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| − | A list of what Randall perceives will be the prettiest presidential {{w|middle names}} after the inauguration on January 20, 2021. | + | A list of what Randall perceives will be the prettiest presidential {{w|middle names}} after the inauguration on January 20, 2021. {{w|Joe Biden|Joe Robinette Biden}} (46th president-elect) will take the second slot bumping previous second-place holder {{w|Franklin D. Roosevelt|Franklin Delano Roosevelt}}, the 32nd president, back to third. {{w|Warren G. Harding|Warren Gamaliel Harding}}, the 29th president, remains in first. Robinette is Biden's [https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2008/08/joe_bidens_middle_name_is_robi.html grandmother's maiden name]. |
| − | Overall, the ranking would not include every president, as many early presidents, such as {{w|George Washington}} and {{w|John Adams}}, lacked middle names. Some presidents were also more commonly known by their middle names as opposed to their first names, particularly John {{w|Calvin Coolidge}}, Stephen {{w|Grover Cleveland}}, Hiram {{w|Ulysses Grant}}, and Thomas {{w|Woodrow Wilson}}. | + | The title text announces that {{w|Rutherford B. Hayes|Rutherford Birchard Hayes}}, the 19th president, remains at or near the bottom. |
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| + | Overall, the ranking would not include every president, as many early presidents, such as {{w|George Washington}} and {{w|John Adams}}, lacked middle names. Some presidents were also more commonly known by their middle names as opposed to their first names, particularly John {{w|Calvin Coolidge}}, Stephen {{w|Grover Cleveland}}, Hiram {{w|Ulysses Grant}}, and Thomas {{w|Woodrow Wilson}}. Grant additionally acquired a spurious "middle" initial S, hence, ''Ulysses S. Grant''. There is no evidence in the comic for how Randall’s list would deal with these cases. | ||
| − | The | + | The humor is based on the sheer oddity of ranking people by the perceived prettiness of their obscure middle names. |
| − | + | ==List of Presidents with middle names== | |
(updated for 2021, as the comic) | (updated for 2021, as the comic) | ||
{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
|+ (Ordered by middle name) | |+ (Ordered by middle name) | ||
! President | ! President | ||
| − | ! | + | ! Number |
|- | |- | ||
|James ABRAM Garfield | |James ABRAM Garfield | ||
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|32 | |32 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | |James | + | |James EARL Carter |
|39 | |39 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | |John | + | |John FITZGERALD Kennedy |
|35 | |35 | ||
|- | |- | ||
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|- | |- | ||
|Stephen GROVER Cleveland | |Stephen GROVER Cleveland | ||
| − | |22, 24 | + | |22,24 |
|- | |- | ||
|William HENRY Harrison | |William HENRY Harrison | ||
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|Donald JOHN Trump | |Donald JOHN Trump | ||
|45 | |45 | ||
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| − | |||
|- | |- | ||
|James KNOX Polk | |James KNOX Polk | ||
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|6 | |6 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | | | + | |Joe ROBINETTE Biden |
|46 | |46 | ||
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|33 | |33 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | |Hiram ULYSSES Grant | + | |Hiram ULYSSES Grant |
|18 | |18 | ||
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| − | The Presidents without middle names — almost all of those before Grant, and a few a bit later — were George Washington, John Adams, {{w|Thomas Jefferson}}, {{w|James Madison}}, {{w|James Monroe}}, {{w|Andrew Jackson}}, {{w|Martin Van Buren}}, {{w|John Tyler}}, {{w|Zachary Taylor}}, {{w|Millard Fillmore}}, {{w|James Buchanan}}, {{w|Abraham Lincoln}}, {{w|Andrew Johnson}}, {{w|Benjamin Harrison}}, {{w|William McKinley}}, and {{w|Theodore Roosevelt}}. | + | The Presidents without middle names — almost all of those before Grant, and a few a bit later — were George Washington, John Adams, {{w|Thomas Jefferson}}, {{w|James Madison}}, {{w|James Monroe}}, {{w|Andrew Jackson}}, {{w|Martin Van Buren}}, {{w|John Tyler}}, {{w|Zachary Taylor}}, {{w|Millard Fillmore}}, {{w|Franklin Pierce}}, {{w|James Buchanan}}, {{w|Abraham Lincoln}}, {{w|Andrew Johnson}}, {{w|Benjamin Harrison}}, {{w|William McKinley}}, and {{w|Theodore Roosevelt}}. |
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
