The Guy Who Was (Maybe) President for One Day

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  • @halfasinteresting
    @halfasinteresting  4 роки тому +737

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    • @unown293
      @unown293 4 роки тому +11

      i agree with the reply below

    • @luciaryan6063
      @luciaryan6063 4 роки тому +18

      bricks 🧱!

    • @brengdong
      @brengdong 4 роки тому +6

      Impacts of the bushfires in Australia at the moment

    • @zoinx7468
      @zoinx7468 4 роки тому +1

      *A HAI t-shirt

    • @brengdong
      @brengdong 4 роки тому +5

      @@zoinx7468no it's correct, well ig depends if you say "haitch" or "aitch"

  • @timfortune9
    @timfortune9 4 роки тому +866

    When he was asked about his "term" years later, he said he was proud to say his administration suffered no major scandals.

    • @MrThorfan64
      @MrThorfan64 2 роки тому +30

      That's a first. Even cleaner then William Henry Harrison. Like the consulship of Gaius Caninius Rebilus.

    • @timfortune9
      @timfortune9 2 роки тому

      @@MrThorfan64 "Whigs say President was right not to wear a coat at his inauguration. Pneumonia is just a Democrat plot to undermine his authority."

    • @Deleted_Cat
      @Deleted_Cat Рік тому +4

      What about minor

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      @syncradar Рік тому +2

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  • @ZdzichuWiertara96
    @ZdzichuWiertara96 4 роки тому +2354

    Simiar situation, however much darker, happened in Poland in 2010.
    In 2010 Lech Kaczyński, who was the President of Poland, was killed in a plane crash. The vacancy was filled by the Marshall of Sejm, and that position was held by Bronisław Komorowski. That meant, he was the acting President of Poland. It so happened, that Komorowski won the presidential election in the second round of voting on 4th of July, defeating Jarosław Kaczyński, Lech's twin brother. Unfortunately, you cannot be both President of Poland and the Marshall of Sejm, so he had to step down from his current office. He resigned on 8th of July, and because the first two positions in the hierarchy were vacated, the role of acting president was given to the Marshall of Senate. Bogdan Borusewicz held the role at the time, so he became the acting president. Few hours later at the same day, Grzegorz Schetyna was elected as Marshall of Sejm, taking over the role of the acting president from Borusewicz, and he held it until 6th of August, when Komorowski was sworn in, ending the reign of the three Acting Presidents of Poland.
    And here would be an ad for anyone who is sponsoring the comment, but no one does.

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      @giambaJ 4 роки тому +307

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    • @declannewton2556
      @declannewton2556 4 роки тому +68

      Reminds of that time the Senator from Missouri lost re-election to a dead guy.
      His opponent was the term-limited governor of Missouri who died in a plane crash 2 weeks before election. Given the proximity to the election date, Missouri law barred his name from being removed from the ballot, even though he died.
      In the end, the late governor managed to beat the incumbent.

  • @JAEratt13
    @JAEratt13 4 роки тому +3597

    More like "The US didn't have a President"

    • @JAEratt13
      @JAEratt13 4 роки тому +5

      @@justthatguy3760 oops, no

    • @JAEratt13
      @JAEratt13 4 роки тому +7

      Removed second "the" from quotes

    • @Septimus_ii
      @Septimus_ii 4 роки тому +32

      That would be the case in some countries, but I think in the US there is always a president or an acting-president

    • @georgejpg
      @georgejpg 4 роки тому +20

      @@Septimus_ii Well clearly not because that random guy was obviously not president

    • @slightlycrookedworkshop
      @slightlycrookedworkshop 4 роки тому +30

      Taylor was technically President since the Constitution doesn't specify one has to take the Oath of Office before they become President. Logically, Taylor would have become President at 12:00am of Inauguration Day. The 20th amendment now clarifies this.

  • @mysteryman7877
    @mysteryman7877 4 роки тому +359

    I actually did a report on David Atchison in eighth grade because of this.
    That was fun to research. A small part of Missouri is really proud of him.

