Who was the President who slept through his entire term?

Tom Kitten

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Wed Mar-16-05 02:24 AM
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Who was the President who slept through his entire term?

Maybe it's a myth but my high school History teacher told us there was a president who slept through his entire term (through some sort of technicality)...Anybody know about this?

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Rabrrrrrr

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Wed Mar-16-05 02:24 AM
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1. Reagan? He was always napping.

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CubsFan1982

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Wed Mar-16-05 02:25 AM
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2. Coolidge?

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hfojvt

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Wed Mar-16-05 02:26 AM
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3. Perhaps Harrison

since he got pneumonia at his inauguration and died 41 days later. (I am getting the 41 days from another poster who mentioned him).

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CubsFan1982

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Wed Mar-16-05 02:32 AM
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4. 31 days.

March 4 - April 4, 1841.

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Tom Kitten

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Wed Mar-16-05 02:32 AM
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5. these are all good guesses

but they guy I'm thinking of was President for only a day or two because of some sort of Sunday blue law that prohibited inaugarations on a Sunday, or something like that!

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CubsFan1982

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Wed Mar-16-05 02:35 AM
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6. Urban legend.

David Rice Atchison was NOT President for one day.

http://www.snopes.com/history/american/atchison.htm

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Tom Kitten

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Wed Mar-16-05 02:39 AM
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7. I figured...

not that I thought he was a president but I found this also...

http://www.diplom.org/manus/Presidents/faq/atchison.html

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hfojvt

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Wed Mar-16-05 02:42 AM
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8. Cousin Hayes was that one

according to the official site on inaugurations:
"March 3, 1877, and March 5, 1877 -- Rutherford B. Hayes
1.First president to take the oath of office in the White House.
2.Was sworn in prior to Inauguration Day, because it fell on Sunday. Took oath privately on Saturday, March 3, and publicly on Monday, March 5, 1877. (The Presidents and Their Wives, p. 3)"

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alphafemale

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Wed Mar-16-05 02:50 AM
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9. Oh...the "technical" Presidents. Never sworn in and all.

That's different.

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