Talk Elections

The basic idea of this thread is that you answer the Presidential Election trivia question asked by the previous poster.  I'll get it started:

Who was the Progressive Party VP nominee in 1912?

Hiram Johnson of California

Who did Senator Paul Wellstone endorse for President in 1992?

Tom Harkin of Iowa for Rocky, and 1952 for gporter.

In what year did John Sparkman appear on the Democratic ticket?

You didn't read it correctly. You were suppose to answer the question above! Bloody Hell.

1952 was the year Henry Cabot Lodge Junior lost to John F. Kennedy.

In 1946, Richard Nixon won California's 12th Congressional District seat, who did he defeat?

Jerry Voorhis

When did Richard Russell run for President?

Are you going to ask another question?

1962

In what years has a President been elected while losing Pennsylvania and New York?

How can anybody know for sure if people aren't just cheating by using Wikipedia?

I am hoping people will be honest.

Apparently, you didn't look too closely, Bush lost NY and PA in 2000 and 2004, but he still won.  Also, please remember to ask a question at the end of each post.

Who did Al Gore endorse in 2004?

Gporter, please try to learn how to use quotes properly.  If you would like some advice, PM me.

Reagan endorsed Barry Goldwater, and gave his speech in October.

Who was the first candidate to lose the Popular Vote but win the election?  Also, Gore endorsed Dean, not Kerry.

No, Jackson lost the election to Adams.  The answer was Rutherford Hayes.  Remember to ask a question after answering the previous one.

Who was the first women to receive and electoral vote, and for what party?

That Libertarian in '72. Don't remember the name.

Who was the last 3rd party candidate to receive electoral votes without the help of faithless electors?

Theodora Nathan for Vice President in 1972; Libertarian.


George Wallace in 1968.

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During the presidential history of the 1990s and early 21st century, we saw a situation in which an incumbent was defeated for re-election, his successor serving two full terms in office, and then the original incumbent's son winning election in an open race and going on to serve two terms.

This same situation has happened before in a state-level race, involving a person who would later become president.  When and where was it, and who were the people involved?

Clue #1:  The office was governor.

CA, 1962-1982: Pat Brown, Reagan, Jerry Brown
Incidentally, Pat Brown defeated Nixon.

Who was the last sitting Representative to be elected President?

William McKinley

Who was the first Governor to become President?

No, he was a Governor.

Next person please answer both questions.

Nobody. Trick Question. I really don't know.

James Garfield

Name the only President to have served as a Representative, Senator, Governor and Vice-President.

Andrew Johnson

Who was the first Senator to become President?

You ignored my answer, which was the correct one.  Pay attention.

Ah, but you see, I had already asked a question that I wish to have answered.  Follow the rules of the game, buddy.

If that is the answer for my question, then it is incorrect.

Gerald R. Ford.

What presidents did not use their birth names, or a derivative, when they became president.  There are at least three.

Ford (Leslie King), Eisenhower (David Dwight), and Grant (Hiram Ulysses).

Under which President was the first White House bath tub installed?

Wrong, I said that were at least three.  Not counting Eisenhower because "Dwight David" might have been, there were six.

True Dem beat me to most of it...but, additionally, Clinton was born William Jefferson Blythe, & Wilson & Cleveland used their middle names.  (Why Cleveland used Grover instead of Stephen is beyond me)
[And, for the record, Monroe was the first Senator elected President.]


As for True Dem's question, I'm pretty sure it's Millard Fillmore.


Which President had the longest wait between their first election to Congress and their accession to the Presidency?   (Two possible answers, depending on how you treat territories)

I would say Ronald Reagan, because he was never elected to Congress. ;)

William Henry Harrison had a long gap between being a territorial governor and president; so that would be my answer.

Also, ERC, you are missing one; there are six.

What president was elected to his first public office before his 21st birthday?

Andrew Johnson has been mentioned in the thread, but the correct answer is John Tyler. Or maybe there wasn't an "only" one.

Because he was named for a man called Stephen Grover, and called Grover from earliest boyhood on.

