These US President Coincidences Blew My Mind

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  • @LostinthePond
    @LostinthePond  3 дня назад +31

    Go to ground.news/lost to stay fully informed on the US, UK and more with clarity and context. Save 40% on the Ground News unlimited access Vantage plan with my link.

    • @huntertheparmesancheeseexp
      @huntertheparmesancheeseexp 3 дня назад

      hey i got a question why do i run into a lot of brits online that are so anti free speech i was on a youtube channel yesterday they banned me over my name i really do feel like brits are so fast to hand over there rights and i like british people but drives me nuts when they don't stand for freedom

    • @huntertheparmesancheeseexp
      @huntertheparmesancheeseexp 3 дня назад

      but anyways i am a fan and glad you love america

    • @balancedactguy
      @balancedactguy 3 дня назад

      How can you include :Old Man Zach" in the Data when he died on July 9th??

    • @timothyd9543
      @timothyd9543 3 дня назад

      Here's one you missed: A month before Lincoln was assassinated, Robert Todd Lincoln was caught up in a crowd swell at a train station in Baltimore and nearly killed by the oncoming train. A man in the crowd reached out and saved him. That man was Edwin Booth - the brother of John Wilkes Booth.

    • @daerdevvyl4314
      @daerdevvyl4314 3 дня назад

      balancedactguy He said that Taylor may have caught his fatal illness on July 4th, making him kind-of sort-of inclusion in the list.

  • @seantlewis376
    @seantlewis376 3 дня назад +83

    Congratulations on your citizenship and your first vote!

    • @browndoiby
      @browndoiby 2 дня назад

      Seconded! Bravo, as well!

    • @browndoiby
      @browndoiby 2 дня назад

      Seconded! Bravo as well!

    • @MargaretTindale
      @MargaretTindale 2 дня назад

      I'm firmly born and bred in the UK here. I have to ask, is this gentleman of dual nationality?? I cannot for the life of me understand why anyone, not of birth, would want to become a US citizen?? The rest of the world perceives the US in a very different way than it does itself. Personally, it is a country that would not be on my visit list ever!!
      Guns are far too readily available, and America's medical system would absolutely have me running for the hills!! I'll have the NHS any day of the week!!!

    • @seantlewis376
      @seantlewis376 2 дня назад

      @@MargaretTindale I would like to have NHS as well. I think it is the best way to run a health system, even when it is lacking. I am American, but born overseas in Japan, and I have spent years of my life in Wales, West Germany, Germany, and Turkey. I find it fascinating to get global perspectives on the things that bind us together as well as the things that pull us apart. That's why I like this channel. He is British, but has spent nearly a third of his life in the US, so he has his own perspectives on things I find interesting.

    • @nothingelse1520
      @nothingelse1520 День назад

      ​@@MargaretTindale The US has problems but you can make a lot of money here compared to other countries, also we have a lot of cool things for tourists to see. Heard of the Grand Canyon? Amazing in person. Pictures don't do it justice

  • @isabelatticus4039
    @isabelatticus4039 3 дня назад +36

    This is what happened in my family. My parents had me late. And my grandfather married late. So my grandfather was born in 1886, but I’m 41.

    • @ferretyluv
      @ferretyluv 3 дня назад +6

      Same. My grandparents on my father’s side were born in the early 1900s. I’m a millennial.

    • @eds7343
      @eds7343 3 дня назад +2

      I was born 1986.

    • @Rosarium2007
      @Rosarium2007 2 дня назад +4

      My father was youngest of six and my mum the oldest of five. So my aunts & uncles were born from 1923 to 1960. My father was born after his oldest sibling had had her first child, so he was born an uncle. My cousins were born from from 1942 to 1991

    • @alicerudolph8106
      @alicerudolph8106 День назад

      These things happen. My husband's parents were married the same year my father, the older of my parents was born--and my husband and I are only 3 years apart in age!

    • @MidwestArtMan
      @MidwestArtMan День назад +1

      @@Rosarium2007 Wow, that's a much bigger range than my family. I thought it was weird that my youngest sister is 24 and my oldest cousin is 50-something. The weirdest thing about my family is that, due Grandpa being one of 7 and Grandma being one of 11, my mom has 42 first cousins.

  • @siggychi
    @siggychi 3 дня назад +90

    The Ohio coincidence is always insane to me. I'm from Cincinnati and half the public schools there are named after presidents, some of which weren't born in Ohio but happened to live in Ohio for most of their lives too

    • @RevJR
      @RevJR 3 дня назад +14

      Bruh given the chance the USA would just be called Ohio but those other pesky states won't let us rename it.
      We stepped on the moon first. We share this accomplishment with the entire country, but deep down y'all know it ain't *alabama* doing that shit.

