9/87Number of the 142 nominations to the Supreme Court since 1789 that were not confirmed: 34
Number of the six Supreme Court nominations made by John Tyler that were not confirmed: 5
Number of the four made by Millard Fillmore: 3
Average number of U.S. presidents a child can name: 4.8
12/88Number of years by which an American president is likely to fall short of his life expectancy: 3
7/89Rank of dog, cat, snake, and U.S. president, among World Book Encyclopedia entries consulted most often: 1,2,3,4
Estimated number of times that a U.S. president has sent troops into combat situations: 130
2/91Rank of Mr. Rogers, among preschoolers’ first choices for president of the United States: 1
2/91Rank of Abraham Lincoln, among the U.S. presidents most often portrayed in films: 1
2/92Average approval rating, two months before the New Hampshire primary, of U.S. presidents who won a second term: 59
Approval rating of President Bush two months before the New Hampshire primary: 41
12/93Number of New York Times articles this year in which Bill Clinton has been compared to Franklin Roosevelt: 18
2/93Percentage change, since last year, in the number of Americans who are older than the president: +142
2/95Rank of Lincoln, Clinton, and Nixon, among U.S. presidents elected by the lowest percentage of voters: 1,2,3
6/95Number of U.S. presidents in this century who left office without having issued a single veto: 0
6/95Chances that a U.S. president was born in a hospital: 1 in 21
10/96Number of Hollywood movies released since last October in which a fictional U.S. president is one of the characters: 4
Number of these in which the first lady is already dead or is killed in the movie: 3
9/99Number of U.S. presidents besides Bill Clinton who have made an official visit to an Indian reservation since 1937: 0
9/01Number of U.S. presidents who have held a Ph.D.: 1
Number who have said, “You teach a child to read and he or her will be able to pass a literacy test”: 1
10/02Number of the last six U.S. presidents who bested their opponents in the company’s election-year Halloween mask sales: 6
1/03Number of U.S. presidents since 1860 whose party controlled both houses of Congress by the third year of their first term: 12
Number of these presidents whose party already controlled both houses: 10
Number whose bid for reelection failed: 1
8/04Rank of Ronald Reagan among U.S. presidents since 1945 with the highest average approval rating while in office: 7
11/06Average number of books written by each French president since World War II: 8
Average by U.S. presidents: 4
Number written by Jimmy Carter: 20
1/09Rank of Bush among U.S. presidents with the highest disapproval rating: 1