As to the current question, I don't know the answer and frankly wouldn't want to.

Wrong.


My first guess would be Hellcats of the Navy, but I think I'd stick with Bedtime for Bonzo, because they met before the costarred together.  I looked it up and would now say The Girl From Jones Beach.

I think that was Brother Rat, a truly great film.

Reagan met Nancy Davis, not Jane Wyman, while he was filming "Hellcats of the Navy." Also, I don't know if it's been mentioned (this thread is getting kind of hard to read), but Woodrow Wilson was another President who was elected using his middle name. His full name was Thomas Woodrow Wilson.

Now, don't anyone berate me for not answering a question, because I've lost track of whether or not there's one still out there that wasn't answered correctly. But I will ask one of my own and let the chips fall where they may (this is actually a pretty easy one, but I can't think of another right now):

Who are the three Presidents who won a plurality of the popular vote three times?

If you want to claim that there are three, they are Andrew Jackson, Grover Cleveland and Richard Nixon. (Roosevelt had four. Of course that means he also had three. In which case you probably werent thinking of Alabama 1960 after all. It depends how you define it.)

Which American President lived to see the largest number of his successors hold office?

You are correct, sir. Maybe I should have said "at least three" to clarify, but I was thinking of FDR and not Alabama in 1960, which is too iffy. (In case any of you are wondering what we are talking about-- if you give Kennedy only five-elevenths of the Democratic popular vote in Alabama in 1960, to reflect the five out of eleven electoral votes he got in the state due to a divided electoral ticket, his popular-vote total in the election falls below Nixon's.)

There are six name changers.  The five listed so far are:

Grant (Hirum)
Cleveland (Stephen)
Wilson (Thomas)
Ford (Leslie King, Jr.)
Clinton (William Jefferson Blyth)

There is one missing.

It was probably either Herbert Hoover, Richard Nixon or John Adams.

Several Presidents lived to see five of their successor... but onyl one lived to see six...

John Tyler.

He lived through Polk, Taylor, Filmore, Pierce, Buchanan and one year of Lincoln.

Booyah

I had an inkling that it was John Tyler. Though I thought it would have been somebody later than him. Does this mean we're onto the next question? If so here's my question:

In 1958, John F. Kennedy was re-elected to the United States Senate with more than 73% of the popular vote. Who was his Republican opponent and who was his campaign manager? It's an easy question ;).

And as I answer, I realize that I was wrong... the answer is actually Martin Van Buren... he lived to see 8 successors... including Tyler.  He was still alive when Tyler bite the dust.

I think it's Henry Cabot Lodge, and Bobby was the campaign manager, but I'm not sure.

If I'm right, then my question to the next person is:

Who is the only President to be married in the White House?

Cleveland

Who were the two major-party candidates who, after losing the election, became Chief Justice of the Supreme Court?

Two of mine still out:

1.  There are six name changers.  The five listed so far are:

Grant (Hirum)
Cleveland (Stephen)
Wilson (Thomas)
Ford (Leslie King, Jr.)
Clinton (William Jefferson Blyth)

There is one missing.  Who is it.

2.  Which president was first elected to public office at age 20?

Taft and Earl Warren (VP under Dewey in 1948).

IIRC I heard something about Andrew Johnson being a mayor or councillor when he was 20.
- So I'll stab at that being my answer.

Q. What do Presidents Garfield, Hoover, Truman, Ford, Reagan, Bush I and Clinton all have in common? This is a very easy one.

Indeed, Van Buren was the answer I was looking for.

John Calvin Coolidge, I believe.

They're white male humans.

Warren would work, but I was actually thinking of Charles Hughes (1916).

Is the answer to "What do Garfield, Hoover, Truman, Ford, Reagan, Bush I and Clinton have in common" that they are/were all left-handed? I know Garfield, Truman, Ford, Bush I and Clinton were.

