Presidential workout Flashcards
LBJ took office in
1963, finished term & reelected
Eisenhower VP
Richard Nixon
Took office in 1817
Monroe, 2 terms
Followed Buchanan
Lincoln, 1861
Know Nothing candidate for president
Millard Fillmore, 1856
James Buchanan VP
John C. Breckenridge
Truman took office in
1945, finished & reelected
1850s presidents pre Lincoln
Fillmore, Pierce, Buchanan
Jackson first lady
Wife Rachel died before inauguration
Zachary Taylor first lady
Margaret
Candidates in 1956 election
Eisenhower/Nixon beat Adlai Stevenson (/Estes Kefauver)
Obama First Lady
Michelle Robinson Obama
Shortest inauguration speech
Washington
Which president had no party?
Washington
Followed Adams
Jefferson, 1801
Harding died in
1923
Candidates in 1800 election
Jefferson beat Adams
Youngest president taking office
Teddy Roosevelt
Jefferson VP
Aaron Burr, George Clinton
Ford first lady
Betty Ford
Eisenhower took office in
1953, two terms
Took office in 1850
Millard Fillmore, finished term
John Tyler took office in
1841, finished WHH term
Teddy Roosevelt VP
vacant, Charles Fairbanks
Candidates in 1896 election
McKinley/Hobart beat William Jennings Bryan (/Sewall)
Harding took office in
1921, died
Took office in 1885
Grover Cleveland, served non-consecutive terms
Candidates in 1936 election
Roosevelt/Garner beat Alf Landon (/Knox)
Candidates in 1976 election
Carter/Mondale beat Ford/Dole
James Monroe VP
Daniel Tompkins
George H. W. Bush VP
Dan Quayle
Followed Washington
Adams, 1797
FDR VP
John Garner, Henry Wallace, Harry Truman
Candidates in 1968 election
Nixon/Agnew beat Humphrey/Muskie; George Wallace/Curtis LeMay got electoral votes
Coolidge took office in
1923, finished term & reelected
William McKinley
Garret A. Hobart, Theodore Roosevelt
Candidates in 1924 election
Coolidge/Dawes beat John Davis (/Charles W. Bryan); Robert La Follette got electoral votes as Progressive
Franklin Pierce VP
William R. King
Candidates in 1832 election
Jackson (Dem) beat Henry Clay (National Republican)
Candidates in 1844 election
James Polk (Dem) beat Henry Clay (Whig)
Took office in 2021
Joe Biden
Candidates in 1900 election
McKinley/TR beat William Jennings Bryan/Adlai Stevenson I
Followed Coolidge
Hoover, 1929
Took office in 1841
William Henry Harrison (and Tyler)
Donald Trump first lady
Melania Trump
Wilson first lady
Ellen and Edith (Edith managed his office after 1919 stroke)
William Henry Harrison took office in
1841, died
Truman VP
none, Alben Barkley
Candidates in 1820 election
James Monroe had no major opponent, height of Era of Good Feelings
Grant took office in
1869, two terms
Candidates in 1872 election
Ulysses Grant beat Horace Greeley
Grover Cleveland took office in
1885 and 1893
Candidates in 1808 election
James Madison beat Charles Pinckney
Clinton took office in
1993, 2 terms
Candidates in 1904 election
Roosevelt/Fairbanks beat Alton Parker
Followed Taft
Wilson, 1913
Candidates in 1940 election
Roosevelt/Wallace beat Willkie (/McNary)
Followed John Tyler
James K. Polk, 1845
Followed Monroe
John Quincy Adams, 1825
Followed Grant
Rutherford B. Hayes, 1877
Took office in 1989
George H. W. Bush, 1 term
John Tyler first lady
Letitia and Julia
Benjamin Harrison VP
Levi P. Morton
Followed Taylor
Millard Fillmore, 1850
Garfield took office in
1881, died
Clinton VP
Al Gore
Coolidge first lady
Grace Goodhue Coolidge
WH Harrison VP
John Tyler
Adams first lady
Abigail
Candidates in 1788 election
Washington (first), Adams (second)
Carter first lady
Rosalynn
Took office in 1877
Hayes, 1 term
Polk VP
George M. Dallas
Wilson VP
Thomas R. Marshall
Took office in 1933