    • @lucasmaddocks4804
      @lucasmaddocks4804 4 роки тому +2

      MISSOURI GANG

    • @vortex_115
      @vortex_115 3 роки тому +2

      Yo that man was my ancestor

    • @RK-wu4ok
      @RK-wu4ok 2 роки тому

      hes a racist and pro slavery lmfao nothing to be proud of

    • @nascentspace
      @nascentspace 2 роки тому +1

      @@vortex_115 seriously? He’s also my ancestor as well. My grandmas Atchison

    • @timothyalvis6654
      @timothyalvis6654 Рік тому

      Gang gang

  • @bb3nji
    @bb3nji 4 роки тому +2640

    New game. Try to lip sync HAI's intro and guess the sponsor

  • @PrivateEye10
    @PrivateEye10 4 роки тому +591

    And then he went on to found Gravity Falls

    • @DomyTheMad420
      @DomyTheMad420 4 роки тому +17

      Hah! I get it!! X'D

    • @OtakuUnitedStudio
      @OtakuUnitedStudio 4 роки тому +71

      At least he didn't try to escape death by encasing himself in peanut brittle.

    • @Person-ed2ys
      @Person-ed2ys 4 роки тому +37

      Ah yes, the 8 and a halfth president.

    • @umariqbal7557
      @umariqbal7557 4 роки тому +8

      @@Person-ed2ys U think hirsch based it on him. DOn't know though.

    • @Not_evey
      @Not_evey 3 роки тому +1

      Ahahah

  • @SamBowers114
    @SamBowers114 4 роки тому +989

    “He got through his term without tweeting”
    *Shots Fired*

    • @whoareyou1034
      @whoareyou1034 4 роки тому +36

      Becoming a President though memes is more impressive though.

    • @craigkingdon4424
      @craigkingdon4424 4 роки тому +31

      @@whoareyou1034 or through being the meme...

    • @radix4801
      @radix4801 4 роки тому +8

      Shots fired, and now an HAI airplane video is down.

    • @erichkaufmann5284
      @erichkaufmann5284 4 роки тому +6

      People still say “ shots fired” thought that cringe shit died in 2017 guess I was wrong. 😬

    • @gigipeedee
      @gigipeedee 4 роки тому +8

      wow making fun of trump how brave and controversial

  • @thanosattorneyatlaw4062
    @thanosattorneyatlaw4062 4 роки тому +452

    As a U.S citizen I can confirm the existence of the 3 headed Uncle Sam, and yes he switches his ideals and opinion faster than the U.S debt can pile up

    • @jonnyblade3234
      @jonnyblade3234 4 роки тому +15

      I thought the left and right head just argued with each other

    • @thanosattorneyatlaw4062
      @thanosattorneyatlaw4062 4 роки тому +33

      @@jonnyblade3234 Well they do, they normally just bicker even if they both agree on the subject, nobody talks about the middle head though, or feeds it, even when it has a good ideal or opinion

    • @iniesta8856
      @iniesta8856 4 роки тому +7

      Omg the sarcasm/ wittiness in this section is incredible. Thanks to both of you 😂

    • @theworldoverheavan560
      @theworldoverheavan560 4 роки тому +1

      @@jonnyblade3234 lol

    • @thanosattorneyatlaw4062
      @thanosattorneyatlaw4062 4 роки тому +2

      @@iniesta8856 Thanks, I try :D

  • @forgottenfamily
    @forgottenfamily 4 роки тому +70

    IMO, you always go back to: if there was an emergency during that window, who would have acted on it. Chances are, it would've been Polk in consultation with Taylor until he could be sworn in and the hypothetical question would've been resolved later.

  • @alexander9703
    @alexander9703 4 роки тому +1302

    - "The guy who was NOT President for a day" - would be a more apt title given your conclusion at the end of the video.

    • @TaiyoN
      @TaiyoN 4 роки тому +59

      There are so many guys who fit that description

    • @qwerty_and_azerty
      @qwerty_and_azerty 4 роки тому +17

      Alex Saunders that’s me! Yay!

    • @Noah-kd6lq
      @Noah-kd6lq 4 роки тому +1

      Spoilers

    • @Septiccatgaming
      @Septiccatgaming 4 роки тому +10

      That’s why there’s a (maybe) in the title.

