alrighty, you scratched my back, i’ll scratch yours. Let’s hear it for JQAdams going down! ---
**Author:** ![Cullain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d26b3c/32.png) [@Cullain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cullain)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2009, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-president-elimination-game/511317/668 "2009-12-08T05:47:09Z")
John Quincy Adams - great president, aside from the actual years of his presidency… ---
**Author:** ![gloriye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e95f7d/32.png) [@gloriye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gloriye)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2009, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-president-elimination-game/511317/669 "2009-12-08T07:01:36Z")
John Quincy Adams took the oath of office on a book of laws, instead of the Bible, to preserve the separation of church and state. That endears me to him. I’ll vote for Chester A. Arthur, who couldn’t get his own party to nominate him for reelection. ---
**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:** [December 8, 2009, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-president-elimination-game/511317/670 "2009-12-08T09:54:09Z")
Johnson Great Society, my ass. ---
**Author:** ![Leiko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Leiko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leiko)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2009, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-president-elimination-game/511317/671 "2009-12-08T10:10:40Z")
Chester A. Arthur. Go statistics! ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2009, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-president-elimination-game/511317/672 "2009-12-08T12:10:21Z")
Chester A. Arthur ---
**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:** [December 8, 2009, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-president-elimination-game/511317/673 "2009-12-08T12:25:48Z")
One vote for Grover Cleveland, for forever messing up our counts of presidents by serving non-consecutive terms. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2009, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-president-elimination-game/511317/674 "2009-12-08T14:48:31Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > One vote for Grover Cleveland, for forever messing up our counts of presidents by serving non-consecutive terms. [GrandpaSimpson]I was spanked by Grover Cleveland on two non-consecutive occasions![/GS] ---
**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:** [December 8, 2009, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-president-elimination-game/511317/675 "2009-12-08T14:50:53Z")
He’s not eligible for this contest, but I couldn’t help but think of this thread when I saw [Garfield minus Garfield plus Garfield](http://twitpic.com/rwio7). ---
**Author:** ![Algorithm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/algorithm/32/12204_2.png) [@Algorithm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algorithm)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2009, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-president-elimination-game/511317/676 "2009-12-08T20:00:00Z")
> [@Curtis LeMay](#): > > Which administration is more corrupt: an administration that simply approved **one break-in** at a hotel without any links to organized crime or business interests or an administration which used the Chicago machine to steal the election in Illinois, and had extensive links to the Mafia? You might want to check your history on that figure. The _second_ successful burglary is the one that got Nixon’s henchmen pinched. Let me know how minor you think the whole thing was after you actually study up on it. My vote is JFK. Again. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2009, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-president-elimination-game/511317/677 "2009-12-08T21:26:58Z")
There are only seventeen presidents remaining. Let’s keep Arthur out of the Sweet Sixteen, please. ---
**Author:** ![Makeitstop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bb73d2/32.png) [@Makeitstop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Makeitstop)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2009, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-president-elimination-game/511317/678 "2009-12-08T22:43:18Z")
JQ Adams ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2009, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-president-elimination-game/511317/679 "2009-12-08T22:47:26Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > There are only seventeen presidents remaining. Let’s keep Arthur out of the Sweet Sixteen, please. Arthur is next on my list, after JFK. I never voted for an Adams and I’m not about to start! 😛 ---
**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:** [December 9, 2009, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-president-elimination-game/511317/680 "2009-12-09T00:38:09Z")
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