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U.S. PRESIDENT
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| IN 1932 HE BECAME THE FIRST DEFEATED VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE OF A MAJOR PARTY ELECTED PRESIDENT | FDR |
| HE WROTE "EVERYTHING TO GAIN: MAKING THE MOST OUT OF THE REST OF YOUR LIFE" WITH HIS WIFE | CARTER |
| AT THE 1880 GOP CONVENTION, THIS FORMER 2-TERM PRESIDENT LED ON EACH OF THE 1ST 35 BALLOTS; GARFIELD WAS NOMINATED | GRANT |
| IN THE 1912 ELECTION, HE DEFEATED A SITTING PRESIDENT AND A FORMER PRESIDENT | WILSON |
| THE WHIGS WERE FOND OF REFERRING TO HIM AS "KING ANDREW" | JACKSON |
| FEW KNEW THIS FORMER PRESIDENT OFFERED TO SERVE AS EISENHOWER'S VICE PRESIDENT | TRUMAN |
| THIS 1920'S PRESIDENT POPULARIZED THE WORD "BLOVIATING", WHICH HE USED TO MEAN "SHOOTING THE BREEZE" | HARDING |
| THIS AIDE-DE-CAMP TO "MAD" ANTHONY WAYNE WENT ON TO BECOME THE FIRST PRESIDENT TO DIE IN OFFICE | WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON |
| ONLY PRESIDENT FROM NEW HAMPSHIRE | PIERCE |
| HE DIDN'T CAMPAIGN AND DENIED HE WANTED THE OFFICE, BUT HE WAS ELECTED IN 1789 | WASHINGTON |
| IN 1815 HE HAD CONGRESS AUTHORIZE FIGHTING WITH ALGIERS | MADISON |
| LBJ ONCE SAID, "I AM A FREE MAN, AN AMERICAN, A U.S. SENATOR, AND ..." ONE OF THESE, "IN THAT ORDER" | DEMOCRAT |
| HIS MEMOIRS OF HIS "ADMINISTRATION ON THE EVE OF THE REBELLION" WERE PUBLISHED IN 1866 | BUCHANAN |
| IN SEPTEMBER 1974, HE GRANTED A PRESIDENTIAL PARDON AND OFFERED CLEMENCY TO DRAFT EVADERS AND DESERTERS | FORD |
| HE ANNOUNCED HIS "14 POINTS" IN JANUARY 1918, AND INCLUDED A CALL FOR AN INDEPENDENT POLISH STATE | WILSON |
| IN HIS LAST ANNUAL ADDRESS TO CONGRESS, DECEMBER 1860, HE WARNED THE SOUTH THAT SECESSION WAS UNCONSTITUTIONAL | BUCHANAN |
| "THE DRIVING FORCE" AND "THE TRUST BUSTER" | TEDDY ROOSEVELT |
| HOOVER SERVED AS THIS PRESIDENT'S SECRETARY OF COMMERCE | HARDING |
| IN A 1989 CEREMONY AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE, THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND MADE HIM AN HONORARY KNIGHT | REAGAN |
| THE FIRST PRESIDENT TO DIE ON JULY 4 (OUT OF 3) | JEFFERSON |
| THE ONLY PRESIDENT SWORN INTO OFFICE BY A WOMAN | LBJ |
| FIRST VP TO BECOME PRESIDENT UPON THE DEATH OF A PRESIDENT | TYLER |
| BASED ON A SCOTTISH MELODY, THIS SONG OF ARRIVAL WAS FIRST USED OFFICIALLY AROUND 1845 | "HAIL TO THE CHIEF" |
| THIS PRESIDENT ONCE SERVED AS A MINING ENGINEER IN AUSTRALIA | HOOVER |
| IN 1900 HE RAN ON THE CAMPAIGN SLOGAN "FOUR YEARS MORE OF THE FULL DINNER PAIL" | MCKINLEY |
| DURING THIS WHIG'S BRIEF ADMINISTRATION, THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT WAS CREATED IN 1849 | TAYLOR |
| IN 1832 DANIEL WEBSTER SAID HIS VETO OF THE BANK BILL "MANIFESTLY SEEKS TO INFLUENCE THE POOR AGAINST THE RICH" | ANDREW JACKSON |
