Originally calculated for the mini-AIR
Here is a table of who was elected and what “Chinese year” it was when the president was elected. Note that the Chinese calendar runs in a 12 year cycle, so U.S. presidents can only be elected in the years of the rat, the dragon, or the monkey. Until the time of F. D. Roosevelt, inaugurations were held on March 4, in the next "Chinese year" (ox, snake, and rooster, respectively). During FDR's term in office, inaugurations were changed to January 20, which was always in the same Chinese year" as the presidential election (since Chinese New Year never seems to occur before January 21).
The reader may decide what is the significance of the table on a particular president's administration. For example, several wars (War of 1812, Mexican War, WWI, WWII, Vietnam, and both Gulf Wars) broke out after a president was elected in the year of the dragon. Additionally, James Monroe, Andrew Jackson, and Teddy Roosevelt, who all had a "dragon" election, were famous for saber rattling. Some presidents elected in the year of the monkey (Grant, Harding, Nixon, Reagan, and Clinton) have experienced major scandals in their administrations.
(Pardon the formatting, but I was having a hard time figuring out how to do tables in Blogger.)
Year. . . . Chinese year . . . . President elected . . . . Inaugural year
1788 . . . . Monkey . . . . . . . . Washington . . . . . . . . . Rooster
1792 . . . . Rat . . . . . . . . . . . . Washington . . . . . . . . . Ox
1796 . . . . Dragon . . . . . . . . . John Adams . . . . . . . . Snake
1800 . . . . Monkey . . . . . . . .Jefferson . . . . . . . . . . . Rooster
1804 . . . . Rat . . . . . . . . . . . . Jefferson . . . . . . . . . . . .Ox
1808 . . . . Dragon . . . . . . . . .Madison . . . . . . . . . . . . Snake
1812 . . . . Monkey . . . . . . . .Madison . . . . . . . . . . . . Rooster
1816 . . . . .Rat . . . . . . . . . . . . Monroe . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ox
1820 . . . . Dragon . . . . . . . . .Monroe . . . . . . . . . . . . .Snake
1824 . . . . Monkey . . . . . . . . John Q. Adams . . . . . . Rooster
1828 . . . . Rat . . . . . . . . . . . . Jackson . . . . . . . . . . . . Ox
1832 . . . .Dragon . . . . . . . . . Jackson . . . . . . . . . . . . Snake
1836 . . . . Monkey . . . . . . . . Van Buren . . . . . . . . . . Rooster
1840 . . . . Rat . . . . . . . . . . . . W H Harrison (1) . . . . Ox
1844 . . . . Dragon . . . . . . . . Polk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Snake
1848 . . . . Monkey . . . . . . . . Taylor (1) . . . . . . . . . . Rooster
1852 . . . . Rat . . . . . . . . . . . . .Pierce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ox
1856 . . . . Dragon . . . . . . . . . Buchanan . . . . . . . . . . . Snake
1860 . . . . Monkey . . . . . . . . Lincoln . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rooster
1864 . . . . Rat . . . . . . . . . . . . Lincoln (1) . . . . . . . . . . Ox
1868 . . . . Dragon . . . . . . . . . Grant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Snake
1872 . . . . Monkey . . . . . . . . Grant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rooster
1876 . . . . Rat . . . . . . . . . . . . Hayes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ox
1880 . . . . Dragon . . . . . . . . . Garfield (1) . . . . . . . . . Snake
1884 . . . . Monkey . . . . . . . . Cleveland . . . . . . . . . . . Rooster
1888 . . . . Rat . . . . . . . . . . . . B. Harrison . . . . . . . . . . Ox
1892 . . . . Dragon . . . . . . . . . Cleveland . . . . . . . . . . . Snake
1896 . . . . Monkey . . . . . . . . McKinley . . . . . . . . . . . Rooster
1900 . . . . Rat . . . . . . . . . . . . McKinley (1) . . . . . . . . Ox
1904 . . . . Dragon . . . . . . . . . T Roosevelt . . . . . . . . . Snake
1908 . . . . Monkey . . . . . . . . Taft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rooster
1912 . . . . Rat . . . . . . . . . . . . Wilson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ox
1916 . . . . Dragon . . . . . . . . . Wilson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Snake
1920 . . . . Monkey . . . . . . . . Harding (1) . . . . . . . . . Rooster
1924 . . . . Rat . . . . . . . . . . . . Coolidge . . . . . . . . . . . . Ox
1928 . . . . Dragon . . . . . . . . . Hoover . . . . . . . . . . . . . Snake
1932 . . . . Monkey . . . . . . . . F D Roosevelt . . . . . . . Rooster
1936 . . . . Rat . . . . . . . . . . . . F D Roosevelt. . . . . . . . Rat
1940 . . . . Dragon . . . . . . . . . F D Roosevelt . . . . . . . Dragon
1944 . . . . Monkey . . . . . . . . F D Roosevelt (1) . . . . Monkey
1948 . . . . Rat . . . . . . . . . . . . Truman . . . . . . . . . . . . Rat
1952 . . . . Dragon . . . . . . . . . Eisenhower . . . . . . . . . Dragon
1956 . . . . Monkey . . . . . . . . Eisenhower . . . . . . . . . Monkey
1960 . . . . Rat . . . . . . . . . . . . Kennedy (1) . . . . . . . . . Rat
1964 . . . . Dragon . . . . . . . . . L B Johnson . . . . . . . . . Dragon
1968 . . . . Monkey . . . . . . . . Nixon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Monkey
1972 . . . . Rat . . . . . . . . . . . . Nixon (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . Rat
1976 . . . . Dragon . . . . . . . . . Carter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dragon
1980 . . . . Monkey . . . . . . . . Reagan . . . . . . . . . . . . . Monkey
1984 . . . . Rat . . . . . . . . . . . . Reagan . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rat
1988 . . . . Dragon . . . . . . . . . G H W. Bush . . . . . . . . .Dragon
1992 . . . . Monkey . . . . . . . . .Clinton . . . . . . . . . . . . . Monkey
1996 . . . . Rat . . . . . . . . . . . . . Clinton . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rat
2000 . . . . Dragon . . . . . . . . . G W Bush . . . . . . . . . . . Dragon
2004 . . . . Monkey . . . . . . . . G W Bush . . . . . . . . . . . Monkey
2008 . . . . Rat . . . . . . . . . . . . ????? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rat
Note:
(1) President did not serve full term due to death or resignation.
Saturday, February 09, 2008
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