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Presidential Facts Flashcards

1
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Served longest

A

FDR

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Shortest Term

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William Harrison (32 days)

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3
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Shortest President

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Madison

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Tallest

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Lincoln

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Heaviest

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Taft

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6
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First Born in US

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Martin Van Buren

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7
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First Born in Log Cabin

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Jackson

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8
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Last Born British

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Harrison

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9
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First Born in 20th Century

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Kennedy

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10
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First Born West of Mississippi

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Hoover

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11
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First Born in Hospital

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Carter

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12
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First Left handed

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Garfield

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13
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Only to Hold a Paten

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Lincoln

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14
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Only Adopted

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Ford

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15
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Only Divorced

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Reagan

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16
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Only never married

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Buchanan

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17
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Only to return to House after

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JQ Adams

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18
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Only to return to Senate after

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Andrew Johnson

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19
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First Sworn into office in the White House

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JEfferson

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20
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First Married in White House

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Cleveland

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21
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Last Whig

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Millard Fillmore

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22
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Trust-Buster

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Theodore Roosevelt

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23
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Years Three Men Served As President

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1841, 1881

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24
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President who served in Jefferson’s Cabinet

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Monroe

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25
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Assassinated in Buffalo, NY

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McKinley

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26
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A chicken in every pot

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Hoover

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27
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A full Dinner Pail

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McKinley

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28
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Centennial President

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Grant

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29
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Bicentennial President

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Ford

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30
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Sworn in at Love Field

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LBJ

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31
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Only Spilt Term

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Cleveland

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32
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Lived Longest Post-Presidency

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Carter

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33
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Iowa

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Hoover

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34
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Illinois (Along with Obama)

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Lincoln (Born in Kentucky)

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35
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Missouri

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Harry Truman

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36
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Won Popular in 1888, lost

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Grover Cleveland

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37
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14 Points

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Wilson

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38
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Only pres to be sec of commerce

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Hoover

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39
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Baby Ruth was his daughter

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Cleveland

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40
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Alice Blue was his daughter

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Teddy Roosevelt

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41
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The First Dark Horse

42
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Duke of Braintree

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John Adams

43
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Sage of Montpelier

44
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Squire of Sagamore Hill

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Theodore Roosevelt

45
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Silent President

A

Calvin Coolidge

46
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Wrote the Bill of Rights

47
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Engineering Degree from Stanford

48
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Survived two assassination attempts in 1 month

49
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Never held public office before Presidency

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Washington, Grant, Eisenhower

50
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Lived in Blair House During White House Renovation

51
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Withdrew all funds from the bank of the US

52
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First 3 star general of the army

53
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Jimmy Carter Made Him the Only 6 start general

A

Washington

54
Q

FP Can also stand for fourteenth President

A

Franklin Pierce

55
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Harriet Lane was niece and hostess

56
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Elected by the largest electoral Margin

A

Reagan (1984)

57
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Graduated from Naval Academy

58
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Graduated from West Point

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Grant, Eisenhower

59
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Signed Declaration of Independence

A

Adams, Jefferson

60
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Signed the Constitution

A

Washington, Madison

61
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Whigs Died in Office

A

Taylor, WH Harrison

62
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Served in WW1

A

Truman, Eisenhower

63
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Not married when elected

A

Buchanan, Cleveland

64
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Buried at Arlington

A

Taft, Kennedy

65
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From Braintree MA

A

J Adams, JQ Adams

66
Q

Served less than one year

A

WH Harrison, Garfield

67
Q

State Capital Presidents

A

Jackson (MI), Lincoln (NE), JEfferson (MO), Madison (WI)

68
Q

Not Elected to fofice

A

Tyler, Fillmore, A. Johnson, Arthur, Ford

69
Q

State with most presidents

A

Virginia (8)

70
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State with second most presidents

71
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Date presidents were inaugurated before 20th amendment

72
Q

Event that preciptated Installation of Hot Line to Moscow

A

Cuban Missile Crisis

73
Q

First VP not to be president

A

Aaron Burr (Jefferson)

74
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First VP to resign

A

John. C. Calhoun (Jackson – also served under Adams)

75
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Greek VP to resigned

A

Spiro Agnew (Nixon)

76
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Youngest VP, South Civil War General

A

John C. Breckenridge

Buchanan

77
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Oldest VP

A

Alben Barkley (Truman)

78
Q

First Two-Term VP

A

John Adams (Washington)

79
Q

Lincoln’s First VP

A

Hannibal Hamlin

80
Q

First VP under 25th Amendment

A

Ford (Nixon)

81
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First VP to serve under two presidents

A

George Clinton

Jefferson and Madison

82
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First VP to succeed after the death of a president

A

JOhn Tyler (WH Harrison)

83
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VP involved in Credit MObilier Scandal

A

Schuyler Colfax (US Grant)

84
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Texas City Named fora VP

A

Dallas (Polk)

George M Dallas

85
Q

Alaska City Named for VP

A

Fairbanks (Teddy Roosevelt)

Charles Fairbanksq

86
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VP to won Nobel peace prize

A

Charles Dawes (Coolidge)

87
Q

VPs from Minnesota

A

Hubert Humphrey (LJB), Walter Mondale (Carter)

88
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State with most VPs

89
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Number of VPs to become President

90
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VP House

A

Blair House (On grounds of Naval Observatory)

91
Q

VP’s Official Song

A

Hail Columbia

92
Q

19th Century FLOTUS who spoke french fluently

A

Mary Todd Lincoln

93
Q

Lemonade Lucy Banned Alcohol in WH

A

Lacy Hayes

94
Q

Degree in Geology

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Lou Hoover

95
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Val-Kill was her retreat

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Eleanor Roosevelt

96
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Graduate of UT

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Lady Bird Johnson

97
Q

Bouvier was Maiden Name

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Jackie Kennedy

98
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Maiden Name was Thelma Patricia Ryan

99
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Danced for Martha Graham

A

Betty Ford

100
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Only first lady to hold public office

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Hillary Rodham Clinton

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