    • @lonestarr1490
      @lonestarr1490 4 роки тому +1

      @@TaiyoN Like everyone, literally.

  • @kevins3821
    @kevins3821 4 роки тому +262

    HAI: "Totally fact."
    Also HAI: "Maybe"

    • @wanishafiqahbintimdshazaly7011
      @wanishafiqahbintimdshazaly7011 4 роки тому +1

      Hai in Malay means hi, I'm sure a lot other language has the same meaning 😅

    • @TrigramThunder
      @TrigramThunder 4 роки тому +1

      @@wanishafiqahbintimdshazaly7011 well there's "hei" in Finnish and "Hej" in Swedish, but other than that I don't think there's many

  • @Destin5258
    @Destin5258 4 роки тому +107

    This is one of those times in history where you realize all the great leaders everyone idolizes were just people. The government is not intrinsic, it was created by humans, who are flawed and make mistakes. This is the government equivalent of "Huh, never thought about that. Whatever, it is what it is."

  • @docsnavely1010
    @docsnavely1010 4 роки тому +17

    I think I’m feeling ill. I just watched an HAI episode with no reference to an aircraft, airport, or flight logistics.

  • @y33t23
    @y33t23 4 роки тому +850

    "And if there's one thing I know about American politics, it's that there are never double standards."
    *Laughs in dual party system*

    • @speedy01247
      @speedy01247 4 роки тому +28

      that's sort of the joke.

    • @lapapar1174
      @lapapar1174 4 роки тому +33

      *[Censored] in one party system*

    • @cornbreadloverrr
      @cornbreadloverrr 4 роки тому +1

      @@lapapar1174 xd

    • @AlejandroGonzalez-rw9kt
      @AlejandroGonzalez-rw9kt 4 роки тому +1

      You want a one party system?

    • @lapapar1174
      @lapapar1174 4 роки тому +19

      No I am attempting humor at the fact that most one party systems oppress freedom of speech

  • @sahki5565
    @sahki5565 4 роки тому +169

    I like how you've started to do the Stephen Colbert "and man who" joke.

    • @jasondashney
      @jasondashney 4 роки тому +2

      Colbert used to be the king of those, back when he was brilliant before he became a virtue signalling hack.

    • @yoloswaggins7121
      @yoloswaggins7121 3 роки тому

      @@jasondashney Colbert is the same as he always was.

    • @jasondashney
      @jasondashney 3 роки тому

      @@yoloswaggins7121 Colbert is not in any capacity the same as he was. He used to be clever and funny, not he just virtue signals. He used to be edgy and now he's just Woke and caters to the cancel culture crowd. Look at how he deals with people like Bill Burr now. He just gets awkward and silent when anything other than Woke nonsense gets peddled. He lost his way. He turned into a 24/7 Orange Man Bad guy. It's hackey and pathetic. Gone is the nuance, gone is the wit, gone is the willingness to look at issues from more than one angle.

  • @tacticalfall4505
    @tacticalfall4505 4 роки тому +109

    Since I’m learning 8th grade US history, this all definitely makes sense

    • @bilfbilfbilf
      @bilfbilfbilf 4 роки тому +14

      Ew, eighth grade. Next year your going to be a fre-🤢 fresh-🤢 freshman🤢🤢

    • @Krazykebodoe
      @Krazykebodoe 4 роки тому +11

      Never stop learning my guy

    • @steen5984
      @steen5984 4 роки тому +1

      This david atchison thing is a myth because the government was not that powerfull so it wasnt so bad that one day there wasnt a president

    • @OMGitsTerasu
      @OMGitsTerasu 4 роки тому +4

      @@steen5984 was it a myth or was it a one day president?

    • @tacticalfall4505
      @tacticalfall4505 4 роки тому

      Kev Man never will

  • @oliverfarrant3718
    @oliverfarrant3718 4 роки тому +339

    You keep saying "Atchinson" but labelled him as Atchison

    • @zachwallis5770
      @zachwallis5770 4 роки тому +7

      No he didn’t, he kept saying it right

    • @chadatchison145
      @chadatchison145 4 роки тому +47

      I know, it's so annoying.

