Presidents Flashcards
Presidents: 12th President
Zachary Taylor
Presidents: 25th President
William McKinkley
Presidents: who was president 1989-1993?
George H.W. Bush
Presidents: what state was Abraham Lincoln born in?
Kentucky
Presidents: John Adams’ nickname
The Duke of Braintree
Presidents: Carter’s prior political experience
Governor of Georgia
Presidents: George Washington’s children
had no natural children
Presidents: what was the “kitchen debate”?
Nixon’s debate with Kruschev
Presidents: William H. Taft’s dates as president
1909-1913
Presidents: 3rd President
Thomas Jefferson
Presidents: who is on the 500 dollar bill?
William McKinkley
Presidents: Andrew Johnson’s number
17th
Presidents: Ford’s would be assassins
Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme and Sara Jane Moore
Presidents: Benjamin Harrison’s VP
Levi P. Morton
Presidents: 15th President
James Buchanan
Presidents: Grover Cleveland’s VP (first term)
Thomas Hendricks
Presidents: who was president 1885-1889
Grover Cleveland
Presidents: Dwight D. Eisenhower’s VP
Richard M. Nixon
Presidents: Martin Van Buren’s dates as President
1837-1841
First President born in a hospital
Jimmy Carter
Presidents: Who was president 1837-1841?
Martin Van Buren
Presidents: 7th President
Andrew Jackson
Presidents: Carter’s party
Democrat
Presidents: Grover Cleveland’s first lady
Francis Folsom Cleveland
Presidents: Martin Van Buren’s nickname
The Sage of Kinderhook; The Little Magician
Presidents: Woodrow Wilson’s number
28th
Presidents: Calvin Coolidge’s dates as president
1923-1929
Presidents: John Quincy Adams’ political party
national-republican
First VP to serve under two presidents
George Clinton
Presidents: Andrew Johnson’s state
Tennessee
Presidents: James Buchanan’s VP
John C. Breckinridge
First President born in the 20th century
JFK
Presidents: Abraham Lincoln’s nickname
Honest Abe
Presidents: Warren G. Harding’s dates as president
1921-1923
Presidents: George Washington’s state
Virginia
Presidents: Who was Dwight D. Eisenhower’s Secretary of State
John Foster Dulles
Presidents: Where did JFK graduate?
Harvard
Presidents: Heaviest President
William H. Taft
Presidents: What were Gerald R. Ford’s dates as president
1974-1977
Presidents: Reagan’s number
40th
Presidents: who was president 1993-2001
William Jefferson Clinton
Presidents: John Adams’ first lady
Abigail Adams
Presidents: who was president 1969-1974
Richard M. Nixon
Two presidents to sign the Constitution
Washington; Madison
Presidents: who was president 1861-1865?
Abraham Lincoln
Presidents: Woodrow Wilson’s first lady
Edith (Galt) Wilson
Presidents: JFK’s number
35th
Presidents: George H.W. Bush’s number
41st
Presidents: who was president 1909-1913
William H. Taft
Presidents: 8th President
Martin Van Buren
Presidents: Clinton’s party
Democrat
Presidents: 36th President
Lyndon Baines Johnson
Presidents: who led the American troops at the Battle of New Orleans?
Andrew Jackson
Presidents: Ulysses S. Grant’s VP
Schulyer Colfax then Henry Wilson
Presidents: Zachary Taylor’s nickname
Old Rough and Ready
Presidents: only divorced president
Ronald Wilson Reagan
Presidents: Benjamin Harrison’s number
23rd
President’s who lost popular; won electoral
Adams v. Jackson - 1824; Hayes v. Tilden - 1876; Cleveland v. Harrison 1888; and Bush v Gore 2000.
Presidents: who was president 1933-1945
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Presidents: who was president 1901-1909
Theodore Roosevelt
Presidents: John Quincy Adams’ VP
John C. Calhoun
Presidents: Ulysses S. Grant’s nickname
The Galena Tanner
Presidents: 23rd President
Benjamin Harrison
Presidents: LBJ’s first lady
Lady Bird (Claudia Taylor) Johnson
Presidents: John Adams’ dates as President
1797-1801
Youngest VP
John C. Breckinridge
First 3-star general of the army
U.S. Grant
Presidents: who was president 1849-1850?
