The Guy Who Was (Maybe) President for One Day

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[@unown293]

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[@luciaryan6063]

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[@brengdong]

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[@zoinx7468]

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[@brengdong]

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

[@timfortune9]

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

[@MrThorfan64]

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

[@timfortune9]

@@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]

What about minor

[@syncradar]

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[@ZdzichuWiertara96]

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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[@declannewton2556]

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.

[@bb3nji]

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[@LoowitRail]

i’m doing that now lol

[@VFChannelArchive]

Lol true

[@grdprojekt]

New? I've been doing it for months

[@pawpatrolnews]

?? How, the video doesn't show the narrator's face

[@yoursleepparalysisdemon1828]

Michael Inocente O ikr

[@JAEratt13]

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

[@JAEratt13]

@@justthatguy3760 oops, no

[@JAEratt13]

Removed second "the" from quotes

[@Septimus_ii]

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

[@georgejpg]

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

[@slightlycrookedworkshop]

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]

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]

MISSOURI GANG

[@vortex_115]

Yo that man was my ancestor

[@RK-wu4ok]

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

[@nascentspace]

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

[@timothyalvis6654]

Gang gang

[@PrivateEye10]

And then he went on to found Gravity Falls

[@DomyTheMad420]

Hah! I get it!! X'D

[@OtakuUnitedStudio]

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

[@Person-ed2ys]

Ah yes, the 8 and a halfth president.

[@umariqbal7557]

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

[@Not_evey]

Ahahah

[@SamBowers114]

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

[@whoareyou1034]

Becoming a President though memes is more impressive though.

[@craigkingdon4424]

@@whoareyou1034 or through being the meme...

[@radix4801]

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

[@erichkaufmann5284]

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

[@gigipeedee]

wow making fun of trump how brave and controversial

[@thanosattorneyatlaw4062]

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]

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

[@thanosattorneyatlaw4062]

@@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]

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

[@theworldoverheavan560]

@@jonnyblade3234 lol

[@thanosattorneyatlaw4062]

@@iniesta8856 Thanks, I try :D

[@cymbalbell1270]

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

[@wanishafiqahbintimdshazaly7011]

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

[@TrigramThunder]

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

[@forgottenfamily]

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]

- "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]

There are so many guys who fit that description

[@qwerty_and_azerty]

Alex Saunders that’s me! Yay!

[@Noah-kd6lq]

Spoilers

[@Septiccatgaming]

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

[@lonestarr1490]

@@TaiyoN Like everyone, literally.

[@daandanx]

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!"

[@Destin5258]

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."

[@y33t23]

"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]

that's sort of the joke.

[@lapapar1174]

*[Censored] in one party system*

[@cornbreadloverrr]

@@lapapar1174 xd

[@AlejandroGonzalez-rw9kt]

You want a one party system?

[@lapapar1174]

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

[@sahki5565]

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

[@jasondashney]

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

[@yoloswaggins7121]

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

[@jasondashney]

@@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.

[@Secondary_Identifier]

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]

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]

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

[@tacticalfall4505]

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

[@bilfbilfbilf]

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

[@Krazykebodoe]

Never stop learning my guy

[@steen5984]

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]

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

[@tacticalfall4505]

Kev Man never will

[@docsnavely1010]

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

[@StudioDaVeed]

Ya missed one: 2:44 Old Time Alec Baldwin

[@peterbanos703]

Alan Rickman *

[@User31129]

Damn, beat me to this comment

[@camelopardalis84]

@Sudio DaVeed Oh wow. That look.

[@Corey77783]

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

[@tinyupes]

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

[@zxow]

how

[@Nikki-tx6kh]

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

[@alexander9703]

@@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]

@@alexander9703 yep buts confusing af.

[@weldin]

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

[@EverythingScience]

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

[@Vits2001]

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

[@BigAl2-u7e]

That's literally what this whole channel is about

[@oliverfarrant3718]

You keep saying "Atchinson" but labelled him as Atchison

[@zachwallis5770]

No he didn’t, he kept saying it right

[@chadatchison145]

I know, it's so annoying.

[@brenduck]

sorry you had to put up with that, Chad Atchison

[@bensmith6554]

Wrong

[@babylonfive]

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

[@Raudnen]

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

[@sebastianelytron8450]

This comment is edited. I don't trust it.

[@LittleWhole]

Sebastian Elytron Your comment was edited too.

[@1hminen]

never trust edited comments.

[@cormacmacsuibhne5796]

@@1hminen So true.

[@cormacmacsuibhne5796]

@@LittleWholeLittleWhole Gaming that's the joke.