FDR, 4 terms
Andrew Jackson VP
John C Calhoun, Martin Van Buren
Harding first lady
Florence King Harding
James Buchanan first lady
never married
Followed Gerald Ford
Jimmy Carter, 1977
James Monroe First Lady
Elizabeth
Grant first lady
Julia Dent Grant
Candidates in 1880 election
James Garfield beat Winfield Scott Hancock
Took office in 1953
Eisenhower, two terms
Kennedy VP
Lyndon Johnson
Benjamin Harrison first lady
Caroline Lavinia Scott Harrison
Donald Trump VP
Mike Pence
George W. Bush took office in
2001, two terms
Van Buren VP
Richard M. Johnson
Took office in 2017
Donald Trump, one term
Followed Van Buren
William Henry Harrison, 1841
Grover Cleveland second term followed by
William McKinley, 1897
Andrew Johnson VP
none
Millard Fillmore VP
none
Grant VP
Schuyler Colfax, Henry Wilson
Taft took office in
1909, 1 term
Took office in 1897
William McKinley, 2 terms
Followed Kennedy
LBJ
Candidates in 1828 election
Andrew Jackson (Dem) beat JQ Adams (National Republican)
Chester Arthur VP
none
VPs elected president directly after
Adams, Jefferson, Van Buren, GHW Bush
Candidates in 1932 election
Roosevelt/Garner beat Hoover/Curtis)
Grover Cleveland first term followed by
Benjamin Harrison, 1889
Hoover first lady
Lou Henry Hoover
Took office in 1881
Garfield (and Arthur, finished term)
Monroe took office in
1817, 2 terms
Garfield VP
Chester Arthur
Candidates in 1816 election
Monroe (Dem-Rep) beat Rufus King (Federalist)
Candidates in 1928 election
Hoover/Curtis beat Al Smith (/Robinson)
Candidates in 1852 election
Franklin Pierce beat Gen. Winfield Scott
Followed Barack Obama
Donald Trump, 2017
Chester Arthur first lady
Ellen Lewis Herndon Arthur
Madison took office in
1809, 2 terms
Andrew Johnson first lady
Eliza McCardle Johnson
Candidates in 1912 election
Wilson/Marshall beat TR Progressive (EVs), Taft Republican, Debs socialist
Followed Eisenhower
JFK, 1961
Followed Madison
Monroe, 1817
Zachary Taylor died in
1850 and Fillmore took office
Candidates in 1944 election
Roosevelt/Truman beat Dewey (/Bricker)
Candidates in 1916 election
Wilson/Marshall beat Charles Evans Hughes (/Fairbanks)
Hoover VP
Charles Curtis
Candidates in 1888 election
Benjamin Harrison beat Grover Cleveland
JFK first lady
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy
Candidates in 1884 election
Grover Cleveland beat James G. Blaine
Clinton first lady
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Trump took office in
2017, one term
Followed Hoover
FDR, 1933
Hayes took office in
1877, 1 term
Candidates in 1836 election
Martin Van Buren (Dem) beat WH Harrison (Whig), Daniel Webster (Whig), and other Whigs
Obama VP
Joe Biden
Followed William Henry Harrison
John Tyler, 1841
Candidates in 1952 election
Eisenhower/Nixon beat Adlai Stevenson (/Sparkman)
First president born after the Revolution
Van Buren
Dixiecrat candidate
Strom Thurmond
Candidates in 1868 election
Ulysses Grant beat Horatio Seymour
Longest inauguration speech
William Henry Harrison
Andrew Johnson took office in
1865, finished term
Progressive candidates
Teddy Roosevelt 1912, Robert La Follette 1924
Followed FDR
Truman, 1945
Took office in 1913
Wilson, 2 terms
Lincoln took office in
1861
Took office in 1909
Taft, 1 term
Reagan took office in
1981, 2 terms
Candidates in 1840 election
WH Harrison (Whig) beat Martin Van Buren (Dem)
Candidates in 1876 election
Rutherford Hayes beat Samuel Tilden
Chester Arthur took office in
1881, finished term
Followed Reagan
George H. W. Bush
Polk took office in
1845, 1 term
Jefferson first lady
none (died earlier)
Took office in 1853
Franklin Pierce, 1 term