    • @OhhCrapGuy
      @OhhCrapGuy 3 дня назад +6

      ​@@RevJRI mean, I don't know what it is about Ohio, but being born there just makes people want to leave the planet.
      I should know, I'm from Akron.

    • @Lexivor
      @Lexivor 3 дня назад +4

      @@RevJR The Saturn V rocket, which launched the astronauts to the moon, was designed at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama under the direction of Werner von Braun.

    • @jameshill2450
      @jameshill2450 3 дня назад +3

      At that time, Cincinnati was one of only a few big cities on the way to heading west. Chicago was just getting started and was too far north to be on the way, so Ohio was a natural place to stop. You'd either stop there as the last big place to resupply, or settle down to capitalize on the traffic.

    • @chrisschmidt355
      @chrisschmidt355 3 дня назад +4

      @OhhCrapGuy I hate to say it but you're not wrong. Weirdly enough I'm originally from near Wapakoneta, Neil Armstrong's home town, and I now live near Akron. I'm just waiting for the cost of recreational space flights to come down. LOL

  • @Donut-Eater
    @Donut-Eater 2 дня назад +91

    Speaking of US presidents, Jimmy Carter turns 100 today!

    • @RaisinBran-ir4iq
      @RaisinBran-ir4iq 2 дня назад +6

      Wow! I have no ill will against the man personally, but he was one of the worst presidents. Happy Birthday to Jimmy!

    • @pawelzielinski1398
      @pawelzielinski1398 2 дня назад +2

      @@RaisinBran-ir4iq Why? He is the only one I have seen in person.

    • @John_Smith_60
      @John_Smith_60 2 дня назад +11

      @RaisinBran-ir4iq "one of the worst presidents"
      except for Reagan, Both Bushes, and Trump

    • @RaisinBran-ir4iq
      @RaisinBran-ir4iq 2 дня назад +2

      @@pawelzielinski1398 Oh, he's a nice guy...and I really mean that. Problem is, nice guys are ignored by other world leaders.

    • @griffinclary61
      @griffinclary61 2 дня назад +3

      And i guess you don't gain wisdom with age hes voting harris

  • @Jeff_Lichtman
    @Jeff_Lichtman 3 дня назад +30

    Thomas Jefferson served as vice president during John Adams' presidency because, at the time, the second-place finisher in the presidential election would become vice president. It was awkward to have a political rival waiting in the wings to take over in case the president died. The 12th amendment to the Constitution changed this, so that the president and vice president are elected separately (and, in practice, are voted for as a slate). This amendment was ratified during Jefferson's presidency, and created the system we have today.
    A superstition arose because of Zachary Taylor's death that eating cherries and milk together is poisonous. The mother of my best friend in high school believed this.

    • @Lucius1958
      @Lucius1958 2 дня назад

      Another superstition that hung around for a while, was that any president elected in a decimal year (ending in 0) would die in office. It started when W.H. Harrison (1840) died; then Lincoln (1860), Garfield (1880), McKinley (1900), Harding (1920), FDR (1940), and JFK (1960).
      Reagan (1980), and G.W. Bush (2000), however, seem to have debunked that, and Biden (2020) is not likely to bring it back, I hope.

  • @NaomiSilverArt
    @NaomiSilverArt 3 дня назад +139

    Am I the only person stuck on the fact that someone currently alive had a grandfather born in the 1790's??!!! 😮

    • @joewebster9229
      @joewebster9229 3 дня назад +9

      Feels very twilight zone like

    • @ferretyluv
      @ferretyluv 3 дня назад +14

      They each had kids when they were very old.

    • @jaypee9575
      @jaypee9575 3 дня назад +10

      @@ferretyluv Yeah, they must have been at least 60 each. 1860 grandfather has father, 1920 father has living person, living person now 104.

    • @ferretyluv
      @ferretyluv 3 дня назад +5

      @@jaypee9575 I think Zachary Taylor was supposed to be 72 when he had the father.

    • @2008rmartin
      @2008rmartin 3 дня назад +5

      No lol me and My son have talked about it a few times. Blows the mind

  • @fubarfreak524
    @fubarfreak524 3 дня назад +11

    People seem to forget that the Airplane was invented in Dayton, Ohio. It was only tested at Kitty Hawk, NC, because the governor of Ohio refuse to let the Wright Brothers test it in Ohio.

  • @tomhalla426
    @tomhalla426 3 дня назад +22

    Adams and Jefferson were also the committee that wrote the Declaration of Independence. Jefferson was responsible for the first draft, with Benjamin Franklin the chief editor.

    • @tomhalla426
      @tomhalla426 3 дня назад +3

      On the committee, there were five members. Edit does not work.

