Week 6 - US Presidents

Question 1

George Washingon

Answer 1

1; 1789-1797
VP: John Adams
No Political Party
“Father of His Country”

Question 2

John Adams

Answer 2

2; 1797-1801
VP: Thomas Jefferson
Federalist Party
“Atlas of Independence”

Question 3

Thomas Jefferson

Answer 3

3; 1801-1809
VP: Aaron Burr ‘01-‘05; George Clinton ‘05-‘09
Democratic-Republican Party
“Man of the People”; “Sage of Monticello”

Question 4

James Madison

Answer 4

4; 1809-1817
VP: George Clinton ‘09-‘12; Elbridge Gerry ‘13-‘14
Democratic-Republican Party
“Father of the Constitution”

Question 5

James Monroe

Answer 5

5; 1817-1825
VP: Daniel D. Thompkins
Democratic-Republican Party
“The Last Cocked Hat”; “Era-of-Good-Feeling President”

Question 6

John Quincy Adams

Answer 6

6; 1825-1829
VP: John C. Calhoun
Democratic-Republican Party
“Old Man Eloquent”

Question 7

Andrew Jackson

Answer 7

7; 1829-1837
VP: John C. Calhoun ‘29-‘32; Martin Van Buren ‘33-‘37
Democrat
“Old Hickory”

Question 8

Martin Van Buren

Answer 8

8; 1837-1841
VP: Richard M. Johnson
Democrat
“The Little Magician”; “The Red Fox of Kinderhook”

Question 9

William Henry Harrison

Answer 9

9; 1841-1841 (Died in Office)
VP: John Tyler
Whig
“Old Tippecanoe”; “Old Tip”

Question 10

John Tyler

Answer 10

10; 1841-1845
VP: NONE
Whig
“Accidental President”; “His Accidency”

Question 11

James Knox Polk

Answer 11

11; 1845-1849
VP: George M. Dallas
Democrat
“Young Hickory”

Question 12

Zachary Taylor

Answer 12

12; 1849-1850 (Died in Office)
VP: Millard Fillmore
Whig
“Old Rough and Ready:

Question 13

Millard Fillmore

Answer 13

13; 1850-1853
VP: NONE
Whig
“The American Louis Philippe”

Question 14

Franklin Pierce

Answer 14

14; 1853-1857
VP: William R. King
Democrat
“Young Hickory of the Granite Hills”

Question 15

James Buchanan

Answer 15

15; 1857-1861
VP: John C. Breckinridge
Democrat
“Old Buck”

Question 16

Abraham Lincoln

Answer 16

16; 1861-1865 (Killed in Office)
VP: Hannibal Hamlin ‘61-‘65; Andrew Johnson ‘65
Republican
“Honest Abe”; “Illinois Rail Splitter”

Question 17

Andrew Johnson

Answer 17

17; 1865-1869
VP: NONE
Democrat
NONE

Question 18

Ulysses Simpson Grant

Answer 18

18; 1869-1877
VP: Schuyler Colfax ‘69-‘73; Henry Wilson ‘73-75
Republican
“Hero of Appomattox”

Question 19

Rutherford Birchard Hayes

Answer 19

19; 1877-1881
VP: William A. Wheeler
Republican
“Dark-Horse President”

Question 20

James Abram Garfield

Answer 20

20; 1881-1881 (Killed in Office)
VP: Chester A. Arthur
Republican
NONE

Question 21

Chester Alan Arthur

Answer 21

21; 1881-1885
VP: NONE
Republican
“The Gentleman Boss”; “Elegant Arthur”

Question 22

Grover Cleveland

Answer 22

22; 1885-1889
VP: Thomas A. Hendricks
Democrat
“Veto Mayor”; “Veto President”

Question 23

Benjamin Harrison

Answer 23

23; 1889-1893
VP: Levi P. Morton
Republican
“Kid Gloves Harrison”; “Little Ben”

Question 24

Grover Cleveland

Answer 24

24; 1893-1897
VP: Adlai E. Stevenson
Democrat
“Veto Mayor”; “Veto President”

Question 25

William McKinley

Answer 25

25; 1897-1901 (Killed in Office) VP: Garret A. Hobart '97-'99; Theodore Roosevelt '01 Republican "Idle of Ohio"

Question 26

Theodore Roosevelt

Answer 26

26; 1901-1909 VP: Charles Warren Fairbanks Republican "TR"; "Trust-Buster"; "Teddy"

Question 27

William Howard Taft

Answer 27

27; 1909-1913 VP: James S. Sherman Republican NONE

Question 28

Woodrow Wilson

Answer 28

28; 1913-1921 VP: Thomas R. Marshall Democrat "Schoolmaster In Politics"

Question 29

Warren Gamaliel Harding

Answer 29

29; 1921-1923 (Died in Office) VP: Calvin Coolidge Republican NONE

Question 30

Calvin Coolidge

Answer 30

30; 1923-1929 VP: Charles G. Dawes Republican "Silent Cal"

Question 31

Herbert Clark Hoover

Answer 31

31; 1929-1933 VP: Charles Curtis Republican NONE

Question 32

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Answer 32

32; 1933-1945 (Died in Office) VP: John N. Garner '33-'41; Henry A. Wallace '41-'45; Harry S. Truman '45 Democrat "FDR"

Question 33

Harry S. Truman

Answer 33

33; 1945-1953 VP: Alben W. Barkley Democrat "Give 'Em Hell Harry"

Question 34

Dwight David Eisenhower

Answer 34

34: 1953-1961 VP: Richard M. Nixon Republican "Ike"

Question 35

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

Answer 35

35; 1961-1963 (Killed in Office) VP: Lyndon B. Johnson Democrat "JFK"; "Jack"

Question 36

Lyndon Baines Johnson

Answer 36

36; 1963-1969 VP: Hubert H. Humphrey Democrat "LBJ"

Question 37

Richard Milhous Nixon

Answer 37

37; 1969-1974 (Resigned) VP: Spiro T. Agnew '69-'73; Gerald R. Ford '73-'74 Republican NONE

Question 38

Gerald Rudolph Ford

Answer 38

38; 1974-1977 VP: Nelson A. Rockefeller Republican "Jerry"

Question 39

James Earl Carter Jr

Answer 39

39; 1977-1981 VP: Walter F. Mondale Democrat "Jimmy"

Question 40

Ronald Wilson Reagan

Answer 40

40; 1981-1989 VP: George H. W. Bush Republican "The Gipper"; "The Great Communicator"; "Dutch"

Question 41

George Herbert Walker Bush

Answer 41

41; 1989-1993 VP: J. Danforth Quayle Republican "Poppy"

Question 42

William Jefferson Clinton

Answer 42

42; 1993-2001 VP: Albert Gore Jr Democrat "Bill"

Question 43

George Walker Bush

Answer 43

43; 2001-2009 VP: Richard B. Cheney Republican "W"

Question 44

Barack Hussein Obama

Answer 44

44; 2009-Present VP: Joseph R. Biden Jr Democrat NONE