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« Reply #1525 on: June 08, 2011, 08:00:04 AM »
Quote from: Bull "Raging Populist" Frog on August 27, 2010, 10:09:57 PM

Yep. Wilson, being a (evil?) genius, thought that the wait between Election Day and Inaugiration Day was too long, so he was going to appoint Hughes as Secretary of State, then he and his VP would resign immediatly, making Hughes president earlier.

Bump: Wouldn't that have made the Speaker president, or did that come about with the 25th Amendment?
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« Reply #1526 on: June 22, 2011, 05:23:55 PM »
Quote from: Badger on June 08, 2011, 08:00:04 AM
Quote from: Bull "Raging Populist" Frog on August 27, 2010, 10:09:57 PM

Yep. Wilson, being a (evil?) genius, thought that the wait between Election Day and Inaugiration Day was too long, so he was going to appoint Hughes as Secretary of State, then he and his VP would resign immediatly, making Hughes president earlier.

Bump: Wouldn't that have made the Speaker president, or did that come about with the 25th Amendment?

I don't know about that.


Who is the only president not related to all of the others?
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« Reply #1527 on: June 23, 2011, 12:09:05 AM »
No. All of the presidents are related to Washington except....
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« Reply #1528 on: June 23, 2011, 08:59:10 AM »
Quote from: your libertarian supervillain on June 23, 2011, 12:09:05 AM
No. All of the presidents are related to Washington except....

John F Kennedy?

(...and, pulling the racist card here...)
Barrack Obama?
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« Reply #1529 on: June 25, 2011, 10:59:54 PM »
No to both.
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« Reply #1530 on: June 26, 2011, 07:58:09 AM »
Quote from: 6 Down, 44 to Go on June 22, 2011, 05:23:55 PM
Quote from: Badger on June 08, 2011, 08:00:04 AM
Quote from: Bull "Raging Populist" Frog on August 27, 2010, 10:09:57 PM

Yep. Wilson, being a (evil?) genius, thought that the wait between Election Day and Inaugiration Day was too long, so he was going to appoint Hughes as Secretary of State, then he and his VP would resign immediatly, making Hughes president earlier.

Bump: Wouldn't that have made the Speaker president, or did that come about with the 25th Amendment?

I don't know about that.


Who is the only president not related to all of the others?

Eisenhower?
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(Truman and Obama share a mutual ancestor, Goodnacht (Goodnight), who lived in Germantown, PA.)
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« Reply #1531 on: June 26, 2011, 08:02:27 AM »
Quote from: J. J. on June 26, 2011, 07:58:09 AM
Quote from: 6 Down, 44 to Go on June 22, 2011, 05:23:55 PM
Quote from: Badger on June 08, 2011, 08:00:04 AM
Quote from: Bull "Raging Populist" Frog on August 27, 2010, 10:09:57 PM

Yep. Wilson, being a (evil?) genius, thought that the wait between Election Day and Inaugiration Day was too long, so he was going to appoint Hughes as Secretary of State, then he and his VP would resign immediatly, making Hughes president earlier.

Bump: Wouldn't that have made the Speaker president, or did that come about with the 25th Amendment?

I don't know about that.


Who is the only president not related to all of the others?

Eisenhower?
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(Truman and Obama share a mutual ancestor, Goodnacht (Goodnight), who lived in Germantown, PA.)

I'll take that back, Reagan.
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« Reply #1532 on: June 26, 2011, 05:26:27 PM »
Close, but no.
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« Reply #1533 on: June 26, 2011, 05:34:29 PM »
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« Reply #1534 on: June 26, 2011, 05:38:27 PM »
Nobody, as all of them are (at the very least) related to George Washington.
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« Reply #1535 on: June 26, 2011, 05:55:55 PM »
If you read the link, you'd find that one of them isn't related to the others. Not giving that away.
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« Reply #1536 on: June 26, 2011, 06:15:15 PM »
How are you defining 'related'?  Is marriage-but-not-blood included?