Candidates in 2016 election
Trump/Pence defeated Clinton/Kaine
Followed Wilson
Warren G. Harding, 1921
James Madison VP
George Clinton, Elbridge Gerry
Rutherford Hayes VP
William Wheeler
Taft VP
James Sherman
Took office in 2009
Barack Obama, 2 terms
Zachary Taylor took office in
1849, died 1850
Followed Truman
Eisenhower, 1953
Garfield first lady
Lucretia Rudolph Garfield
Candidates in 1980 election
Reagan/Bush beat Carter/Mondale
Followed Pierce
James Buchanan, 1867
Reagan VP
George H. W. Bush
Nixon VP
Spiro Agnew, Gerald Ford (25th Am appointment)
George W. Bush VP
Dick Cheney
Grover Cleveland VP
Thomas Hendricks (briefly, most of 1st term no VP); Adlai E. Stevenson
John Quincy Adams took office in
1825, 1 term
Took office in 1901
Teddy Roosevelt, finished & reelected
Followed Jefferson
Madison, 1809
Followed LBJ
Nixon, 1968
Garfield died in
1881 and Arthur took office
Took office in 1945
Truman, finished & reelected
Candidates in 1972 election
Nixon/Agnew beat McGovern/Shriver
Candidates in 1864 election
Lincoln beat George McClellan
Took office in 1963
LBJ, finished term & reelected
Followed Harding
Coolidge, 1923
Obama took office in
2009, 2 terms
Candidates in 1996 election
Clinton/Gore beat Dole/Kemp (and Perot)
George H. W. Bush took office in
1989
Eisenhower first lady
Mamie Doud Eisenhower
Washington took office in
1789, 2 terms
Took office 1845
Polk, 1 term
Franklin Pierce took office in
1853, 1 term
George W. Bush first lady
Laura Welch Bush
Candidates in 1992 election
Clinton/Gore beat Bush/Quayle (and Perot)
Candidates in 2012 election
Obama/Biden defeated Romney/Ryan
Took office in 1921
Harding, died
Candidates in 2020 election
Biden/Harris defeated Trump/Pence
Followed Clinton
George W. Bush, 2001
Grover Cleveland first lady
Frances Folsom Cleveland
Took office in 1825
John Quincy Adams, 1 term
Took office in 1809
Madison, 2 terms
John Quincy Adams VP
John C Calhoun
Two presidents between Monroe and Grant to have two terms
Jackson and Lincoln
Candidates in 1812 election
James Madison beat DeWitt Clinton
Candidates in 1804 election
Jefferson beat Charles Pinckney
Abraham Lincoln died in
1865 and Johnson took office
Candidates in 1848 election
Zachary Taylor beat Lewis Cass (Dem), Martin Van Buren (Free Soil)
First president to die in office
William Henry Harrison
Took office 1789
George Washington, 2 terms
Wilson took office in
1913, 2 terms
Took office in 1977
Carter
First president inaugurated in DC
Jefferson
Madison first lady
Dolley
Took office in 1829
Jackson, 2 terms
Took office in 1849
Zachary Taylor, died
Followed Monroe
JQ Adams, 1825
Candidates in 1964 election
LBJ/Humphrey beat Goldwater (/Miller)
Followed Carter
Reagan, 1981
First southerner elected
Jimmy Carter
Nixon first lady
Pat Nixon
Joe Biden took office in
2021
Shortest presidency
William Henry Harrison
Rutherford Hayes first lady
Lucy Webb Hayes
Followed Hayes
Garfield, 1881
James Buchanan took office in
1857
Candidates in 1948 election
Truman/Barkley beat Dewey (/Warren), Thurmond got electoral votes
Populist Party candidate
James B. Weaver, 1892
Took office in 1968
Nixon, two terms
Martin van Buren took office in
1837, 1 term
Took office in 1869
Grant, two terms
Teddy Roosevelt took office in
1901, finished & reelected
Took office in 1861
Lincoln
Candidates in 2004 election
Bush/Cheney beat Kerry/Edwards
Franklin Pierce first lady
Jane
Washington VP
John Adams
Candidates in 1824 election
JQ Adams beat Jackson, Clay
Harding VP
Coolidge
Candidates in 2000 election
Bush/Cheney beat Gore/Lieberman
Which president never lived in the White House?
