Does the president elected in 2040 have a wikipedia page yet?

[Former Crackhead Mike Lindell]

Twenty years from now, it'll (almost) be 2040! An election year! Either with, or without, an incumbent running. We don't know yet. But what are the chances the winning candidate already has a wikipedia page?

Looking back at previous cycles -- when might other candidates have gotten their articles, had the site been around at the time? Would Bill Clinton and George W. Bush have gotten theirs around their failed congressional runs, for example?

[brucejoel99]

Who knows? Trump & Biden surely would've had one in 2000, but Obama wouldn't have. Clinton wouldn't have had one yet in '72, but W. (as the failed congressional candidate son of the VP-elect) might've had one in '80, & as a Congressman, Poppy definitely would've had one in '68.

It just depends on who it ends up being, & we obviously won't know who that will be for quite some time. For every AOC that it could be, there's a middle-schooler that it could also be.

[Agonized-Statism]

Probably not. If so, it's probably a stub.

[kyc0705]

Would Bill Clinton and George W. Bush have gotten theirs around their failed congressional runs, for example?

Based on my understanding of how Wikipedia does these things, probably not, as I think there's a policy that people who only run for office aren't deemed sufficiently noteworthy. So that would mean that they'd have to do something besides lose a congressional election. For Bush, I guess that means owning the Rangers, and for Clinton, becoming AG of Arkansas?

[brucejoel99]

Would Bill Clinton and George W. Bush have gotten theirs around their failed congressional runs, for example?

Based on my understanding of how Wikipedia does these things, probably not, as I think there's a policy that people who only run for office aren't deemed sufficiently noteworthy. So that would mean that they'd have to do something besides lose a congressional election. For Bush, I guess that means owning the Rangers, and for Clinton, becoming AG of Arkansas?

W. would've also been the son of the VP-elect at that time, & Greg Pence got a Wikipedia page for running for Congress & being Pence's brother, so I gather that W. would likely have one.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Let's apply the 20-year test to all our elected Presidents.

1769 - George Washington - Ill-fated major of the Virginia militia whose ill-advised expedition into the Ohio Country was a major spark leading to the flames of The Seven Years War.  So he probably has a small article with possibly a larger one on French Wikipedia.

1776 - John Adams - One of the less radical members of the rebellious Continental Congress. A good bit of his article on January 1 will be about him being the defense attorney of the troops involved in the so-called Boston Massacre, with few edits since then.

1780 - Thomas Jefferson - Principal drafter of the American Declaration of Independence and the. current Governor of Virginia.

1788 - James Madison -  Member of both the Continental Congress and the recently concluded Constitutional Convention that probably would never had happened had his proposed amendment to the Articles of Confederation, giving Congress the ability to raise revenue independently via tariffs had passed Congress, tho it certainly would've been defeated by the States much like the so-called Constitution that's now being debated by the States. At least a stub article and quite possibly one that's been at least semi-protected to guard it from trolls.

1796 -  James Monroe - Former delegate to the Continental Congress and Senator from Virginia, current U.S. Minister to France. He'd have a sparse article on the English Wikipedia, and a possibly more verbose one on the French Wikipedia.

1804 - John Q. Adams  - Son of John Adams, current Senator from Massachusetts. He has a basic article on the English Wikipedia and possibly ones on the Dutch and German wikis because of his former diplomatic postings to Prussia and the Netherlands.

1808 - Andrew Jackson - Former member of both houses of Congress, currently a Tennessee State judge, so at minimum a sparse article, but only on the English Wikipedia.

1816 - Martin Van Buren - Current New York Attorney General, and former holder of several other offices. Has at least a stub article. Probably more if Torie is active on Wikipedia as he had recently moved from Hudson to Albany.

1820 - William H. Harrison - Former Congressional Delegate and Governor of Indiana Territory whose service in the War of 1812 would definitely have an article.

1824- James Polk - Obscure member of the Tennessee Legislature with a stub article.

1828 - Zachary Taylor - Sparse article focusing on what he did in the War of 1812 and little else.

