Can I name all the presidents?

LearningPlunge asked on Instagram: “Can you name all 46 presidencies in order?” I know I can’t… but I was confident that I could list them if I bounced around a bit. I predicted it would take me forever. Likely with ooooone missing guy that would nag at me until I remember him.

Here’s what happened:

• You’ll notice the paper said “Washington” when I started. I didn’t trust that the recording started… aaaaand I hit the button to stop it. Also I didn’t realize until after the fact that the videos could be easily strung together. Double oops. (I’m learning as I go). Please know that I didn’t cheat to get Washington on the list.

• It took me a total of 6:18 (including fumbling over tapping “record”. And also fumbling to decline a phone call).

• I sped up the recording because nobody wants to watch me have an extended brain fart. But I made sure the time was showing in the video, so you know I’m not pulling a fast one.

• I forgot not one but two guys.

• One guy I forgot is one of my favorites.

• Thank you to LearningPlunge for previously teaching me that Madison and Monroe are alpha order. These guys were interchangeable to me for years.

• My list is right! If you ignore that I wrote George by one of the Harrisons. (I’ve doodled extensively about Benjamin Harrison, so hopefully you know that I know that he was president.)

If you’re curious, here’s the order I went in:

1. George Washington

2. John Adams

3. Thomas Jefferson

4. James Madison

5. James Monroe

6. John Quincy Adams

7. Andrew Jackson

8. Abe Lincoln

9. Andrew Johnson (but in the wrong spot); Andrew Johnson (in the right spot)

10. Ulysses S. Grant

11. Rutherford B. Hayes

12. Grover Cleveland

13. Harrison (WTF! I wrote George!)

14. Grover Cleveland

15. Joe Biden

16. Trump

17. Barack Obama

18. Clinton… Martin Van Buren

19. James Buchanan

20. George W. Bush

21. Bill Clinton

22. George H.W. Bush

23. Ronald Reagan

24. Jimmy Carter

25. Gerald Ford

26. Richard Nixon

27. LBJ

28. John F. Kennedy

29. Harrison (William)

30. John Tyler

31. [then I jotted Pierce, Taylor, and Polk off to the side because I had no idea where they plug in] FDR

32. Harry S Truman

33. Dwight Eisenhower

34. Herbert Hoover

35. Calvin Coolidge

36. Teddy Roosevelt

37. William Howard Taft

38. Warren G. Harding

39. Woodrow Wilson

40. William McKinley

41. Zachary Taylor

42. Millard Fillmore

43. James Polk

44. Franklin Pierce

45. Garfield!!!! ❤️

46. Chester Arthur

Questions:

• How different would the country be if this is the order we actually went in?

• What if George Harrison was actually president?

• Of all The Beatles, who would make the best president?

• Do I need a new phone mount for making videos? Mine is terrible. It’s wobbly. Doesn’t go high enough. Gets in my way. Any recommendations?

I’d love to know what you think. Comment below!