Jeopardy Presidents 1 Flashcards
PRESIDENTS–0–2 of the 3 men who went from being either a U.S. senator or congressman directly to the presidency
INSERT INTO clue VALUES (2 of) Kennedy, Garfield, and Harding
PRESIDENTS BY KIDS–200–Abigail, John Q., Charles
John Adams
THE 2004 PRESIDENTIAL RACE–400–Bush-Cheney called Edwards Kerry’s second choice, meaning this Republican was his first
John McCain
PRESIDENTS BY KIDS–400–John, Calvin
Calvin Coolidge
THE 2004 PRESIDENTIAL RACE–800–George W. Bush won 91% of the vote in Massachusetts (unfortunately for him it was in this contest)
the Republican primary
PRESIDENTS BY KIDS–600–Lynda, Luci
LBJ
THE 2004 PRESIDENTIAL RACE–1200–Most of the over 50,000 signatures he submitted to try to get on the Michigan ballot were collected by the GOP
INSERT INTO clue VALUES (Ralph) Nader
PRESIDENTS BY KIDS–800–Fanny, Manning, Birchard
Rutherford B. Hayes
THE 2004 PRESIDENTIAL RACE–1700–In a July 23 speech to this league, the President asked if the Democrats take black voters for granted
the National Urban League
PRESIDENTS BY KIDS–1000–Abraham, Martin, John
Martin Van Buren
THE 2004 PRESIDENTIAL RACE–2000–This Florida senator was the first Democratic candidate to drop out of the race
INSERT INTO clue VALUES (Bob) Graham
VICE PRESIDENTIAL RHYME TIME–400–Mondale’s tables of worship
Walter’s altars
VICE PRESIDENTIAL RHYME TIME–800–Al’s portals
Gore’s doors
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS–200–A button warned: this man “in 64 hot-water in 65”
Barry Goldwater
VICE PRESIDENTIAL RHYME TIME–1200–Aaron’s mongrel dogs
Burr’s curs
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS–400–Champions of this governor running for president in 1928 included the New York Yankees
INSERT INTO clue VALUES (Al) Smith
VICE PRESIDENTIAL RHYME TIME–1600–Dan’s humpbacks
Quayle’s whales
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS–600–In 1921 Harding commuted the sentence of this candidate whose campaign used a bust of him in prison garb
Eugene Debs
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS–800–He was called the poor man’s candidate in 1896; a campaign button quoted his “Cross of Gold” speech
William Jennings Bryan
VICE PRESIDENTIAL RHYME TIME–2000–Colfax’ accounting clerks
Schyuler’s filers
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS–1000–State where the concession speech seen here was made in 2004
Iowa
PRESIDENTS’ CHILDREN–200–Dad Bill was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford Univ.; she earned a master’s in international relations at Oxford in 2003
Chelsea Clinton
PRESIDENTS’ CHILDREN–300–They’re the only 2 sons of U.S. presidents to be elected president
George W. Bush and John Quincy Adams
PRESIDENTS’ CHILDREN–600–He had no kids of his own, but he loved his stepdaughter Patsy Custis as if she were his own daughter
George Washington
20th CENTURY VICE PRESIDENTS–0–Aptly, his middle name contained the word “rich”
Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller
VICE PRESIDENTIAL NICKNAMES–200–“That Damned Cowboy” was some “Rough Rider”
Theodore Roosevelt
VICE PRESIDENTIAL NICKNAMES–400–Get over “The Hump” & name this “Happy Warrior”
Hubert Humphrey
VICE PRESIDENTIAL NICKNAMES–600–This “White Night” was also “Nixon’s Nixon”
Spiro Agnew
VICE PRESIDENTIAL NICKNAMES–800–This “Spendthrift of Albany” had some “Rocky” times
Nelson Rockefeller
VICE PRESIDENTIAL NICKNAMES–1000–In the early 1800s he was “The Napoleon of the West” & “The Great American Rascal”
Aaron Burr
PRESIDENTIAL MIDDLE NAMES–200–Howard
Taft
PRESIDENTIAL MIDDLE NAMES–400–Ulysses (originally)
Ulysses S. Grant
PRESIDENTIAL MIDDLE NAMES–600–Gamaliel
Warren Harding
PRESIDENTIAL MIDDLE NAMES–800–Knox
INSERT INTO clue VALUES (James K.) Polk
PRESIDENTIAL MIDDLE NAMES–2400–Rudolph
Gerald Ford
PRESIDENTIAL PUZZLES–200–Next in line:J.B., A.L.,…
A.J.