    • @tomorrowhowever7488
      @tomorrowhowever7488 3 дня назад

      Franklin was busy with diplomacy in France. King Louis lost his head over his economic policies. Primarily, Versailles and the US revolution.
      France was at war with England when the US revolution began.
      So, Statue of Liberty, Louisiana purchase, "Cajuns" ...
      Blame Franklin.

  • @barbarashirland9078
    @barbarashirland9078 3 дня назад +94

    Loved seeing your cat!

    • @slipstick985
      @slipstick985 3 дня назад +12

      You gotta trust a man who's cat loves him.

    • @barbarashirland9078
      @barbarashirland9078 3 дня назад +6

      @@slipstick985 Cats always know!

    • @pseudotasuki
      @pseudotasuki 3 дня назад +2

      Brief shot of toe beans near the start, too!

    • @johnfritz1164
      @johnfritz1164 2 дня назад +3

      @@barbarashirland9078 Yes, more cat videos.

  • @nadurkee46
    @nadurkee46 3 дня назад +45

    Love that Teddy R. Shirt!

  • @aaronberga8803
    @aaronberga8803 3 дня назад +48

    Grew up in Ohio. Was curious if you were also going to get around to all the astronauts etc from Ohio as well. Was not disappointed.

    • @Styphon
      @Styphon 3 дня назад +4

      They just wanted out.

    • @boopsbucket
      @boopsbucket 3 дня назад +1

      @@Styphon 💀💀💀

    • @Enginette37
      @Enginette37 3 дня назад

      @@Styphonthey were sent here unwillingly- mostly because of Wright Patt

    • @_whyte.woods_1256
      @_whyte.woods_1256 2 дня назад +2

      ​@@Enginette37you know being born isn't "being sent", right?

    • @John_Smith_60
      @John_Smith_60 2 дня назад

      @_whyte.woods_1256 "you know being born isn't "being sent", right?"
      Tell that to their mothers' uteruses.

  • @SylvanSkywatcher
    @SylvanSkywatcher 2 дня назад +6

    Thomas Jefferson didn't just sign the Declaration of Independence. He was its principal author. John Addams was a co-author.

  • @bob_._.
    @bob_._. 3 дня назад +27

    Virginia-born Wm. Henry Harrison was a resident of Ohio when he was elected President so maybe it's a tie at 7.5

    • @RevJR
      @RevJR 3 дня назад +3

      I'm okay with Virginia being in the lead. We all know Ohio runs everything anyway. Virginia is cool, it can be the champion.

    • @mirzaahmed6589
      @mirzaahmed6589 3 дня назад +4

      ​@@RevJR Runs or ruins?

    • @kellyshomemadekitchen
      @kellyshomemadekitchen 3 дня назад

      @@mirzaahmed6589
      Right!

    • @arwenundomiel9330
      @arwenundomiel9330 3 дня назад

      Nope, but nice try.

    • @RevJR
      @RevJR 2 дня назад +2

      @@mirzaahmed6589 Which state isn't on fire, isn't plagued by tornados or a bit of snow knocking out the whole infrastructure, and is getting a new intel factory?
      Hint: Ohio.
      You don't have to like us, but we're the heart of it all. The country has a heart attack if we disappear.

  • @wisneta
    @wisneta 3 дня назад +6

    The cat looking at the camera when you tell us to subscribe-quality RUclips right there.

  • @Willowinthewinds
    @Willowinthewinds День назад +1

    Congratulations for your first vote here in the USA. Thank you for exercising that right.

  • @MissRyukkie
    @MissRyukkie 3 дня назад +7

    Kafka staring us down when you told us to subscribe. 😂

    • @LindaC616
      @LindaC616 3 дня назад +2

      When he was talking about sociopathic politicians and Ohio 😅

  • @briancisco1176
    @briancisco1176 3 дня назад +11

    Good job! Just one minor correction: Tyler remarried while he was STILL president, so young Julia was First Lady for one year.

    • @beenaplumber8379
      @beenaplumber8379 3 дня назад +4

      So Tyler had 2 first ladies? It's probably important to phrase that carefully.

  • @Karn0010
    @Karn0010 2 дня назад +5

    Jefferson and Adams dying on the 50th anniversary of the 4th of July is poetic, fate is a strange thing. The coincidences that this country has in its history make you think that there is something else going on.

    • @erakfishfishfish
      @erakfishfishfish День назад

      It would have been a little less poetic if Adams got his way. He wanted the official date of adoption to be July 2nd, the day the resolution for independence was voted on. However, the actual Declaration went through 2 days of edits before getting printed and introduced to the public.

    • @lo1bo2
      @lo1bo2 14 часов назад

      Not a mystical coincidence. They were dying, purposely hung on to see the nation's 50th anniversary, then let go.

