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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 paper and 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?

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Harry S. Truman

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Who was the 1st president to appoint a female cabinet member?

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F. D. Roosevelt

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Who was the 1st president to appoint a Black cabinet member?

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Lyndon B. Johnson

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Who was the 1st president to hold a pilot’s license?

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Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Who was the 1st president to serve as a wartime commander in chief?

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James Madison

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Who was the 1st president to be elected without winning the popular vote?

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J. Q. Adams

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Who was the 1st president to serve in Congress after their presidency?

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J. Q. Adams

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Who was the 1st president to be elected as a Democrat?

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Andrew Jackson

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Who was the 1st president to ride a train?

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Andrew Jackson

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Who was the 1st president from the state of NY?

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Martin Van Buren

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Who was the 1st president to be elected as a Whig?

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Wm. Henry Harrison

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Who was the 1st president to have a Christmas tree in the White House?

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Franklin Pierce

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Who was the 1st president to be born in the 19th century?

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Franklin Pierce

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Who was the 1st president to serve in the Senate after their presidency?

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Andrew Johnson

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Who was the 1st president to publish their memoirs?

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Ulysses S Grant

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40
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Who was the 1st president to create a national park?

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Ulysses S Grant

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Who was the 1st president to host an Easter egg roll?

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Rutherford B. Hayes

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

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Rutherford B. Hayes

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Who was the 1st president to be elected directly from the House of Representatives?

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James Garfield

43
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Who was the 1st president to install an elevator in the White House?

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Chester Arthur

43
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Who was the 1st president to be filmed?

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Grover Cleveland (as he swore in McKinley

44
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Who was the 1st president to have his voice recorded?

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Benjamin Harrison

45
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Who was the 1st president to ride in an automobile?

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Wm. McKinley

46
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Who was the 1st president to ride in an airplane while in office?

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Theodore Roosevelt

47
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Who was the 1st president to visit a foreign country?

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Theodore Roosevelt

48
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Who was the 1st president to own an automobile?

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Wm. Henry Taft

49
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Who was the 1st president to preside over all 48 contiguous states?

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Wm. Howard Taft

50
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Who was the 1st president to use the oval office?

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Wm. Howard Taft

51
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Who was the 1st president to be buried at Arlington National Cemetery?

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Wm. Howard Taft

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Who was the 1st president to serve in all 3 branches of government?

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Wm. Howard Taft

53
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Who was the 1st president to declare a national emergency

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Woodrow Wilson

54
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Who was the 1st president to have a PhD?

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Woodrow Wilson

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Who was the 1st president to be elected as a sitting US Senator?

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Wm. G. Harding

56
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Who was the 1st president to be born west of the Mississippi?

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Herbert Hoover

57
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Who was the 1st president to have a phone on their desk?

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Herbert Hoover

58
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Who was the 1st president to be filmed in color?

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Herbert Hoover

59
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Who was the 1st president to appear on tv?

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FDR (from World Fair)

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Who was the 1st president to establish a presidential library?

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FDR

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Who was the 1st president to fly in an airplane while in office?

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FDR

62
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Who was the 1st president to make a transatlantic flight?

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FDR

63
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Who was the 1st president to be named Time’s Person of the Year?

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FDR

64
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Who was the 1st president to visit the Soviet Unions?

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FDR

65
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Who was the 1st president assigned a Secret Service nickname?

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Harry S. Truman (General)

66
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Who was the 1st president to begin their presidency on January 20?

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Dwight D. Eisenhauer

67
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Who was the 1st president to preside over all 50 states?

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Dwight D. Eisenhauer

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Who was the 1st president to travel by jet and helicopter?

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Dwight D. Eisenhauer

69
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Who was the 1st president to appear on color tv?

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Dwight D, Eisenhauer

70
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Who was the 1st president to give a televised news conference?

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Dwight D, Eisenhauer

71
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Who was the 1st president to be a boy scout?

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JFK

72
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Who was the 1st president to be of entirely Irish descent?

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JFK

73
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Who was the 1st president to have previously served in the Navy?

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JFK

74
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Who was the 1st president to have had no ancestry to Colonial America?

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JFK

75
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Who was the 1st president to receive a Purple Heart?

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JFK

76
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Who was the 1st president to be awarded a Pulitzer Prize?

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JFK

77
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Who was the 1st president to use the Situation Room?

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JFK

78
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Who was the 1st president to have an inaugural poet?

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JFK

79
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Who was the 1st president to be sworn in by a woman?

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LBJ

80
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Who was the 1st president to nominate a black person to the Supreme Court?

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LBJ

81
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Who was the 1st president to be elected twice each to the vice presidency and the presidency?

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Nixon

82
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Who was the 1st president to visit all 50 states?

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Nixon

83
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Who was the 1st president to be an Eagle Scout?

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Ford

84
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Who was the 1st president to release his full medical report to the public?

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Ford

85
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Who was the 1st president to be born in a hospital?

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Jimmy Carter

86
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Who was the 1st president to use a nickname in official capacity?

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Jimmy Carter

87
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Who was the 1st president to appoint a Secretary of Education?

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Jimmy Carter

88
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Who was the 1st president to visit N. Korea

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Jimmy Carter

89
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Who was the 1st president to have been divorced?

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Ronald Reagan

90
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Who was the 1st president to attend the Olympics?

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Ronald Reagan

91
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Who was the 1st president to to formally pardon a turkey?

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George HW Bush

92
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Who was the 1st president to be born after WWII?

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Clinton

93
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Who was the 1st president to have an official White House website?

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94
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Who was the 1st president to send an email?

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Clinton

95
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Who was the 1st president to have his official portrait taken by a digital phone?

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Barack Obama

96
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Who was the 1st president to meet with 2 British monarchs?

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Biden

97
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When was the first and only prom held at the White House?

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in 1975, President Ford’s daughter Susan held prom in the White House.

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Who was the only bachelor president?

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Buchanan

99
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Who was the only person to be elected in non-consecutive terms?

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Cleveland

100
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Only president born on July 4?

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Coolidge

101
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Who was the 1st president to reside over all 50 states?

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Dwight Eisenhower

102
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Who was the 1st president to give televised address from White House?

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Harry Truman

103
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Who are the only 2 presidents buried at Arlington?

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JFK & Taft

104
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Who was the 1st president to appear on tv (not from the White House)?

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Harry S. Truman

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