PRESIDENTIAL PUZZLES–400–After George Washington left office in 1797, we didn’t get another George in office until this year
1989
PRESIDENTIAL PUZZLES–600–1 of the 2 presidents who have a Jr. in their names; they served consecutively in the 20th century
INSERT INTO clue VALUES (1 of) Ford or Carter
PRESIDENTIAL PUZZLES–800–He’s the last person who had more than one person as vice president
Nixon
PRESIDENTIAL PUZZLES–1600–He was the first sitting president who could have sung “The Star Spangled Banner”
Madison
PRESIDENTS–200–General whose Presidential campaign song was written by Irving Berlin
Dwight Eisenhower
PRESIDENTS–400–All elected Presidents who are members of this party died in office
Whig
PRESIDENTS–600–This Iowan was the first President born west of the Mississippi
Herbert Hoover
PRESIDENTS–1200–The last President to sport a moustache or beard while in office
William Howard Taft
PRESIDENTS–1000–The “54º40’ or Fight” fever over Oregon helped elect this president, the only one ever to be speaker of the U.S. House
James K. Polk
U.S. PRESIDENTS–0–2 of the 5 presidents buried west of the Mississippi River
Eisenhower, Hoover, Lyndon Johnson, Nixon, Truman
PRESIDENTS–0–This consonant begins the last names of five presidents, more than any other letter
H
PRESIDENTIAL STATES OF BIRTH–400–California
Nixon
PRESIDENTIAL STATES OF BIRTH–800–1 of the 2 born in Vermont
Coolidge (or Chester Arthur)
VICE PRESIDENTS–0–He was the first vice president to cast zero tiebreaking votes in his capacity as president of the Senate
John Tyler
PRESIDENTIAL LIFESPANS–100–February 12, 1809 - April 15, 1865
Abraham Lincoln
PRESIDENTIAL LIFESPANS–200–April 13, 1743 - July 4, 1826
Thomas Jefferson
PRESIDENTIAL LIFESPANS–300–October 30, 1735 - July 4, 1826
John Adams
PRESIDENTIAL LIFESPANS–400–May 8, 1884 - December 26, 1972
Harry Truman
PRESIDENTIAL LIFESPANS–500–August 10, 1874 - October 20, 1964
Herbert Hoover
U.S. PRESIDENTS–0–They’re the 2 men who served the U.S. as President representing the Union Party
Abraham Lincoln & Andrew Johnson
U.S. PRESIDENTS–0–Of the 1st 7 presidents, only these 2 were not re-elected
John Adams & John Quincy Adams
U.S. PRESIDENTS–400–In 1831 he settled in New Salem, Illinois, where he worked as a clerk in a general store for $15 a month
INSERT INTO clue VALUES (Abraham) Lincoln
U.S. PRESIDENTS–800–A George W. was the first U.S. President & George W. Bush is counted as this number
43
U.S. PRESIDENTS–1200–He was named for his maternal grandfather James Knox, a Revolutionary War captain
INSERT INTO clue VALUES (James K.) Polk
U.S. PRESIDENTS–4600–His running mates were Thomas Hendricks in 1884, A.G. Thurman in 1888 & Adlai Stevenson in 1892
INSERT INTO clue VALUES (Grover) Cleveland
U.S. PRESIDENTS–2000–After serving one term, this first Quaker president was defeated for re-election in 1932 by FDR
INSERT INTO clue VALUES (Herbert) Hoover
PRESIDENTS’ HOMES–0–The exterior of the governor’s mansion in Florida is modeled after the home of this president
Andrew Jackson
PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATIONS–100–Geronimo rode in this president’s 1905 inaugural parade, & so did the Rough Riders
Theodore Roosevelt
PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATIONS–200–In Bush’s parade these California fruit characters rode on the Presidential Council on Fitness float
the California Raisins
PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATIONS–900–His parade featured many types of missiles & a PT boat
John F. Kennedy
PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATIONS–400–In 1913, this future president, then a West Point cadet, marched in Wilson’s parade
Dwight D. Eisenhower
PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATIONS–500–He was the only president inaugurated in two different cities
George Washington
CONTINENTAL CONGRESS PRESIDENTS–100–Peyton Randolph, the first president, brought the meetings to order in this city
Philadelphia
CONTINENTAL CONGRESS PRESIDENTS–200–While still a delegate, Richard Henry Lee offered the June 7, 1776 resolution that led to this document
Declaration of Independence
CONTINENTAL CONGRESS PRESIDENTS–300–Cyrus Griffin, the last president, went on to be one of the judges at this man’s treason trial
Aaron Burr
CONTINENTAL CONGRESS PRESIDENTS–1300–He was president from May 24, 1775 to October 29, 1777
John Hancock
CONTINENTAL CONGRESS PRESIDENTS–500–John Hanson is considered by some the first U.S. president, as he was the first to serve under these
Articles of Confederation
19th CENTURY PRESIDENTS–0–With 5, this president had more attorneys general in his administration than any other president
Ulysses S. Grant
PRESIDENTS–0–Under an act passed in 1958, they became the first two former presidents eligible for a pension
Harry S. Truman & Herbert Hoover
PRESIDENTS–100–The only president who died in the eighteenth century
George Washington
PRESIDENTS–200–One of the two presidents’ widows who remarried
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis or Frances Folsom Cleveland Presto
PRESIDENTS–300–The first time this group played for an inauguration was at James Monroe’s in 1821
Marine Band
PRESIDENTS–400–Acording to the Constitution, one of four things a king can’t give a president without consent of Congress
Present, Emolument, Office, or Title
PRESIDENTS–500–While we all remember Amy, this is the name of one of Jimmy Carter’s other three kids
Jack, Chip, or Jeff
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS–0–He was the only incumbent vice president to defeat a president in a presidential election
Thomas Jefferson (1800)
U.S. PRESIDENTS–0–The two presidents whose fathers signed the Declaration of Independence
William Henry Harrison & John Quincy Adams
VICE PRESIDENTIAL VICE–400–Taking kickbacks from Baltimore contractors helped oust him from office in the 1970s
INSERT INTO clue VALUES (Spiro) Agnew
VICE PRESIDENTIAL VICE–800–After failing to create his own country in the West, he asked Napoleon to help him conquer Florida
INSERT INTO clue VALUES (Aaron) Burr
VICE PRESIDENTIAL VICE–1200–Schuyler Colfax, this ex-general’s vice president, pleaded that bribe money given to him was for the sale of a piano
INSERT INTO clue VALUES (Ulysses S.) Grant
VICE PRESIDENTIAL VICE–1600–This V.P. diverted attention from his slush fund by explaining his wife had a cloth coat & not a mink
INSERT INTO clue VALUES (Richard) Nixon
VICE PRESIDENTIAL VICE–2000–Levi Morton was soiled by the Peruvian guano scandal before taking office in 1889 for this president
Benjamin Harrison
THE U.S. PRESIDENT WHEN…–200–…Hawaii gained statehood
Eisenhower
THE U.S. PRESIDENT WHEN…–400–…the Hindenburg Zeppelin crashed
F.D. Roosevelt
THE U.S. PRESIDENT WHEN…–600–…the U.S. extended full diplomatic recognition to Vietnam
Clinton
