President Alexander Hamilton?

[Bruce_T_Laney]

It is amazing how many Americans fail their political history and believe Alexander Hamilton was a former President of this great country or that Sir Thomas More was also a former President...

Living proof the failure of our school system across this country...

Enjoy the chuckle, and remember neither Hamilton nor More were Presidents and neither was Franklin...

Was Alexander Hamilton President? — Pacific Standard

 

[Lucy Hamilton]

It is amazing how many Americans fail their political history and believe Alexander Hamilton was a former President of this great country or that Sir Thomas More was also a former President...

Living proof the failure of our school system across this country...

Enjoy the chuckle, and remember neither Hamilton nor More were Presidents and neither was Franklin...

Was Alexander Hamilton President? — Pacific Standard

Even I know that James Buchanan is the only American President who was never married.

I also think there were "rumours" about him. Ahem.

 

[Lucy Hamilton]

It is amazing how many Americans fail their political history and believe Alexander Hamilton was a former President of this great country or that Sir Thomas More was also a former President...

Living proof the failure of our school system across this country...

Enjoy the chuckle, and remember neither Hamilton nor More were Presidents and neither was Franklin...

Was Alexander Hamilton President? — Pacific Standard

Some people also incorrectly think Benjamin Franklin was a President.

 

[Agit8r]

Actually King had been dead for a few years already

 

[Bruce_T_Laney]

It is amazing how many Americans fail their political history and believe Alexander Hamilton was a former President of this great country or that Sir Thomas More was also a former President...

Living proof the failure of our school system across this country...

Enjoy the chuckle, and remember neither Hamilton nor More were Presidents and neither was Franklin...

Was Alexander Hamilton President? — Pacific Standard

Some people also incorrectly think Benjamin Franklin was a President.

Yeah, but the Sir Thomas More was the kicker for me!

I guess Political History here in the states is something not as important as keeping up with the Kardashians...

I doubt many can tell you the name of the VP candidate that was running with Michael Dukakis in the 1988 Presidential Elections, or the name of Walter Mondale VP candidate for the 1984 election but they could tell you what color of hair Kim Kardashian is wearing...

 

[Lucy Hamilton]

It is amazing how many Americans fail their political history and believe Alexander Hamilton was a former President of this great country or that Sir Thomas More was also a former President...

Living proof the failure of our school system across this country...

Enjoy the chuckle, and remember neither Hamilton nor More were Presidents and neither was Franklin...

Was Alexander Hamilton President? — Pacific Standard

Some people also incorrectly think Benjamin Franklin was a President.

Yeah, but the Sir Thomas More was the kicker for me!

I guess Political History here in the states is something not as important as keeping up with the Kardashians...

I doubt many can tell you the name of the VP candidate that was running with Michael Dukakis in the 1988 Presidential Elections, or the name of Walter Mondale VP candidate for the 1984 election but they could tell you what color of hair Kim Kardashian is wearing...

Lloyd Bentsen and Geraldine Ferraro....Lloyd Bentsen also in Bill Clinton's first Cabinet at I think The Treasury. An Austrian girl knows more than some Americans about these things

Sir Thomas More is a very interesting historical figure.

 

[Bruce_T_Laney]

It is amazing how many Americans fail their political history and believe Alexander Hamilton was a former President of this great country or that Sir Thomas More was also a former President...

Living proof the failure of our school system across this country...

Enjoy the chuckle, and remember neither Hamilton nor More were Presidents and neither was Franklin...

Was Alexander Hamilton President? — Pacific Standard

Some people also incorrectly think Benjamin Franklin was a President.

Yeah, but the Sir Thomas More was the kicker for me!

I guess Political History here in the states is something not as important as keeping up with the Kardashians...

I doubt many can tell you the name of the VP candidate that was running with Michael Dukakis in the 1988 Presidential Elections, or the name of Walter Mondale VP candidate for the 1984 election but they could tell you what color of hair Kim Kardashian is wearing...