| FIRST LADY JULIA TYLER ASKED THE MARINE BAND TO ANNOUNCE THE ARRIVAL OF HER HUSBAND WITH THIS TUNE | "HAIL TO THE CHIEF" |
| IN 1786, 10 YEARS AFTER WRITING THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, HIS WRITING HAND BECAME CRIPPLED AFTER AN ACCIDENT | JEFFERSON |
| IN THE 1984 CAMPAIGN, HE SAID HE WAS NOT GOING TO EXPLOIT WALTER MONDALE'S "YOUTH & INEXPERIENCE" | REAGAN |
| 22ND & 24TH PRESIDENT | CLEVELAND |
| IN 1823 HE WARNED EUROPEAN POWERS TO STAY OUT OF THE HEMISPHERE IN WHAT BECAME KNOWN AS HIS DOCTRINE | MONROE |
| IN 1948 HE ISSUED A PROCLAMATION THAT THE FLAG FLY OVER FORT MCHENRY 24 HOURS A DAY, AS A PERPETUAL SYMBOL OF OUR PATRIOTISM | TRUMAN |
| HE WEIGHED OVER 300# | TAFT |
| PRESIDENT DURING THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR | MCKINLEY |
| IN 1848 HE BECAME THE LAST WHIG TO BE ELECTED PRESIDENT | TAYLOR |
| SOME OPPONENTS CALLED HIM THE "RAW DEALOCRAT" | FDR |
| HE DIED OF A STROKE ON AUGUST 2, 1923 | HARDING |
| IN 1824 HE WON A VOTE IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND BECAME PRESIDENT | JOHN QUINCY ADAMS |
| AFTER LOSING THE GOP NOMINATION TO FORD IN 1976, HE BEGAN HIS SUCCESSFUL EFFORT TO SNAG THE 1980 NOMINATION | REAGAN |
| WITH THE RATIFICATION OF THE TREATY OF GHENT, THIS PRESIDENT DECLARED THE WAR OF 1812 TO BE OVER | MADISON |
| JOHN BROWN MADE HIS MOST FAMOUS RAID WHILE THIS MAN WAS PRESIDENT | BUCHANAN |
| FIRST PRESIDENT TO HOLD REGULAR PRESS CONFERENCES | WILSON |
| THE LYRICS OF THIS PRESIDENTIAL ANTHEM WERE ADAPTED FROM "THE LADY OF THE LAKE" BY SIR WALTER SCOTT | "HAIL TO THE CHIEF" |
| HIS PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OPPONENTS WERE HOOVER, LANDON, WILKIE, AND DEWEY | FDR |
| IN 1974 HE BOUGHT RANCHO DEL CIELO, A 688-ACRE RANCH EAST OF SANTA BARBARA IN THE SANTA YNEZ MOUNTAINS | REAGAN |
| YUKI, A MONGREL FOUND AT A TEXAS GAS STATION BY DAUGHTER LUCI, WAS HIS FAVORITE POOCH | LBJ |
| THE ONLY PRESIDENT WITH "MAN" IN HIS LAST NAME | TRUMAN |
| THIS "LITTLE MAGICIAN" FOLLOWED "OLD HICKORY" INTO OFFICE | VAN BUREN |
| THIS OHIOAN WAS THE FIRST SITTING U.S. SENATOR ELECTED PRESIDENT | HARDING |
| IN MAY 1846, 14 MONTHS AFTER POLK TOOK OFFICE, THE U.S. DECLARED WAR ON THIS COUNTRY | MEXICO |
| FROM 1798 TO 1804 THIS 7TH PRESIDENT SERVED AS A JUDGE ON TENNESSEE'S SUPERIOR COURT | JACKSON |
| FIRST BALD PRESIDENT | JOHN QUINCY ADAMS |
| HIS 1975 CAMPAIGN AUTOBIOGRAPHY WAS TITLED "WHY NOT THE BEST?" | CARTER |
| THIS PRESIDENT DIED ON JULY 4, 1831 AND WAS BURIED IN RICHMOND | MONROE |
| PRESIDENT WHO NEVER MARRIED | BUCHANAN |
| ON SEPT.20, 1881 HE BECAME THE 4TH VP TO SUCCEED TO THE PRESIDENCY UPON THE DEATH OF THE INCUMBENT | ARTHUR |
| IN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 1796, HE FINISHED SECOND IN THE ELECTORAL VOTE | JEFFERSON |
