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CNN columnist identifies 7 presidents "nobody remembers"

Apparently this CNN contributor’s grasp of past presidents is limited to ones on “coins, stamps, or monuments.” In his article, “Seven Presidents Nobody Remembers,” he presents a suspect list of “forgotten” presidents. Maybe we’ll let him slide with Chester Arthur and Millard Fillmore, but Herbert Hoover? Really?
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