THE U.S. PRESIDENT WHEN…–800–…Golda Meir became Prime Minister of Israel
Nixon
THE U.S. PRESIDENT WHEN…–1000–…the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan
Carter
PRESIDENTIAL LAST WORDS–200–His last words, spoken in Warm Springs, Georgia, were “I have a terrific headache”
FDR
PRESIDENTIAL LAST WORDS–400–“I’ve always loved my wife, my children and grandchildren, and I’ve always loved my country,” he said in 1969
Dwight D. Eisenhower
PRESIDENTIAL LAST WORDS–600–“Thomas Jefferson survives”
John Adams
PRESIDENTIAL LAST WORDS–800–Though noted for his drinking, the last thing he said was “Water”
Ulysses S. Grant
PRESIDENTIAL LAST WORDS–1000–“I know that I’m going where Lucy is,” Lemonade Lucy that is
Rutherford B. Hayes
U.S. PRESIDENTS–200–During the Spanish-American War, his unit first saw action June 24, 1898 at Las Guasimas, Cuba
Theodore Roosevelt
U.S. PRESIDENTS–400–Referring to his initials, classmates at West Point began calling him Uncle Sam
Ulysses S. Grant
U.S. PRESIDENTS–600–He was the first president to serve 2 terms in office
George Washington
U.S. PRESIDENTS–1000–In 1832 this president vetoed the recharter of the Second Bank of the United States
Andrew Jackson
U.S. PRESIDENTS–1000–On March 4, 1853 this president gave his inauguration address from memory without notes
Franklin Pierce
PRESIDENTIAL HOMES–200–Rancho del Cielo
Ronald Reagan
PRESIDENTIAL HOMES–400–La Casa Pacifica
Richard Nixon
PRESIDENTIAL HOMES–600–The Hermitage
Andrew Jackson
U.S. PRESIDENTS–200–This president’s middle initial, “S”, honored both of his grandfathers
Harry S. Truman
U.S. PRESIDENTS–400–This president from Kinderhook was the first who wasn’t born a British subject
Martin Van Buren
PRESIDENTIAL HOMES–800–The Elms
Lyndon B. Johnson
U.S. PRESIDENTS–600–He was nicknamed “The Sage of Montpelier”
James Madison
PRESIDENTIAL HOMES–1000–Hickory Hill, which he later sold to his brother
John F. Kennedy
U.S. PRESIDENTS–800–Not only the first president to marry in the White House, he was also the first to have a child born there
Grover Cleveland
U.S. PRESIDENTS–2500–When he took office in 1853 at age 48, this New Englander was the youngest president to that time
Franklin Pierce
PRESIDENTIAL RELATIVES–200–This presidential relative, quite logically, had his own brand of beer in the 1970s
Billy Carter
PRESIDENTIAL RELATIVES–400–When this president was a governor, his brother Roger was arrested
Clinton
PRESIDENTIAL RELATIVES–600–His wife had many brothers in the Confederate Army, prompting some to question her loyalty to the Union
Lincoln
PRESIDENTIAL RELATIVES–800–His stepson by Dolley once owed debts of over $40,000 that the president himself had to pay
Madison
PRESIDENTIAL RELATIVES–2500–When he was veep, his brother Donald was involved in financial dealings with Howard Hughes
Nixon
PRESIDENTS’ BIRTHDAYS–100–Jimmy Carter was born October 1, 1924 in this Georgia city
Plains
PRESIDENTS’ BIRTHDAYS–200–On December 28, 1856, Woodrow Wilson became the eighth president born in this state
Virginia
PRESIDENTS’ BIRTHDAYS–300–The fact that the 22nd & 24th presidents share a March 18, 1837 birthday isn’t odd; they’re both this man
Grover Cleveland
PRESIDENTS’ BIRTHDAYS–400–He was born August 20, 1833 & named for his great-grand-father, not his grandfather who was president
Benjamin Harrison
PRESIDENTS’ BIRTHDAYS–500–He was born to a blacksmith’s wife August 10, 1874 in West Branch, Iowa
