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Trivia: Red Sox and Presidential Names
April 10, 2008
I'm sitting in a hotel room in Leon, Mexico with time to kill. So I did a little digging through Sox history in honor (and I use that term very loosely here) of the 2008 presidential election.
I matched the last names of Sox owners, managers, and coaches with the 37 last names of our presidents (42 presidents, with two sharing the last names of Adams, Harrison, Johnson, Roosevelt, and Bush). (No GM's shared names with presidents).
Not surprisingly, the Johnson tandem of Andrew and Lyndon had ten Sox matches. Woodrow Wilson finished a close second with nine. It was a far drop to third with Andrew Jackson and Richard Nixon getting 4 each.
None of the three remaining major candidates in this year would add any names to the list as there were no McCains or Obamas with the Sox and Billary would have to share her one match with Bill.
Here's the list:
- George Washington (0)
- John Adams/6. John Quincy Adams (2) – Bob Adams, Terry Adams
- Thomas Jefferson (1) – Reggie Jefferson
- James Madison (0)
- James Monroe (0)
- Andrew Jackson (4 ) – Al Jackson (c), Ron “Papa Jack” Jackson (c), Damian Jackson, Ron Jackson (not the coach)
- Martin Van Buren (1) - Jermaine Van Buren
- William Harrison/23. Benjamin Harrison (0)
- John Tyler (0)
- James Polk (0)
- Zachary Taylor (3) – John Taylor (owner), Harry Taylor, Scott Taylor
- Millard Fillmore (0)
- Franklin Pierce (1) – Jeff Pierce
- James Buchanan (0)
- Abe Lincoln (0)
- Andrew Johnson/36. Lyndon Johnson (10 ) – Darrell Johnson (c/mgr), Tim Johnson (c), Bob Johnson, Deron Johnson, Earl Johnson, Hank Johnson, John Henry Johnson, Rankin Johnson, Roy Johnson, Vic Johnson
- Ulysses Grant (0)
- Rutherford Hayes (1) – Frankie Hayes
- James Garfield (0)
- Chester Arthur (0)
22/24. Grover Cleveland (1) – Reggie Cleveland
25. William McKinley (0)
26. Theodore Roosevelt/32. Franklin Roosevelt (0)
27. William Taft (0)
28. Woodrow Wilson (9) – Archie Wilson, Duane Wilson, Earl Wilson, Gary Wilson, Jack Wilson, Jim Wilson, John Wilson, Les Wilson, Squanto Wilson
29. Warren Harding (0)
30. Calvin Coolidge (0)
31. Herbert Hoover (0)
33. Harry Truman (0)
34. Dwight Eisenhower (0)
35. John F. Kennedy (3) – Kevin Kennedy (mgr), Bill Kennedy, John Kennedy
37. Richard Nixon (4) – Otis Nixon, Russ Nixon, Trot Nixon, Willard Nixon
38. Gerald Ford (0)
39. Jimmy Carter (0)
40. Ronald Reagan (0)
41. George Bush/43. George W. Bush (1) – Joe Bush
42. Bill Clinton (1) – Lou Clinton
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