You are just a lemming following the narrative. You use AI to answer any questions you have, why not this one? Warren G. Harding Harding County, New Mexico March 4, 1921 Created and named for Harding on the very day he was inaugurated. The county itself confirms this. HHarding County+1 Warren G. Harding Harding High School, Marion, Ohio 1921 Marion High School was renamed Harding High School during his presidency. A 1921 school publication already carried the Harding name. WWikimedia Commons+1 Warren G. Harding Harding Township, New Jersey 1922 The township was explicitly named for the incumbent president, while Harding was in office. WWikipedia+1 Herbert Hoover Hoover High School, Glendale, California 1929 The school's own historical account says it was named for Hoover while he was the current president, in September 1929. HHoover Instrumental Music Herbert Hoover “Hooverville” 1931 onward Not an honor: “Hooverville” was a deliberately critical name for Depression-era shantytowns, referring to President Hoover. It nevertheless qualifies literally as something named for a sitting president. UUW Departments+1 Franklin D. Roosevelt Roosevelt School, Lake Wales, Florida 1937 A historical register says the school board named the facility Roosevelt School in honor of President FDR. He was still president. PPaperzz John F. Kennedy John F. Kennedy High School, Cheektowaga, NY 1962 Widely identified as the first U.S. public school named for a sitting president. It opened in 1962 while Kennedy was president. WWikipedia+1 Lyndon B. Johnson Lyndon B. Johnson Elementary School, San Antonio, TX Jan. 13, 1964 The school district's history says the board named it for Johnson on January 13, 1964—less than two months after he became president. SSharpSchool Richard Nixon Richard M. Nixon Elementary, Hiawatha, Iowa 1970 Named while Nixon was president. TTIME+1 Richard Nixon Nixon Elementary School, Landing, New Jersey 1969 Also named while Nixon was president; a contemporary account identifies both schools as having been named during his presidency. TTIME George W. Bush George W. Bush Elementary School, Stockton, CA 2003 Opened while Bush was president. The Washington Post specifically identifies it as an example of a school named for a sitting president. TThe Washington Post Barack Obama Barack Obama Elementary School, Hempstead, NY Nov. 2008 This one requires a technical qualification: Obama was president-elect, not yet sitting president, when the school was renamed. TThe Washington Post Barack Obama Barack Obama Academy, Oakland, CA March 2009 This occurred after Obama took office, making it a genuine sitting-president example. WWikipedia Barack Obama Barack Obama Charter School, Compton, CA Jan. 2009 Renamed shortly after his inauguration, so Obama was president at the time. WWikipedia Barack Obama Barack Obama Elementary School, Upper Marlboro, MD 2009 Now, how many of these people had anything named after them BEFORE they were POTUS, like Trump. It's nothing new.
