WASHINGTON – There’s not just one Donald Trump in america. Neither is there just one William J. Clinton.
Loads of folks share names with well-known presidents.
Donald Trump, a veteran and resident of Alabama, mentioned due to his title he usually is presented issues without cost. William J. Clinton, who goes by Billy, used to reside within the Washington, D.C., space, and would obtain fascinating mail from inmates.
The boys with these names who served within the White Home will likely be on the Capitol Monday to attend the inauguration of Trump, the president-elect. The Related Press talked to individuals who share names with the presidents to search out out what life is like for them.
William J. Clinton, Tennessee resident
“My dad is Invoice, not the previous president, however he’s simply, he’s truly the seventh within the line of William J., William Clintons in our family tree. So, I’m the eighth. My nine-month-old son is the ninth. … There’s positively loads of double takes, although, for positive. And it’s a every day incidence. I’ve in my thoughts at all times like, effectively, there’s the every day incidence of someone being like, ’Your title’s actually Invoice Clinton?’”
“Among the craziest issues which have occurred due to my title, and particularly as a result of I had an deal with for, you understand, mainly my entire life that was like in and across the D.C. space, was receiving letters from federal inmates asking for presidential pardons addressed to me, like accidentally.”
Donald Trump, a veteran and resident of Clanton, Alabama
“There’s been loads of occasions the place I bought upgraded, you understand, like top notch. There was occasions the place I did make reservations for a lodge and so they gave me the penthouse free. Nicely, thanks very a lot. I’ve had some free meals at eating places.”
Abraham Lincoln, a banking skilled from Washington state
“I’ve discovered that it’s type of a blessing and a curse. Prefer it’s actually good for breaking the ice, type of, persons are simply type of amazed and it will get folks speaking. It additionally, you understand, the place first impressions actually matter, folks aren’t going to neglect my title, subsequently, they’re not going to normally neglect the primary impression. So, I’ve bought to actually at all times type of be on my A-game once I’m assembly folks.”
“Reservations usually will go beneath (his spouse’s) title as a result of I normally will get a, ‘No actually what’s your title?’ Or, ‘You’re messing with me.’”
Grover Cleveland, a hearth chief from Cresco, Pennsylvania
“Simply rising up, everybody was at all times fairly shocked on how I’ve the precise title.”
“I’ll give a bank card at a retailer that someone may not know who I’m. And yeah, then the supervisor will get referred to as up and it’s fraud or one thing like that. So, you understand, nope, right here’s my ID.”
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