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Firsts, Lasts, and Onlies of US presidents Flashcards

US Presidential Firsts

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Who was the 1st president to be defeated for re-election?

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John Adams

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Who was the 1st president to take the oath of office in DC?

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Thomas Jefferson

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Who was the 1st president to have served in the the House?

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James Madison

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Who was the 1st president to serve 2 full terms/8 years?

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Thomas Jefferson

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Who was the 1st president to have been a former US senator?

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James Monroe

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Who was the 1st president to be born in a log cabin?

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Andrew Jackson

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Who was the 1st president to be a target of an assassination attempt?

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Andrew Jackson

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Who was the 1st president to be nominated at a national state convention?

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Andrew Jackson

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Who was the 1st president to be born after independence?

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Martin Van Buren

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Who was the 1st president to be married in office?

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John Tyler

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Who was the 1st president to be threatened with impeachment?

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John Tyler

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Who was the 1st president to have first been Speaker of the House?

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James Polk

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Who was the 1st president to be photographed in the White House?

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James Polk

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Who was the 1st president to be born outside of the original 13 states?

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Abraham Lincoln (Kentucky)

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Who was the 1st president to own a patent?

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Abraham Lincoln (for a type of buoy)

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Who was the 1st president to have their likeness on circulating coin money?

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Abraham Lincoln

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Who was the 1st president to be impeached?

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Andrew Johnson

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Who was the 1st president to be arrested and fined for speeding?

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Ulysses S Grant ($20 on a horse)

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Who was the 1st president to to have a child born in the White House?

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Grover Cleveland

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Who was the 1st president to have electric lights in the White House?

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Benjamin Harrison

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Who was the 1st president to watch a professional baseball game?

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Benjamin Harrison

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Who was the 1st president to travel abroad as president?

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Teddy Roosevelt

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Who was the 1st president to have their voice broadcast on radio?

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Warren G. Harding

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Who was the 1st president to throw the opening pitch at a professional baseball game?

