Hanover College Students, 2004-2012
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. Nine Great
Works classes have taken
this survey since Fall 2004, for a total of 100 students; this
term, 13 students took the survey.
The numbers in parentheses represent the number of students (out
of this year's 13 and out
of the total 100) who include that name on their list.
Lincoln, Abraham (11 of 13; 74 of 100)
Washington, George (12 of 13; 72 of 100)
Jefferson, Thomas (8 of 13; 51 of 100)
Franklin, Benjamin (10 of 13; 49 of 100)
Adams, John (7 of 13; 34 of 100)
Lee, Robert E. (6 of 13; 31 of 100)
Grant, Ulysses S. (5 of 13; 29 of 100)
Hancock, John (3 of 13; 23 of 100)
Jackson, Stonewall (2 of 13; 12 of 100)
Smith, John (2 of 13; 11 of 100)
Tubman, Harriet (2 of 13; 11 of 100)
Booth, John Wilkes (2 of 13; 10 of 100)
Columbus, Christopher (4 of 13; 10 of 100)
Revere, Paul (0 of 13; 10 of 100)
Madison, James (1 of 13; 8 of 100)
Jackson, Andrew (2 of 13; 7 of 100)
Adams, Abigail (2 of 13; 6 of 100)
Adams, John Quincy (2 of 13; 6 of 100)
Douglass, Frederick (2 of 13; 6 of 100)
Arnold, Benedict (2 of 13; 5 of 100)
Washington, Martha (2 of 13; 5 of 100)
Davis, Jefferson (1 of 13; 4 of 100)
Adams, Sam (0 of 13; 3 of 100)
Adams, no first name ( of 13; 3 of 100)
Henry, Patrick (1 of 13; 3 of 100)
Jackson (no first name) (0 of 13; 3 of 100)
Lewis & Clark (2 of 13; 3 of 100)
Pocahontas (0 of 13; 3 of 100)
Taylor, Zachary (0 of 13; 3 of 100)
Two of 100 students included the following:
Addams, Jane
Clark (no first name)
Clay, Henry
Dickinson, Emily
Hamilton, Alexander
Hayes, Rutherford B.
Jay, John
Lewis, Meriwether (see also Lewis & Clark)
Lewis (no first name)
Lincoln, Mary Todd
Shays, Daniel (2 of 13)
Sherman, W. T.
Stowe, Harriet Beecher
One of 100 students included the following:
Allcott, Louisa May
Anthony, Susan B.
Attucks, Crispus
Barton, Clara)
Boone, Daniel
Bradford, James
Buchanan, James
Calhoun, John C.
Chamberlain, Joshua (1 of 13)
Clark, George Rogers
Crockett, Davy
Custer, George Armstrong
Dolly Madison
Emerson, Ralph Waldo
Fillmore, Millard
Keckly, Elizabeth?
Key, Francis Scott
Meade, George (1 of 13)
Paine, Thomas
Poe, Edgar Allen
Polk, James (1 of 13)
Ross, Betsy (1 of 13)
Sacagawea
Sherman, George
Sojourner Truth (1 of 13)
Squanto
Stanton, Elizabeth Cady
Tecumseh
Thoreau, Henry David
Vanderbilt family (1 of 13)
Whitney, Eli
Seven students listed Thomas Edison (who doesn't fit the time limits).
One to three students listed the following people who don't fit the geographical or time limits:
Rhett Butler, Jimmy Carter, Walt Disney, Dwight Eisenhower, Gettysburg, John Henry, Sarah Orne Jewett, Helen Keller, John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Jr., Marquis de Lafayette, Ferdinant 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, John Taylor, 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. Nine Great Works classes have taken this survey since Fall 2004, for a total of 100 students; this year, 13 students took the survey. The numbers in parentheses represent the number of students (out of this year's 13 and the total 100) who include that name on their list.
Tubman, Harriet (3 of 13; 20 of 100)
Smith, John (1 of 13; 10 of 100)
Booth, John Wilkes (3 of 13; 10 of 100)
Lewis & Clark (2 of 13; 8 of 100)
Ross, Betsy (3 of 13; 8 of 100)
Columbus, Christopher (4 of 13; 8 of 100)
Washington, Martha (1 of 13; 7 of 100)
Adams, Abigail (2 of 13; 6 of 100)
Revere, Paul (1 of 13; 5 of 100)
Barton, Clara (0 of 13; 4 of 100)
Dickinson, Emily (0 of 13; 4 of 100)
Paine, Thomas (0 of 13; 4 of 100)
Sacagewea (1 of 13; 4 of 100)
Squanto (0 of 13; 3 of 100)
Douglass, Frederick (2 of 13; 3 of 100)
Two of 100 students also included the following:
Bell, Alexander Graham
Crockett, Davy
Lincoln, Mary Todd
Pitcher, Molly
Pocahontas
Stowe, Harriet Beecher
Twain, Mark
One of 100 students also included the following:
Alcott, Louisa May
Anthony, Susan B.
Arnold, Benedict (1 of 13)
Attucks, Crispus
Boone, Daniel
Brown, John
Clark, George Rogers
Cornwallis, Gen.
Edmonds, Sarah
Emerson, Ralph Waldo
Hemmings, Sally
Key, Francis Scott
Madison, Dolly (1 of 13)
Osceola
Poe, Edgar Allen
Scott, Dred
Stanton, Elizabeth Cady
Stewart [?]
Thoreau
Vanderbilts (1 of 13)
Velaquez, Loretta
Wade, Jenny (1 of 13)
Whitney, Eli (1 of 13)
Four students listed Thomas Edison (who doesn't fit the time limits).
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, Joshua Chamberlain, 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, John Procter, Eleanor Roosevelt, Margaret Sanger, Upton Sinclair, Ida Tarbell, Amerigo Vespucci, Madame C.J. Walker, Booker T. Washington, Watson & Crick, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Wright Brothers, the student's grandparents.
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