Interesting Facts of Living U.S. Presidents

  • There have been six men who have been the only living United States President (no former President being alive).
  • During three periods in United States history, there have been six men alive to have been United States President. 
  • Richard Nixon is the only man to have been both an only living United States President (1973–1974) and one of the six living presidents (1993–1994).
  • There have been nineteen Presidencies during which a United States President has not died, the most recent being the Presidency of George H.W. Bush.  
  • The longest streak of Presidencies without a Presidential death is four, as no United States President died during the terms of Ford, Carter, Reagan and George H.W. Bush.
  • Because of his serving 3+ terms, Franklin Delano Roosevelt holds the distinction of serving over the longest period during which no Presidential deaths or changes occurred. 
  • The longest period between deaths of United States Presidents was the 26 years, 2 months, and 18 days between the death of George Washington on December 14, 1799 and Thomas Jefferson on July 4, 1826. The shortest were the five hours between the death of Jefferson at around 12:50 PM and the death of John Adams at approximately 6:00 PM on July 4, 1826, which immediately followed the longest.
    Only three times, in 1826, 1862 and 1901, have two United States Presidents died in the same year. 

    • If the longest period between deaths is to be exceeded, no President must die before July 16, 2033 (both the current oldest and the second oldest surviving Presidents, George H. W. Bush and Jimmy Carter, would then be 109 years old).
    • The second longest was the 21 years and 3 months between the deaths of Lyndon B. Johnson on January 22, 1973 and Richard Nixon on April 22, 1994.
  • Harry S. Truman died December 26, 1972, just 25 days before Nixon’s second term began. Lyndon Johnson died on January 22, 1973, just two days after Nixon’s second term began. They died only 27 days apart, yet in two different years and two different Presidential terms.
  • In order to beat the 6 president record, and assuming that Richard Nixon remains the only president to resign from office, no president can die until at least 2021, assuming that President Barack Obama’s successor serves only one term. 
  • Since January 20, 1981 – a period of 32 years, 79 days – there have been at least four presidents living, by far the longest such period in history.

More details from this Wikipedia article.

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Bag of Randomness

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  • I find it amazing that Cowboys Stadium will host the first title game of the college football playoff season, especially when you consider how much tradition is valued in the college game.  As much as I like to have the game in my neck of the woods, I would have thought the Rose Bowl would have been a more appropriate place.  It’s also good to know that the Cotton Bowl has returned to elite status.
  • Republican Rep. Matt Salmon of Arizona has proposed an amendment for term limits in Congress.  I’m glad someone had the guts to do this, and I hope the American people can encourage their representatives to put this through.
  • It’s interesting and quite appropriate, I think, that visitors to the George W. Bush Presidential Center will be able to physically touch a piece from the World Trade Center.
  • If I was still working at Southwest Airlines, I would have loved to have stayed late after work to see Air Force One touch down.  This is how close it was to the employee parking lot at HQ.  And yes Stef, I’m jealous, and as much as I love my pay increase and workfing from home, I miss that place and working with people like you.
  • It would have been very easy for Obama to have forgotten about West, but I was impressed when mentioned the city during the Friday night press room briefing after the Boston bombing suspect was captured, and he did the right thing by declaring it a disaster area.  But if not for the George W. Bush Library opening, I doubt he would have visited.
  • Would it be inappropriate he if stopped by the Czech kolache stop?
  • Hospitals Exchange BBQ, Pizza After Disasters in Boston and West, Texas
  • In case you missed it, the $100 bill has been redesigned and will appear in October.
  • Dallas is well represented in the America’s Most Challenging High School list as three are in the top ten.  If you count top 20, then another school from the area makes the list.
  • Seattle is trying to start a bike sharing program, it’s kinda cool that Fort Worth was able to be a leader in this area as their’s started this week.
  • TN lawmakers set date for ‘Traditional Marriage Day’ – The official name is  “ido4life Traditional Marriage Day”.
  • The Dallas Times Herald classified’s jingle pops in my head from time to time, and I doubt I will ever forget their phone number despite being a defunked newspaper for decades.  Here’s the commercial for any of you local folks that need a refresher.
  • I guess he didn’t have a hall pass – New Jersey Teacher Fired For Urinating In Classroom
  • I just discovered the extension Ad Block Plus for Chrome.
  • I’m thinking of starting a new workout program called Cross-sit.  Basically, you just sit.
  • I ate a chicken fried steak yesterday, that may have been my first in seven or eight months.
  • Here’s something for you ‘Dr Who’ fans – turn your fridge into a Tardis
  • I had lunch with my pastor yesterday and we talked about a range of topics about the book he’s asking us to read, to deacon duties, politics, and the bit of drama that was going on with the comments on the blog.  He paid me a surprising compliment.  He said he’s always admired the sincerity in how I look at the gray areas of life and willing to see the perspective of both sides and not feel pressured to adopt one or the other.  He then said Jesus himself often lived in the gray areas, not that he was indecisive, but that so many others saw things as black and white and tried to force him to take a side.  As nice as that was, I’ve got a long ways to go to live up to what he said.
  • I’ve never been much of a Gwyneth Paltrow fan and I’m quite surprised she’s  People’s most beautiful woman this year.  But I do think she does a great job in the Iron Man movies.
  • I love how Craig Ferguson starts his show with “It’s a great day in America.”
  • What an actual fully functional Iron Man suit would cost
  • How to make a water bottle into a cheat sheet

  • The Cast Of “Wayne’s World” Reunited

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