Zachary Taylor
Only adopted President
Gerald Ford
Presidents: Clinton’s VP
Al Gore
Presidents: Nixon’s WWII job
Supply Officer
Presidents: John Tyler’s secretary of state
Daniel Webster
Presidents: William McKinley’s first lady
Ida (Saxton) McKinley
Presidents: what war did Abraham Lincoln fight in?
The Blackhawk war
Presidents: Theodore Roosevelt’s nickname
The Squire of Sagamore Hill
Presidents: who was president 1923-1929
Calvin Coolidge
Presidents: James K. Polk’s nickname
First Dark Horse; Young Hickory
Presidents: 9th President
William Henry Harrison
Presidents: who was president 1929-1933
Herbert Hoover
Presidents: Rutherford B. Hayes’ dates as president
1877-1881
Presidents: Only president born in Washington D.C.
Woodrow Wilson
Presidents: first president from a state west of the appalachians
Andrew Jackson
Presidents: George H.W. Bush’s state
Texas
Presidents: Andrew Jackson’s state
Tennessee (The Hermitage)
Presidents: John Quincy Adams’ number
6th
Presidents: how many days after his inauguration before W.H. Harrison died?
32
Presidents: Mexican war fought and won under which president?
James K. Polk
Presidents: Reagan’s dates as president
1981-1989
Presidents: William Henry Harrison’s nickname
Old Tippecanoe
Presidents: Woodrow Wilson’s state
New Jersey
Presidents: 19th President
Rutherford B. Hayes
Presidents: Millard Fillmore’s first lady
Abigail Fillmore
19th century first lady that spoke french fluently
Mary Todd Lincoln
Two presidents not married when elected
Buchanan; Cleveland
Presidents: Grover Cleveland’s dates as president (2nd term)
1893-1897
Presidents: LBJ’s party
Democrat
Presidents: Dwight D. Eisenhower’s dates as president
1953-1961
Presidents: Andrew Johnson’s VP
none
Presidents: Andrew Jackson’s dates as President
1829-1837
Presidents: George Washington’s number
1st
Presidents: 2nd President
John Adams
Presidents: William H. Taft’s party
Republican
Presidents: Martin Van Buren’s political party
Democrat
Presidents: 16th President
Abraham Lincoln
First VP not to be President
Aaron Burr
Presidents: John Tyler’s previous experience
Governor of Virginia
Presidents: James A. Garfield’s dates as president
1881
Presidents: with whom did Dwight D. Eisenhower have an affair?
His WWII chauffeur Kay Somersby
Presidents: William H. Taft’s first lady
Helen (Herron) Taft
Presidents: 20th President
James Abram Garfield
Presidents: who was president 1869-1877
Ulysses S. Grant
Presidents: Reagan’s party
Republican
Presidents: 17th President
Andrew Johnson
First Lady that graduated from the Univ. of TX
Lady Bird Johnson
Presidents: John Adams’ VP
Thomas Jefferson
Presidents: James Monroe’s number
5th
Presidents: James Madison’s first lady
Dolly Madison
Presidents: 26th President
Theodore Roosevelt
Presidents: Wiliam Henry Harrison’s grandson
Benjamin Harrison
Presidents: Theodore Roosevelt’s party
Republican
Presidents: George H.W. Bush’s party
Republican
Presidents: Thomas Jefferson’s nickname
The sage of monticello
Presidents: Carter’s state
Georgia (Plains)
Presidents: who dedicated the Statue of Liberty?
Grover Cleveland on October 28th - 1886
Presidents: Woodrow Wilson’s party
Democrat
Presidents: who was president 1801-1809
Thomas Jefferson
Presidents: how did McKinley die?
Assassinated in Buffalo by Leon Czolgosz on Sept 6 1901
Presidents: who was president 1981-1989
Ronald Wilson Reagan
Presidents: first president involved in an assassination attempt
Andrew Jackson
Presidents: formerly directed the CIA
George H.W. Bush
Presidents: James Madison’s political party
Democratic-Republican
Presidents: 34th President
Dwight David Eisenhower
Presidents: Chester A. Arthur’s state
New York
Presidents: JFK’s party
Democrat
Presidents: Franklin D. Roosevelt’s party
Democrat
Presidents: who was president 1974-1977
Gerald R. Ford
Presidents: who was Lincoln’s son?