Herbert Hoover
U.S. PRESIDENTS–0–Abraham Lincoln was the first U.S. president to wear a beard; this man was the second
Ulysses S. Grant
THE PRESIDENT WHO SAID…–200–“The ballot is stronger than the bullet”
Lincoln
THE PRESIDENT WHO SAID…–400–In his first address to Congress: “All I have I would have given gladly not to be standing here today”
Lyndon Johnson
THE PRESIDENT WHO SAID…–1400–“Let us never negotiate out of fear, but let us never fear to negotiate”
John F. Kennedy
THE PRESIDENT WHO SAID…–800–“There is no Soviet domination of Eastern Europe”
Gerald Ford
THE PRESIDENT WHO SAID…–1000–“It must be a peace without victory… Only a peace between equals can last”
Wilson
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS–400–He claimed the smear & slander tactics of the 1828 election drove his wife Rachel to her grave
Andrew Jackson
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS–600–Babe Ruth & Gene Tunney were among the champions for this New York governor who ran in 1928
Al Smith
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS–800–This president asked America to observe Flag Day June 14, 1916, coinciding with the Democratic Convention
INSERT INTO clue VALUES (Woodrow) Wilson
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS–1000–The Whigs ran Harrison in 1840 on a campaign of hard cider & these, not Merlot & mansions
log cabins
U.S. PRESIDENTS–0–He’s the only U.S. president to serve in the Senate after leaving the White House
Andrew Johnson
PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA–200–Chronologically, the 1st of the 8 presidents whose last name ends in “son”
Thomas Jefferson
PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA–400–In 1872 Grant signed a bill creating this 1st national park
Yellowstone
PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA–600–The only president who never married, he was also the only president born in Pennsylvania
James Buchanan
PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA–1000–The last president whose public inaugural was held on Monday, January 21
Ronald Reagan (1985)
PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA–1000–George Bush’s father, Prescott Sheldon Bush, was a U.S. senator from this state
Connecticut
U.S. PRESIDENTS–400–The D.C. house he lived in after he left office in 1921 is called “Washington’s only presidential museum”
INSERT INTO clue VALUES (Woodrow) Wilson
U.S. PRESIDENTS–800–Somewhat prophetically, he became the first sitting president to visit Hawaii
FDR
U.S. PRESIDENTS–1200–He & his wife translated into English “De Re Metallica”, a 16th century Latin work on mining
INSERT INTO clue VALUES (Herbert) Hoover
U.S. PRESIDENTS–4400–In 1893 James K. Polk’s tomb was moved from his estate to the state capitol grounds in this city
Nashville
U.S. PRESIDENTS–2000–He became pres. 100 years after George Washington, so he was called the “Centennial President”
Benjamin Harrison
PRESIDENTS & THE MOVIES–0–This president arranged the first film showing in the White House when he had “The Birth of a Nation” screened there
Woodrow Wilson
PLAYING PRESIDENT–200–The 2003 movie with James Brolin as him aired on Showtime after CBS dropped it
Reagan
PLAYING PRESIDENT–400–Charlton Heston is seen here as this prickly character before he became president”What did you say?”“I said, ‘I wonder whose bed Rachael’ll be putting her moccasins under next.’“[Smack!]
