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One of Kristina Hazler's throwaway remarks in her latest post concerned the numerology of the numbering of the current (45=9 & 47=2) and previous (46=1) presidents of the USA. She suggests 9 represents completion and integration of all other qualities, and relates to loosening shackles and breaking out of well established circles; and 1 represents beginning of a new chapter, and farewell from the old.
So lets dig into them using the list on Wikipedia:
Though for 1, George Washington as the end of monarchy might make sense, given that he refused to stay on at the end of his term, and Nixon and Biden both point to the end of public trust in the leadership. Tyler became President when Harrison died (he had been VP), and had a troubled presidency with all his cabinet resigning on him, and he was the first president to have his veto overridden by congress. The election of Hayes was disputed (he did not win a majority of the popular vote) and was worked out by a backroom deal which resulted in the end of reconstruction. Wilson segregated the federal bureaucracy (ending what was apparently one of the few sources of good jobs for African Americans up until then) and introduced the federal reserve and income tax (which will condemn him in the eyes of many Libertarians).
So lets dig into them using the list on Wikipedia:
- George Washington, John Tyler (10), Rutherford B. Hayes (19), Woodrow Wilson (28), Richard Nixon (37), Joe Biden (46)
- John Adams, James K. Polk (11), James A. Garfield (20), Warren G. Harding (29), Gerald Ford (38), Donald Trump (47)
- Thomas Jefferson, Zachary Taylor (12), Chester A. Arthur (21), Calvin Coolidge (30), Jimmy Carter (39)
- James Madison, Millard Fillmore (13), Grover Cleveland (22), Herbert Hoover (31), Ronald Reagan (40)
- James Monroe, Franklin Pierce (14), Benjamin Harrison (23), Franklin D. Roosevelt (32), George H. W. Bush (41)
- John Quincy Adams, James Buchanan (15), Grover Cleveland (24), Harry S. Truman (33), Bill Clinton (42)
- Andrew Jackson, Abraham Lincoln (16), William McKinley (25), Dwight D. Eisenhower (34), George W. Bush (43)
- Martin van Buren, Andrew Johnson (17), Theodore Roosevelt (26), John F. Kennedy (35), Barack Obama (44)
- William Henry Harrison, Ulysses S. Grant (18), William Howard Taft (27), Lyndon B. Johnson (36), Donald Trump (45)
Though for 1, George Washington as the end of monarchy might make sense, given that he refused to stay on at the end of his term, and Nixon and Biden both point to the end of public trust in the leadership. Tyler became President when Harrison died (he had been VP), and had a troubled presidency with all his cabinet resigning on him, and he was the first president to have his veto overridden by congress. The election of Hayes was disputed (he did not win a majority of the popular vote) and was worked out by a backroom deal which resulted in the end of reconstruction. Wilson segregated the federal bureaucracy (ending what was apparently one of the few sources of good jobs for African Americans up until then) and introduced the federal reserve and income tax (which will condemn him in the eyes of many Libertarians).