1832 - Franklin Pierce - As Speaker of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, he has at least a stub and possibly more.

1836 - James Buchanan - As the current U.S. Minister to Russia and a former Congressman, he has an article on the English Wikipedia and maybe a stub on the Russian Wikipedia.

1840 - Abraham Lincoln - Obscure member of the Illinois House of Representatives with a stub article.

1848 - Ulysses Grant - Who? No article unless some military history enthusiast has created stub articles for all former West Point cadets.

1856 - Rutherford Hayes - Who? No chance he has an article.

1860 - James Garfield - A stub article on this member of the Ohio Senate.

1864 - Grover Cleveland - An unremarkable Buffalo lawyer with no article.

1868 - Benjamin Harrison - Maybe a stub article but nothing more.

1872 - Grover Cleveland - Possibly a stub article for the Eire County Sheriff.

1876 - William McKinley - Possibly a stub article for his work as a lawyer defending  miners who clashed with scabs during the Coal Miners' Strike of 1873.

1884 - Theodore Roosevelt - At least a stub article for this New York Assemblyman and historical writer.

1888 - William Taft - Possibly a stub for this up and coming Ohio judge.

1892 - Woodrow Wilson - Possibly a stub article for his authorship of Congressional Government: A Study in American Politics, but otherwise, I doubt this professor at the College of New Jersey would have an article.

1900 - Warren Harding - A stub article for this newspaper publisher/editor and recently elected Ohio State Senator.

1904 - Calvin Coolidge - Local Republican party operative unlikely to have an article.

1908 - Herbert Hoover - Maybe an article created by a bored mining or business student as a class project. In 1908, he wasn't notable enuf then to be guaranteed a stub article, but anyone bothering to write one on him would have enuf info to write more than a stub.

1912 - Franklin Roosevelt - At least a stub article on this New York State Senator.

1928 - Harry Truman - Unlikely that this local machine politician would have even a stub.

1932 - Major Eisenhower - Who? No article.

1940 - John Kennedy - At most a stub article for this son of an American politician and ambassador, but probably not.

1944 - Lyndon Johnson - At least a stub article and likely more on this U.S. Representative from Texas.

1948  - Richard Nixon - This first-term U.S. Representative from California has at least a stub, but likely not much more.

1956 - James Carter - Unless some naval enthusiast wrote stub articles for all Naval Academy graduates, he's not in Wikipedia.

1960 - Ronald Reagan - This noted actor and former president of SAG certainly has an article, tho the filmography is likely incomplete.

1968 - George H. W. Bush - This first-term Texas Representative and son of the former Connecticut Senator has at least a stub article and maybe more.

1972- Bill Clinton - Who?

1980 - George W. Bush - At least a stub for his failed campaign in 1978 to become a U.S. Representative.

1988 - Barack Obama - Who?

1996 - Donald Trump - Shameless self-promoter who even if he wouldn't otherwise have an article, would have a flunky write one for him.


Side bar - On the first version of Donald's Wikipedia article, the anonymous author included this prescient note: Before We begin, you should know that this man is possibly the most egotistical person on the face of the planet. --68.13.24.62 01:41, 12 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Despite recent history, it's more likely than not that person elected to the presidency in 2040 will have at least a stub article written about em, but is unlikely to have more than that.

[brucejoel99]

snip

1904 - Calvin Coolidge - This county clerk of courts turned failed school board candidate wouldn't have an article.

*1928 - Harry Truman - The chief executive of Jackson County, Missouri, might have at least a stub.

[GM Team Member and Senator WB]

I don't have a wikipedia page

[Figueira]

Who knows? Trump & Biden surely would've had one in 2000, but Obama wouldn't have. Clinton wouldn't have had one yet in '72, but W. (as the failed congressional candidate son of the VP-elect) might've had one in '80, & as a Congressman, Poppy definitely would've had one in '68.

It just depends on who it ends up being, & we obviously won't know who that will be for quite some time. For every AOC that it could be, there's a middle-schooler that it could also be.

Obama could have had an article as early as 1997, when he became a Senator. Also the President elected in 2040 is probably at least in their 20s now.