Andrew Jackson
PLAYING PRESIDENT–600–E.G. Marshall, Robert Duvall & Tom Selleck have all played this U.S. president
Eisenhower
PLAYING PRESIDENT–1000–William Parry was James Garfield in the originial production of this Sondheim musical
Assassins
PLAYING PRESIDENT–1000–Kelsey Grammer played this general in A&E;’s 2003 “Benedict Arnold”
Washington
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN SLOGANS–200–“Not just peanuts”
Carter
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN SLOGANS–400–“Don’t stop thinking about tomorrow”
Clinton
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN SLOGANS–600–“Tippecanoe and Tyler too”
William Henry Harrison
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN SLOGANS–800–“It’s morning again in America”
Ronald Reagan
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN SLOGANS–1000–“A chicken in every pot and a car in every garage”
Hoover
PRESIDENTIAL QUOTES–500–When asked about his condition this president said, “I don’t have ulcers, I give ‘em”
Lyndon Baines Johnson
PRESIDENTIAL MIDDLE NAMES–100–Baines
Lyndon Johnson
PRESIDENTIAL MIDDLE NAMES–200–Earl
Jimmy Carter
PRESIDENTIAL MIDDLE NAMES–300–His actual first name was Hiram while his middle name was Ulysses
Ulysses Grant
PRESIDENTIAL MIDDLE NAMES–400–Howard
Taft
PRESIDENTIAL MIDDLE NAMES–500–Abram
INSERT INTO clue VALUES (James Abram) Garfield
U.S. PRESIDENTS–200–On July 4, 1798 he became the only former president named commander-in-chief of American forces
George Washington
U.S. PRESIDENTS–400–This president was named for the Reverend Stephen Grover of Caldwell, New Jersey
Grover Cleveland
U.S. PRESIDENTS–600–During his administration, the slave trade was abolished & the Louisiana Territory was purchased
Thomas Jefferson
U.S. PRESIDENTS–800–In 1971 he published “The Vantage Point: Perspectives of the Presidency, 1963-1969”
Lyndon Johnson
U.S. PRESIDENTS–2000–With Republicans split between Taft & Teddy Roosevelt, this Democrat was elected president in 1912
Woodrow Wilson
PRESIDENTS–200–In April 1789 Washington left Mount Vernon, going to this city to head the new governent
New York
PRESIDENTS–400–Inaugurated in 1809, he’s considered the last of the Founding Fathers to serve as president
Madison
PRESIDENTS–600–INSERT INTO clue VALUES (Hi, I’m John McCain.) In 1912 this president proclaimed Arizona a state after forcing it to remove recall of judges from its constitution
Taft
PRESIDENTS–1000–During his administration, Custer made his last stand
Grant
PRESIDENTS–1000–Before his election, he was part of a group of politically influential lawyers, the “Concord Clique”
Pierce
BEFORE HE WAS PRESIDENT…–400–He commanded all the Union armies
Grant
BEFORE HE WAS PRESIDENT…–800–He taught debate & public speaking at a Houston, Texas high school
Lyndon B. Johnson
BEFORE HE WAS PRESIDENT…–1200–He practiced law in Grand Rapids, Michigan
Gerald Ford
BEFORE HE WAS PRESIDENT…–2500–He was Tennessee’s first delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives
INSERT INTO clue VALUES (Andrew) Jackson
BEFORE HE WAS PRESIDENT…–2000–INSERT INTO clue VALUES (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from a desk at NYPD headquarters.) This future U.S. president sat at this desk when he was president of the board of police commissioners
Theodore Roosevelt
DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CONTENDERS 2004–400–He was born in New York, & his howling early success was helped by his state-of-the-art Internet campaign
Howard Dean
20th CENTURY VICE PRESIDENTS–0–The only VP to become president not immediately after his vice presidential term
Richard Nixon
DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CONTENDERS 2004–800–He won the Silver & Bronze Stars while serving in Vietnam & let NATO forces against Yugoslavia
Clark
DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CONTENDERS 2004–1800–A congressman from 1977 to 2005, he was known for his firm opposition to NAFTA
Gephardt
DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CONTENDERS 2004–1600–The son of a truck driver, this vegan is also a former mayor of Cleveland
Dennis Kucinich
DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CONTENDERS 2004–2000–A former U.S. senator from Illinois, she also served as ambassador to New Zealand
Carol Moseley Braun
