Break from the Grind April 9, 2013
TRIVIAL PURSUITS: Librarians of Congress
April 9, 2013 - How many Librarians of Congress have there been since the Library of Congress was established in 1800?
Reported by PS
There have been 13, including:
- James Hadley Billington (1988-present);
- Daniel J. Boorstin (1975-1987);
- Lawrence Quincy Mumford (1954-1974);
- Luther Evans (1945-1953);
- Archibald MacLeish (1939-1944);
- Herbert Putnam (1899-1939);
- John Russell Young (1897-1899);
- Ainsworth Rand Spofford (1864-1897);
- John G. Stephenson (1861-1864);
- John Silva Meehan (1829-1861);
- George Watterston (1815-1829);
- Patrick Magruder (1807-1815); and
- John James Beckley (1801-1807)