US Presidents

**Horse** · 09-14-2006, 08:14 AM

I found it quite interesting reading an article in Time magazine that Americans often refer to Mr. Bush Snr as the 41st president and Mr Bush Jnr as the 43rd. In fact, there have only been 42 US presidents because Grover Cleveland was in office from 1885-1889 and again from 1893-1897. Messrs Bush should be the 40th and 42nd presidents. Go figure

**40sondacurb** · 09-14-2006, 01:06 PM

That is strange.

**jgvernonco** · 09-14-2006, 11:37 PM

Less than two weeks ago, this came to my attention while I was helping my son with a homework problem. I did a little more checking, and found that the White House historians decided that, since Grove's terms were not contiguous, the terms should have different numbers.

Unprecedented before or since, so I bet that they tossed a coin...

mimo2005 · 09-18-2006, 09:52 AM

Interesting info !!!

Thanx guys .

bry623 · 09-18-2006, 01:52 PM

Did you know that no where in our constitution does it say that the president elect must say "so help God"?

yustr · 09-18-2006, 03:30 PM

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Originally Posted by bry623

Did you know that no where in our constitution does it say that the president elect must say "so help God"?

????

But it does say: "I do solemnly swear to protect and defend the Consitution of the United States" ....hummm, I wonder if he remembers saying that part?

mimo2005 · 09-18-2006, 04:07 PM

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Originally Posted by yustr

????

But it does say: "I do solemnly swear to protect and defend the Consitution of the United States" ....hummm, I wonder if he remembers saying that part?

What ? "the godamned piece of paper" ?

09-14-2006, 08:14 AM	#1 (permalink)
Horse General Manager (Administrator) Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Durban South Africa Posts: 4,297 OS: WIN XP PRO My System Blog Entries: 1	US Presidents I found it quite interesting reading an article in Time magazine that Americans often refer to Mr. Bush Snr as the 41st president and Mr Bush Jnr as the 43rd. In fact, there have only been 42 US presidents because Grover Cleveland was in office from 1885-1889 and again from 1893-1897. Messrs Bush should be the 40th and 42nd presidents. Go figure __________________ Know where you're going in life. You may already be there

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jgvernonco Old Timer Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Northern Arizona Posts: 7,958 OS: Vista Home Premium, SP 27	Less than two weeks ago, this came to my attention while I was helping my son with a homework problem. I did a little more checking, and found that the White House historians decided that, since Grove's terms were not contiguous, the terms should have different numbers. Unprecedented before or since, so I bet that they tossed a coin... __________________ Donations keep TSF moving forward. Please help. http://www.myspace.com/speedbumpthecelt

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bry623 Manager, The Conversation Pit/Analyst, Security Team Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: NW Territory circa 1787 Posts: 11,692 OS: winxp pro sp2	Did you know that no where in our constitution does it say that the president elect must say "so help God"? __________________ "If you aren't a liberal when you're 20, you have no heart. If you aren't a conservative when you are 50, you have no brain"