    • @brenduck
      @brenduck 4 роки тому +23

      sorry you had to put up with that, Chad Atchison

    • @bensmith6554
      @bensmith6554 4 роки тому +1

      Wrong

    • @babylonfive
      @babylonfive 4 роки тому +3

      @BenSmith you are wrong about Oliver being wrong -- he said it wrong continuously

  • @daandanx
    @daandanx 4 роки тому +92

    2:55 Normal office conversation:
    "Hello."
    "Hi!"
    "Do you know the 13th US predident?"
    "This guy?"
    "No it's the other guy."
    "No he's not..."
    "Yes he is!"
    "grrrumble!"

  • @Corey77783
    @Corey77783 4 роки тому +10

    Didnt know that Severus Snape was President of the US once ! So many talents in that man

  • @tinyupes
    @tinyupes 4 роки тому +86

    There was a woman who was Queen of England for 9 days

    • @zxow
      @zxow 4 роки тому +2

      how

    • @Nikki-tx6kh
      @Nikki-tx6kh 4 роки тому +28

      @@zxow long story, I'll be needing a flowchart, Tudor's family tree and at least an hour of explanation.

    • @alexander9703
      @alexander9703 4 роки тому +59

      @@Nikki-tx6kh huh?... 15 year old Protestant king Edward dies. Next in the line of succession is his half sister Mary, a Catholic. He excludes her on the grounds she's illegitimate, which also means his other half sister Protestant Elizabeth is excluded, leaving the next in line, Protestant Jane, his first cousin once removed, with the throne. Mary says "no I'm queen", England agrees, 9 days later Jane is disposed.
      Didn't take an hour, didn't need a flow chart or family tree. It's not one of history's more convoluted succession disputes.

    • @theosteven3362
      @theosteven3362 4 роки тому +3

      @@alexander9703 yep buts confusing af.

    • @weldin
      @weldin 4 роки тому

      Alex Saunders All of this did happen, but she has a disputed status. Most don’t include her in the line of succession.

  • @StudioDaVeed
    @StudioDaVeed 4 роки тому +92

    Ya missed one:
    2:44
    Old Time Alec Baldwin

  • @rinkyrosey9689
    @rinkyrosey9689 4 роки тому +5

    Ah yes, the 8th ½ president, Quentin Trembley.

  • @Secondary_Identifier
    @Secondary_Identifier 4 роки тому +28

    3:05
    First, it sounds like due to religious convictions (1:27), a fundamental human right and a right enshrined in US Law (The Bill of Rights), Mr. Taylor was ' _unable_ ' to accept the Presidential duties right away.
    3:42
    Second, it sounds like the conclusion is that being sworn in isn't necessary to serve. (4:45).
    Lastly, it seems like Mr. Atchison was probably at least close enough to being in a position that could be described as President for a day in that he was recognized by the de facto powers of the land at the time as being in charge if anything went down, even if the de jure reality wasn't so. (2:16)
    Let the dead man have his novel little death plaque you monsters. ಥ╭╮ಥ

    • @kakarot1234567891234
      @kakarot1234567891234 4 роки тому +5

      That’s the ultimate form of plausible deniability. Imagine if shit went down in that 24 hour period.
      “YOUR HONOR! Technically I wasn’t president yet...”

    • @Colinop
      @Colinop 2 роки тому +3

      basically, de facto president = atchison, de jure president = taylor

  • @tamer1773
    @tamer1773 4 роки тому +7

    It wasn't "probably Zachary Taylor" it WAS Zachary Taylor! Even if he hadn't taken the oath of office he automatically became President at noon on March 4, 1849. While the oath is required of the office it is not required to attain the office. The oath follows the attainment of the Office of President. For that reason Lyndon Johnson was addressed as "Mr President" after President Kennedy was pronounced dead on November 22, 1963. He didn't take the oath until he was on Air Force One, but that could have been delayed until after his arrival at Washington without ant doubt as to who was the actual, lawful President.

    • @cmatthews718
      @cmatthews718 4 роки тому

      This is the correct answer. Not sure how this was even an issue.