Lloyd Bentsen and Geraldine Ferraro....Lloyd Bentsen also in Bill Clinton's first Cabinet at I think The Treasury. An Austrian girl knows more than some Americans about these things

Sir Thomas More is a very interesting historical figure.

Bentsen comment to Dan Quayle "Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy" had to be one of the greatest comments I heard during that time.

Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The sad fact is so many Americans are ignorant about the great political history of this fine nation. They are more concerned about what Dr. Phil is saying or if the next Kardashian will be named some asinine name that most of us would consider retarded, and do not care about the political spectrum of this fine nation.

I know people can bing, google, or yahoo the answer but for me it mean something to know about the Barbary Wars to Operation Blue Bat ( not to be confused with dingbat which is just another name for Kim Kardashian )...

 

[Lucy Hamilton]

It is amazing how many Americans fail their political history and believe Alexander Hamilton was a former President of this great country or that Sir Thomas More was also a former President...

Living proof the failure of our school system across this country...

Enjoy the chuckle, and remember neither Hamilton nor More were Presidents and neither was Franklin...

Was Alexander Hamilton President? — Pacific Standard

Some people also incorrectly think Benjamin Franklin was a President.

Yeah, but the Sir Thomas More was the kicker for me!

I guess Political History here in the states is something not as important as keeping up with the Kardashians...

I doubt many can tell you the name of the VP candidate that was running with Michael Dukakis in the 1988 Presidential Elections, or the name of Walter Mondale VP candidate for the 1984 election but they could tell you what color of hair Kim Kardashian is wearing...

James Buchanan and William Rufus King lived together for 10 years, King referred to their relationship as a "communion" and they were named "Miss Nancy" and "Aunt Fancy" I think by Andrew Jackson.

I'm sure an "Aunt Fancy" was a name for a gay man during those times.

William Rufus King was later Vice-President to President Franklin Pierce.

 

[there4eyeM]

So it was sort of King and queen of the US?

 

[Bruce_T_Laney]

It is amazing how many Americans fail their political history and believe Alexander Hamilton was a former President of this great country or that Sir Thomas More was also a former President...

Living proof the failure of our school system across this country...

Enjoy the chuckle, and remember neither Hamilton nor More were Presidents and neither was Franklin...

Was Alexander Hamilton President? — Pacific Standard

Some people also incorrectly think Benjamin Franklin was a President.

Yeah, but the Sir Thomas More was the kicker for me!

I guess Political History here in the states is something not as important as keeping up with the Kardashians...

I doubt many can tell you the name of the VP candidate that was running with Michael Dukakis in the 1988 Presidential Elections, or the name of Walter Mondale VP candidate for the 1984 election but they could tell you what color of hair Kim Kardashian is wearing...

James Buchanan and William Rufus King lived together for 10 years, King referred to their relationship as a "communion" and they were named "Miss Nancy" and "Aunt Fancy" I think by Andrew Jackson.

I'm sure an "Aunt Fancy" was a name for a gay man during those times.

William Rufus King was later Vice-President to President Franklin Pierce.

Nancy Boy is a slang term for a homosexual and you would sometimes hear look at that Nancy Fancy Boy that is light in the loafers...

So the usage of Miss Nancy and Aunt Fancy was indeed a slam against the individual sexuality of that day, and there many rumors about James and his " Friend " William...

Bing " First Gay American President " and it will bring you to James Buchanan...

 

[Lucy Hamilton]

It is amazing how many Americans fail their political history and believe Alexander Hamilton was a former President of this great country or that Sir Thomas More was also a former President...

Living proof the failure of our school system across this country...

Enjoy the chuckle, and remember neither Hamilton nor More were Presidents and neither was Franklin...

Was Alexander Hamilton President? — Pacific Standard

Some people also incorrectly think Benjamin Franklin was a President.

Yeah, but the Sir Thomas More was the kicker for me!

I guess Political History here in the states is something not as important as keeping up with the Kardashians...

