Presidential Facts Flashcards
1
Q
Served longest
A
FDR
2
Q
Shortest Term
A
William Harrison (32 days)
3
Q
Shortest President
A
Madison
4
Q
Tallest
A
Lincoln
5
Q
Heaviest
A
Taft
6
Q
First Born in US
A
Martin Van Buren
7
Q
First Born in Log Cabin
A
Jackson
8
Q
Last Born British
A
Harrison
9
Q
First Born in 20th Century
A
Kennedy
10
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First Born West of Mississippi
A
Hoover
11
Q
First Born in Hospital
A
Carter
12
Q
First Left handed
A
Garfield
13
Q
Only to Hold a Paten
A
Lincoln
14
Q
Only Adopted
A
Ford
15
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Only Divorced
A
Reagan
16
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Only never married
A
Buchanan
17
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Only to return to House after
A
JQ Adams
18
Q
Only to return to Senate after
A
Andrew Johnson
19
Q
First Sworn into office in the White House
A
JEfferson
20
Q
First Married in White House
A
Cleveland
21
Q
Last Whig
A
Millard Fillmore
22
Q
Trust-Buster
A
Theodore Roosevelt
23
Q
Years Three Men Served As President
A
1841, 1881
24
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President who served in Jefferson’s Cabinet
A
Monroe
25
Assassinated in Buffalo, NY
McKinley
26
A chicken in every pot
Hoover
27
A full Dinner Pail
McKinley
28
Centennial President
Grant
29
Bicentennial President
Ford
30
Sworn in at Love Field
LBJ
31
Only Spilt Term
Cleveland
32
Lived Longest Post-Presidency
Carter
33
Iowa
Hoover
34
Illinois (Along with Obama)
Lincoln (Born in Kentucky)
35
Missouri
Harry Truman
36
Won Popular in 1888, lost
Grover Cleveland
37
14 Points
Wilson
38
Only pres to be sec of commerce
Hoover
39
Baby Ruth was his daughter
Cleveland
40
Alice Blue was his daughter
Teddy Roosevelt
41
The First Dark Horse
Polk
42
Duke of Braintree
John Adams
43
Sage of Montpelier
Madison
44
Squire of Sagamore Hill
Theodore Roosevelt
45
Silent President
Calvin Coolidge
46
Wrote the Bill of Rights
Madison
47
Engineering Degree from Stanford
Hoover
48
Survived two assassination attempts in 1 month
Ford
49
Never held public office before Presidency
Washington, Grant, Eisenhower
50
Lived in Blair House During White House Renovation
Truman
51
Withdrew all funds from the bank of the US
Jackson
52
First 3 star general of the army
Grant
53
Jimmy Carter Made Him the Only 6 start general
Washington
54
FP Can also stand for fourteenth President
Franklin Pierce
55
Harriet Lane was niece and hostess
Buchanan
56
Elected by the largest electoral Margin
Reagan (1984)
57
Graduated from Naval Academy
Carter
58
Graduated from West Point
Grant, Eisenhower
59
Signed Declaration of Independence
Adams, Jefferson
60
Signed the Constitution
Washington, Madison
61
Whigs Died in Office
Taylor, WH Harrison
62
Served in WW1
Truman, Eisenhower
63
Not married when elected
Buchanan, Cleveland
64
Buried at Arlington
Taft, Kennedy
65
From Braintree MA
J Adams, JQ Adams
66
Served less than one year
WH Harrison, Garfield
67
State Capital Presidents
Jackson (MI), Lincoln (NE), JEfferson (MO), Madison (WI)
68
Not Elected to fofice
Tyler, Fillmore, A. Johnson, Arthur, Ford
69
State with most presidents
Virginia (8)
70
State with second most presidents
Ohio (7)
71
Date presidents were inaugurated before 20th amendment
March 4
72
Event that preciptated Installation of Hot Line to Moscow
Cuban Missile Crisis
73
First VP not to be president
Aaron Burr (Jefferson)
74
First VP to resign
John. C. Calhoun (Jackson -- also served under Adams)
75
Greek VP to resigned
Spiro Agnew (Nixon)
76
Youngest VP, South Civil War General
John C. Breckenridge
Buchanan
77
Oldest VP
Alben Barkley (Truman)
78
First Two-Term VP
John Adams (Washington)
79
Lincoln's First VP
Hannibal Hamlin
80
First VP under 25th Amendment
Ford (Nixon)
81
First VP to serve under two presidents
George Clinton
| Jefferson and Madison
82
First VP to succeed after the death of a president
JOhn Tyler (WH Harrison)
83
VP involved in Credit MObilier Scandal
Schuyler Colfax (US Grant)
84
Texas City Named fora VP
Dallas (Polk)
George M Dallas
85
Alaska City Named for VP
Fairbanks (Teddy Roosevelt)
Charles Fairbanksq
86
VP to won Nobel peace prize
Charles Dawes (Coolidge)
87
VPs from Minnesota
Hubert Humphrey (LJB), Walter Mondale (Carter)
88
State with most VPs
NY (8)
89
Number of VPs to become President
14
90
VP House
Blair House (On grounds of Naval Observatory)
91
VP's Official Song
Hail Columbia
92
19th Century FLOTUS who spoke french fluently
Mary Todd Lincoln
93
Lemonade Lucy Banned Alcohol in WH
Lacy Hayes
94
Degree in Geology
Lou Hoover
95
Val-Kill was her retreat
Eleanor Roosevelt
96
Graduate of UT
Lady Bird Johnson
97
Bouvier was Maiden Name
Jackie Kennedy
98
Maiden Name was Thelma Patricia Ryan
Pat Nixon
99
Danced for Martha Graham
Betty Ford
100
Only first lady to hold public office
Hillary Rodham Clinton