  • @FishareFriendsNotFood972
    @FishareFriendsNotFood972 2 дня назад +1

    Great way to handle my pre election anxiety and overthinking......putting it in historical context and pondering how absurd it really all is

  • @chrisj.9882
    @chrisj.9882 2 дня назад +1

    When James Madison was dying, he turned down offers by his doctors to help him keep going until he made it to July 4. He turned them down and died in late June.

  • @jkbrown5496
    @jkbrown5496 3 дня назад +15

    Interesting, the two top generals to come out of the Civil War, Grant and Sherman were both born in Ohio.

    • @stevethepocket
      @stevethepocket 2 дня назад

      We've gone from presidential races being decided by Sherman's home state to one about to be decided by the state he burned to the ground.

    • @jkbrown5496
      @jkbrown5496 2 дня назад

      @@stevethepocket He only burned Atlanta, military assets. But his goal for the march was to prove to the citizens of the Confederacy that their government/army couldn't protect them. It was the first touch of the war to the Plantation Belt of the South, except along the Mississippi River.

  • @richardholappajr.6184
    @richardholappajr.6184 3 дня назад +21

    Love your videos, and kitty!

  • @jLutraveling
    @jLutraveling 3 дня назад +7

    one of the Ohio presidents had the nickname of Coffee Bill.. William Mckinnelly Served coffee to soldiers at the battle of Antitiem.

    • @beenaplumber8379
      @beenaplumber8379 День назад

      Gawd what a nightmare. Antietam conjures up such horrors in me that I sometimes have wondered if I was a reincarnated soldier who died there. I mean, not seriously, but what a frightening affair that was. To imagine coffee being served in the middle of that. He must have been a teenager!

  • @rohan1970b
    @rohan1970b 2 дня назад +3

    You mentioning of John Tyler's grandson still living reminded me of the last civil war pension recipient who just died during Covid back in 2020. Irene Triplett who was a disabled dependent (and therefore no limit on how long she could continue collecting it) of a civil war veteran and she died May 31, 2020. I don't remember if it was Covid related or not.

  • @causilvestrini7000
    @causilvestrini7000 3 дня назад +12

    I love your videos! 😊 BTW, your cat is a beauty.

  • @stevethepocket
    @stevethepocket 2 дня назад +1

    I went to elementary school about fifteen minutes from McKinley's hometown of Canton, and one of our field trips took us to his tomb-which you have to climb like a million steps to get to-and the science and history museum next door that they probably built to encourage schools to take kids there on field trips. It was only later that I would learn just how many other things in that general area are named after him. Ironically the airport isn't one of them. Naming airports after dead presidents is such a tradition in this country, I don't know why no one ever did it. "I flew in out of McKinley" rolls off the tongue so well!

  • @theunspoke815
    @theunspoke815 3 дня назад +5

    Hi!! 50 years an Ohioan and pass Garfields house 20 times a day!! You forgot music and art!! Our slogan isn't "The Heart Of It All" for nothing!!! ❤❤❤

    • @DavidWalton-g8w
      @DavidWalton-g8w 2 дня назад

      Even if you live on the same block 20 times a day would be a lot of times to pass any house.
      Uber driver or some other kind of delivery driver?

    • @dbach1025
      @dbach1025 День назад

      So you are the one using all the gas? :)

  • @sdailey5491
    @sdailey5491 2 дня назад +2

    Nice video footage of Wooster, Ohio at 12:39. Thanks for telling your viewers about Ohio's greatness! Go Bucks!

    • @jamesslick4790
      @jamesslick4790 2 дня назад

      It's always made me laugh that one of the presidents NOT born in Ohio in that period was named CLEVELAND! BTW, From PA, But Ohio is cool! (Better than ANY state that has Philthadelphia in it) I wish Pittsburgh (Where I'm from..) was IN Ohio instead of PA. LOL.

  • @bruceboman9801
    @bruceboman9801 3 дня назад +12

    Cat wasn't credited for aperence. Non-union cat.😺😺

    • @LindaC616
      @LindaC616 3 дня назад +5

      Hasn't been putting out videos lately so he couldn't pay his dues

    • @ferretyluv
      @ferretyluv 3 дня назад +4

      RUclips doesn’t fall under SAG.

  • @Wicked_Knight
    @Wicked_Knight 3 дня назад +9

    Anyone else stick around to the absolute end for the heartwarming "Goodbye"?

    • @JRBWare1942
      @JRBWare1942 3 дня назад +2

      No, I had to get right to the comments so I could argue with people.

  • @lisamoore6804
    @lisamoore6804 3 дня назад +4

    I am proud to say I was born in Ohio and lived there 'till 7 years ago. I knew about president Tyler's grandson still being alive. That's pretty darn cool.