Robert Lincoln - Secretary of War under Chester Arthur
Presidents: Martin Van Buren’s number
8th
Presidents: Benjamin Harrison’s number
23rd
Presidents: Thomas Jefferson’s dates as President
1801-1809
Presidents: LBJ’s dates as president
1963-1969
Presidents: Zachary Taylor’s state
Virginia
Presidents: youngest president elected
JFK
Last president born a British subject
William H. Harrison
Presidents: Woodrow Wilson’s VP
Thomas R. Marshall
Presidents: Zachary Taylor’s dates as president
1849-1850
Presidents: oldest president elected and to serve
Ronald Wilson Reagan
First Lady with degree in geology
Lou Hoover
Presidents: Nixon’s VP
Spiro Agnew (resigned) then Gerald R. Ford
Presidents: where did Nixon have a home
Casa Pacifia CA
Presidents: who was president 1825-1829
John Quincy Adams
Presidents: Reagan’s first lady
Nancy (Davis) Reagan
Presidents: Franklin D. Roosevelt’s number
32nd
Presidents: JFK’s first lady
Jacqueline (Bouvier) Kennedy
Presidents: where did Eisenhower have a home?
Gettysburg PA
Presidents: where did Carter Graduate?
U.S. Naval Academy
Two presidents to serve less than one year
W.H. Harrison; Garfield
Presidents: Zachary Taylor’s number
12th
First president born in a log cabin
Andrew Jackson
Presidents: 38th President
Gerald R. Ford
Presidents: John Adams’ state
Massachusetts (Braintree)
Presidents: 18th President
Ulysses Simpson Grant
Presidents: Who is the first president alphabetically?
John Adams
Presidents: James K. Polk’s first lady
Sarah (Childress) Polk
Presidents: first to adopt the “spoils system”
Andrew Jackson
Presidents: Zachary Taylor’s first lady
Margaret (Smith) Taylor
Presidents: Grover Cleveland’s prior experience
Governor of New York
Presidents: first left handed president
James A. Garfield
Presidents: where did Woodrow Wilson graduate?
Princeton NJ
Iowa President
Herbert Hoover
Presidents: who was president 1921-1923
Warren G. Harding
Presidents: Richard M. Nixon’s number
37th
Presidents: which president warned against a “military industrial complex”?
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Presidents: first President with a full time body guard
Franklin Pierce
Presidents: who was president 1953-1961
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Presidents: first president born in the U.S.A.
Martin Van Buren
Last Whig President
Millard Fillmore
Presidents: James Madison’s number
4th
Presidents: Dwight D. Eisenhower’s first lady
Mamie (Doud) Eisenhower
Presidents: Millard Fillmore’s VP
none
Presidents: James K. Polk’s previous experience
Governor of Tennessee and Speaker of the House
He promised “a chicken in every pot”
Herbert hoover
Presidents: JFK’s VP
Lyndon Johnson
Presidents: Franklin Pierce’s state
New Hampshire
Presidents: LBJ’s number
36th
Presidents: James Madison’s dates as President
1809-1817
Two presidents to sign the Declaration of Independence
John Adams; Thomas Jefferson
Presidents: who was president 1809-1817
James Madison
Presidents: Franklin Pierce’s number
14th
Presidents: Franklin D. Roosevelt’s dates as president
1933-1945
Harriet Lane was this president’s niece and hostess
James Buchanan
Oldest VP
Alben Barkley
Presidents: Abraham Lincoln’s number
16th
The centennial president
Ulysses S. Grant
Presidents: 32nd President
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Presidents: who was president in 1841?
William Henry Harrison
Two presidents who were in service during WWI
Truman; Eisenhower
Presidents: Thomas Jefferson’s VP
Aaron Burr then George Clinton
Presidents: Abraham Lincoln’s dates as President
1861-1865
Presidents: which president fought as major in the revolution and was wounded at trenton?
James Monroe