I've been racking my brain trying to think of good questions... the problem is that I can come up with plenty that would stump the average person, but would be easy for people as knowledgeable as you guys. But let me try a few:

1. Who was the last incumbent President to actively seek his party's nomination for a second term and be denied it?
2. With the exception of Presidents who were assassinated, which one died at the youngest age?
3. Which President is thought by some historians to have been ineligible to serve, because there are doubts as to whether he was really born in this country?

A few guesses to gorkay's questions:

1. Harry Truman
2. James K. Polk
3. Martin Van Buren

1. Well, I know Grant sought a third term, but you said second term, so that can't be right.  I guess Teddy Roosevelt (1912) and Herbert Hoover (1940) could also work, but that's probably not what you're thinking of either.  My guess is that you are thinking Franklin Pierce.

2. James K. Polk

3. Chester Alan Arthur, it is believed by some that he was born in Canada.

And my question is:

Who was the first President to serve after the completion of the Civil War not to serve as a soldier in the Civil War, with the exception of Andrew Johnson (there was still some fighting while he was President)?

What President holds the record as the longest serving earliest living President?  How many years did they hold the title?

LB Johnson actively sought his party's nomination for a third term until it became apparent that he might conceivably denied it, and then withdrew from the race, so I doubt you're thinking of him.
Chester Arthur "didn't stop" his fanboys, according to some text I dimly recall, but certainly didn't seek another term particularly actively.
Andy Johnson and John Tyler had no party by the end of their term.
I think Franklin Pierce and James Buchanan retired voluntarily as well. Although of course Buchanan certainly wouldn't have been renominated had he wanted to, and Pierce quite possibly not either.
So, bottom line - I actually can think of only one president who actively sought renomination and was denied it, and that's Millard Fillmore.
Polk maybe? He was 54 or something, younger than Harding or Arthur who also didn't live to 60. But maybe I'm forgetting someone.
There was a book at the time of the 1880 presidential campaign which claimed that Chester Arthur was born in Canada and later assumed the name of a US-born brother who died in infancy, but I think the scholarly consensus is and has always been that this was just a fanciful invention by a Democratic hack, based on the fact that elder siblings of Arthur's certainly were born in Canada. Probably some theory I never heard of, then.Grover Cleveland I think... either him or Teddy Roosevelt (the first President to be too young).

Truman was on the ballot for a few primaries, I believe, does that count?

Technically Truman was seeking a third term.

So in other words the President who had the longest remaining life after the death of his last living predecessor?
Heh.

Herbert Hoover probably. 31 years from Coolidge's death to his own.

Which President was (at least arguably, with the urban part the iffy part) born into the urban Working Class?

Yes, there's only one.

I suddenly feel very stupid, as I was about to say "Alexander Hamilton".

I do believe the answer is Richard Nixon, though.

Correct...

Hoover had a long, successful, respectable and happy life after the White House.  Sadly, its not what he will be remembered for.  The unique circumstances that led to his holding the title (the three Presidents before him dying long before their time) mean that this record is highly unlikely to ever be broken.

Is there some arbitrary time at which point a partial term gets counted as a full term by historians?

Well, I can pretty well guess that its not when a guy serves almost all of his predecessors term, as Truman did.

If I had to guess I would say two years, since that is the cut off date in the Constitution

Not the answer I was looking for, although, coming from a non-posh outer suburb and from a very much lower middle class family, he comes closer then about 39 or 40 or so of his colleagues... 

Hint: "urban" is perhaps more than a tad misleading here. ;D

A term is a term is a term. Even if it's just three weeks.

Correct!

I am sorry True Democrat, JFK's 1958 Senatorial opponent was Vincent J. Celeste and his campaign manager was indeed Teddy Kennedy. Now here's my next question:

Who was Richard Nixon's first choice to be his running mate in 1968?

Which president was elected to public office before his 21st birthday.  Hint:  He was elected to public office after his 66 birthday.

John Adams.  His father was a farmer, but they lived in a grown up town area.

Ronald Reagan was born in an apartment.  Though it was in a small town, not located very close to a large area.

Arguably Clinton was working class.

More so than any Republican President except Abe Lincoln, anyhow. But not urban, not by the standards of the 20th Century.

Posh landowner. Though not uber-posh.


