What if one of the early US Presidents, by some miracle, managed to live to a ridiculously old age? What effects might this kind of thing have on US politics and society, if any?
Ooh. Jefferson.
"No, THIS is what I meant when I wrote that! Whippersnappers..."
The white ones or the black ones!. . . pestering his great-grandchildren for loans...
Bruce
The white ones or the black ones!![]()
The white ones or the black ones!![]()
And this was different from every other white plantation owner of the time how?
Yes, Jefferson screwed at least one of his slaves. So did almost every other slave-owner of the time (or any time, really, it was one of the biggest perks of having slaves).
John Adams might be a candidate. He lived to be 90 years old until 1826, and despite being only the second president ever, even held the record for longest-lived former US President all the way up until Reagan and Ford finally beat his record just within this past decade.
Yeah, Adams was my thought as well. John Adams living another 10 years shouldn't be too much of a stretch.
Well, then, have them BOTH live another 10 or 20 years! Throw James Madison in, as well!But then you would lose the fact that Thomas Jefferson and John Adams both died on July 4th 1826, the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, possibly the most amazing coincidence in American presidential history.
But then you would lose the fact that Thomas Jefferson and John Adams both died on July 4th 1826, the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, possibly the most amazing coincidence in American presidential history.