Nice little exercise... in futility. Don’t ya think that once a person becomes president, that all such records as SS#’s are wiped clean and are no longer in the system. So, naturally it would come back mismatched... I merely speculate. However, if you are able to successfully do this with other presidents, still living, and get the same mismatch message, you’ll know for sure. But, if you get a confirmation of a match on one of the out of office presidnets, you may actually be onto something.
I wouldn’t be surprised if mismatches come up for most public figures as their information is readily available and I bet a lot of people try to use that data to apply for credit cards, visas, etc. I remember that Richard Nixon’s SSN is very popular among criminals and people who don’t want to give their own.
It would be interesting to run some through eVerify but it is illegal to use the system that way.
Side note funny story but germane to the topic- http://www.ssa.gov/history/ssn/misused.html
Not true.
From the Social Security Index via Ancestry.com
Ronald W. Reagan
SSN: 480-07-7456
Last Residence: 90024 Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Born: 6 Feb 1911
Died: 5 Jun 2004
State (Year) SSN issued: Iowa (Before 1951)
He was using the ssn number last year on his tax return. maybe the guys who “wipe stuff clean’ did not know he was president yet?
already ran the check on August 17. I was informing Obama of the results in this letter.
Presidents’ SSNs are not changed when they are elected.