No actually, the guy I'm thinking of is Andrew Johnson. Who grew up in abject poverty, the son of a porter (in the sense of bearer) in what was already (and still is) the state capital of North Carolina... thing is, though, it didn't reach 2500 inhabitants until the time he was 10.

Should have been paying attention to this thread; I knew that one. Curiously (or not) there's only been one British P.M from an urban working class background (and even then it can be disputed. Certainly urban poverty though).

Who? The only Working Class Labour prime minister (James MacDonald Ramsay) was certainly not urban in origin.

You mean Lossiemouth isn't urban? Oh.

;)

Actually I was thinking of Callaghan; which is why I said background rather than origin and mentioned that it could easily be disputed. Impoverished lower middle class would be much more accurate o/c. Portsmouth does count as urban, right? ;)

Funny thing is that there's actually a link, of sorts, between MacDonald and Callaghan's political careers; the Callaghan family become die-hard Labour supporters after the first MacDonald government introduced pensions for widows.

That reminds me of the very conclusion of the Road to Wigan Pier.

Johnson held municipal office in Greeneville TN pretty early and returned to the Senate floor shortly before his death at the age of 66... so maybe he#s the answer to this one as well.

In which case I think the only remaining open question is who was Evil Dick's first choice for running mate in 68.

Correct.


The rumor was Robert Hutchison Finch, but as both were from CA, there might have been the Constitutional problem.  The short list was interesting.

Ah hem...

I answered that. They're white males.

Left handed?

I also got no response for getting Johnson. Ugh!!!

Yep, left-handed.

Sorry about that, but I still can't find it.

It's quoted in your post. (No, I hadn't seen it before, either.)

Okay... new question...

Which President was born in the same county as his Vice President?

The answers to my questions: I was thinking of Chester Arthur as the last incumbent to seek and be denied a second term, in 1884. Although Truman's name got on the ballot in some primaries (as did Lyndon Johnson's, for that matter), since he never officially entered the race, I wouldn't consider that to be actively seeking the nomination. Teddy Roosevelt and Hoover, who were also mentioned, weren't incumbents. Polk was the youngest President at death who wasn't assassinated. As for the one who is thought by some not to have been born in the U.S.: I didn't realize that there were three possible answers to this question. I had forgotten about the doubts some have about Van Buren and Arthur. I was thinking of Andrew Jackson. Some historians believe he was actually born either in England or on a ship bound for the U.S., although there is no proof of either claim.

Robert Finch, who was then the Lieutenant Governor of California, was Nixon's first choice for V-P in 1968, but he turned it down. There would have been no constitutional issue, since Nixon was a resident of New York at the time. Here are a couple of other vice-presidential questions: who were the first choices of Hoover in 1928 and Reagan in 1980 for vice-president? (Hint: for Reagan the answer isn't Gerald Ford; there was someone he wanted before that.)

McNamara?

Cyrus Vance?

Who was the last Democratic candidate to win all 11 Southern states?

Harold Brown?

No question there Gporter. Here's my question, considering you yet again failed to post one.

Which famous media mogul ran for the 1904 Democratic Presidential Nomination?

William Randolph Hearst. Couldn't have done any worse than the loser they actually did pick.

Who was the first President to seriously want a third term?

William Randolph Hearst

Who was the first Governor elected President?

gporter, if you're going to participate in this as rabidly as you seem to be, could you at least try to get the questions right?

Off the top of my head, I know that Jefferson and Van Buren were governors, and (looking it up) apparently Monroe and Tyler were as well (not to mention Jackson & Harrison if you count territories).


And, for the record, the answer to meeker's question is (I assume) Grant--though unconsecutively, in 1880.  (None of the first five Presidents tried and Jackson willingly handed over power to Van Buren)


Anyway, back to gporter's question.

Fly over a house where someone (staffer?, family?) had made a large "goodbye" sign.

I'm guessing it would be a Virginia/Virginia team... and the only one that comes to mind is Harrison/Tyler?

Bingo.

Who was the first African-American to receive votes at a Presidential nominating convention?

