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.
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