FRISKY PRESIDENTS–200–Some scholars believe he initially called off his marriage, as he’d fallen in love with a friend of the Todds
Lincoln
FRISKY PRESIDENTS–400–Ooh la la! He fooled around with the very married Maria Cosway while he was Minister to France
Jefferson
FRISKY PRESIDENTS–600–Kay Summersby drove him to work in the 1940s & may have driven him to infidelity as well
Eisenhower
FRISKY PRESIDENTS–800–In an effort to keep his affair with Mrs. Carrie Phillips a secret, the RNC sent her on a paid trip to Asia in 1920
Harding
FRISKY PRESIDENTS–1000–In the 1870s, while he was the sheriff of Buffalo, he fathered a child with a Mrs. Maria Halpin
INSERT INTO clue VALUES (Grover) Cleveland
VICE PRESIDENTS–0–He served as vice president for the shortest length of time: one month
John Tyler
U.S. PRESIDENTS–0– an airplane
Theodore Roosevelt
U.S. PRESIDENTS–0–Washington was the one who added these 4 words to the presidential oath; they’re not in the Constitution
“So Help Me God”
PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA–100–Luci Nugent was only 19 when she gave birth to this president’s 1st grandchild
LBJ
PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA–200–He was known as “Big Bill”
William Howard Taft
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN SLOGANS–0– “Ready for Teddy Again” were used
1912
PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA–300–In 1970 George Bush ran against Lloyd Bentsen Jr. for this position
U.S. Senator from Texas
PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA–400–This wartime president had previously served in the Black Hawk War but saw no fighting
Abraham Lincoln
PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA–500–You can visit his home, Sagamore Hill, in Oyster Bay, Long Island
Theodore Roosevelt
U.S. PRESIDENTS–0–President elected to 2nd term with 523 electoral votes, the greatest number in any election
Franklin D. Roosevelt
PRESIDENTIAL FIRSTS–100–Though Detective Pinkerton saved him once, he later became 1st assassinated president
Abraham Lincoln
PRESIDENTIAL FIRSTS–200–Second U.S. president, he was the 1st defeated for re-election
John Adams
PRESIDENTIAL FIRSTS–300–1st president to refuse a 3rd term
George Washington
VICE PRESIDENTS–0–This Republican was the first V.P. to succeed to the presidency and then win the office by election
Theodore Roosevelt
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS–200–In campaign issues of 1856, this sanguinary adjective preceded “Kansas” & “Sumner”
‘Bleeding’
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS–400–One popular Democratic campaign slogan was “We Polked you in 1844, we shall” do this to “you in 1852”
Pierce
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS–600–In 1900 a Republican campaign slogan promised a “full” one of these, sort of like today’s lunch box
a full dinner pail
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS–600–A 1924 poster for this candidate featured an electric fan
Calvin Coolidge
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS–1000–He was the “I” on a 1908 button reading “U-N-I-Ted”, (you & I, Teddy Roosevelt)
William Howard Taft
PRESIDENTS–0–The last time there were no living ex-presidents was when this man was president
Richard Nixon
VICE PRESIDENTS–0–He was the first Republican vice president
Hannibal Hamlin
PRESIDENTIAL FINAL MOMENTS–200–He shuffled off this mortal coil in Warm Springs, GA from a cerebral hemorrhage
FDR
PRESIDENTIAL FINAL MOMENTS–400–His passing came in Buffalo, New York from gunshot wounds
McKinley
PRESIDENTIAL FINAL MOMENTS–1600–He died in the White House, from pneumonia
INSERT INTO clue VALUES (William Henry) Harrison
PRESIDENTS–0–The last president who did not serve in the armed forces
Franklin D. Roosevelt
PRESIDENTS–100–He once said, “I have never given anybody hell. I just tell the truth…& they think it’s hell”
Harry S. Truman
PRESIDENTIAL FINAL MOMENTS–800–The end finally came for this Pres. in Elberon, New Jersey from blood posioning after being shot
Garfield
PRESIDENTIAL FINAL MOMENTS–1000–The 2nd Prez to die in the White House, he was felled by acute indigestion (or was it poison?)
Zachary Taylor
PRESIDENTS–200–Showing he’d rather switch than fight, this future pres. changed from Democrat to Republican in 1962
Ronald Reagan
PRESIDENTS & BASEBALL–200–Saying it was in the national interest, he kept baseball going during World War II
F.D.R.