And for bonus points, where, when, and what party?

Thanks for playing, but no.

Without cheating and looking it up, Frederick Douglas in 1856. Just a wild shot.

Good guess, but no.

One of the Reconstruction-era Senators, perhaps?

Blanche K. Bruce, probably just as a Mississippi favorite son, in the...1880? Republican Convention?

Winner!

Who are the only two President's to lose their homestates?

Nixon won California 48% - 45% in 1968.

But in 1968 his home state was New York.

Dude, calm down ;)

Homestate is the state you were born in.  Like Hillary's homestate is Illinois, though she lived in Arkansas, D.C. and is a Senator now for NY.

Oook then, didn't know I was going to spark such visceral reactions... but the two I was looking for were Wilson in 1916 and Polk in 1844.

Politically speaking, I think homestate is where you launch your political base.  I mean, I consider Reagan's homestate to be California, but he was born in Illinois.  Eisenhower was all over the place; some people have him in Kansas, Texas, and I think New York as well.  So, it's kind of ambiguous.

By using that standard, both Bushes lost their home states 4 times; I think they born in Massachusetts.  And Eisenhower's home state in 1956 was, Pennsylvania.

Wow, I was way off :)

GWB, was born in Connecticut, but he lost that twice.

Which presidents were prisoners of war?

Andrew Jackson, definitely (in the Revolutionary War, at that).

McKinley (I think) very narrowly avoided being one late in the Civil War, but I don't believe he ever was one.

Can't think of anyone else but Jackson, so no complete answer.

There is another one, who was briefly.

Was Teddy Roosevelt one during the Spanish-American War of 1898? He might have been but I am leaning towards no.

How about William Henry Harrison?

No, and no, though Jackson was one.

George Washington was in the French and Indian War.

Andrew Jackson in the American Revelotion.

Correct.

Who was the first President not from the original 13 colonies?

You mean born outside? Lincoln.

Name the first president to attend a World Series game while in office?

I'm going to take a stab and say it's Woodrow Wilson.

No, I meant the first candidate to be politically outside the 13 colonies.

Jackson

Check

Name the first president(s) to attend an NBA, NFL and NHL game while in office.

Correct, and in response to your question, would it be Taft?

He attended the first MLB game while in office but it wasn't the World Series.

Harding?

Rocky already answered it - Wilson in 1915.

Now try the other three sporting events I listed.

CS Lewis and Aldous Huxley.

Which region of the country has had the most Presidents?

November 22nd, 1963

Which group has had more Presidents-Governors, Senators, or Congressman?

You misunderstood the question-Which of those three groups has had the most members elected President?

It has to be Governors...I think.

It is actually Congressman, with 20.

Which President served in Congress for a Territory and a State?

Well bugger me. I counted about 17 Governors off the top of my head...

Anyway - I'm pretty sure WH Harrison was a congressman for the NW territories and then Ohio.

My question is... How many times has an incumbent president been defeated at election?

Good job.  Who is the only President to return to Congress after his Presidency?

JQ Adams

He returned to the Senate, who returned to the House?

See above.

Now look at my question - not really a hard one.

10 times (1800, 1828, 1840, 1888, 1892, 1912, 1932, 1976, 1980, 1988)

Which Presidents have been Chairman of House and Senate Committees?

McKinley, Truman, LB Johnson.

What was the semi-official form of address of George Washington (NOT his rank), during Revolutionary War.

His Excellency?

Correct and it was denied him officially as president.

Your turn.

Who was the first President from west of the Mississippi?

Hoover.

Who was the lightest President? The fattest?

Van Buren and Taft.

What presidents never voted for themselves as president under a party banner in a general election.

Washington and Taylor?

Madison and Taft

Madison was 5' 4" and weighted just above 100lbs
Taft was 332lbs

Name the presidents that first attended an NFL, NBA and NHL game.

NFL: Kennedy
NBA: Johnson
NHL: Ford

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You mentioned one president correctly but for the wrong sport.