  • @PatriotNick
    @PatriotNick 4 роки тому +1

    At 5:26 he mentioned a statue in Plattsburg Missouri, a small town with 2300 people. My mom is from Plattsburg Missouri

  • @Vits2001
    @Vits2001 4 роки тому +21

    So basically "he wasn't but let me tell you a cool historical anecdote"

    • @BigAl2-u7e
      @BigAl2-u7e 3 роки тому

      That's literally what this whole channel is about

  • @EverythingScience
    @EverythingScience 4 роки тому +31

    You're technically correct, and that's the best kind of correct" -bureaucracy guy from Futurama

  • @lilyoda787
    @lilyoda787 4 роки тому +241

    Why do presidents like to golf so much ?

    • @zeddessell
      @zeddessell 4 роки тому +131

      Because unlike most sports, golf is a slow game that leaves players with plenty of spare time in between shots. This means that when Mr. President, Mr. Foreign Leader and Mr. Global Megacorp CEO go on a golfing trip together they have lots of free time to discuss all sorts of things that totally don't involve any shady business like bribery.

    • @bayarea4153
      @bayarea4153 4 роки тому +5

      Rich people

    •  4 роки тому +4

      @@zeddessell definitely not.................. hmmmmmm

    • @Tom_Hadler
      @Tom_Hadler 4 роки тому +19

      El Angel No, it's more a case of why do golfers become president

    • @lilyoda787
      @lilyoda787 4 роки тому +12

      Tom Hadler tiger woods for president

  • @brendenfriers9668
    @brendenfriers9668 4 роки тому +8

    5:07 man don’t get me started about the DMV

  • @Jawz366
    @Jawz366 4 роки тому +17

    “President pro temporary” 😂

    • @nathanoher4865
      @nathanoher4865 4 роки тому +2

      President "pro tempore" is the proper spelling

    • @telxtaylor
      @telxtaylor 4 роки тому +1

      @@nathanoher4865 You didn't get the joke

  • @dontenlist6993
    @dontenlist6993 4 роки тому +8

    "Off brand count Dracula" haha

  • @Raudnen
    @Raudnen 4 роки тому +352

    Some guy: "are you the president?"
    That guy: " M A Y B E"
    Edit: OMG 7 likes?!

  • @Edd8
    @Edd8 4 роки тому +6

    United States: *Has a president for one day*
    Argentina: I am a joke to you?

  • @skywalkersounds7020
    @skywalkersounds7020 4 роки тому +3

    HAI, the master of sorting through and finding creative ways to use stock video clips.

  • @Justintime619
    @Justintime619 4 роки тому +2

    He was my great great great great grandfather! Thank you for doing this tidbit about his life! 🙂

  • @giovannieich7487
    @giovannieich7487 4 роки тому +5

    In Germany, we had a quite similar situation, but with the difference, that our very first president of the Federal Republic of Germany, Karl Arnold, only took office for 5 days and, despite being the first German president, is so forgotten about, that there isn’t even a photograph of him on Wikipedia.

  • @Bagofnowt
    @Bagofnowt 2 роки тому +1

    I'm watching this accidentally on the anniversary of him taking office

  • @kari7403
    @kari7403 4 роки тому +3

    Remember that stop motion animation Christmas movie, The Year Without Santa Claus?
    Well that song could be slightly altered for this situation. The Day Without a President.
    😁
    You likey?

  • @jupiterrhotspot2005
    @jupiterrhotspot2005 Рік тому +1

    So basically
    The entire government took a day off for Inauguration Day 😂

  • @ravenlord4
    @ravenlord4 4 роки тому +20

    Perhaps he could be considered an "acting" US president? There have been a few of those from time to time, and they are not given ordinal numbers.

    • @declannewton2556
      @declannewton2556 4 роки тому +5

      I was thinking the same thing.
      The 1792 Succession Act stated that Congress can name a successor who merely *acts* as president.

  • @jukelly64
    @jukelly64 4 роки тому +1

    Videos about random aspects of American culture and politics are some of my favorite videos to watch.
    Keep up the good work!