PRESIDENTS & BASEBALL–400–It’s the only team that has a U.S. president on its roster of former owners
the Texas Rangers
PRESIDENTS–400–At the shooting, his assassin cried, “I am a stalwart & Arthur is president now!”
James Garfield
PRESIDENTS–400–Shortly after being elected, he submitted his resignation as president of Columbia University
Dwight D. Eisenhower
PRESIDENTS & BASEBALL–600–One of his first jobs was re-creating Cubs games over the radio in Iowa
Ronald Reagan
PRESIDENTS–500–Jefferson Davis was the son-in-law of this president who died in office
Zachary Taylor
PRESIDENTS & BASEBALL–800–Before his Army years, he played baseball under an assumed name in the Kansas minor leagues
INSERT INTO clue VALUES (Dwight) Eisenhower
PRESIDENTS & BASEBALL–1000–On April 19, 1909 Taft attended a home game of this team & probably had a hot dog or 9
the Washington Senators
U.S. PRESIDENTS–0– Secretary of War
James Monroe
THIRD PARTY PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES–200–This billionaire Texan ran in 1992 & again in 1996
Ross Perot
THIRD PARTY PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES–400–In 1968 this former Governor won 13.5% of the vote & carried 5 states
George Wallace
THIRD PARTY PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES–600–This man’s third party candidacy in 1912 allowed Woodrow Wilson to win
Teddy Roosevelt
THIRD PARTY PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES–800–He followed Jackson into the Presidency in 1836 & 12 years later ran as a third party candidate
Van Buren
THIRD PARTY PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES–1000–In 1924 this Wisconsin senator ran on the Progressive Party ticket & on the Socialist Party ticket
‘Fightin’’ Bob La Follette
VICE PRESIDENTS–0–At 39 he was the youngest man to take the office of vice president
Richard Nixon (in 1953)
DEATH OF A PRESIDENT–200–He died on Independence Day in 1826 at his beloved Monticello
Thomas Jefferson
DEATH OF A PRESIDENT–400–He died on Independence Day in 1826 in Quincy, Massachusetts
John Adams
DEATH OF A PRESIDENT–600–Pneumonia claimed this president’s life on April 4, 1841
William Henry Harrison
DEATH OF A PRESIDENT–800–His March 8, 1930 death occured a month after he resigned as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court due to heart trouble
INSERT INTO clue VALUES (William) Taft
DEATH OF A PRESIDENT–1000–He died in his sleep on February 3, 1924, 6 months after Warren Harding
INSERT INTO clue VALUES (Woodrow) Wilson
PRESIDENTS BY PARTY–200–Federalist Party1789-1797
George Washington
PRESIDENTS BY PARTY–400–Democratic1913-1921
Woodrow Wilson
PRESIDENTS BY PARTY–600–Whig1841-1841
William Henry Harrison
PRESIDENTS BY PARTY–800–Republican1901-1909
Teddy Roosevelt
PRESIDENTS BY PARTY–1000–Democratic-Republican1817-1825
James Monroe
PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA–200–Fewer than 120,000 popular votes separated Richard Nixon from this man in 1960
John F. Kennedy
PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA–400–Clinton is the most recent William to hold the office; this man was the first
William Henry Harrison
PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA–600–He served as president during the 73rd-79th Congresses
F.D. Roosevelt
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN SLOGAN YEARS–200–“I like Ike”
1952
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN SLOGAN YEARS–400–“All the way with LBJ”
1964
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN SLOGAN YEARS–600–“We’re madly for Adlai”
1952 (or 1956)
PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA–800–In 1947 this future president testified before the House Un-American Activities Committee
Ronald Reagan
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN SLOGAN YEARS–800–“In Hoover we trusted, now we are busted”
1932
PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA–1200–These 3 men served as president between the terms of the only father & son presidents
Jefferson, Madison
