Talk:Quintus et Ultimus Watson
Latest comment: 3 months ago by Andrew Davidson in topic About the name
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The result was: promoted by Schwede66 talk 18:47, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
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- ... that Quintus et Ultimus Watson was the acting governor of Texas for one day in 1915?
- Source: "Senator Watson Gets to Act as Governor a Day". El Paso Herald. January 9, 1915 – via University of North Texas Libraries.
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Aquabluetesla (talk) 17:14, 4 July 2024 (UTC).
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What's most interesting about this guy is his unusual name, which the article doesn't explain. Perhaps someone will figure it out when we run it. Andrew🐉(talk) 15:54, 5 July 2024 (UTC)
Looking further at this, I find a source which comments on the name without really explaining it. It's The Strangest Names in American Political History and there are three of them. What a great triple hook they would have made.... Andrew🐉(talk) 21:13, 5 July 2024 (UTC)
- In Latin his name is "Fifth and the Last". It would be interesting to see all three, though I’m not sure how it would be done. Aquabluetesla (talk) 02:09, 12 July 2024 (UTC)
About the name
editAndrew Davidson and Aquabluetesla, I did some further research, and it seems the name is a hearken to a previous legislator, Decimus et Ultimus Barziza, who was named so as the tenth and last child of his parents. I could not find if Watson had siblings, but if so it seems likely he was the fifth and last of them. Curbon7 (talk) 03:54, 27 July 2024 (UTC)
- It's a plausible theory but Find a Grave only shows him as one of four children. Maybe there was a baby that died young that made five. We need more evidence. Andrew🐉(talk) 09:49, 27 July 2024 (UTC)