    • @jamesslick4790
      @jamesslick4790 2 дня назад

      Ain't it weird that one of the presidents NOT born in Ohio in that period was named CLEVELAND?! I think about stuff like that when I'm high. LOL.

  • @sherishaffertheartistandmy7948
    @sherishaffertheartistandmy7948 3 дня назад +2

    As an Ohioan who has lived most of their life around the (mostly-considered northeastern area of the state), Akron, Ohio area, it has always been intriguing to me, how there are so many USA Presidents from this area (there are many local monuments and birthplace restorations)! Thank you so much, for bringing to attention, our local piece in the history of the Presidential candidacy process!

  • @mirthenary
    @mirthenary 3 дня назад +9

    Oh, c'mon Laurence, give the cat some tummy rubs😁

  • @hazevthewolf178
    @hazevthewolf178 2 дня назад +1

    Thomas Marshall, Woodrow Wilson's VP, once observed that "Indiana was the mother of vice presidents, home to more second rate men..."

  • @anthonycalbillo9376
    @anthonycalbillo9376 3 дня назад +4

    Or weird laws. Like in my new home state, it's illegal to drive with a live bear in your car.

    • @LindaC616
      @LindaC616 3 дня назад +3

      And, as David Sedaris pointed out, blind people can hunt with a rifle in MI

    • @garryferrington811
      @garryferrington811 3 дня назад +2

      What's intriguing is how these laws came to be.

    • @DavidWalton-g8w
      @DavidWalton-g8w 2 дня назад +1

      I think that is an uncaged bear. It is perfectly legal to drive with a caged bear in your car.

  • @Crosses3
    @Crosses3 3 дня назад +1

    I’m from Ohio and my dad always talked about all the influential people from Ohio: Presidents, inventors, Hollywood celebs, astronauts, etc.

  • @CarolannBrendel
    @CarolannBrendel 3 дня назад +3

    My great-grandfather worked on William McKinley's campaign.

  • @jamesbarton1969
    @jamesbarton1969 2 дня назад

    News has always been in the business of influencing political elections. At one time almost every area would have rival newspapers, one for each political party.

  • @Serenity_Dee
    @Serenity_Dee 3 дня назад +2

    My paternal grandfather was 73 when my dad was born. (He died when my dad was 3.) He was one of Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders decades before. His father fought in blue in the American Civil War.
    I'm not even 50 years old and my great-grandfather fought in the American Civil War.

  • @skinfiddler
    @skinfiddler 3 дня назад +5

    A large factor influencing the Ohio presidential phenom is the post Civil War organization known as the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) which became a powerful influence on politics for fifty + years following the Civil War

  • @joeycooper7594
    @joeycooper7594 3 дня назад +5

    Heyo for Ohio! Not sure how I feel about living here. My state's a meme, and I wish it wasn't.
    Anyways,
    Corn,
    Corn,
    corn,
    Hell Is Rell,
    Corn.

    • @jamesslick4790
      @jamesslick4790 2 дня назад +1

      There's NOTHING wrong with Ohio. Hell, I'm from Pittsburgh, PA for all of my 62 years. Due to sports, "we" are supposed to "hate" Ohio (Silly reason..). Pennsylvania kinda, well SUCKS. I'd rather Pittsburgh BE in Ohio. Would ANY rational, sane person take living in Philly over Cleveland? Having spent a lot of time in both cities I would NOT live in Philly RENT FREE. When my daughter went out of state for her career (teaching) after college she ended up in Sandusky. I was THRILLED for her! (Oh, and I get to go to Cedar Point when I visit her in the Summer, LOL).

  • @GeorgeOswald-e4s
    @GeorgeOswald-e4s 2 дня назад +2

    Lawrence, I love your scientific graphs. I wish I could of used them in college. Actually they are better than the ones I used in college, back in '62. That's 1962, by the by.

  • @jamesslick4790
    @jamesslick4790 2 дня назад +1

    Mind blowing to me is that during Ohio's run at generating Presidents, The one NON Ohio born President who served in office TWICE was CLEVELAND! 🤔 (He was from New Jersey).

    • @jasonlescalleet5611
      @jasonlescalleet5611 День назад +1

      And the *city* of Cleveland is in-wait for it-OHIO!
      Spooky!

    • @jamesslick4790
      @jamesslick4790 День назад

      @@jasonlescalleet5611 IKR?

    • @jamesslick4790
      @jamesslick4790 День назад

      @@jasonlescalleet5611 Just love that CLEVELAND was from NEWJERSEY. My father's people WERE from New Jersey and My daughter lives in OHIO. I'm in Pittsburgh.

  • @JonTripp115
    @JonTripp115 20 часов назад

    "This A.I. is cursed" almost made me spit my drink.

