Can you name the Chairmen of the US Federal Reserve?

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Federal Reserve Chairmen Quiz

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Created by: Ben -
Published: January 31st, 2009
Category: History
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Tags: federal, reserve, chairmen, US Federal

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	springmom:	Jan 31st, 2009 at 20:13 GMT	4 points
	Even for Americans, it's hard. I got the last two....the previous ones were Chairmen when I was too young to care, or before I was born.

	DLJessup:	Jan 31st, 2009 at 21:05 GMT	4 points
	@springmom: I got one more than you did --- mainly because 1979-1987 has been showing up in the news recently. (He investigated the UN Oil for Food program and is now chairing Obama's Economic Recovery Advisory Board.)

	Arthur:	Jan 31st, 2009 at 21:07 GMT	2 points
	Only one I could get was Greenspan...

	mungar:	Jan 31st, 2009 at 22:45 GMT	1 point
	I'm Canadian... got the most recent 2, no clue on the rest.

	00ZeRo00:	Jan 31st, 2009 at 22:52 GMT	2 points
	Apparently the last one is a magician. A FURIOUS magician. And he needs your teeth for the federal reserve. :)

	davidr:	Feb 1st, 2009 at 00:33 GMT	2 points
	@springmom: Ha! I got the current and the previous and guessed the one with the common surname. :-)

	springmom:	Feb 1st, 2009 at 01:39 GMT	3 points
	I didn't even think about just typing in common names to see what would show up, although I will when I do other quizzes.

	davebesag:	Feb 1st, 2009 at 17:26 GMT	1 point
	As a Brit I got Greenspan on the grounds he did it so long!

	nobullship:	Feb 1st, 2009 at 21:36 GMT	1 point
	how come sometimes when i start a quiz, the clock doesnt work? i can still type the names but i wont find out the ones i missed. i know all i have to do is refresh the page but its annoying. does that happen to anyone else?

	JeffS:	Feb 2nd, 2009 at 02:29 GMT	1 point
	How were Martin & Greenspan in there so long? I thought there was a max of one 14 year term.

	davidr:	Feb 2nd, 2009 at 14:15 GMT	4 points
	@Jeff: They're only allowed to serve one full fourteen year term as a Governor of the Federal Reserve and the Chairman has to be one of the Governors. However, the same trick applies as with Presidents: if somebody doesn't serve their whole term, their replacement can serve out the rest of their term, plus one full term of their own. So, in theory, somebody could be Chairman for almost 28 years.

	JeffS:	Feb 2nd, 2009 at 14:35 GMT	1 point
	Thanks to davidr for the explanation.

	venomouslemon:	Feb 3rd, 2009 at 01:40 GMT	1 point
	yes but a President can only serve for 10 years. So if they take over with three years left in a term, they can only be elected once to the office while someone who takes over with, say one and a half years can be elected into the office 2 times after that

	OrtegaSB:	Sep 28th, 2010 at 07:00 GMT	3 points
	I'm highly pleased that I do not see any New World Order and Illuminati conspiracy theories on this comment thread