Would You Vote For A Single Man/Woman As President? (Presidents, Americans)

[banjomike]

Grover Cleveland was a bachelor when elected. His later White House marriage was a very big social event.
Until he married, his niece acted as the official Hostess of the White House.
She, too, was unmarried, and by all accounts did a fine job of fulfilling her duties.

[mmmjv]

Originally Posted by squarian

Correct (assuming you meant 1782): Miss Jefferson fulfilled the duties of hostess, while other persons carried out the remaining wifely duties.

Yes, didn't mean to be 100 years off

[West of Encino]

A single man, yes.

[Ceist]

Originally Posted by Harrier

No one seemed to have a problem with James Buchanan (as a bachelor).

Wasn't he gay?


http://books.google.com.au/books?id=...page&q&f=false

[banjomike]

I think a single female President would have a lot more rumor mongering surrounding her than a single male. Choosing a male to run the White House and/or act as her official escort to all the national and foreign functions Presidents must attend might well provide a lot of fuel for the highly popular rumor mills.

But I also think the chances of any person who is single becoming President these days is mighty slim. Voters might go for a single person who was widowed and never re-married, but I very much doubt voters would elect a candidate who was single due to divorce and never re-married.

What makes it all most interesting to me is that there are increasingly more members of both sexes who never marry. There are also more single women than men now, and very many divorced people of both sexes that never re-marry. When you add all of them up, it's quite a large bunch of people, and their interests and concerns, whatever they may be, are under represented in Washington.

[workingclasshero]

Originally Posted by tijlover

We're talking about a confirmed bachelor, bachelorette! No First Lady, No First Man!

Would we be able to survive that?

why should we even care about that....are liberals that shallow???


who cares if he/she has/had a partner??

in fact maybe with out a busybuddy spouse, the POTUS could actually get their job done

[middle-aged mom]

Only if he or she was a medically confirmed virgin

[Fleet]

Originally Posted by Randomstudent

As long as they are competent and are not a rightwinger I don't care.

As long as they are competent and are not a leftwinger, I don't care.

[theunbrainwashed]

Yes. We've had a single as president before

[hnsq]

I would play wingman to a single president at a bar any day. My god the women I could get...