  • @TheEulerID
    @TheEulerID 2 дня назад +1

    Perhaps there ought to be a film "Died on the 4th of July".

  • @GailKuzyszyn
    @GailKuzyszyn 2 дня назад +1

    You are absolutely right. The late 19th century saw several presidents from Ohio. And don't forget that some of these men served in the Civil War.

  • @annasylvester4516
    @annasylvester4516 3 дня назад +1

    I found out a while back that my uncle was working on the railroad in Marion Ohio when the train brought President Harding's body back to Marion following his death.

  • @kimfleury
    @kimfleury 2 дня назад +1

    How many takes did it take to get Kafka to look at the camera with that perfect expression when you gave the spiel to hit that subscribe button and "Do that _now_"? You may notice many replays of certain parts of the video. It was all to see replays of Kafka. I just love that cat.

  • @BrianMcCarthy-z9l
    @BrianMcCarthy-z9l 3 дня назад +6

    J. D. Vance is from Ohio.
    Your cat clearly didn't appreciate that remark about sociopaths.

    • @jamesslick4790
      @jamesslick4790 2 дня назад

      He's not President YET. In 4 years, perhaps!

  • @renebrock4147
    @renebrock4147 2 дня назад +1

    Thank you, Lawrence, for not wanting 'newscasters' to try to influence or even tell you what your opinion should be. I'll go further and state that I firmly believe that ANY celebrity, entertainer, sports star, newsperson, or similar should, when it comes to politics, SHUT UP. Anything other than that for which they were hired is a direct abuse of perceived power. Thank you also for these videos. I find them very entertaining. I would ask though, what ever happened to the state-by-state place-name series?

  • @Grandmotherof3
    @Grandmotherof3 3 дня назад

    I agree with you 💯% that news media should report the news and try to influence us!

  • @thun4102
    @thun4102 2 дня назад +1

    Tyler remarried while still in office. Julia Gardiner was 24 while he was 54, and he still had 8 months left in his presidency.

    • @chatterati
      @chatterati 2 дня назад

      They were interested in each others assets

  • @Lunchbox59
    @Lunchbox59 3 дня назад +8

    Ohio presidents died an awful lot while in office as well.

    • @yondie491
      @yondie491 3 дня назад

      Every 20 years for most of our history

  • @Andyvan92110
    @Andyvan92110 2 дня назад

    There was a 2nd grandson that only recently died. Lyon Gardiner Tyler Jr died in 2020.
    Also, thanks for that graphic showing the Ohio presidencies. That made it very clear.

  • @SeanShimamoto
    @SeanShimamoto 2 дня назад +1

    Congratulations from Hawaiʻi on hitting 750,000 subscribers!!! 🎉🎊👏🏽

  • @alexb2209
    @alexb2209 3 дня назад +8

    Thank you for adding Jerrie Mock to the list of Ohio aviators. A lot of people don't really ever seem to talk about her despite her achievement.

    • @beenaplumber8379
      @beenaplumber8379 3 дня назад

      This would be a great opportunity to share that achievement with the world, wouldn't it?

    • @benn454
      @benn454 3 дня назад +2

      @@beenaplumber8379 First woman to fly solo around the world.

    • @linmonPIE
      @linmonPIE 3 дня назад

      I got to sit in her plain at The Works Museum in Newark. I’ve met her sister, Susan Reid too.

  • @TinyDancer250
    @TinyDancer250 3 дня назад +1

    Oooh, Laurence, we've missed seeing Kafka. Arthur replaced him for awhile. Sending kitty cuddles to him. 😻😻😻😻😻😻😻😻😻🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗

  • @popkorng
    @popkorng 3 дня назад

    I went to school in Delaware, OH, the birthplace of President Hayes. For decades, this was memorialized in a plaque in front of the BP gas station closest to my dorm. I heard there's a proper statue now.

  • @TheTinkerersWife
    @TheTinkerersWife 3 дня назад +1

    This was illuminating and a very nice departure from the "other" social media pist regarding predidents. I say do a second video!!! Please.

  • @jamesfearing9459
    @jamesfearing9459 3 дня назад +2

    Ohio, Kentucky, Michigan, Indiana and West Virginia were originally part of Virginia.

  • @earlyre
    @earlyre 2 дня назад

    Hell, Harding did almost his whole campaign from his front porch in Marion, OH.
    Also to this day, the High school in Marion is Marion-Harding, and their mascot is the president.
    The Marion-Harding presidents.