  • @LexieAssassin
    @LexieAssassin 4 роки тому +3

    As a clerk at a DMV, I resent that accusation. We're also not sloths. I swear half my day is spent waiting for the computer to do something. I mean, hell, one of the systems we use is an emulation of a terminal from the '70's and which regularly crashes every 3-4-ish months.

  • @michaelhowell2326
    @michaelhowell2326 4 роки тому +1

    This has to be one of the best videos put out on this channel. I consider myself to be a bit educated on US history and I've never heard about this. Amazing.

  • @XZenon
    @XZenon 4 роки тому +13

    Seriously how can you afford so much stock footage?

    • @jarodh-m6099
      @jarodh-m6099 4 роки тому +5

      I am pretty sure he has a storyblocks membership.

  • @franciscofernandezzlatar9921
    @franciscofernandezzlatar9921 4 роки тому +1

    I'm not surprised. There was a week here in Argentina when we had 5 presidents

  • @holasoyalejandro9822
    @holasoyalejandro9822 4 роки тому +3

    someone: are you president ?
    Atchison: *YES BUT ACTUALLY NO*

  • @dayglonekros461
    @dayglonekros461 4 роки тому +1

    We currently have an orange president, or maybe thats just a cheeto thats gained sentience and i need my glases fixed. *shrug*

  • @n.e.v.e.r
    @n.e.v.e.r 4 роки тому +49

    Wait a second, if Taylor was unable to "execute the duties of his office," doesn't that mean he was unable to serve?

    • @TrigramThunder
      @TrigramThunder 4 роки тому +10

      not necessarily, the key here is he was only unable to execute the duties up until he was sworn in, which was barely 24 hours, so as long as no duty was assigned to him in that time or any duty assigned had a longer more relaxed deadline to be fulfilled, he was fine.

    • @mattrogers5188
      @mattrogers5188 3 роки тому

      He could have taken the oath of office and executed his duties sooner, but he chose not to.
      www.senate.gov/artandhistory/senate-stories/no-david-rice-atchison-was-not-president-for-a-day.htm

  • @owenwillard5409
    @owenwillard5409 4 роки тому

    0:50 i live in dc and can say that it is defensively not “notoriously temperate” in january. last year it differ snow once and i don’t particularly remember it getting below 25 degrees

  • @tntcake6327
    @tntcake6327 4 роки тому +10

    2:58 oh damn its james a janisse

    • @airqx2808
      @airqx2808 4 роки тому +1

      welcome to the kill count, where we tally up the victims in all our favourite presidential races

  • @youtublife4540
    @youtublife4540 4 роки тому +1

    Meanwhile in Cuba 1934 - *Manuel Marquez Sterling is only president for 4 hours*

  • @yestermorrow3223
    @yestermorrow3223 4 роки тому +2

    0:22
    "If you were a good student, you may remember there faces from your high school history class, If you were a bad student, you may remember their faces from the money you used to buy exam keys."
    *bold of you to assume I was a student*

  • @SebastTapia
    @SebastTapia 4 роки тому +1

    Actually in Argentina the president of the Senate was President of the country for only 12 hours.

  • @125conman
    @125conman 4 роки тому +4

    I read a book as a kid that said David Atchison slept the entire day he was president.

    • @BJGvideos
      @BJGvideos 4 роки тому +1

      I read that he appointed friends to joke positions, had a stiff drink, and went to bed.

  • @BJGvideos
    @BJGvideos 4 роки тому +1

    How about the five presidents before Washington? They had basically the same duties but weren't called president yet. I think the first one was named John Hansen.

    • @OriginalGrasshopper
      @OriginalGrasshopper 4 роки тому

      BJGvideos They were called President but it was under the Articles of Confederation (before the Constitution was written). And you are correct: John Hanson was the true first President of the USA.

  • @doaa7941
    @doaa7941 4 роки тому +78

    "I am the president of the world" - Kim Jong-un

    • @scrambledegg81
      @scrambledegg81 4 роки тому +1

      "I'm so ronery." -Kim Jong-Il

    • @Ida-xe8pg
      @Ida-xe8pg 4 роки тому +1

      You mean Pjutin?

