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[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Good question. I don’t know, and I’m too lazy to look it up.

[–] NotSteve_@lemmy.ca 12 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Fair enough haha. Decided to look it up myself and apparently it was a trend started by Franklin D. Roosevelt. Newspapers liked using the initials since it saved space in headlines so it kind of stuck around.

Source: https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/1136/when-did-presidents-start-using-their-middle-initial-e-g-john-f-kennedy-was