NFL: Eisenhower
NBA: Kennedy
NHL: Nixon

()

Hint - all were Democrats

NFL: Roosevelt
NBA: Kennedy
NHL: Johnson

Nope

NFL-Johnson
NBA-Carter
NHL-Clinton

Took you a few but you got it!

Which President had an assistant who later became Commissioner of the NBA?

JFK and LBJ for O'Brien

I repeat the question.  Nobody was even close.

Hint:  There are four.

No president has been from a state where the electors weren't popularly elected by some fashion at the time, so it's not that.

Tyler, Johnson, and Arthur never had anybody (let alone themselves) vote for them for President.  But that's only three (Fillmore ran again in '56). 

Wasn't Washington techincally an independent? Just a guess.

I think he was ON the ballot, however.  Hoover might have written himself in 1960, for example.

Erc, there is a fourth (that I thought was the easiest).

George Washington (independent, no popular vote in Virginia), John Adams (no popular vote in Massachusetts), Thomas Jefferson (no popular vote in Virginia), James Madison (no popular vote in Virginia), James Monroe (no popular vote in Virginia)

John Tyler (was William Henry Harrison's vice president, Harrison died and Tyler did not stand in the next election), Andrew Johnson (was Abraham Lincoln's vice president, Lincoln died and Johnson did not stand in the next election), Chester A. Arthur (was James Garfield's vice president, Garfield died and Arthur did not stand in the next election)

So by my count eight.

(Fillmore ran for the Know Nothings in 1856 and Ford ran in 1976.)

You are still missing one.  Of the 4, none ever even voted for an elector that would vote for them.

Four presidents, never a party nominee for president, never voted for an elector (even a losing one) that would vote for them for president.

John Quincy Adams, cause he was never the party nominee. There were 3 or 4.

No, he had electors.  Try again.  Never voted for himself in the popular vote, never voted for an elector (even an unsuccessful elector) who was pledged to him, even by honor.

Are you looking for Gerald Ford?

He was the party nominee and had electoral votes, so no.

Four Presidents, never voted for themselves for president as a candidate for a party nomination (write-in could be possible), never voted for an elector pledged to them (even informally).  Three have been named.  John Tyler, Andrew Johnson, Chester A. Arthur.  There is a fourth, and I thought the easiest.

Lord, I'm going to kick myself.

Well it obviously isn't Truman, T Roosevelt, Coolidge (since they all ran in their own right)

It can't be Millard Fillmore, since he ran in 1856.

How about David Rice Atchison? :P

No, he'd appear on any list of Presidents.

Should I declare you all stumped and unable to answer a fairly easy question that was asked before. :)

Yes.

I'll you one very big hint.  You can be in a situation where you have been president but never voted for yourself (in the described scenario) if two cases. 

1.  You've never run for president, but succeeded to the presidency as vice president, or:

2.  You didn't vote.

Well, one obvious pick in James Tyler.

Wrong.

It makes it even harder when you say it's an easy question J. J. I can only think of Vice Presidents that have never ran for their respective parties nominations e.g. Spiro Agnew, Charles Curtis (I am not 100% sure about this), Adlai Stevenson (Grover Cleveland's running mate in 1892).

The person was serving as president, so obviously Curtis and Agnew are not correct answers.

You should read the hint.

I knew that Agnew nor Curtis were never POTUS. Would I be on this political forum if I knew they were never President of the United States. Of course not.

Would Andrew Johnson and Chester A. Arthur count? Or am I not reading the question correctly yet again?

I'm trying to think of a president who wouldn't have voted for themselves.... perhaps for religious reasons? This is terrible.

Did Taylor vote in 1848? I seem to recall that he did, and that it was the first time ever that he voted.

No he didn't; he was career military who never lived in one place long enough to register.  Taylor voted for none of his predecessors or successors (he died in office).  He actually wasn't registered until after he was elected.

The four were Tyler, Taylor, Andrew Johnson, and Arthur.

I'll post the next question, since you should have gotten this without all the clues.

What President had the greatest increase in electoral college votes for President in a four year period (excluding those who had no votes in the prior electoral college)? What were the years and what was the total Electoral Votes each year?

