# 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:** 5
**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:** [September 28, 2009, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-president-elimination-game/511317/81 "2009-09-28T04:41:43Z")
It really ought to be Nixon, but since he’s not getting much traction, I’ll vote for Harding too. Out of his depth and unwilling to stop his cronies from looting the government. ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2009, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-president-elimination-game/511317/82 "2009-09-28T07:09:34Z")
Harding to save Filmore from Curtis once again. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2009, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-president-elimination-game/511317/83 "2009-09-28T19:36:11Z")
Hoover ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2009, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-president-elimination-game/511317/84 "2009-09-28T20:11:07Z")
I can’t believe that none of the third-rate presidents from Ohio have been voted off yet. And the boy from Marion, Warren G. Harding still gets my vote. ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2009, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-president-elimination-game/511317/85 "2009-09-29T19:20:45Z")
G. Washington – he was vying for a commission in the UK’s Royal Army, for crying out loud! ---
**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:** [September 29, 2009, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-president-elimination-game/511317/86 "2009-09-29T20:22:26Z")
> [@Scuba\_Ben](#): > > G. Washington – he was vying for a commission in the UK’s Royal Army, for crying out loud! He did, but that was during the French and Indian War, long before the Revolution. ---
**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:** [September 29, 2009, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-president-elimination-game/511317/87 "2009-09-29T20:25:49Z")
> [@Scuba\_Ben](#): > > G. Washington – he was vying for a commission in the UK’s Royal Army, for crying out loud! I look forward to your vote for Lincoln in the next round. ---
**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:** [September 29, 2009, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-president-elimination-game/511317/88 "2009-09-29T23:57:23Z")
Warren Harding has been knocked off. George Washington (None, 1789-1797) John Adams (Federalist, 1797-1801) Thomas Jefferson (Democratic-Republican, 1801-1809) James Madison (Democratic-Republican, 1809-1817) James Monroe (Democratic-Republican, 1817-1825) John Quincy Adams (Democratic-Republican, 1825-1829) Andrew Jackson (Democrat, 1829-1837) Martin Van Buren (Democrat, 1837-1841) John Tyler (Whig, 1841-1845) James Polk (Democrat, 1845-1849) Zachary Taylor (Whig, 1849-1850) Milliard Filmore (Whig, 1850-1853) Abraham Lincoln (Republican, 1861-1865) Ulysses Grant (Republican, 1869-1877) Rutherford Hayes (Republican, 1877-1881) Chester Arthur (Republican, 1881-1885) Grover Cleveland (Democrat, 1885-1889, 1893-1897) Benjamin Harrison (Republican, 1889-1893) William McKinley (Republican, 1897-1901) Theodore Roosevelt (Republican, 1901-1909) William Howard Taft (Republican, 1909-1913) Woodrow Wilson (Democrat, 1913-1921) Calvin Coolidge (Republican, 1923-1929) Herbert Hoover (Republican, 1929-1933) Franklin Delano Roosevelt (Democrat, 1933-1945) Henry Truman (Democrat, 1945-1953) Dwight Eisenhower (Republican, 1953-1961) John Fitzgerald Kennedy (Democrat, 1961-1963) Lyndon Baines Johnson (Democrat, 1963-1969) Richard Milhous Nixon (Republican, 1969-1974) Gerald Ford (Republican, 1974-1977) James Earl Carter (Democrat, 1977-1981) Ronald Reagan (Republican, 1981-1989) George Herbert Walker Bush (Republican, 1989-1993) William Jefferson Clinton (Democrat, 1993-2001) Eliminated Presidents: 1. James Buchanan (Democrat, 1857-1861) 2. Franklin Pierce (Democrat, 1853-1857) 3. Andrew Johnson (National Union, 1865-1869) 4. Warren Harding (Republican, 1921-1923) Milliard Filmore again. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2009, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-president-elimination-game/511317/89 "2009-09-29T23:59:23Z")
Fillmore. Come on, this time has got to be it for ol’ Millard. ---
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2009, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-president-elimination-game/511317/90 "2009-09-30T00:17:31Z")
Rutherford B. Hayes. It’s a bit more understandable to act like a political eunuch to stave off a war (Fillmore) than to abdicate said cojones when the war is won. By knuckling under to southern pressure to abandon Reconstruction, Rutherford B. Hayes sold American society down the river. The effects are still being felt today. ---
**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:** [September 30, 2009, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-president-elimination-game/511317/91 "2009-09-30T01:15:12Z")
Abandoning Madison for now in favor of Nixon. You can’t convince me that 4 of the worst 5 in history were all within 2 decades of the Civil War. ---
**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:** [September 30, 2009, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-president-elimination-game/511317/92 "2009-09-30T01:18:16Z")
Okay, I’ll go with Hayes then. I’m pretty well-read, devouring encyclopedias as a child (and now, Wikipedia), but frankly a lot of the pre 1900 presidents are almost complete mysteries to me. Am surprised that Grant hasn’t gotten more votes. ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2009, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-president-elimination-game/511317/93 "2009-09-30T01:53:18Z")
Nixon. 'Nuf said. ---
**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:** [September 30, 2009, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-president-elimination-game/511317/94 "2009-09-30T02:15:02Z")
Nixon, hands down. The man did more than any other President to undermine the Constitution, obstruct justice and subvert an election. To say nothing of invading Cambodia, drafting enemies’ lists, drinking too much during a global crisis ([BBC NEWS | Americas | Nixon 'too drunk' for Cold War crisis chat](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3754199.stm)) and being paranoid beyond belief. ---
**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:** [September 30, 2009, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-president-elimination-game/511317/95 "2009-09-30T09:07:38Z")
Giving up on Grant for the moment: Herbert Hoover ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2009, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-president-elimination-game/511317/96 "2009-09-30T11:56:40Z")
Nixon for sure. ---
**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:** [September 30, 2009, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-president-elimination-game/511317/97 "2009-09-30T12:16:55Z")
Reagan. He started the “yes there is a free lunch and we’re going to eat it” philosophy that has had the Republicans in its grip for a generation. Irresponsible tax cuts and military adventurism both have Saint Ronnie as their father. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2009, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-president-elimination-game/511317/98 "2009-09-30T13:05:42Z")
Andrew Jackson ---
**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2009, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-president-elimination-game/511317/99 "2009-09-30T17:59:44Z")
Hey, hey, ho, ho, Milliard Fillmore’s gotta go! ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2009, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-president-elimination-game/511317/100 "2009-09-30T18:46:18Z")
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