Official Mets Divisonal Magic Number 2007 Countdown

[Frayed Knot]

Van Buren was the first President to be born post-revolution and therefore actually as a United States citizen.

[Valadius]

My dad graduated from Martin Van Buren High School in Queens. Donny Deutsch was his class president.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Van Buren... fascinating guy.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Say hello to Andrew Jackson, Old Hickory:


The 7th president of the United States.

[stevejrogers]

Hey a one time Spring Training Met!

My question, how in the heck is he sucking his gut in for that shot!

Then again, he did perform as his emo alter ego Chris Gaines on Saturday Night Live and he was supposed to be one slim fellow.

[Gwreck]

Andrew Jackson was the first President born in a log cabin.

[stevejrogers]

[Guest Edgy DC]

Jackson, not John F. Kennedy, should be remembered as the great Irish-American story among US presidents. Scots-Irish sadly don't count, but everything else about his biography quintessentially qualifies him.

[metirish]

Edgy DC wrote: Jackson, not John F. Kennedy, should be remembered as the great Irish-American story among US presidents. Scots-Irish sadly don't count, but everything else about his biography quintessentially qualifies him.

I remember reading a great article about that,maybe in the Irish Echo.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Is it just me or does this portrait of Andrew Jackson bare a resemblance to Roger Daltrey?

[metirish]

WOW that's freaky.....

[DocTee]

But Kennedy was not an Indian- hating, slave-owning SOB.

[Guest Edgy DC]

I'm not claiming Jackson was a moral paragon, and I hope nobody who found Kennedy's story notable would make the same claim about him.

More importantly, I'm just claiming there is a lot in common with themes of the broad Irish-American story in Jackson's personal story, tellingly so, not that Jackson was necessarily better man.

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

DocTee wrote: But Kennedy was not an Indian- hating, slave-owning SOB.

On the other hand, the Kennedys' hands are not exactly clean either. I'd say it's a draw.

[soupcan]

[Frayed Knot]

"Is it just me or does this portrait of Andrew Jackson bare a resemblance to Roger Daltrey?"


Not surprising considering that Jackson, like Daltrey, was also in a rock band







Oh wait ... that's the other Andrew Jackson look-alike Peter Gammons!

[Gwreck]

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[Gwreck]

John Quincy Adams was the first president who was related to a prior president (his father, John Adams). Who were the others?

[Valadius]

There have been plenty, actually, although some are just distant cousins.

Easy ones:

Adamses
Bushes
Harrisons
Roosevelts

[Frayed Knot]

Benjamin Harrison - grandson of WH

George W. Bush - son of Geroge H. W.

and the Roosevelts were cousins though I'm not sure how close

[Valadius]

TR was Eleanor's uncle, and FDR's 5th cousin or something.

[stevejrogers]

John Quincy Adams, the first son of a former POTUS to be elected President. There would not be another untill George W. Bush in 2000.

Interestingly enough, both Adams are the only one-termers in a stretch from Washington to Jackson of 5 two-termers in 7 Presidents. After Jackson though, Lincoln would be the next two-termer.

[Guest Edgy DC]

The Adamses also hold the distinction of being the only two presidents who are descendents ancestors of Todd Zeile.

[Valadius]

Ancestors, right Edgy?

[Gwreck]

Those were the only 4 I know of.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Valadius wrote: Ancestors, right Edgy?

I guess so.

[DocTee]

Zeile schmile. Martin Van Buren counts both Ann Landers and "Dear Abby" (Abigail Van Buren) among his progeny.

[Guest Edgy DC]

How many teams did they homer for?

[stevejrogers]

And now we get to James Monroe

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

A fine Virginia gentleman and neighbor (next mountain top over) of Thomas Jefferson.