This one should be easy.

J.J. beat me to my (incorrect) guess of Buchanan.  Presumably Buchanan got back from London before the election.

Presumably, Nixon 1968 - 1972, a jump from 301 EV to 520 EV...I don't think anyone else can beat a 219 vote jump.  (People have fallen further, though).


New Question (another easy one):

No Republican has been elected President without winning a certain state.  Which one? (really easy)
No Democrat has been elected President without winning a certain state.  Which one?

Ohio for the GOP
Missouri for the Democrats

Ayup.  (Same is true Arkansas on the Democratic side, but that wasn't admitted until 1834-ish).  Your question.

How many Presidents have served as a Governor, Congressman, and Senator, and who are they?

Andrew Johsnon and Andrew Jackson.

Does it have to be the same candidate both times?

Percentage of the college or absolute no of votes? Also, do these have to have been votes for President or do all votes count?
Taking your question 100% literally as you posted it, people who received VP votes one college and pres votes the next count, so the answer would probably be Lyndon Johnson.

For President means "for President."  The electoral votes for vice president are not included.  It is not the percentage but the raw numbers (It might be the greatest percentage difference as well).  This should be very easy. 

It has to be the same person.

Yeah, but when you said "excluding those who had no votes in the prior electoral college" you didn't include a similar qualifier. ;)

Anyways, the answer is Ronald Reagan, who received 1 EV in 1976 and an insane amount that I could look up but won't bother to in 1980.

Yes, a 488 vote gain, or a 488,800% gain.

I told you it was easy.

Back to my question:

Someone suggested the two Andrews. I'm sure Johnson is correct, anyhow, not sure about Jackson. Another is John Tyler. There might be more.

John Tyler. ha

Both of them were military governors, Jackson for Florida and Johnson for Tennessee. I'm not sure about Tyler though.

Still wrong.  Ha, ha.

WH Harrison was pretty much everything in either the NW Territories/Ohio

is John Tyler.

As far as I can tell, it should just be Tyler...and Jackson & Harrison if you count territorial governors.

Who is John Tyler?

It's been answered.  Zachary Taylor.

Since there seem to be no questions out there, I'll ask.

Where does the term President come from? What does the President preside over?

The term President was decided upon when the people were trying to find a name for Washington.

The President presides over the armed forces.

Which President kept shseep on the white house lawn?

The 1787 Constitution's President doesn't preside.
He is named for the President of the Continental Congress, who in turn takes his name from the Presidents of the Council (in modern usage, the Speakers of the House) of some of the British American colonies.

Woodrow Wilson. He kept them durring WWI to donate the wool to the Red Cross.

Which president left his surviving children nothing in his will. In fact, his will was only six words long!

I'll take a shot in the dark and say Grant.  Since he didn't finish his memoirs until days before his death, they wouldn't have been published until a while after, so he would have had no money to leave them.

Who is the only President believed to have been truly tone deaf?

Hoover? (I think it is either him or Coolidge).

I think that it is Cooldige.

I think that's Taft. I have read that his wife had to hum the Star Spangled Banner for him to even remotely sing along.

So far you're all wrong.

Soulty,

Is it Ulysses S. Grant? He only knew two tunes, one was Yankee Doodle and the other wasn't after all.

Correct!

As you said, Grant hated music because it all sounded the same to him, one big noise.  And as he is reported to have said, he only knew two songs "one is Yankee Doodle, the other isn't."  And if you think about it, Yankee Doodle is one of the most non-tonal songs ever created.  So there is alot of good evidence that Grant was a rare person who was actually completely incapable of distinguishing tone.

How many Presidential candidates have also been a VP on a ticket (since 1804)?

Looks like a total of 14:

Rufus King (the Federalist, not Tyler's VP)
Martin Van Buren
Millard Fillmore
John Breckinridge
Theodore Roosevelt
Calvin Coolidge
Franklin Roosevelt
Harry Truman
Richard Nixon
Lyndon Johnson
Walter Mondale
George H.W. Bush
Bob Dole
Al Gore

You forgot about Humphrey.

