Presidential Last Names: Â Frequency of Appearance
- by Bruce E. McKinney
Is Lincoln the most frequently referenced name in the AED?
Let’s also not ignore whether these men served one or two terms. Here are the one term Presidents:
John Adams
John Quincy Adams
Martin Van Buren
James K. Polk
Franklin Pierce
James Buchanan
Rutherford B. Hayes
William Howard Taft
Herbert Hoover
Jimmy Carter
George H. W. Bush
Do they get half credit?
Others died in office. You may wish to apportion their frequency of appearance accordingly. Here is a list of days served.
William Henry Harrison 31 days
Zachary Taylor 491 days
Abraham Lincoln 1,503 days
James A. Garfield 199 days
William McKinley 1,654 days
Warren G. Harding 881 days
Franklin Roosevelt 4,422 days
John F. Kennedy 1,036 days
The number of days is probably an important factor.