| HIS MIDDLE NAME WAS GAMALIEL | HARDING |
| 27TH PRESIDENT AND 10TH SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE | TAFT |
| HIS UNCLE SARDIS BIRCHARD HELPED RAISE HIM | HAYES |
| LAST OF THE 3 MEN TO SERVE AS PRESIDENT IN 1881 | ARTHUR |
| AWARDED THE 1919 NOBEL PEACE PRIZE FOR HIS WORK IN ESTABLISHING THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS | WILSON |
| JOHN ADAMS & JOHN QUINCY ADAMS WERE BOTH BORN IN THIS TOWN | BRAINTREE, MASS. |
| HE HAD 8 CHILDREN, THE OLDEST NAMED BIRCHARD | HAYES |
| 2 PRESIDENTS BURIED AT ARLINGTON | TAFT & JFK |
| FIRST PRESIDENT WHO WASN'T A SIGNER OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE | WASHINGTON |
| HE REMEMBERED THE MAINE; IT BLEW UP DURING HIS TIME IN OFFICE | MCKINLEY |
| THE ONLY SECRETARY OF COMMERCE TO BECOME PRESIDENT | HOOVER |
| VIRGINIA ESTATE OF THOMAS JEFFERSON | MONTICELLO |
| ELECTED GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK IN 1898 | TEDDY ROOSEVELT |
| SWORN IN AS PRESIDENT IN 1974 | FORD |
| IN THE 1950S A PUTTING GREEN WAS INSTALLED FOR HIM NEAR THE ROSE GARDEN | EISENHOWER |
| "THE COLOSSUS OF INDEPENDENCE" | JOHN ADAMS |
| IN 1944 HELEN KELLER CAMPAIGNED FOR HIM | FDR |
| SERVED AS DIRECTOR OF THE CIA IN 1976-77 | BUSH, SR |
| THE BODIES OF 8 PRESIDENTS HAVE LAIN IN STATE IN THIS ROOM, THE LARGEST IN THE WHITE HOUSE | EAST ROOM |
| THIS 30TH PRESIDENT IS BURIED IN THE FAMILY PLOT IN PLYMOUTH, VERMONT | COOLIDGE |
| HE DIED IN 1885, JUST 4 DAYS AFTER COMPLETING HIS CIVIL WAR MEMOIRS | GRANT |
| IN 1791 HE WROTE THAT "SCIENCE IS MY PASSION, AND POLITICS, MY DUTY" | JEFFERSON |
| THE 4 PRESIDENTS AWARDED NOBEL PEACE PRIZES | T.ROOSEVELT, WILSON, CARTER, OBAMA |
| HIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY IS "A TIME TO HEAL" | FORD |
| HE WAS IMPEACHED IN 1868 BUT WAS ACQUITTED BY A MARGIN OF 1 VOTE | ANDREW JOHNSON |
| "HANDSOME FRANK" | PIERCE |
| FIRST AMERICAN TO WIN A NOBEL PRIZE | TEDDY ROOSEVELT |
| IN 1987 IT WAS DESIGNATED AS THE NATIONAL MARCH OF THE U.S. | STARS & STRIPES FOREVER |
| LAST PRESIDENT NOT TO GO TO COLLEGE | TRUMAN |
| ONLY PRESIDENT TO APPOINT A FORMER PRESIDENT TO THE SUPREME COURT | WARREN G HARDING |
| SUFFERED HEART ATTACK, STROKE, AND ANEURYSM IN FIRST 5 YEARS IN OFFICE | EISENHOWER |
| SECOND INAUGURAL ADDRESS STILL THE SHORTEST INAUGURAL ADDRESS EVER | WASHINGTON |
| SLEPT IN CHAIR FOR MOST OF CHILDHOOD DUE TO SEVERE ASTHMA | T. ROOSEVELT |
| RAN AFTER PRESIDENCY WITH THE KNOW NOTHING PARTY; WON ONLY MARYLAND | MILLARD FILLMORE |
| LAST PRESIDENT WITH FACIAL HAIR | TAFT |
| FIRST V.P. SINCE VAN BUREN TO IMMEDIATELY SUCCEED TO PRESIDENCY BY ELECTION | GEORGE H.W. BUSH |
| HAD 15 CHILDREN, MOST OF ANY PRESIDENT | JOHN TYLER |
| BIRTH NAME WAS LESLIE LYNCH KING, JR. | FORD |
| ISSUED 584 VETOES | CLEVELAND |
| SERVED 2 FULL TERMS AND ISSUED 0 VETOES | JEFFERSON |
