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In American politics who was "Fancy Dan"?
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As far as I can tell it was:
George H.W. Bush: Yale's "Fancy Dan"
[From blogspot.com 2012 article, no longer online]
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Oct 23 2012, 11:01 AM
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In the song "Young Abe Lincoln", Johnny Horton sings:-
He out talked Douglas or fancy Dan
Yes, young Abe Lincoln make a tall, tall man
Presuming Douglas, is Senator Stephen Douglas, "fancy Dan" is still unknown. Was it ever a nickname for John Breckenridge?
http://www.metrolyrics.com/young-abe-lincoln-lyrics-johnny-horton.html
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It appears to be just a name for a showy, shallow person.
https://books.google.com/books?id=gvHzNsQoeH4C&pg=PA114&lpg=PA114
Mar 28 2017, 9:19 PM
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