  • @susannpatton2893
    @susannpatton2893 3 дня назад +2

    I knew my grandmother's dad. He was born in 1883 and died in 1978.
    So he was born less than 20 yrs after the Civil War and died in 1978. And I knew him as a child. I remember him

    • @RogCBrand
      @RogCBrand 3 дня назад

      Similar here, my oldest great grandfather was born in 1882 and died a few months before turning 100- he was still working his farm in his 90s! I was 15 when he died and I've thought about how I knew him and it was possible that when he was a child he could have met some in their late 80s or older that would have been born in the 1700s!

    • @beenaplumber8379
      @beenaplumber8379 3 дня назад +1

      My great-grandfather was born in 1897 and died a week or 2 before his 102nd birthday in October 1999 (also a couple weeks before my 33rd b-day). He wanted to live until 2000 so he could say he'd lived in 3 centuries. Almost made it! Kids at the middle school where I work consider ME old enough to be a historical resource because I remember the Vietnam War. A couple of the kids were astonished that I actually knew a WWI veteran (and WWII, Korea, Vietnam, and Desert Storm). I have to keep reminding myself those kids were born 10 years after 9/11.

    • @RogCBrand
      @RogCBrand 3 дня назад +1

      @@beenaplumber8379 That's sad that he wasn't able to make it a few more months! And yeah, I don't feel old at all, but then I can look back to when I was in grade school and thought teenagers were OLD!!!

  • @johnobrien7562
    @johnobrien7562 2 дня назад

    starting to think the 4th of July thing is Alexander Hamilton's revenge - John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and James Monroe all despised him, and his widow joined with Dolley Madison and Louisa Adams to help fund the construction of the Washington Monument, which took out Taylor.

  • @aislingekelloggdegomez4597
    @aislingekelloggdegomez4597 3 дня назад +26

    I love your lovely cat!

    • @JanSolo555
      @JanSolo555 3 дня назад +5

      His name is Kafka, I believe.

    • @LindaC616
      @LindaC616 3 дня назад

      Indeed it is! And he has his own channel, where he USED to put out videos, lazy sod​@@JanSolo555

    • @StevenLubick
      @StevenLubick 2 дня назад

      I also love cats. 👍👍

  • @susanunger2278
    @susanunger2278 3 дня назад +3

    Love the graph

  • @vlmellody51
    @vlmellody51 3 дня назад

    I was born in Akron, OH, and I remember how proud my maternal grandmother was that so many of our presidents were from there.

  • @gregkocher5352
    @gregkocher5352 2 дня назад +1

    Ohio's period of producing Presidents roughly coincides with the period of the state's dominance of industry and innovation. I've heard it noted that Ohio had a period similar to today's Silicon Valley prosperity. Money and influence all in one region.

  • @DuckMcKrush
    @DuckMcKrush 3 дня назад +1

    Well done Lawrence Upon-Lost in the Pond!

  • @granitepenguin
    @granitepenguin 3 дня назад +6

    Growing up in Ohio, the joke about astronauts was that Ohio is so bad people are literally going to space to get away from it. :-)

  • @MMuraseofSandvich
    @MMuraseofSandvich 3 дня назад +2

    Cat: "I don't know this presidents thing but I like you."

  • @cynthiaalver
    @cynthiaalver 3 дня назад +2

    Hugs and kisses to Kafka and Arthur.❤ Oh, and I really liked the video! 😊

  • @celesteredding1550
    @celesteredding1550 3 дня назад +4

    I'm not a historian but I love your cat 😍😄

  • @TheNinjaDC
    @TheNinjaDC День назад +1

    For the US Civil War both the president of the US & the president of the Confederacy were born in Kentucky.

  • @pseudotasuki
    @pseudotasuki 3 дня назад

    I love the story about Edwin Booth (John's brother) saving the life of Robert Lincoln (Abe's son) a year prior to the assassination. Especially the fact that Lincoln immediately recognized Booth, as he was an extremely famous actor.

  • @jamesmull8579
    @jamesmull8579 2 дня назад

    There was also a long run of Presidents who were elected in a year ending in 0 who died in office.

  • @boopsbucket
    @boopsbucket 3 дня назад +1

    I... now realize why so many places are named after presidents in this state. I also drive past Garfield's house quite often and am just like "bum deal dude."

  • @alansmithee8831
    @alansmithee8831 3 дня назад

    A'reyt Laurence. When you released the video and went on about presidents dying on 4th July, by coincidence it was the middle of the night in UK and also by coincidence, I am sure, I fell asleep before commenting.

  • @revgurley
    @revgurley 3 дня назад

    For decades before he retired, my dad did a fast-paced trivia talk on the Presidents (he also had one for VPs, First Ladies, and pets). Even though it has been disproved, there is a picture of Millard Fillmore in the guest bathroom, as he supposedly put the first bath tub in the White House. And now, being a friendly old man, when he comes across a left-handed waiter, will ask, "Who was the first left-handed President? He was shot, but not for being left-handed." (The answer is James A Garfield).