[@allpeachesaredelicious]

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

[@PatriotNick]

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

[@Jawz366]

“President pro temporary” 😂

[@nathanoher4865]

President "pro tempore" is the proper spelling

[@telxtaylor]

@@nathanoher4865 You didn't get the joke

[@Edd8]

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

[@monkeybusinessasusuall5467]

?

[@tamer1773]

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]

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

[@dontenlist6993]

"Off brand count Dracula" haha

[@lilyoda787]

Why do presidents like to golf so much ?

[@zeddessell]

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]

Rich people

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

[@Tom_Hadler]

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

[@lilyoda787]

Tom Hadler tiger woods for president

[@brendenfriers9668]

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

[@giovannieich7487]

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.

[@jupiterrhotspot2005]

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

[@skywalkersounds7020]

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

[@Bagofnowt]

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

[@yestermorrow3223]

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*

[@sulmaalvarado7895]

You liked the comment yourself lol

[@sulmaalvarado7895]

Thought it was ganna get likes

[@jukelly64]

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

[@125conman]

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

[@BJGvideos]

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

[@MyCatFooed]

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

[@n.e.v.e.r]

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

[@TrigramThunder]

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]

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

[@Justintime619]

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

[@darthzayexeet3653]

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

[@dayglonekros461]

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

[@kari7403]

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?

[@owenwillard5409]

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

[@LexieAssassin]

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]

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.

[@tntcake6327]

2:58 oh damn its james a janisse

[@airqx2808]

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

[@matthewbell4273]

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).

[@ravenlord4]

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]

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

[@frankieporter1889]

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

[@sg27182]

I have suggested this video before.

[@ekevanderzee9538]

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

[@ceber54]

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

[@doaa7941]

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

[@scrambledegg81]

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

[@Ida-xe8pg]

You mean Pjutin?

[@kaickf.r.goncalves2846]

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

[@User31129]

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

[@WHATSAHANDLEIDKIDK]

Daniel V The Joke Your head

[@scraggyboi]

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

[@XZenon]

Seriously how can you afford so much stock footage?

[@jarodh-m6099]

I am pretty sure he has a storyblocks membership.

[@2Links]

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

[@Lucky-xq7dz]

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

[@doublebaconchaseburger]

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

[@Jonnyc448]

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

[@youtublife4540]

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

[@holasoyalejandro9822]

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

[@franciscofernandezzlatar9921]

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

[@pegeonpera]

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

[@FUnzzies1]

Obama be out golfing

[@ekevanderzee9538]

Every day is a golfing day these days.

[@caronstout354]

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

[@nightknight8067]

Quentin Trembley III

[@azaeltoysehua8730]

México had an president for 45 minutes (Pedro Lascuráin, Feburary 19th of 1913, from 17:15 to 18:00)

[@jkbleach4902]

1:28 the Lord's day not the sabbath

[@shaunakwarty]

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

[@peteryongzhong5516]

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

[@Colinop]

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

[@beawife]

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

[@GeniusLad32]

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

[@chadatchison145]

I noticed that too lol.

[@GeniusLad32]

@@chadatchison145 How do you say it?

[@chadatchison145]

@@GeniusLad32 Phonetically, the way it's spelled.

[@kevintrang3007]

@-shin-son or @-kin-son?

[@chadatchison145]

@@kevintrang3007 @-chi-son the I is lowercase as in it.

[@TrueWolfPvpMC]

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

[@camcox8703]

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

[@edwardmaginot]

France : *Laughs in 21 minutes King.*

[@monclerman6047]

Ayyy March 5 my birthday!

[@therealwild1]

The jags at 45 are hysterical.

[@plusequalminusk4203]

I was top comment for one day.

[@MatthewStinar]

💩 kzbin.info/www/bejne/pqSZiniYiLmIoac

[@Raudnen]

I wasn't

[@budakbaongsiah]

+=-K

[@-vp7dv]

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

[@wigglebot2368]

Congratulations to whoever that was

[@djjuajua]

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]

@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]

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

[@lucykwiatek5159]

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

[@duchi882]

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

[@legowagfles7287]

I would

[@ThursdayNext67]

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.

[@bg4567890]

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

[@Gray-Wolf]

The 3 legged Uncle Sam that guards the Oval Office 😂😂

[@miilotheminer]

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

[@BJGvideos]

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]

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.

[@vinayakohri1293]

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"

[@SebastTapia]

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

[@claqyagami6914]

The sabbath is Saturday though!!!

[@spookje111]

When you refuse to be inaugurated you are unable to serve.

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

America needs my spirit to lead the nation

[@noahk258]

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.

[@GenialHarryGrout]

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

[@canadianpsycho1867]

So there technically has been 46 presidents

[@Jemppu]

"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]

Too true... oof

[@User31129]

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.

[@ExtremeSpeedMewtwo]

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