| BARBARA BUSH WAS HIS 4TH COUSIN, 4 TIMES REMOVED | PIERCE |
| NICKNAMED "LANDSLIDE" AFTER A HIGHLY CONTESTED 87-VOTE SENATORIAL PRIMARY VICTORY | LBJ |
| HE AND HIS WIFE SOMETIMES SPOKE IN CHINESE AT EVENTS TO PREVENT GUESTS FROM EAVESDROPPING | HOOVER |
| FIRST PRESIDENT BORN OUTSIDE THE CONTIGUOUS U.S | OBAMA |
| SECOND LONGEST LIVED SIGNER OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE | JOHN ADAMS |
| SUFFERED FROM ADDISON'S DISEASE | JFK |
| PROPOSED TO WIFE AFTER ONE DATE | NIXON |
| NIECE HARRIET LANE SERVED AS FIRST LADY | BUCHANAN |
| FIRST PRESIDENT WITH ELECTRIC LIGHTS IN THE WHITE HOUSE | BENJAMIN HARRISON |
| SWITCHED TO THE OTHER MAJOR PARTY AT AGE 51 | REAGAN |
| LIKELY SUFFERED FROM THE PARALYZING GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME | FDR |
| DIED OF CHOLERA ONLY 3 MONTHS OUT OF OFFICE | POLK |
| MARRIED SAME WOMAN TWICE (HER DIVORCE HADN'T BEEN FINALIZED) | ANDREW JACKSON |
| NEVER VOTED, EVEN IN OWN ELECTION | ZACHARY TAYLOR |
| ATTENDED HAMPDEN-SYDNEY COLLEGE (CLASS OF 1791), BUT DID NOT GRADUATE | WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON |
| RARELY WENT TO BED BEFORE 2 A.M., OFTEN TAKING WALKS AFTER MIDNIGHT | CHESTER ARTHUR |
| LIVED LAST YEARS ON MONTPELIER (IN VA) | JAMES MADISON |
| WIDELY BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN INAUGURATED WHILE DRUNK | ANDREW JOHNSON |
| ONLY PRESIDENT WITH AN M.B.A. | GEORGE W. BUSH |
| IMPRESSED FRIENDS BY WRITING IN GREEK & LATIN SIMULTANEOUSLY | GARFIELD |
| LAST PRESIDENT TO HAVE BEEN BORN OR DIED ON JULY 4 | COOLIDGE |
| FIRST PRESIDENT TO LATER SERVE IN CONGRESS | JOHN QUINCY ADAMS |
| WIFE WAS UNOFFICIAL ACTING PRESIDENT AFTER HE SUFFERED A STROKE & WOULDN'T RESIGN | WILSON |
| "OLD KINDERHOOK" | VAN BUREN |
| FIRST PRESIDENT BORN IN A HOSPITAL | CARTER |
| WON 99.6% OF ELECTORAL VOTES IN REELECTION | MONROE |
| BORN LAST NAME BLYTHE, HE TOOK STEPFATHER'S LAST NAME AT AGE 14 | CLINTON |
| WIFE IDA HAD BAD CASE OF EPILEPSY AND OFTEN SAT NEXT TO HUSBAND INSTEAD OF ACROSS THE TABLE | MCKINLEY |
| ATTEMPT AT THIRD TERM FELL TO GARFIELD | GRANT |
| WIFE REFUSED TO SERVE ALCOHOL AT SOCIAL FUNCTIONS | HAYES |
| ONLY PATENT HOLDER TO BECOME PRESIDENT | LINCOLN |
| THIS FUTURE PREZ'S PLANE WAS SHOT DOWN NEAR THE JAPANESE-HELD ISLAND OF CHICHI JIMA ON SEPT. 2, 1944 | BUSH, SR |
| DESPITE THIS PREZ'S EFFORTS, HE COULDN'T GET OVER HIS DEPRESSION | HOOVER |
| HE WAS MR. BIG WHEN HE OCCUPIED THE WHITE HOUSE | TAFT |
| HE APPOINTED 4 CHIEF JUSTICES OF THE SUPREME COURTH | WASHINGTON |
| FIRST PRESIDENT DEFEATED FOR RE-ELECTION | JOHN ADAMS |
| DURING HIS TENURE, 6 STATES WERE ADMITTED TO THE UNION | BENJAMIN HARRISON |
| PRESIDENT WHEN THE U.S. ACQUIRED FLORIDA | MONROE |
| PRESIDENT WHEN ADMIRAL PERRY PASSED TREATY TO JAPAN | FRANKLIN PIERCE |
