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U.S. Presidential Trivia

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Here's some presidential trivia. There's more at National Geographic.com

Who was the only president who did not win election to either the office of vice president or the office of president? Ford.
Who was the only president who had served as speaker of the House? Polk.
Who was the only president to serve two nonconsecutive terms? Cleveland.
Who held the first regular presidential press conferences? Wilson.
Which president was sworn into office on an airplane? Lyndon B. Johnson.
Who was the only person to serve as both president and chief justice? Taft.
Which president was sworn into office by a woman? Lyndon B. Johnson by Judge Sarah T. Hughes.
Four presidents were elected whose closest opponent received more popular votes. Who were the presidents? John Quincy Adams, election of 1824; Hayes, 1876; Benjamin Harrison, 1888; and George W. Bush, 2000.
Who was the first president to visit a foreign country while in office? Theodore Roosevelt.
Which presidents are buried in Arlington National Cemetery? Taft and Kennedy.
Who were the only grandfather and grandson who both served as president? William Henry Harrison and Benjamin Harrison.
Who were the only presidents to be sworn into office by a former president? Coolidge and Hoover (by Taft).
Which president never married? Buchanan.
Two sons of former presidents became president themselves. Who were the sons and who were their fathers? John Quincy Adams, son of John Adams; and George W. Bush, son of George H. W. Bush.
Which two former presidents died on the same day? John Adams and Jefferson.
Which presidents lived 90 years or more? John Adams, Hoover, Ford, and Reagan.
What president lived the shortest time? Kennedy, 46 years.
Which president lived the longest time? Reagan, 93 years.
Who was the only former vice president who became president but did not succeed the president under whom he served? Nixon.
Which president had the most children? Tyler, 15.
Who was the first president to live in the White House? John Adams.
Who was the first president to be inaugurated in Washington, D.C.? Jefferson.
Who was the first president to speak on radio? Wilson.
Who was the first president to speak on television? Franklin D. Roosevelt.
What two presidents died in the White House? W. H. Harrison and Taylor.
Which president served the shortest time in office? W. H. Harrison, one month, 1841.
Which president served the longest? F. D. Roosevelt, 12 years, 1 month, 8 days.
Which president received the greatest number of electoral votes? Reagan in 1984, 525.
Which presidents signed the Constitution? Washington, Madison.
Who was the only president who had a child born in the White House? Cleveland, in 1893.
Which presidents were assassinated? Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley, Kennedy.
What other presidents died in office? W. H. Harrison, Taylor, Harding, Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Which presidents died on the Fourth of July? Jefferson, 1826; John Adams, 1826; and Monroe, 1831.
Who was the first president born after the adoption of the U.S. Constitution? Tyler.
Who was the first president to ride on a railroad train? Jackson.
Who was the only president to resign? Nixon.
Which presidents served as university presidents before their election to the U.S. presidency? Wilson (Princeton) and Eisenhower (Columbia).
Who was the first president nominated by a national political convention? Jackson.
Who was the youngest person ever to become president? T. Roosevelt, 42.
Who was the youngest person ever elected president? Kennedy, 43.
Who was the oldest person ever elected president? Reagan, 73 years and 274 days when he was elected to his second term.
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Since... Lincoln I suppose, every president elected every 20 years died while in office, until Ronald Reagan broke the so called "curse", by surviving that assassination attempt in 1981. Bush would be the next on the list being elected 20 years after Reagan was, but he's not dead yet. He might be re-elected and be murdered by Carrot Top with an amusing prop stabed in the heart (as I have forseen in my dreams), or maybe the curse was really be broken by Reagan and shall never repeat itself again... Or maybe Reagan DIDN'T survive, and they had someone impersonating him until now. Who? Peter Sellers.

How come Ford wasn't elected as vice president? Wasn't him Nixon's vice president?

How come Roosevelt served 3 terms, and was going for a fourth one when he died? Were those consecutive terms? Can a US president do that?

And shall we see a homosexual, or an african-american, or a woman as president of the US sometime soon? Or maybe all combined, an african-american lesbian, how's that?
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Agnew was Nixon's elected VP, but he had to resign and was replaced with Ford.

When FDR was going for a fourth term, there was no limit. Now it's two terms.

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Originally posted by: ricarleite


And shall we see a homosexual, or an african-american, or a woman as president of the US sometime soon? Or maybe all combined, an african-american lesbian, how's that?


unfortunatly I doubt we will see any minoritys for somtime. A sad fact, but true.

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Here's some presidential trivia. There's more at National Geographic.com


Who was the only president who had served as speaker of the House? Polk.


actually, I think Ford was Speaker Of The House before he replaced Agnew as VP
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And shall we see a homosexual, or an african-american, or a woman as president of the US sometime soon? Or maybe all combined, an african-american lesbian, how's that?


unfortunatly I doubt we will see any minoritys for somtime. A sad fact, but true.


I don't know, I think the republicans would have a good chance if they supported Colin Powel for president in 2008.
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yeah, come to think of it that might work.
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I somehow doubt that would happen. Powell has been pissing off many Republicans lately with his willingness to say that they were wrong regarding Iraq. Democrats might welcome him with open arms, but that doesn't mean he would do it. I always felt Powell should have been the candidate in 2000. Barack Obama might be the first black pres candidate we see if the Dems continue to groom him the way they have been.
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How about Hilary Clinton?
“Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.” — Nazi Reich Marshal Hermann Goering
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that wouldn't work in a million years! too many people think she's a bi***. And old Slick Willie as what? The first "The First Gentleman"? come on! LOL!!
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How about Hilary Clinton?


I don't think that would pan out either. Her as a VP candidate perhaps. That would be a helluva ticket for the Dems... Barack Obama as pres and Hillary Clinton as VP. A double minority ticket with big name candidates. Wow.
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again too many people think she's a b**** and they're not going to vote for her as VP either.
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Agnew was Nixon's elected VP, but he had to resign and was replaced with Ford.

When FDR was going for a fourth term, there was no limit. Now it's two terms.
Actually, I'm not sure that last one is correct, otherwise I'm sure more presidents would have run for a 3rd or more terms.
(Although, on the other hand I think it was an unspoken rule set down by George Washington in his final speech).

I think he made it 4 terms because no one wanted to remove him in the middle of WW2.
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Starkiller, that is correct. Presidents could run for as many terms as they wanted. Just nobody wanted to. There weren't too many presidents before FDR that really served more than one term. And many who did, did so reluctantly (Washington) or died in office (Lincoln, et al). The Constitution was amended (I believe this is in the Constitution) to not allow for any more than two terms by one person as President be they consecutive or spread out.
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It's in the constitution [Amendment 22 (1951)] that a person can serve as President for a maximum of 10 years. If a president dies and has two years or less left in his term, the Vice President can serve the remaining two years plus two full terms of four years each. If there are three or four years in the first term, he can only be re-elected for one more term.
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