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    Who claimed to have the shortest and "honestest" presidency in U.S. history?

    Question #60240. Asked by dejavucub4. (Oct 28 05 2:38 PM)


    lanfranco

    		That was David Rice Atchison, supposedly (though this is disputed) President of the United States for one day in 1849:

    http://david-rice-atchison.biography.ms/

    Oct 28 05, 3:33 PM
    lanfranco

    		I had to find another site, since the first one wasn't working:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Rice_Atchison

    Oct 28 05, 3:35 PM
    dejavucub4

    		Correct.

    Oct 28 05, 3:42 PM
    Arpeggionist

    		The record shows that Atchison spent most of his presidency asleep.

    Al Gore once made a joke about how at the 1st Clinton inauguration, an opera singer went a little too long with her aria and Clinton took the oath of office five minutes too late. Gore (who had taken his oath) liked to joke about how "the Gore administration will be remembered as a time of peace..."

    Oct 29 05, 10:43 AM

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