| THIS PRESIDENT ADOPTED A YOUNG INDIAN BOY | ANDREW JACKSON |
| ALL OF OREGON OR NONE | POLK |
| AIDE-DE-CAMP AT VALLEY FORGE | MONROE |
| FIRST TO AWARD THE CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR | LINCOLN |
| FIRST PRESIDENT TO BE A MASON | WASHINGTON |
| FIRST PRESIDENT TO BE A MEMBER OF PHI BETA KAPPA | JOHN QUINCY ADAMS |
| FIRST PRESIDENT PHOTOGRAPHED AT HIS INAUGURATION | LINCOLN |
| PRESIDENT UNANIMOUSLY ELECTED BY THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE | WASHINGTON |
| FIRST PRESIDENT YOUNGER THAN HIS VICE PRESIDENT | JEFFERSON |
| BURN, BURN, BURN THIS LETTER | CLEVELAND |
| SERVED IN CONGRESS OF THE CONFEDERACY | JOHN TYLER |
| DEFENDER OF BRITISH SOLDIERS IN BOSTON MASSACRE | JOHN ADAMS |
| CREDIT MOBIELIER SCANDAL | GRANT |
| CRIMEAN WAR ENDS DURING HIS PRESIDENCY | BUCHANAN |
| "DON'T SWAP HORSES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREAM" | LINCOLN |
| DEFEATED SANTA ANA'S ARMY AT BUENA VISTA | ZACHARY TAYLOR |
| "DRIVE THE HIGH-TARIFF TINKERS TO THE WALL!" | CLEVELAND |
| ERA OF GOOD FEELINGS | MONROE |
| "FATHER OF RELIGIOUS LIBERTY" | MADISON |
| "FATHER OF THE CONSTITUTION" | MADISON |
| PRESIDENT WHO WAS AN AUTHOR OF THE FEDERALIST PAPERS | MADISON |
| FOUGHT IN 3 WARS: 1812, BLACKHAWK, MEXICAN | ZACHARY TAYLOR |
| FRIEND OF LONGFELLOW & HAWTHORNE | FRANKLIN PIERCE |
| GOVERNOR OF INDIANA TERRITORY | WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON |
| FIRST PRESIDENT TO HAVE A VETO OVERRIDDEN BY CONGRESS | JOHN TYLER |
| FIRST PRESIDENT TO HAVE AN IMPEACHMENT BILL FILED AGAINST HIM IN CONGRESS | JOHN TYLER |
| HE AND WASHINGTON IRVING WERE LIFELONG FRIENDS | MARTIN VAN BUREN |
| FIRST TO HAVE BLACKS PARTICIPATE IN HIS INAUGURAL PARADE | LINCOLN |
| FIRST TO HAVE HIS MOTHER'S MAIDEN NAME AS HIS MIDDLE NAME | JAMES KNOX POLK |
| HIS SON SERVED AS GARFIELD'S SECRETARY OF WAR | LINCOLN |
| HERO OF BUENA VISTA | ZACHARY TAYLOR |
| HELD 2 CABINET POSTS | JAMES MONROE |
| INDIANAPOLIS CITY ATTORNEY | BENJAMIN HARRISON |
| JACKSON'S SECRETARY OF STATE | MARTIN VAN BUREN |
| JAY'S TREATY | WASHINGTON |
| INTERSTATE COMMERCE ACT | GROVER CLEVELAND |
| JOHN C. BRECKENRIDGE WAS HIS V.P. | BUCHANAN |
| JOHN C. CALHOUN WAS V.P. TO THESE 2 PRESIDENTS | JOHN Q. ADAMS & ANDREW JACKSON |
| MARRIED TO JULIA DENT | GRANT |
| KEPT THE SAME CABINET FOR HIS ENTIRE 4-YEAR TERM | FRANKLIN PIERCE |
| MARRIED LETITIA CHRISTIAN | JOHN TYLER |
| LATIN/GREEK SCHOLAR | JAMES GARFIELD |
| FIRST TO LIE IN STATE IN THE CAPITOL ROTUNDA | LINCOLN |
| "LITTLE GIANT KILLER" | LINCOLN |
| FIRST TO LIVE PAST THE AGE OF 90 | JOHN ADAMS |
| "LOG CABIN AND HARD CIDER" | WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON |
| MARRIED LOUISA JOHNSON | JOHN Q. ADAMS |
| MARRIED LUCRETIA RANDOLPH | GARFIELD |
| MADE 26 CHANGES TO HIS CABINET IN LESS THAN 4 YEARS | JOHN TYLER |
