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Presidents who married while in office?

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Grover Cleveland
John Tyler
Woodrow Wilson

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Presidents who married twice?

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John Tyler
Millard Fillmore
Theodore Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
Ronald Reagan
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Only president to have divorced?

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Ronald Reagan

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Mistress of Thomas Jefferson

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Sally Hemmings

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Mistress of Warren Harding

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Nan Britten

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Mistress of Franklin Roosevelt

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Lucy Mercer Rutherford

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Mistress of Dwight Eisenhower

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Kay Sommersby (his wartime chauffeur)

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Mistresses of John Kennedy

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Alleged: Marilyn Monroe, Judith Campbell Exner, Angie Dickinson

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Disease associated with W. H. Harrison?

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Pneumonia (fatal)

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Disease associated with Z. Taylor?

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Acute gastroenteritis (fatal)

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Disease associated with A. Lincoln?

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Depression, Marfan’s Syndrome (suspected)

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Disease associated with G. Cleveland?

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Oral cancer (removed during secret operation while in office)

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Disease associated with W. Wilson?

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Stroke

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Disease associated with W. Harding?

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Embolism (fatal)

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Disease associated with FDR?

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Polio, Cerebral hemorrhage (fatal)

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Disease associated with Eisenhower?

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Heart attack, ileitis

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Disease associated with J. Kennedy?

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Addison’s disease

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Disease associated with L. Johnson?

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Gall bladder operation

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Disease associated with R. Nixon?

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Phlebitis

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Disease associated with J. Carter?

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Hemorrhoids

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Disease associated with R. Reagan?

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Skin cancer, polyps

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Disease associated with G. H. W. Bush?

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Overactive thyroid

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First to live in the White House?

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John Adams

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First to die in office?

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William Henry Harrison

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First to remarry?

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John Tyler

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First impeached?

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Andrew Johnson

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First to marry in office?

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Grover Cleveland

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Only to resign?

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Richard Nixon

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First to have been adopted?

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Gerald Ford

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Presidents who died in office of natural causes?

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William Henry Harrison (pneumonia)
Zachary Taylor (acute gastroenteritis)
Warren G. Harding (embolism)
Franklin D. Roosevelt (cerebral hemorrhage)

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Presidents who were assassinated?

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Abraham Lincoln by John Wilkes Booth (Ford’s Theatre, Washington)
James Garfield by Charles Guiteau (B&O Rail Station, Washington)
William McKinely by Leon Czolgosz (Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo, New York)
John F. Kennedy by Lee Harvey Oswald (Dallas, Texas)

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Attempted Assassinatiions?

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Andrew Jackson in 1835 by Richard Lawrence, a deranged house painter, in the Capitol Rotunda
Theodore Roosevelt while running as a Bull-Moose in Milwaukee
Franklin Roosevelt while president-elect, by Giuseppe Zangara, in Miami
Harry Truman by Puerto Ricn nationalists, while living at Blair House during the White House reconstruction
Gerald Ford (twice) by Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme and Sara Jane Moore
Ronald Reagan by John Hinckley at the Washington Hilton

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Longest serving

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Franklin Roosevelt (12 years, 39 days)

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Shortest serving

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William Henry Harrison (32 days)

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Oldest president

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Ronald Reagan (age at election 69, 77 when he left office)

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Youngest President

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Theodore Roosevelt (42)

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Youngest when elected

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John Kennedy (43)

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Oldest at Death

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Ronald Reagan (93)

39
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Longest lived after term

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Jimmy Carter (1981-Present)

40
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Presidents in French and Indian War

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George Washington

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Presidents in American Revolution

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George Washington

James Monroe

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Presidents in War of 1812; Indian Wars

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Andrew Jackson
W.H. Harrison
Z. Taylor

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Presidents in Black Hawk (Indian) War

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A. Lincoln

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Presidents in Mexican American War

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Z. Taylor
F. Pierce
U.S. Grant

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Presidents in Civil War

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A. Johnson (General while military governor of Tennessee)
U.S. Grant
R. Hayes
J. Garfield
B. Harrison
W. Mckinley
46
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Presidents in Spanish American War

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T. Roosevelt

47
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Presidents in World War I

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H. Truman

D. Eisenhower

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Presidents in World War II

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D. Eisenhower
J. Kennedy
L. Johnson
R. Nixon
G. Ford
R. Reagan (Hollywood as a reserve officer)
G.H.W. Bush (youngest pilot in the navy)
49
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J. Q. Adams career after presidency?

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Congressman from Massachusetts

50
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J. Tyler career after presidency?

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Elected to Confederate Congress

51
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A. Johnson career after presidency?

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Elected to U.S. Senate from Tennessee

52
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W. Taft career after presidency?

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Chief Justice of the United States

53
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Washington’s home?

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Mount Vernon (Virginia)

54
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Jefferson’s home?

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Monticello (Virginia)

55
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Madison’s home?

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Montpelier (Virginia)

56
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Monroe’s home?

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Ash Lawn (Virginia)

57
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Jackson’s home?

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The Hermitage (Tennessee)

58
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Buchanan’s home?

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Wheatland (Pennsylvania)

59
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T. Roosevelt’s home?

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Sagamore Hill (New York)

60
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F. Roosevelt’s home?

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Hyde Park (New York)

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Eisenhower’s home?

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Gettysburg (Pennsylvania)

62
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Kennedy’s home?

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Hyannisport (Massachusetts)

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Johnson’s home?

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LBJ Ranch (Texas)

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Nixon’s home?

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Casa Pacifica (California)

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Reagan’s home?

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Rancho Cielo (California)

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G.H.W. Bush’s home?

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Walker’s Point (Kennebunkport, Maine)

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G.W. Bush’s home?

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Praire Chapel Ranch (Crawford, Texas)

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States with the most presidential births?

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Virginia (8); Ohio (7); New York (4)

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Only original states with no presidential births?

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Maryland and Delaware

70
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Born on the 4th of July?

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C. Coolidge

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Died on the 4th of July?

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Jefferson (1826), Adams (1826), Monroe (1831)

72
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First President born in the independent USA?

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M. Van Buren (1784)

73
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First President born in the 19th Century?

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F. Pierce (1804)

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First President born in the 20th Century?

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J. Kennedy (1917)

75
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First President born west of the Mississippi?

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H. Hoover

76
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Last president born in a log cabin?

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J. Garfield

77
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College with the most presidents?

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Harvard

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