  • @pattie2day
    @pattie2day 3 дня назад

    This was so interesting -- I would love to watch a Part 2. And congratulations on your first time voting as an American! You picked a doozy of an election for your first time!!

  • @mybachhertzbaud3074
    @mybachhertzbaud3074 День назад

    I have always considered that Adams and Jefferson are a personification of the two sides of the same coin. Not surprised they went out on the same day.🤔

  • @cassandraelliot7878
    @cassandraelliot7878 3 дня назад

    My great grandmother and great grandfather tended horses for Theodore Roosevelt at his estate on Sagamore Hill, Long Island. So, it is always fun to see you wearing the tee shirt with his image.

  • @marlenepearson3936
    @marlenepearson3936 3 дня назад +5

    Thanks for the Ohio information, Laurence. I did not know how that unfolded. 😳 Glad 😊 to see your cat again. More videos with the cat and dog. Please 🙏 😂

  • @elisam.r.9960
    @elisam.r.9960 3 дня назад

    I'm so happy to see Kafka in a video again! ALso, while I'd heard about all of these at some point, it was great to see your take on them (especially with a little help from our good friend MS Paint).

  • @freeshrugs63
    @freeshrugs63 2 дня назад

    Love your study of words. Really loved this history lesson. Mix it up, L., I'm here for it, whatever you want to talk about!

  • @BlackCatsAndCorgis
    @BlackCatsAndCorgis 2 дня назад

    Eight presidents were born in Virginia. Seven were elected from there. Seven presidents were born in Ohio. Eight were elected from there. William Henry Harrison was born in Virginia, but elected as president while living in Ohio.

  • @kirkaplin234
    @kirkaplin234 2 дня назад

    Crediting Ohio with Thomas Hendricks is a bit much. Yes, he was born there, but he grew up in Indiana and was a Representative, Senator and Governor for Indiana.

  • @jasonsummit1885
    @jasonsummit1885 3 дня назад

    Funny how the cat also looked directly into the camera when you said to subscribe.😂

  • @misspat7555
    @misspat7555 3 дня назад +1

    Congrats on 3/4 of a million, Lawrence! 😎

  • @rainbowtropolis
    @rainbowtropolis 3 дня назад

    Much love to Kafka, and that was really neat! I'd love to see more interesting coincidences like this if you're up for making more videos about them!

  • @jesseszymcik3026
    @jesseszymcik3026 День назад

    I usually am glad to hear that Noah Webster simplified spelling and standardized American spelling. But, hearing that he wanted to spell soup “soop” brought out the Jean Luc Picard line, “the line must be drawn. Here, and no farther!”

  • @gscotb
    @gscotb 3 дня назад

    Helen Viola Jackson (August 3, 1919 - December 16, 2020) was the last surviving widow of a Union soldier and the last surviving widow of a Civil War veteran overall; she died on December 16, 2020, at the age of 101. I reckon there was one person in the VA who managed her account for many years.

  • @15oClock
    @15oClock 3 дня назад +1

    "This AI is getting really cursed."
    I'm glad I'm not the only one.

  • @Jah_Rastafari_ORIG
    @Jah_Rastafari_ORIG День назад

    I just realized, one of the two tickets in the upcoming election could lead to another Ohio-born president; I dearly hope that does not happen...

  • @acooper6956
    @acooper6956 3 дня назад

    Hope there is a Part 2! This was great!

  • @RexFuturi
    @RexFuturi 3 дня назад +5

    People today rarely have any idea how important Ohio was even just a half century ago. During the time period highlighted by the Ohio presidents, Cincinnati and then Cleveland were two of the largest cities in the country. Ohio continued to be a swing State until 2020 when it solidified as a pro-Trumo State. It continues to be a microcosm of the United States, a representation of the "average American" and a State made up of both urban and rural populations, home to an array of industry, farming, and technology companies.

    • @linmonPIE
      @linmonPIE 3 дня назад

      I wish we were still a swing state…

  • @janerkenbrack3373
    @janerkenbrack3373 3 дня назад

    The Ohioan Vice-Presidents make sense when you think about the importance of the electoral power of Ohio. Having produced many Presidents in that time, the non-Ohioan Presidential candidates probably wanted another Ohioan on their ticket for their election.

  • @carltonriales4352
    @carltonriales4352 3 дня назад

    They were in their twenties when they signed the declaration. Wild to think about.

  • @dxjxc91
    @dxjxc91 День назад

    My great grandpa died on the 4th of July (not recently, a few years ago).

  • @tekdrudge
    @tekdrudge 14 часов назад

    I would love for you to do a video on the coincidences between the assassinations of both Lincoln and Kennedy. It's kinda spooky.