| "MANIFEST DESTINY" | POLK |
| FIRST TO MARRY A DIVORED WOMAN | ANDREW JACKSON |
| MARRIED THE NIECE OF HIS FIRST WIFE | BENJAMIN HARRISON |
| MARRIED MARTHA SKELTON | JEFFERSON |
| MARTIN VAN BUREN WAS HIS V.P. | ANDREW JACKSON |
| PRESIDENT DURING THE MEXICAN WAR | POLK |
| PRESIDENT DURING THE MISSOURI COMPROMISE | JAMES MONROE |
| MONROE'S SECRETARY OF STATE | JOHN Q. ADAMS |
| NEVER VETO AN ACT OF CONGRESS | JOHN ADAMS |
| DID NOT ATTEND THE INAUGURATION OF HIS SUCCESSOR | JOHN ADAMS |
| FIRST PRESIDENT NOT TO BE NOMINATED FOR A SECOND TERM BY HIS PARTY | FRANKLIN PIERCE |
| FIRST PRESIDENT (AFTER WASHINGTON) WHO DID NOT SERVE AS V.P. | MADISON |
| FIRST PRESIDENT WHO DID NOT OWN SLAVES | JOHN ADAMS |
| OLD 8-TO-7 | RUTHERFORD B. HAYES |
| OREGON TREATY | POLK |
| "PEOPLE'S PRESIDENT" | ANDREW JACKSON |
| "PREACHER PRESIDENT" | JAMES GARFIELD |
| FIRST PRESIDENT TO PUBLISH A BOOK OF POETRY | JOHN Q. ADAMS |
| "QUEEN VICTORIA IN BREECHES" | HAYES |
| REAL ESTATE AGENT IN ST. LOUIS | GRANT |
| RICHARD M. JOHNSON WAS HIS V.P. | MARTIN VAN BUREN |
| MARRIED SARAH CHILDRESS | POLK |
| SECRETARY OF STATE UNDER POLK | BUCHANAN |
| SOLD THE WHITE HOUSE FURNITURE AT AN AUCTION | CHESTER ARTHUR |
| SERVED AS MINISTER TO FRANCE, HOLLAND, AND GREAT BRITAIN | JOHN ADAMS |
| SERVED AS SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES | POLK |
| SERVED IN BOTH THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR AND THE WAR OF 1812 | ANDREW JACKSON |
| SERVED IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AFTER HIS PRESIDENCY | JOHN Q. ADAMS |
| SERVED IN THE SENATE AFTER HIS PRESIDENCY | ANDREW JOHNSON |
| SHERIFF OF ERIE COUNTY | CLEVELAND |
| SHERMAN ANTI-TRUST ACT | BENJAMIN HARRISON |
| SPENT 17 YEARS IN CONGRESS BEFORE HIS PRESIDENCY | GARFIELD |
| PRESIDENT WHEN THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER WAS WRITTEN | MADISON |
| STATUE OF LIBERTY WAS GIVEN & DEDICATED DURING HIS PRESIDENCY | CLEVELAND (1ST TERM) |
| SPOILS SYSTEM | ANDREW JACKSON |
| "THE PEOPLE SHALL RULE!" | ANDREW JACKSON |
| TARIFF OF ABOMINATIONS | JOHN Q. ADAMS |
| "THE GENTLEMAN BOSS" | CHESTER ARTHUR |
| "THE MINORITY PRESIDENT" | BENJAMIN HARRISON |
| "THE WEASEL" | MARTIN VAN BUREN |
| "THE YOUNG HICKORY OF GRANITE HILLS" | FRANKLIN PIERCE |
| "TIPPECANOE AND TYLER TOO" | WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON |
| TREATY OF GHENT | MADISON |
| TRENT AFFAIR | LICOLN |
| TRIPOLITAN WAR | JEFFERSON |
| TWICE SERVED AS SECRETARY OF STATE | MONROE |
| PRESIDENT WHEN THE U.S. DECLARED NEUTRALITY | WASHINGTON |
| "UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER" | U.S. GRANT |
| "VOTE YOURSELVES A FARM" | LINCOLN |
| FIRST TO WEAR A BEARD | LINCOLN |
| WON THE PRESIDENCY BY 1 ELECTORAL VOTE | HAYES |
