Hey Mr. President (Or maybe Ms. President)

Though the next election is nearly a year away, political fever has swept our nation. Will we have a woman elected for the first time in United States history, or maybe man who has a name so close to a loathed terrorist, or maybe even the man who held New York together when it was in shambles? In any event, I deemed a little presidential trivia appropriate.

Four appear on Mount Rushmore: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln.

Two ran unopposed: George Washington (both terms) and James Monroe (second term).

One was elected to four terms: Franklin D. Roosevelt

One resigned: Richard Nixon

One never married: James Buchanan

Three died on the Fourth of July: John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and James Monroe.

Eight died in office: William Henry Harrison, Zachary Taylor, Abraham Lincoln, James A. Garfield, William McKinley, Warren G. Harding, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and John F. Kennedy.

Four have been assassinated: Abraham Lincoln (by John Wilkes Booth), James Garfield (by Charles J. Guiteau), William McKinley (by Leon F. Czolgosz), and John F. Kennedy (by Lee Harvey Oswald).

Five have survived assassinations: Andrew Jackson, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Gerald Ford (twice), and Ronald Reagan.

A quote from the movie Conspiracy Theory that fits quite well:

Jerry: David Berkowitz, Ted Bundy, Richard Speck...
Alice: What about them?
Jerry: Serial killers. Serial killers only have two names. You ever notice that? But lone gunmen assassins, they always have three names. John Wilkes Booth, Lee Harvey Oswald, Mark David Chapman...
Alice: John Hinckley. He shot Reagan. He only has two names.
Jerry: Yeah, but he only just shot Reagan. Reagan didn't die. If Reagan had died, I'm pretty sure we probably would all know what John Hinckley's middle name was.

[about lone gunmen having three names each]
Jerry: I just thought of another one: James Earl Ray, the guy who got Luther King. Then of course, there's Sirhan Sirhan. I still haven't figured that one out. Maybe it's Sirhan Sirhan Sirhan, I don't know.