And while the link I posted doesn't in fact provide any connection between Gerald Ford and Washington, Ford was still related to at least five others.
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« Reply #1537 on: June 26, 2011, 06:22:01 PM »
Since of of the presidents are related, is there a conspiracy?
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« Reply #1538 on: June 26, 2011, 06:58:01 PM »
James Madison
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« Reply #1539 on: June 26, 2011, 07:30:15 PM »

In case you missed it.

I happen to know this is the correct answer.
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« Reply #1540 on: June 26, 2011, 07:38:43 PM »
It was Ford, but then I found out that it turns out all of them are related.

Ok then, new question, it's eaiser:

Only 5 of the first 18 presidents never owned slaves. Who were they?
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« Reply #1541 on: June 26, 2011, 07:45:44 PM »
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It was Ford, but then I found out that it turns out all of them are related.

http://www.ksbw.com/r/21404492/detail.html
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« Reply #1542 on: June 26, 2011, 07:56:29 PM »
I would not list being related as having a relative that married someone related to the person, i.e. Washington, unless that person was a direct ancestor.

Obama and Truman, for example, have a direct ancestor in common.  If your sister married someone related to Washington, that doesn't make you related to Washington.
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« Reply #1543 on: June 26, 2011, 08:03:07 PM »
Quote from: 6 Down, 44 to Go on June 26, 2011, 07:38:43 PM
It was Ford, but then I found out that it turns out all of them are related.

Ok then, new question, it's eaiser:

Only 5 of the first 18 presidents never owned slaves. Who were they?

J. Q. Adams, van Buren, Filmore, Pierce, Buchanan (I don't think John Adams owned slaves either)
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« Reply #1544 on: June 26, 2011, 08:14:03 PM »
Quote from: J. J. on June 26, 2011, 08:03:07 PM
Quote from: 6 Down, 44 to Go on June 26, 2011, 07:38:43 PM
It was Ford, but then I found out that it turns out all of them are related.

Ok then, new question, it's eaiser:

Only 5 of the first 18 presidents never owned slaves. Who were they?

J. Q. Adams, van Buren, Filmore, Pierce, Buchanan (I don't think John Adams owned slaves either)

Van Buren and Buchanan both owned slaves.
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« Reply #1545 on: June 26, 2011, 08:31:29 PM »
Quote from: 6 Down, 44 to Go on June 26, 2011, 08:14:03 PM
Quote from: J. J. on June 26, 2011, 08:03:07 PM
Quote from: 6 Down, 44 to Go on June 26, 2011, 07:38:43 PM
It was Ford, but then I found out that it turns out all of them are related.

Ok then, new question, it's eaiser:

Only 5 of the first 18 presidents never owned slaves. Who were they?

J. Q. Adams, van Buren, Filmore, Pierce, Buchanan (I don't think John Adams owned slaves either)

Van Buren and Buchanan both owned slaves.

Marty did, Jimmy didn't:  http://home.nas.com/lopresti/ps.htm

This should be easy.  Who was the then former president who basically destroyed his legacy with one speech on the 4th of July?  And why?
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« Reply #1546 on: June 26, 2011, 08:37:03 PM »
Ooops forgot Buchanan. There were six presidents of the first 18 that didn't own slaves. The one not mentioned was Lincoln.
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« Reply #1547 on: June 26, 2011, 10:36:27 PM »
@JJ: John Adams?
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« Reply #1548 on: June 27, 2011, 02:14:39 AM »

John Adams.

Who had the most total electoral votes, but never won an election with them?
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« Reply #1549 on: June 27, 2011, 02:16:07 AM »

http://www.geni.com/path/George+Washington+1st+President+of+the+USA+is+related+to+Martin+Van+Buren+8th+President+of+the+USA?from=6000000008211776777&to=353493399110004524
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