| FIRST TO WRITE HIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY | JOHN ADAMS |
| XYZ AFFAIR | JOHN ADAMS |
| "YOUNG HICKORY" | POLK |
| "YOUNG TIPPECANOE" | BENJAMIN HARRISON |
| QUASI-WAR WITH FRANCE | JOHN ADAMS |
| INTERNATIONAL SLAVE TRADE OUTLAWED | JEFFERSON |
| ERA OF GOOD FEELINGS | MONROE |
| NEW DEMOCRACY | JACKSON |
| TEXAS'S INDEPENDENCE | ANDREW JACKSON |
| TRAIL OF TEARS | ANDREW JACKSON |
| SENECA FALLS CONVENTION | POLK |
| OREGON BOUNDARY DISPUTE | POLK |
| TREATY OF GUADALUPE HIDALGO | POLK |
| 13TH AMENDMENT | LINCOLN |
| ALASKA PURCHASE | ANDREW JOHNSON |
| SQUARE DEAL | THEODORE ROOSEVELT |
| PURE FOOD AND DRUG ACT | THEODORE ROOSEVELT |
| PANAMA CANAL | THEODORE ROOSEVELT |
| CLAYTON ANTITRUST ACT | WILSON |
| FEDERAL RESERVE ACT | WILSON |
| TREATY OF VERSAILLES | WILSON |
| MEXICAN INTERVENTION (PANCHO VILLA) | WILSON |
| NEW DEAL | FDR |
| GOOD NEIGHBOR POLICY | FDR |
| COURT PACKING SCHEME | FDR |
| LEND LEASE | FDR |
| GI BILL OF RIGHTS | TRUMAN |
| MARSHALL PLAN | TRUMAN |
| KOREAN WAR | TRUMAN |
| BROWN VS. BOARD OF EDUCATION | EISENHOWER |
| SPUTNIK | EISENHOWER |
| GREAT SOCIETY | LBJ |
| GULF OF TONKIN RESOLUTION | LBJ |
| CIVIL RIGHTS ACT | LBJ |
| ROE V WADE | NIXON |
| CAMP DAVID ACCORDS | CARTER |
| SUPPLY SIDE ECONOMICS | REAGAN |
| LAST PRESIDENT BORN BEFORE 1800 | JAMES BUCHANAN |
| LAST PRESIDENT BORN BEFORE 1900 | EISENHOWER |
| LAST PRESIDENT BORN IN THE COLONIES | WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON |
| FIRST PRESIDENT BORN IN THE 1800S | MILLARD FILLMORE |
| FIRST PRESIDENT BORN IN THE 20TH-C | JFK |
| FIRST PRESIDENT TO LIVE INTO THE 20TH-C | CLEVELAND |
| FIRST PRESIDENT TO LIVE INTO THE 21ST-C | FORD |
| OLDEST PRESIDENT AT INAUGURATION | REAGAN |
| PRESIDENT WHO DIED ON JULY 4, 1831 | MONROE |
| FIRST PRESIDENT (OF 7) BORN IN OHIO | GRANT |
| LAST PRESIDENT (OF 8) BORN IN VIRGINIA | WILSON |
| # OF PRESIDENTS FROM MASSACHUSETTS | 4 |
| LAST (OF 4) PRESIDENTS BORN IN MASSACHUSETTS | GEORGE H.W. BUSH |
| ONLY PRESIDENT BORN IN NEW HAMPSHIRE | FRANKLIN PIERCE |
| ONLY PRESIDENT BORN IN KENTUCKY | LINCOLN |
| ONLY PRESIDENT BORN IN IOWA | HOOVER |
| ONLY PRESIDENT BORN IN SOUTH CAROLINA | ANDREW JACKSON |
| ONLY PRESIDENT BORN IN MISSOURI | TRUMAN |
| ONLY PRESIDENT BORN IN CALIFORNIA | NIXON |
| ONLY PRESIDENT BORN IN ARKANSAS | CLINTON |
| ONLY PRESIDENT BORN IN NEW YORK CITY | THEODORE ROOSEVELT |
| ONLY PRESIDENT TO HAVE 3 VICE PRESIDENTS | FDR |
| FIRST UNELECTED PRESIDENT | JOHN TYLER |
| LAST PRESIDENT ELECTED FROM THE WHIG PARTY | ZACHARY TAYLOR |
| FIRST PRESIDENT TO GET MORE THAN 10 MILLION POPULAR VOTES | HARDING |
| FIRST PRESIDENT TO GET MORE THAN 60 MILLION POPULAR VOTES | BARACK OBAMA |
| FIRST FORMER CONGRESSMAN TO SERVE AS PRESIDENT | JAMES MADISON |
| ONLY FORMER SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE TO SERVE AS PRESIDENT | JAMES K. POLK |
