US PRESIDENTS AT CHAUTAUQUA
Compiled by Jon Schmitz, Archivist and Historian, Chautauqua Institution
If you count all who either were President or would be President (that we know of), it would be 9.
5 US Presidents came to Chautauqua:
- Of these five, 4 Presidents came to Chautauqua while President (Grant, TR, FDR and Clinton – in the off-season)
- 3 Presidents came to Chautauqua during the season while in office. (Grant, TR, FDR)
- 1 President came to Chautauqua after being President: Hayes
- 4 Presidents came during the season
- If we count everyone who would
be president some day, we would (so far) add the following:
Garfield, McKinley, Taft, and Ford.
When Presidents Came to Chautauqua
Grant – 1875 (Acting)
Hayes – 1892 (former)
T.R. – 1905 (Acting)
F.D.R. – 1936 (Acting)
Clinton – 1996 (Acting - here in off-season)
Presidents to be
Garfield – 1880
McKinley – 1895
Taft – 1904
Ford – 1965
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T.R. – 1890, 1894, 1899
F.D.R. – 1917, 1919, 1929
Clinton – 1988, 1991, 1992