    • @kaickf.r.goncalves2846
      @kaickf.r.goncalves2846 4 роки тому

      "I'm the queeeeen of the universe, the waves part, they engulf me and the water is waaaaarm" - Kim Jong-Un, probably

    • @User31129
      @User31129 4 роки тому

      We all know that Leonardo DiCaprio is the king of the world

    • @WHATSAHANDLEIDKIDK
      @WHATSAHANDLEIDKIDK 4 роки тому

      Daniel V
      The Joke
      Your head

  • @noahk258
    @noahk258 4 роки тому +1

    It actually (I think, correct me if I’m wrong) would have been Robert Charles Winthrop who was speaker of the house at the time and right below the president and Vice President in the line of succession.

  • @darthzayexeet3653
    @darthzayexeet3653 3 роки тому +3

    0:29 And if you were a European Student you may not remember them at all

  • @doublebaconchaseburger
    @doublebaconchaseburger 4 роки тому +1

    Well in that case, he's not the 12th President, he's the 11.5th!

  • @Lucky-xq7dz
    @Lucky-xq7dz 4 роки тому +8

    2:30 Come on man u could've said an "online influencer"

  • @ThursdayNext67
    @ThursdayNext67 9 місяців тому

    When I saw the video title, my first thought was when Alexander Haig said "I'm in control here" when Reagan was in the hospital after the assassination attempt.

  • @sg27182
    @sg27182 4 роки тому +13

    I have suggested this video before.

    • @ekevanderzee9538
      @ekevanderzee9538 4 роки тому +9

      Good for you. You will now be remembered by us all.

  • @frankieporter1889
    @frankieporter1889 3 роки тому

    Elementary teacher: what if you were president for a day
    This guy: and I took that personally

  • @Jonnyc448
    @Jonnyc448 4 роки тому +3

    I’ve seen this guys, it was an episode of Gravity Falls

  • @TrueWolfPvpMC
    @TrueWolfPvpMC 4 роки тому +1

    The 11 1/2 president,, Quentin trembleys true successor

  • @pegeonpera
    @pegeonpera 4 роки тому +35

    "...much like the oval office on a nice golfing day, empty"
    I see what you did there

  • @ceber54
    @ceber54 4 роки тому +1

    We had a 45 minutes presidency in Mexico. (Pedro Lascuráin, feb. 19, 1913, 17:15-18:00)

  • @monclerman6047
    @monclerman6047 4 роки тому +3

    Ayyy March 5 my birthday!

  • @caronstout354
    @caronstout354 3 роки тому +2

    Even stranger: there were 7 Presidents of the U.S before George Washington.

  • @camcox8703
    @camcox8703 4 роки тому +3

    You’ve probably never heard of David Achtison me who had to learn about bleeding Kansas- 😑

  • @-vp7dv
    @-vp7dv 4 роки тому +1

    There was a Mexican president that lasted a whole 48 min as president

    • @wigglebot2368
      @wigglebot2368 4 роки тому

      Congratulations to whoever that was

  • @GeniusLad32
    @GeniusLad32 4 роки тому +18

    Atchison or Atchinson? You say it differently to the spelling.

  • @therealwild1
    @therealwild1 4 роки тому

    The jags at 45 are hysterical.

  • @nightknight8067
    @nightknight8067 4 роки тому +3

    Quentin Trembley III

  • @canadianpsycho1867
    @canadianpsycho1867 3 роки тому +1

    So there technically has been 46 presidents

  • @peteryongzhong5516
    @peteryongzhong5516 4 роки тому +5

    2:47 wouldn't "de jure" as opposed to "de facto" be more accurate in this case to describe such situation.

    • @Colinop
      @Colinop 2 роки тому

      no, by law either there would be no president or taylor would be president but in effect there would be no president or atchison would be president

  • @MyCatFooed
    @MyCatFooed 3 роки тому +1

    Dude!!! I've probably viewed like 70 of your videos so far & The Three headed Uncle Sam is the *funniest thing ever!!!*
    Nice!!