| FIRST PRESIDENT TO BE IMPEACHED BY CONGRESS | ANDREW JOHNSON |
| FIRST PRESIDENT TO DEFEAT THE SAME OPPONENT IN CONSECUTIVE ELECTIONS | MCKINLEY |
| 2 PRESIDENTS WHO SERVED LESS THAN 1 YEAR IN OFFICE | WILLIAM H. HARRISON & JAMES A. GARFIELD |
| ONLY PRESIDENT TO WIN ELECTION BY A SINGLE ELECTORAL VOTE | RUTHERFORD B. HAYES |
| TAFT WAS THE LAST PRESIDENT TO HAVE ONE OF THESE GRAZING AT THE WHITE HOUSE; HER NAME WAS PAULINE WAYNE | A COW |
| THIS FUTURE PRESIDENT'S PLANE WAS SHOT DOWN NEAR THE JAPANESE-HELD ISLAND OF CHICHI JIMA IN 1944 | GEORGE H.W. BUSH |
| "HURRAH! HURRAH! FOR CLEVE & STEVE" WAS AN 1890S SONG FOR THIS PAIR CAMPAIGNING FOR PREZ AND VEEP | CLEVELAND & ADLAI STEVENSON |
| IN CALIFORNIA, FEBRUARY 6, 2004 WAS PROCLAIMED THIS PRESIDENT'S "DAY" IN HONOR OF THIS 93RD BIRTHDAY | REAGAN |
| HIS PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY SELLS APRONS WITH THE MOTTO, "IF YOU CAN'T STAND THE HEAT, GET OUT OF THE KITCHEN" | TRUMAN |
| YOU MIGHT SAY THIS WILSON PREDECESSOR HAD A HUGE IMPACT ON THE PRESIDENCY | TAFT |
| HE WAS THE 5TH HARVARD GRAD TO BECOME PRESIDENT, AND THE 1ST ROMAN CATHOLIC | JFK |
| OF THE FIRST 5 PRESIDENTS, HE WAS THE ONLY ONE NOT BORN IN VIRGINIA | JOHN ADAMS |
| THE SECOND PRESIDENT TO DIE IN THE WHITE HOUSE, HE WAS FELLED BY ACUTE INDIGESTION | ZACHARY TAYLOR |
| IN HIS DEBATES WITH STEPHEN DOUGLAS, LINCOLN CALLED IT "A MORAL, SOCIAL, AND POLITICAL EVIL" | SLAVERY |
| HE WAS AT THE 1901 MINNESOTA STATE FAIR WHEN HE SAID, " THERE IS A HOMELY ADAGE WHICH RUNS, 'SPEAK SOFTLY AND CARRY A BIG STICK'" | TEDDY ROOSEVELT |
| BEFORE THE BATTLE OF LONG ISLAND, HE TOLD THE CONTINENTAL ARMY, "WE HAVE...TO RESOLVE TO CONQUER OR DIE" | WASHINGTON |
| IN HIS 1964 STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS, LBJ DECLARED AN "UNCONDITIONAL WAR AGAINST..."THIS | POVERTY |
| ABOUT HIM TRUMAN SAID, "THE GENERAL DOESN'T KNOW ANY MORE ABOUT POLITICS THAN A PIG KNOWS ABOUT SUNDAY" | EISENHOWER |
| "ASK NOT WHAT YOUR COUNTRY CAN DO FOR YOU..." | JFK |
| "I'M PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, AND I'M NOT GOING TO EAT ANY MORE BROCCOLI" | GEORGE H.W. BUSH |
| "THE WORLD WILL LITTLE NOTE, NOR LONG REMEMBER, WHAT WE SAY HERE..." | LINCOLN |
| "I HAVE NEVER BEEN A QUITTER" | NIXON |
| "WE MUST BE THE GREAT ARSENAL OF DEMOCRACY" | FDR |
| "THE MERE ABSENCE OF WAR IS NOT PEACE" | JFK |
| HE TOLD AMERICA, "TO LEAVE OFFICE BEFORE MY TERM IS COMPLETED IS ABHORRENT TO EVERY INSTINCT IN MY BODY" | NIXON |
| HE ONCE SAID, "I'M JUST A POLITICIAN FROM MISSIOURI AND PROUD OF IT" | TRUMAN |
| HE ASKED US TO JOIN HIM "AND MARCH ALONG THE ROAD...THAT LEADS TO THE GREAT SOCIETY" | LBJ |
| 3 FORMER VICE PRESIDENTS IN A ROW WHO BECAME PRESIDENT | LBJ, NIXON, FORD |
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