U.S. presidential middle names poll

Milhous gave us a famous TV character (with an extra letter tacked on), so I'll go with that.

i think Quincy, Ulysses, Gamaliel, S., Milhous, Hussein, and Robinette are all contenders but it's hard to pick. only one dud here, and from exactly whom you'd expect.

i learned while putting this together that the first five U.S. presidents do not have middle names, and over ten additional presidents don't have one either

Still can’t believe we had a president with a name like Barry Soetoro

Eisenhower’s middle name was David…

i used birth names for everybody except Ford

Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower (born David Dwight Eisenhower; October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969) was the 34th president of the United States, serving from 1953 to 1961.

His mother soon reversed his two forenames after his birth to avoid the confusion of having two Davids in the family.[9]

also re: Grant

According to Grant, the "S." did not stand for anything. Upon graduation from the academy he adopted the name "Ulysses S. Grant".[16] Another version of the story states that Grant inverted his first and middle names to register at West Point as "Ulysses Hiram Grant" as he thought reporting to the academy with a trunk that carried the initials H.U.G. would subject him to teasing and ridicule. Upon finding that Hamer had nominated him as "Ulysses S. Grant," Grant decided to keep the name so that he could avoid the "hug" monogram; and it was easier to keep the wrong name than to try changing school records.[17]

so it's kind of interesting that we have two presidents who used an "S." for a middle name that didn't stand for anything

Fitzgerald and Delano are pretty classic as well

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i think Quincy, Ulysses, Gamaliel, S., Milhous, Hussein, and Robinette are all contenders but it's hard to pick.

Robinette is an obvious ‘mom’s maiden name’ tho and therefore smacks of boarding school, Gone with the Wind

Slightly tempted to vote for John in protest and bafflement of Knox, Birchard, Gamaliel, Milhous, and Robinette. Loved the anecdote about Ulysses S. Grant.

Robinette is very close to the French word for penis

Lol, only figuratively but you could use it with a child (ton petit robinet). Robinet means tap (for example "eau du robinet": tap water).

donald hussein trump

Partial to Dornald “Orenthal” Trump

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better turnout than i expected

wonder which u.s. pres gave the hardest middle finger

LBJ