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Wm. Howard Taft

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Who was the 1st president to appear on TV from the White House?
Harry S. Truman
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Who was the 1st president to appoint a female cabinet member?
F. D. Roosevelt
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Who was the 1st president to appoint a Black cabinet member?
Lyndon B. Johnson
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Who was the 1st president to hold a pilot's license?
Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Who was the 1st president to serve as a wartime commander in chief?
James Madison
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Who was the 1st president to be elected without winning the popular vote?
J. Q. Adams
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Who was the 1st president to serve in Congress after their presidency?
J. Q. Adams
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Who was the 1st president to be elected as a Democrat?
Andrew Jackson
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Who was the 1st president to ride a train?
Andrew Jackson
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Who was the 1st president from the state of NY?
Martin Van Buren
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Who was the 1st president to be elected as a Whig?
Wm. Henry Harrison
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Who was the 1st president to have a Christmas tree in the White House?
Franklin Pierce
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Who was the 1st president to be born in the 19th century?
Franklin Pierce
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Who was the 1st president to serve in the Senate after their presidency?
Andrew Johnson
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Who was the 1st president to publish their memoirs?
Ulysses S Grant
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Who was the 1st president to create a national park?
Ulysses S Grant
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Who was the 1st president to host an Easter egg roll?
Rutherford B. Hayes
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Who was the 1st president to have a telephone in the White House?
Rutherford B. Hayes
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Who was the 1st president to be elected directly from the House of Representatives?
James Garfield
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Who was the 1st president to install an elevator in the White House?
Chester Arthur
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Who was the 1st president to be filmed?
Grover Cleveland (as he swore in McKinley
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Who was the 1st president to have his voice recorded?
Benjamin Harrison
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Who was the 1st president to ride in an automobile?
Wm. McKinley
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Who was the 1st president to ride in an airplane while in office?
Theodore Roosevelt
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Who was the 1st president to visit a foreign country?
Theodore Roosevelt
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Who was the 1st president to own an automobile?
Wm. Henry Taft
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Who was the 1st president to preside over all 48 contiguous states?
Wm. Howard Taft
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Who was the 1st president to use the oval office?
Wm. Howard Taft
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Who was the 1st president to be buried at Arlington National Cemetery?
Wm. Howard Taft
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Who was the 1st president to serve in all 3 branches of government?
Wm. Howard Taft
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Who was the 1st president to declare a national emergency
Woodrow Wilson
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Who was the 1st president to have a PhD?
Woodrow Wilson
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Who was the 1st president to be elected as a sitting US Senator?
Wm. G. Harding
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Who was the 1st president to be born west of the Mississippi?
Herbert Hoover
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Who was the 1st president to have a phone on their desk?
Herbert Hoover
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Who was the 1st president to be filmed in color?
Herbert Hoover
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Who was the 1st president to appear on tv?
FDR (from World Fair)
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Who was the 1st president to establish a presidential library?
FDR
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Who was the 1st president to fly in an airplane while in office?
FDR
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Who was the 1st president to make a transatlantic flight?
FDR
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Who was the 1st president to be named Time's Person of the Year?
FDR
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Who was the 1st president to visit the Soviet Unions?
FDR
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Who was the 1st president assigned a Secret Service nickname?
Harry S. Truman (General)
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Who was the 1st president to begin their presidency on January 20?
Dwight D. Eisenhauer
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Who was the 1st president to preside over all 50 states?
Dwight D. Eisenhauer
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Who was the 1st president to travel by jet and helicopter?
Dwight D. Eisenhauer
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Who was the 1st president to appear on color tv?
Dwight D, Eisenhauer
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Who was the 1st president to give a televised news conference?
Dwight D, Eisenhauer
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Who was the 1st president to be a boy scout?
JFK
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Who was the 1st president to be of entirely Irish descent?
JFK
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Who was the 1st president to have previously served in the Navy?
JFK
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Who was the 1st president to have had no ancestry to Colonial America?
JFK
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Who was the 1st president to receive a Purple Heart?
JFK
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Who was the 1st president to be awarded a Pulitzer Prize?
JFK
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Who was the 1st president to use the Situation Room?
JFK
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Who was the 1st president to have an inaugural poet?
JFK
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Who was the 1st president to be sworn in by a woman?
LBJ
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Who was the 1st president to nominate a black person to the Supreme Court?
LBJ
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Who was the 1st president to be elected twice each to the vice presidency and the presidency?
Nixon
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Who was the 1st president to visit all 50 states?
Nixon
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Who was the 1st president to be an Eagle Scout?
Ford
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Who was the 1st president to release his full medical report to the public?
Ford
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Who was the 1st president to be born in a hospital?
Jimmy Carter
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Who was the 1st president to use a nickname in official capacity?
Jimmy Carter
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Who was the 1st president to appoint a Secretary of Education?
Jimmy Carter
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Who was the 1st president to visit N. Korea
Jimmy Carter
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Who was the 1st president to have been divorced?
Ronald Reagan
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Who was the 1st president to attend the Olympics?
Ronald Reagan
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Who was the 1st president to to formally pardon a turkey?
George HW Bush
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Who was the 1st president to be born after WWII?
Clinton
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Who was the 1st president to have an official White House website?
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Who was the 1st president to send an email?
Clinton
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Who was the 1st president to have his official portrait taken by a digital phone?
Barack Obama
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Who was the 1st president to meet with 2 British monarchs?
Biden
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When was the first and only prom held at the White House?
in 1975, President Ford's daughter Susan held prom in the White House.
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Who was the only bachelor president?
Buchanan
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Who was the only person to be elected in non-consecutive terms?
Cleveland
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Only president born on July 4?
Coolidge
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Who was the 1st president to reside over all 50 states?
Dwight Eisenhower
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Who was the 1st president to give televised address from White House?
Harry Truman
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Who are the only 2 presidents buried at Arlington?
JFK & Taft
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Who was the 1st president to appear on tv (not from the White House)?
Harry S. Truman

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