Contributions of lesser-known presidents
Happy President's Day, everyone! Today we commemorate the executive office of the President of the United States of America. Would you believe that some believe that the presidency is a divine rite bestowed by god upon the most deserving...yet god only seems to care only because a certain tsunami aid worker had a bit of a dalliance in his office. But this isn't about the divine rite of the presidency, this is about those lesser known presidents who don't show up on the list of favorite presidents. Everyone lists common stalwarts like Lincoln, Washington, Kennedy, Reagan, FDR and Bush among their favorite, but what of those others?
Andrew Jackson - Without A-Jax there would be no twenty dollar bill. Money would skip from the ten to the fifty, making the process of getting change for a Ben Franklin that much more difficult.
Grover Cleveland - A muppet and a city on lake Erie. Imagine if the Muppet were named after James and the city on lake Erie were named Blaine ("that's an appliance, that's not a name!"). That's right, it was James Blaine whom Cleveland defeated in the 1884 presidential race. Now do the same with Benjamin and Harrison
Herbert Hoover - that giant sucking sound? Thank this president for the vacuum that bears his name.
James Garfield - that's right, that lazy comic about a lazy cat could very well be named Hancock...Garfield's opponent in the 1880 election.
Chester Arthur - without this president there would never have been "Maude" and "Golden Girls" star Bea Arthur. Think about that one.
Your assignment now is to find other lesser-known presidents and discover their contributions to history. And good luck! |
Andrew Jackson - Without A-Jax there would be no twenty dollar bill. Money would skip from the ten to the fifty, making the process of getting change for a Ben Franklin that much more difficult.
Grover Cleveland - A muppet and a city on lake Erie. Imagine if the Muppet were named after James and the city on lake Erie were named Blaine ("that's an appliance, that's not a name!"). That's right, it was James Blaine whom Cleveland defeated in the 1884 presidential race. Now do the same with Benjamin and Harrison
Herbert Hoover - that giant sucking sound? Thank this president for the vacuum that bears his name.
James Garfield - that's right, that lazy comic about a lazy cat could very well be named Hancock...Garfield's opponent in the 1880 election.
Chester Arthur - without this president there would never have been "Maude" and "Golden Girls" star Bea Arthur. Think about that one.
Your assignment now is to find other lesser-known presidents and discover their contributions to history. And good luck! |
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