I doubt many can tell you the name of the VP candidate that was running with Michael Dukakis in the 1988 Presidential Elections, or the name of Walter Mondale VP candidate for the 1984 election but they could tell you what color of hair Kim Kardashian is wearing...

Lloyd Bentsen and Geraldine Ferraro....Lloyd Bentsen also in Bill Clinton's first Cabinet at I think The Treasury. An Austrian girl knows more than some Americans about these things

Sir Thomas More is a very interesting historical figure.

Bentsen comment to Dan Quayle "Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy" had to be one of the greatest comments I heard during that time.

Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The sad fact is so many Americans are ignorant about the great political history of this fine nation. They are more concerned about what Dr. Phil is saying or if the next Kardashian will be named some asinine name that most of us would consider retarded, and do not care about the political spectrum of this fine nation.

I know people can bing, google, or yahoo the answer but for me it mean something to know about the Barbary Wars to Operation Blue Bat ( not to be confused with dingbat which is just another name for Kim Kardashian )...

I think a lot of people are just ignorant of history period, which is shocking.

I'm starting reading another book about The Gunpowder Plot, this written a few years ago by Lady Antonia Fraser.

"The Gunpowder Plot: Terror and Faith in 1605"

The Gunpowder Plot: Terror and Faith in 1605 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I have the hardback copy, it looks like this:

Here are reviews of it, pretty much all good as well:

The Gunpowder Plot

 

[Lucy Hamilton]

It is amazing how many Americans fail their political history and believe Alexander Hamilton was a former President of this great country or that Sir Thomas More was also a former President...

Living proof the failure of our school system across this country...

Enjoy the chuckle, and remember neither Hamilton nor More were Presidents and neither was Franklin...

Was Alexander Hamilton President? — Pacific Standard

President Thomas Jefferson's Vice-President Aaron Burr is another interesting historical American figure, he killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel, using Wogdon pistols....I can't remember now, post-duel did Burr go on the run as a fugitive, I know he wasn't charged with the killing of Alexander Hamilton.

These are the actual Wogdon pistols used in the duel, they're in the J. P. Morgan-Chase Building in New York City:

Edited to add comment.

 

[g5000]

It is amazing how many Americans fail their political history and believe Alexander Hamilton was a former President of this great country or that Sir Thomas More was also a former President...

Living proof the failure of our school system across this country...

Enjoy the chuckle, and remember neither Hamilton nor More were Presidents and neither was Franklin...

Was Alexander Hamilton President? — Pacific Standard

74 percent of Americans misspell Thomas Moore's name, twice, even after reading it in a story to which they linked.

"Living proof the failure [sic] of our school system across this country..."

 

[g5000]

Yeah, but the Sir Thomas More was the kicker for me!

(*cough*)

 

[g5000]

Sir Thomas More is a very interesting historical figure.

We're three for three!

 

[Bruce_T_Laney]

Yeah, but the Sir Thomas More was the kicker for me!

(*cough*)

Thomas More - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[g5000]

The OP article says Thomas Moore. Not Sir Thomas More.

Thomas Moore - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Bruce_T_Laney]

The OP article says Thomas Moore. Not Sir Thomas More.

Thomas Moore - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

There were two spelling in the article you clueless wonder!

 

[g5000]

Hmm. The OP article first says "Thomas Moore" and later "Sir Thomas More".

So did they mean both? Or did they mean just the one. If so, it is funny they misspelled the name in an article making fun of other people's ignorance, yes?

We need moore information.

 

[Bruce_T_Laney]

The OP article says Thomas Moore. Not Sir Thomas More.

Thomas Moore - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

“Our best guess is that the Anglo-Saxon structure of his name, the frequency of both parts of the name, and possibly his confusability with Sir Thomas More, the counselor to King Henry VIII, may have contributed to the name’s familiarity and false recognition,” the team writes.

Was Alexander Hamilton President? — Pacific Standard