Washinton
First contested election
1796
Followed John Quincy Adams
Jackson, 1829
Took office in 1981
Reagan, 2 terms
Took office in 1837
Martin van Buren, 1 term
Garfield followed by
Chester Arthur, 1881
Joe Biden VP
Kamala Harris
Chester Arthur followed by
Grover Cleveland, 1885
Millard Fillmore first lady
Abigail Powers Fillmore
Candidates in 1856 election
Buchanan beat John C. Fremont (Republican) Millard Fillmore (Know Nothing)
Strom Thurmond ran as a
Dixiecrat
Last president without a college degree
Truman
Took office in 1993
Clinton, 2 terms
Candidates in 1860 election
Lincoln beat John C. Breckinridge (Southern Dem), Stephen Douglas (Dem)
Took office 1797
Adams, 1 term
Took office in 1865
Andrew Johnson, finished term
Hoover took office in
1929, 1 term
Free Soil candidate
Martin Van Buren, 1848
Carter took office in
1977, 1 term
Joe Biden first lady
Jill Biden
Candidates in 1920 election
Harding/Coolidge beat James M. Cox/FDR
Nixon took office in
1968, two terms
Jefferson took office in
1801, 2 terms
Ford took office in
1974
George H. W. Bush first lady
Barbara Bush
FDR first lady
Eleanor Roosevelt
John Tyler VP
none
Took office in 1857
James Buchanan
Took office 1801
Jefferson, 2 terms
Washington first lady
Martha
Followed Nixon
Ford
Lincoln first lady
Mary Todd
Teddy Roosevelt first lady
Edith Kermit Carrow Roosevelt
Year of first presidential election
1788
Took office in 1974
Ford
JFK took office in
1961, died
Followed George W. Bush
Barack Obama, 2009
Followed Fillmore
Franklin Pierce, 1853
Candidates in 1988 election
Bush/Quayle beat Dukakis/Bentsen
Ford VP
Nelson Rockefeller (25th Am appointment)
Candidates in 1908 election
Taft/Sherman beat William Jennings Bryan
Followed Teddy Roosevelt
William Howard Taft
Candidates in 1892 election
Cleveland/Adlai Stevenson I beat Benjamin Harrison (Rep) James B. Weaver (Populist)
Followed Lincoln
Andrew Johnson, 1865
Took office in 1889
Benjamin Harrison, 1 term surrounded by Cleveland
Taft first lady
Helen Herron Taft
Coolidge VP
none, Charles Dawes
Carter VP
Walter Mondale
Took office in 1923
Coolidge, finished term & reelected
Candidates in 2008 election
Obama/Biden defeated McCain/Palin
FDR took office in
1933, 4 terms
Took office in 1929
Hoover, 1 term
Lincoln VP
Hannibal Hamlin, Andrew Johnson
Candidates in 1984 election
Reagan/Bush beat Mondale/Ferraro
Followed Jackson
Van Buren, 1837
John Adams VP
Thomas Jefferson
Followed Johnson
Grant
Jackson took office in
1829, 2 terms
Followed George H. W. Bush
Clinton, 1993
Followed Trump
Joe Biden
Candidates in 1960 election
JFK/LBJ beat Nixon (/Henry Cabot Lodge)
Millard Fillmore took office in
1850
McKinley died in
1901 and Teddy Roosevelt took office
Candidates in 1796 election
Adams beat Jefferson
Polk first lady
Sarah
Adams took office in
1797, 2 terms
Truman first lady
Bess Wallace Truman
William McKinley first lady
Ida Saxton McKinley
JQ Adams First Lady
Louisa (born outside US)
Took office in 2001
George W. Bush, two terms
Perot political party
independent candidate 1992, Reform 1996
Grover Cleveland followed by
Benjamin Harrison (1889), William McKinley (1897)
Took office in 1961
JFK, died
William Henry Harrison died in
1841 and Tyler took office
Followed Polk
Zachary Taylor, 1849
LBJ VP
none, Hubert Humphrey
