# Which Founding Father are you most like? **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-founding-father-are-you-most-like/596538 **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **Created:** [September 16, 2011, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-founding-father-are-you-most-like/596538 "2011-09-16T17:49:52Z") **Posts on this page:** 20 **Page:** 4
### Author: ![flodnak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/838e76/32.png) [@flodnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flodnak) #### Post date: [September 18, 2011, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-founding-father-are-you-most-like/596538/61 "2011-09-18T11:35:01Z")
I got James Madison, apparently because we both are known for having our noses in a book. I feel more like John Adams, the one who can’t stand not following principles and therefore gets stuck with all the jobs nobody else wants to touch 😛 ---
### Author: ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky) #### Post date: [September 18, 2011, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-founding-father-are-you-most-like/596538/62 "2011-09-18T13:04:25Z")
Franklin for me. I’m OK with that; he seemed less hung up than a lot of them. ---
### Author: ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera) #### Post date: [September 18, 2011, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-founding-father-are-you-most-like/596538/63 "2011-09-18T13:18:51Z")
Another Madison. ---
### Author: ![Lacunae\_Matata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lacunae\_Matata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lacunae_Matata) #### Post date: [September 18, 2011, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-founding-father-are-you-most-like/596538/64 "2011-09-18T13:29:31Z")
Ben Franklin… Big flirt, diplomat, likely to be hanging out at the pub with his friends after a long day? Yeah, I can see the comparison. Pity that I’m nowhere near the genius that he was! ---
### Author: ![Gil-Martin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Gil-Martin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gil-Martin) #### Post date: [September 18, 2011, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-founding-father-are-you-most-like/596538/65 "2011-09-18T17:40:45Z")
Another Madison, apparently. ---
### Author: ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad) #### Post date: [September 18, 2011, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-founding-father-are-you-most-like/596538/66 "2011-09-18T23:05:45Z")
Another George Mason. ---
### Author: ![Docta\_G](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2bfe46/32.png) [@Docta\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Docta_G) #### Post date: [September 19, 2011, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-founding-father-are-you-most-like/596538/67 "2011-09-19T01:24:29Z")
Jesus of America ---
### Author: ![Triskadecamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus) #### Post date: [September 19, 2011, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-founding-father-are-you-most-like/596538/68 "2011-09-19T04:07:36Z")
Remember that guy who fired the first shot at Lexington Common? I’m the guy standing next to him. What? Who the hell fired? Oh, shit! Tris ---
### Author: ![Jaledin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jaledin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaledin) #### Post date: [September 19, 2011, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-founding-father-are-you-most-like/596538/69 "2011-09-19T04:58:25Z")
> [@Lacunae\_Matata](#): > > Ben Franklin… Big flirt, diplomat, likely to be hanging out at the pub with his friends after a long day? Yeah, I can see the comparison. Pity that I’m nowhere near the genius that he was! Pretty good chess player, though, by the standards of his time! Of course, gave it up when he spent too much time studying opening theory. I’m sorry I went for the joke “Open up a window! Sit down, John, sit down!,” b/c Franklin was one hell of a writer and probably a fun guy. Sort of the W of his day – you’d want to have a beer (or several) with him. OK, kidding on that comparison (spits onto floor in disgust), but, still, not inapt as an analogy. That’s not fair – Adams was a great writer probably only hurt by his association with ol Ez “crackpot” Pound. Good lawyer, though, and he got a whole song written about him. ---
### Author: ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava) #### Post date: [September 19, 2011, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-founding-father-are-you-most-like/596538/70 "2011-09-19T09:15:25Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Me: Madison. I’ll take it. > > [You?](http://bit.ly/puGiUO) Apparently, I’m most like **twix**. Now excuse me while I go read about that Madison guy. I remember reading some of the Federalist Papers for my PoliSci class… Do you think all this readin’ may have something to do with it? _sticks nose in webpage_ ---
### Author: ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844) #### Post date: [September 19, 2011, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-founding-father-are-you-most-like/596538/71 "2011-09-19T10:03:13Z")
Ben Franklin. I think because I chose “rather hang out with friends.” ---
### Author: ![Double\_Foolscap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85e7bf/32.png) [@Double\_Foolscap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Double_Foolscap) #### Post date: [September 19, 2011, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-founding-father-are-you-most-like/596538/72 "2011-09-19T10:37:28Z")
George Mason. Yay, I guess? ---
### Author: ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya) #### Post date: [September 19, 2011, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-founding-father-are-you-most-like/596538/73 "2011-09-19T13:37:09Z")
> [@Spoke](#): > > I’m Madison, and so’s my wife. Beat me to it. 🆒 I got Madison as well. ---
### Author: ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump) #### Post date: [September 19, 2011, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-founding-father-are-you-most-like/596538/74 "2011-09-19T14:40:51Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Me: Madison. I’ll take it. > > [You?](http://bit.ly/puGiUO) Me, too. ---
### Author: ![BetsQ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/fbc32d/32.png) [@BetsQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BetsQ) #### Post date: [September 19, 2011, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-founding-father-are-you-most-like/596538/75 "2011-09-19T15:29:57Z")
Washington. Apparently, I’m self-controlled, dignified, and even-handed. Huh. ---
### Author: ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24) #### Post date: [September 19, 2011, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-founding-father-are-you-most-like/596538/76 "2011-09-19T17:22:50Z")
I got George Mason too. Strange. Where was the option for John Quincy Adams? ---
### Author: ![loshan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ce73a5/32.png) [@loshan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/loshan) #### Post date: [September 19, 2011, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-founding-father-are-you-most-like/596538/77 "2011-09-19T17:48:50Z")
Another George Mason. > [@](#): > > Perhaps the most effective opponent of Madison…snip :eek:I guess that puts us at odds with a lot of folks around here. ---
### 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: [September 19, 2011, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-founding-father-are-you-most-like/596538/78 "2011-09-19T18:25:35Z")
Another Madison. ---
### Author: ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp) #### Post date: [September 19, 2011, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-founding-father-are-you-most-like/596538/79 "2011-09-19T18:46:20Z")
Roger Sherman ---
### Author: ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair) #### Post date: [September 20, 2011, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-founding-father-are-you-most-like/596538/80 "2011-09-20T14:12:23Z")
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