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Post by stock on Feb 20, 2012 23:43:43 GMT -5
This isn't baseball trivia but think it has a surprising answer. PSU History has to be the favorite here.
1. I was once the President of the United States of America. 2. I am no longer alive and neither are any of my children but I do still have one grandchild who is alive. 3. No President that preceded me in office has grandchildren that are still alive.
Who am I?
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Post by psuhistory on Feb 21, 2012 1:04:51 GMT -5
Taft?
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Post by quantumfootball on Feb 21, 2012 3:53:54 GMT -5
I remember reading an online news story recently about this, and I think it was John Tyler.
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Post by psuhistory on Feb 21, 2012 18:03:42 GMT -5
If true, would this count as one of Tyler's achievements?
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Post by stock on Feb 21, 2012 18:51:15 GMT -5
If true, would this count as one of Tyler's achievements? You are correct it is our 10th president. He didn't get much accomplished domestically in his tenure but he did annex Texas into the union (I think).. May be the only person in the world born in the 18th century that had a grandson still living in the 21st century. 222 years and counting between his birth and his grandson's death. For me to match him I would have to live to the ripe old age of 162.
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Post by psuhistory on Feb 21, 2012 20:34:56 GMT -5
Quantum had it. I like these kinds of questions, baseball and otherwise, but I miss more than I make. I know Taft has a direct descendant who's actually in some kind of public service job but not a grandchild, I guess...
Isn't Tyler considered one of the worst presidents? It's interesting how electoral systems often fail to generate a quality of leadership much superior to the Habsburgs...
Obviously, that's not the point, but you would think that systems based on rational selection would outperform hereditary succession on a more consistent basis...
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Post by quantumfootball on Feb 22, 2012 5:26:07 GMT -5
Many former presidents have living grandchildren, but if I remember that article correctly, the next one after Tyler was James Garfield.
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Post by psuhistory on Feb 22, 2012 8:23:59 GMT -5
My guess wasn't even in the ballpark because Taft's direct descendants aren't his grandchildren...
We have the makings of a new reality show here: Executive Legacies would examine the genetic communication of presidential mojo over time. Are Tyler's descendants as incompetent as their presidential grandsire? Watch the show to see it live...
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