(Jeopardy) What Republican president removed the phrase "In God we trust" from

[dimbear]

the 1912 St. Gaudens gold piece?

Sadly, because he thought it was blasphemous, but still his heart was on the right track.

[Yooperman]

1. I was a bit shocked that any president would be able to do that...

I watched the show and saw who it was... I would have never been able to guess.

How things have changed... he would be vilified ... tarred and feathered if he tried to do that nowadays...

[Scuba]

2. What did he call it's presence on the coin? A moral bankruptcy or something....

I hope some of my right wing friends were watching, although Jeopardy is usually not their thing.

[Pab Sungenis]

3. It was 1907

and it wasn't so much that Teddy Roosevelt ordered it removed, it's that he instructed St. Gaudens not to include it in the first place.

Funny enough, even though Congress rammed through a law forcing its inclusion on coins in response, it wasn't put on the nickel until 1938.

[LeftishBrit]

4. E.Y. Harburg wrote in 'Rhymes for the Irreverent'..

In '29 when the banks went bust,
Our coins still read 'In God we trust'.


Could be updated to 'In 2008...'.

Incidentally, though an unbeliever myself, I am always surprised that religious people don't generally consider it as blasphemous to put religious messages on coins. Talk about serving God and Mammon!

[kdmorris]

5. I saw it too

Most Americans seem to think it's been on the money since money was first minted in the US. They tend to not believe those of us who say it wasn't added until the 20th century.