# Which president did I forget? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 18, 2006, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-president-did-i-forget/365008 "2006-07-18T14:02:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2006, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-president-did-i-forget/365008/1 "2006-07-18T14:02:59Z")
The other day, just to see if I could do it, I tried to list in chronological order the US presidents since FDR. I think I was prompted to do that because of something I read where it showed the numbers of FDR and GWB. Anyway, after I had satisfied myself I had gotten them all – in order – I checked my list and saw that I was missing one. Who was it? (Try this yourself and see if you can get them all – in order. If so, you’re a better American than I am. Even if you’re not an American. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2006, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-president-did-i-forget/365008/2 "2006-07-18T14:04:12Z")
Also, if you can close your parentheses, you’re a better type-person, too. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2006, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-president-did-i-forget/365008/3 "2006-07-18T14:05:11Z")
> [@](#): > > – I checked my list and saw that I was missing one. > > Who was it? You don’t provide enough info to answer the question. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2006, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-president-did-i-forget/365008/4 "2006-07-18T14:07:22Z")
[QUOTE=Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor] You don’t provide enough info to answer the question. [/QUOTE] Okay, then. Which US president would be most likely to be left out of the list from FDR to GWB? (There is no one right answer. More of an odds type thing. Mostly for fun.) ---
**Author:** ![Chez\_Guevara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2006, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-president-did-i-forget/365008/5 "2006-07-18T14:08:50Z")
My cash is on Gerald Ford. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2006, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-president-did-i-forget/365008/6 "2006-07-18T14:09:23Z")
[QUOTE=Chez Guevara] My cash is on Gerald Ford. [/QUOTE] Good guess, but not the one I missed. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2006, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-president-did-i-forget/365008/7 "2006-07-18T14:23:40Z")
Grover Cleveland? ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2006, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-president-did-i-forget/365008/8 "2006-07-18T14:25:36Z")
That Chester guy. ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2006, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-president-did-i-forget/365008/9 "2006-07-18T14:25:57Z")
I always seem to forget Bush I, for some reason. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2006, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-president-did-i-forget/365008/10 "2006-07-18T14:26:02Z")
[QUOTE=Dewey Finn] Grover Cleveland? [/QUOTE] Wasn’t he before FDR? If not, then yes I also forgot him. (Not the one I missed, though.) ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2006, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-president-did-i-forget/365008/11 "2006-07-18T14:27:11Z")
[QUOTE=Sean Factotum] That Chester guy. [/QUOTE] Another pre-FDR guy. Not him. (Arthur, right?) ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2006, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-president-did-i-forget/365008/12 "2006-07-18T14:28:13Z")
[QUOTE=Draelin] I always seem to forget Bush I, for some reason. [/QUOTE] If only we could. Both of them. ---
**Author:** ![DooWahDiddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9bcb4/32.png) [@DooWahDiddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DooWahDiddy)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2006, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-president-did-i-forget/365008/13 "2006-07-18T14:33:36Z")
Harry Truman? ---
**Author:** ![Caricci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Caricci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caricci)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2006, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-president-did-i-forget/365008/14 "2006-07-18T14:34:35Z")
Okay, so it’s FDR, Truman, Eisenhower, JFK, LBJ, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush I, Clinton, Bush II, right? Personally, I almost forgot Ford and Reagan and I remember them both well. I even remember that Reagan was Ford’s running mate when he ran against Carter, which confused me for a minute. There are lots I forget pre-FDR. ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2006, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-president-did-i-forget/365008/15 "2006-07-18T14:35:16Z")
Swede here, who’s apparently a better American than you, 'cause I did get them all, even though I was sure I had missed one. I was unsure about the gap between Harry Truman and John F Kennedy and I knew Dwight Eisenhower was in there, but who else? As it turns out, there was no-one else, so I did have the complete list. Fancy that. Anyway, I’ll guess Dwight Eisenhower. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2006, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-president-did-i-forget/365008/16 "2006-07-18T14:36:07Z")
[QUOTE=DooWahDiddy] Harry Truman? [/QUOTE] Nope. Harry was a dude. I remember him better than the one I did overlook. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2006, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-president-did-i-forget/365008/17 "2006-07-18T14:37:09Z")
[QUOTE=Priceguy] Swede here, who’s apparently a better American than you, 'cause I did get them all, even though I was sure I had missed one. I was unsure about the gap between Harry Truman and John F Kennedy and I knew Dwight Eisenhower was in there, but who else? As it turns out, there was no-one else, so I did have the complete list. Fancy that. Anyway, I’ll guess Dwight Eisenhower. [/QUOTE] Not Ike. Too big a hero. ---
**Author:** ![Caricci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Caricci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caricci)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2006, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-president-did-i-forget/365008/18 "2006-07-18T14:37:34Z")
[QUOTE=Zeldar] Nope. Harry was a dude. I remember him better than the one I did overlook. [/QUOTE] Not my sweet darling Jimmy surely? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2006, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-president-did-i-forget/365008/19 "2006-07-18T14:40:10Z")
[QUOTE=Caricci] Not my sweet darling Jimmy surely? [/QUOTE] That’s the one. Good old boy Suthna. The Southern Rock bands played everywhere on his campaign. The stuff with the sweater. The Iran hostages. But I must have slept through those years, or else was “busy” with other things. I was totally embarrassed. Imagine. ---
**Author:** ![Sefton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2006, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-president-did-i-forget/365008/20 "2006-07-18T14:40:13Z")
I’ll guess LBJ. Kennedy and Nixon had such unique presidencies, he’s easy to forget. At least for me - I forgot him too. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-president-did-i-forget/365008.md?page=2)