# What president should I go as to the President's day party? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 14, 2007, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-president-should-i-go-as-to-the-presidents-day-party/392136 "2007-02-14T03:27:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2007, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-president-should-i-go-as-to-the-presidents-day-party/392136/41 "2007-02-15T23:43:42Z")
If you’re going with a male friend / partner, he could go as Reagan and you as Thatcher. Or pick a 19th century president and go as Queen Victoria. Hmmm… were there any female signatories to the Declaration of Independence? ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2007, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-president-should-i-go-as-to-the-presidents-day-party/392136/42 "2007-02-16T00:00:42Z")
No, but Button Gwinnett was something of a ponce. ---
**Author:** ![Jodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2007, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-president-should-i-go-as-to-the-presidents-day-party/392136/43 "2007-02-16T00:44:05Z")
Go as McKinley – a suit and a bullet hole. 🙂 This joke is funny for McKinley, less so for Lincoln, and not at all for Kennedy. Such are the ethos of America. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2007, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-president-should-i-go-as-to-the-presidents-day-party/392136/44 "2007-02-16T01:29:38Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > Carter–big smile/deep wrinkles–that guy really aged during his term. Isn’t that pretty much universally true? It ain’t exactly a low-stress job, after all. Besides, didn’t he start off on the weathered side? ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2007, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-president-should-i-go-as-to-the-presidents-day-party/392136/45 "2007-02-16T04:08:03Z")
[QUOTE=Captain Carrot] Isn’t that pretty much universally true? It ain’t exactly a low-stress job, after all. Besides, didn’t he start off on the weathered side? [/QUOTE] I remember Carter looking young and fresh in 1976. In 1980, the change in him was more visible than in any other president I’ve seen. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2007, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-president-should-i-go-as-to-the-presidents-day-party/392136/46 "2007-02-16T04:10:38Z")
[QUOTE=Siam Sam] I believe the shortest president was James Madison, at 5 feet. [/QUOTE] I see in Cecil’s Classic online today, he lists Madison as 5’4". I’m certain I’ve read 5"0" before, but that doesn’t mean the source was correct. ---
**Author:** ![Gaudere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e495f1/32.png) [@Gaudere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gaudere)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2007, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-president-should-i-go-as-to-the-presidents-day-party/392136/47 "2007-02-16T20:17:32Z")
Thanks for the suggestions, guys. Right now I’m leaning towards: Millard Filmore (no costume needed), Grant (drinking can be arranged) and Teddy Roosevelt (though I think the only big stick I have is a plastic mop handle, it _would_ be useful on the walk from the red line stop). ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2007, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-president-should-i-go-as-to-the-presidents-day-party/392136/48 "2007-02-21T15:47:12Z")
So, which president were you? ---
**Author:** ![Gaudere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e495f1/32.png) [@Gaudere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gaudere)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2007, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-president-should-i-go-as-to-the-presidents-day-party/392136/49 "2007-02-21T18:24:09Z")
Grant. The best outfit was the girl who went as Taft, who wore a moustache and pillow-stuffed gut and had a styrofoam cooler with a presidential seal on it strapped to her butt (for the bathtub). ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2007, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-president-should-i-go-as-to-the-presidents-day-party/392136/50 "2007-02-22T05:48:48Z")
Aww, I was going to say LBJ and you could; Show off your operation stitches. Carry a basset hound by the ears. Strap a toilet to your bum. Keep sending more people the to the kitchen for Vietnamese food. Later, realize that was a bad idea. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-president-should-i-go-as-to-the-presidents-day-party/392136.md?page=2)