  • @jkbleach4902
    @jkbleach4902 4 роки тому +2

    1:28 the Lord's day not the sabbath

  • @lucykwiatek5159
    @lucykwiatek5159 4 роки тому +2

    Gotta say, this is a really good system with no flaws.

  • @SupremeLeaderKimJong-un
    @SupremeLeaderKimJong-un 4 роки тому +5

    America needs my spirit to lead the nation

  • @zacharytaylor3178
    @zacharytaylor3178 4 роки тому +1

    I’m still waiting for that brick video.

  • @bg4567890
    @bg4567890 4 роки тому +8

    Idea: how the US has gone 3+ years without a president

  • @edwardmaginot
    @edwardmaginot 2 роки тому

    France : *Laughs in 21 minutes King.*

  • @claqyagami6914
    @claqyagami6914 4 роки тому +3

    The sabbath is Saturday though!!!

  • @shaunakwarty
    @shaunakwarty 4 роки тому +2

    6:01 wait it's illegal to keep a new year's resolution

  • @duchi882
    @duchi882 4 роки тому +24

    I wouldn't mind
    if Mr. Beast would be President even just for one day

  • @2Links
    @2Links 4 роки тому +2

    Funny thing is, I did a quiz on US presidents yesterday and found this out.

  • @miilotheminer
    @miilotheminer 4 роки тому +7

    43 views 36 likes good job youtube you might not be wrong this time

  • @beawife
    @beawife 4 роки тому

    When you’re the manager at work at a pizza place and everyone hates you so they kick you off

  • @plusequalminusk4203
    @plusequalminusk4203 4 роки тому +34

    I was top comment for one day.

  • @luamint
    @luamint 4 роки тому +1

    Nobody talks about Quentin Trembley

  • @djjuajua
    @djjuajua 4 роки тому +5

    Jajajajajaja, you should ser the Argentinian history. We had a once day president when the leaving president and the arriving one, four years ago didn't do the presidential act. Glory to president Pinedo.
    Ahhh and you MUST see the December of 2001 debacle. 5 presidents in one or two days.

    • @djjuajua
      @djjuajua 4 роки тому

      @O.o LOL i'm argentinian. We laugh online like that, and the channel is mostly for english speakers, that's why i wrote it in english.

    • @djjuajua
      @djjuajua 4 роки тому

      It was a rough period the 5 presidents. It took years to improve the economy

  • @ExtremeSpeedMewtwo
    @ExtremeSpeedMewtwo 4 роки тому

    Video idea: What's the largest island without an airport?

  • @Jemppu
    @Jemppu 4 роки тому +4

    "You can still hold a job, even if you don't have the ability to perform the job the way you're actually supposed to. For proof, just..." ...look at the current president.

    • @imdstine47
      @imdstine47 4 роки тому

      Too true... oof

    • @User31129
      @User31129 4 роки тому

      We've had a guy who, sometimes, lives in the White House and represents the country on the world stage, but we haven't had a President in 3 years. Trump is basically just a dude who puts on a colorful suit and mask and says he's a Superhero. No. You gotta do X Y and Z and have personal traits A B and C to be a Superhero.

  • @scraggyboi
    @scraggyboi 4 роки тому

    that weird moment when an ancestor of yours is why there was a temporary president

  • @vinayakohri1293
    @vinayakohri1293 4 роки тому +8

    2085: The buy who said the biggest lie in US history - HAI
    " the to thing I know about US politics, there are no double standards"

  • @matthewbell4273
    @matthewbell4273 4 роки тому

    Interesting video, thanks. I would just note that Article 2(1) at 3:24 of the video only seems relevant if we have already concluded (as indeed we might do, for separate reasons, for example as concluded at 4:53 of the video) that Taylor was indeed, from noon on 4th March 1849 despite non-inauguration, already President and not merely President-Elect (because Article 2(1) seemingly does not address Presidents-Elect).

  • @GenialHarryGrout
    @GenialHarryGrout 4 роки тому +3

    For those 24 hours the USA was a headless chicken running with no direction, something, it seems, it has never recovered from.

  • @melissakalauli1288
    @melissakalauli1288 4 роки тому

    The shade HAI is throwing