Hanover College Students, 2004-2011
First Question
The following are the names that Hanover students have supplied on being asked to name the first ten people who come to mind for American history through the Civil War. The list is organized with the most often cited names first. Seven Great Works classes have taken this survey since Fall 2004, for a total of 78 students; this year, 9 students took the survey. The numbers in parentheses represent the number of students (out of this year's 9 and out of the total 78) who include that name on their list.
Lincoln, Abraham (9 of 9; 55 of 78)
Jefferson, Thomas (6 of 9; 35 of 78)
Washington, George (6 of 9; 52 of 78)
Adams, John (4 of 9; 22 of 78)
Lee, Robert E. (4 of 9; 22 of 78)
Hancock, John (3 of 9; 15 of 78)
Clark (no first name) (2 of 9; 2 of 78)
Columbus, Christopher (2 of 9; 6 of 78)
Jackson, Andrew (2 of 9; 4 of 78)
Jackson, Stonewall (2 of 9; 10 of 78)
Lewis (no first name) (2 of 9; 2 of 78)
Revere, Paul (2 of 9; 7 of 78)
Adams, John Quincy (1 of 9; 2 of 78)
Adams, Sam (1 of 9; 3 of 78)
Booth, John Wilkes (1 of 9; 7 of 78)
Calhoun, John C. (1 of 9; 1 of 78)
Clark (no first name) (1 of 9; 1 of 78)
Clay, Henry (1 of 9; 2 of 78)
Custer, George Armstrong (1 of 9; 1 of 78)
Davis, Jefferson (1 of 9; 2 of 78)
Douglass, Frederick (1 of 9; 4 of 78)
Franklin, Benjamin (1 of 9; 31 of 78)
Grant, Ulysses S. (1 of 9; 20 of 78)
Key, Francis Scott (1 of 9; 1 of 78)
Pocahontas (1 of 9; 3 of 78)
Smith, John (1 of 9; 9 of 78)
Tecumseh (1 of 9; 1 of 78)
Tubman, Harriet (1 of 9; 9 of 78)
Washington, Martha (1 of 9; 3 of 78)
Adams, Abigail (0 of 9; 3 of 78)
Arnold, Benedict (0 of 9; 3 of 78)
Madison, James (0 of 9; 5 of 78)
Two of 78 students also included the following:
Adams, no first name
Addams, Jane
Dickinson, Emily
Hamilton, Alexander
Hayes, Rutherford B.
Jackson (no first name)
Jay, John
Lewis, Meriwether (see also Lewis & Clark)
Lincoln, Mary Todd
Sherman, W. T.
Stowe, Harriett Beecher
Taylor, Zachary
One of 78 students also included the following:
Allcott, Louisa May
Anthony, Susan B.
Attucks, Crispus
Barton, Clara
Boone, Daniel
Bradford, James
Buchanan, James
Clark, George Rogers
Crockett, Davy
Emerson, Ralph Waldo
Fillmore, Millard
Henry, Patrick
Keckly, Elizabeth
Lewis & Clark
Paine, Thomas
Poe, Edgar Allen
Sacagawea
Sherman, George
Squanto
Stanton, Elizabeth Cady
Thoreau, Henry David
One to three students listed the following people who don't fit the geographical or time limits:
Rhett Butler, Jimmy Carter, Walt Disney, Thomas Edison, Dwight Eisenhower, John Henry,
Sarah Orne Jewett, Hellen Keller, John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Jr., Marquis de
Lafayette, Ferdinand Magellan, Thurgood Marshall, Margaret Mitchell, Florence Nightingale,
Scarlett O'Hara, Lee Harvey Oswold, Mr. & Mrs. Albert Parker, Rosa Parks, Alice Paul, Franklin
D. Roosevelt, Roosevelt (no first name), Theodore Roosevelt, Col. Harlan, Sanders, Margaret
Sanger, Amerigo Vespucci
Second Question
The following are the names that Hanover students have supplied on being asked the follow-up question, "What are the first ten names that come to mind, if you exclude presidents, generals, statesmen, or other figures in official public life?" The list is organized with the most often cited names first. Seven Great Works classes have taken this survey since Fall 2004, for a total of 78 students; this year, 9 students took the survey. The numbers in parentheses represent the number of students (out of this year's 9 and the total 78) who include that name on their list.
Booth, John Wilkes (1 of 9; 7 of 78)
Columbus, Christopher (1 of 9; 4 of 78)
Crockett, Davy (1 of 9; 2 of 78)
Paine, Thomas (1 of 9; 4 of 78)
Scott, Dred (1 of 9; 1 of 78)
Smith, John (1 of 9; 9 of 78)
Tubman, Harriet (1 of 9; 16 of 78)
Lewis & Clark (0 of 9; 6 of 78)
Washington, Martha (0 of 9; 6 of 78)
Ross, Betsy (0 of 9; 5 of 78)
Barton, Clara (0 of 9; 4 of 78)
Dickinson, Emily (0 of 9; 4 of 78)
Revere, Paul (0 of 9; 4 of 78)
Adams, Abigail (0 of 9; 3 of 78)
Sacagewea (0 of 9; 3 of 78)
Squanto (0 of 9; 3 of 78)
Two of 78 students also included the following:
Bell, Alexander Graham
Lincoln, Mary Todd
Pitcher, Molly
Pocahontas
Stowe, Harriet Beecher
One of 78 students also included the following:
Alcott, Louisa May
Anthony, Susan B.
Attucks, Crispus
Boone, Daniel
Brown, John
Clark, George Rogers
Cornwallis, Gen.
Douglass, Frederick
Edmonds, Sarah
Emerson, Ralph Waldo
Hemmings, Sally
Key, Francis Scott
Osceola
Poe, Edgar Allen
Stanton, Elizabeth Cady
Thoreau
Twain, Mark
Velaquez, Loretta
One to three students listed the following people who don't fit the geographical or time limits:
Jane Adams, Billy the Kid, Calamity Jane, George Washington Carver, Willa Cather, civil rights
leaders, Jim Crowe, Madame Curie, Walt Disney, Thomas Edison, Albert Einstein, Henry Ford,
Anne Frank, Betty Friedan, Doc Holliday, Rose Holman, Zora Neal Hurston, Sarah Orne Jewett,
Helen Keller, Martin Luther King, Jr., Margaret Mitchell, Florence Nightingale, Scarlett O'Hara,
Lee Harvey Oswald, Rosa Parks, Alice Paul, Eleanor Roosevelt, Margaret Sanger, Upton
Sinclair, Ida Tarbell, Amerigo Vespucci, Madame CJ Walker, Booker T. Washington, Watson &
Crick, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Wright Brothers, the student's grandparents
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