Which presidents, despite being successfully reelected, got a lower percentage of electoral votes in their second election than in their first?

James Madison (1812)
Woodrow Wilson (1916)
Roosevelt (1940 and 1944)

I think that's it, but I could be missing one.

Nope, that's it.

Which Presidents have served as floor leaders in Congress, in either body?

Polk (as House Speaker)
Garfield (before it was official)
LBJ
Ford

How many Presidents have run on tickets with multiple parties?

All of them since around 1950.

Sorry, I wasn't specific enough: How many Presidents have run on tickets with different parties?

I really don't see the difference. They all run on tickets with different parties in NY.

Nationally, excluding states with fusion.

Millard Fillmore is the only one to come to mind. I know there is more.

Bryan

He wasn't a President douchebag :P. But I know where you coming from him running on two tickets in 1896 as a Democrat and a Populist.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lincoln and Andrew Johnson ran of the "National Union" ticket, though officially Lincoln was still a Republican and Johnson a Dem... if that counts.

These are all the ones I can think of:

John Quincy Adams (1824-Democratic-Republican, 1828-National Republican)
Martin Van Buren (1836-Democratic, 1848-Free Soil)
Abraham Lincoln (1860-Republican, 1864-National Union)
Theodore Roosevelt (1904-Republican, 1912-Progressive)

Millard Fillmore might not work because he was never elected President as a Whig candidate, though he did run under the American Party label in 1856.

My question is an easy one:

Who is the only Vice President to serve under two different Presidents?

George Clinton and John Calhoun (I had to look it up).

Who was the principal speaker when Lincoln gave the Gettysburg Address?

I'm pretty sure it's Edward Everett (unless it was Charles Sumner, but I don't think that's right).

Which President later served in the Confederate House of Representatives?

Yeah, it was Everett.

John Tyler.

Which (major party) Vice-Presidential candidates have run under different Presidential candidates? (this obviously includes George Clinton & John C. Calhoun as a subset)

George Clinton (Jefferson-1804, Madison-1808)
John Calhoun (Adams and Jackson-1824, Jackson-1828)
John Tyler (Mangum-1836, Harrison-1840)
Adlai Stevenson (Cleveland-1892, Bryan-1900)
Joe Lieberman (Gore-2000, McCain-2008) :P (I can dream, can't I?)

Which President(s) are buried in Washington, D.C.?  Be careful, this one can be tricky.

Isn't it just Wilson?  (Maybe he's "entombed" but not buried or something).

It is just Wilson.

Wilson is right.  (A lot of people get confused with the Presidents who are buried in Arlington, which is officially in Virginia.)

Next person ask a question.

How many Presidents had had law degrees?

25 presidents had law degrees, I think.

I think the number might be much lower.

In the 20th Century, we have Taft?, Kennedy, Nixon, Ford and Clinton. 

I only counted 6 who went to law school and didn't drop out.

Possibly eight:

John Quincy Adams?

Franklin Pierce?

Rutherford Hayes

William McKinley

William Taft

Richard Nixon

Gerald Ford

William Clinton

A few more were admitted to the Bar, but didn't have a degree.

How many Presidents have served as Judges?

The only two that I can think of are Taft and Truman (but the judges in Mo. were more like county commissioners).

I've only counted 1, and that was Taft.

I think Jackson did.

Jackson was on the TN Supreme Court.  Truman was a "judge," in Jackson County, MO, though it was an administrative post, like county commissioner.

New query (easy):

Which presidents commanded an army in the field during their term?

An actual army, Washington and Lincoln.

Washington is right, but Lincoln never commanded an army in person on a battlefield.

I though he kinda did during Early's advance in 1864.  I know he was present an exposed to fire.

He wasn't commandng, though.

Madison?

Bingo.

Ask a question now.

Which presidents were Freemasons ?

Which presidential nominees in the 20th and 21st Century were Freemasons(the answer may surprise you)?

J.J.

Washington, Monroe, Jackson, Polk, Buchanan, A. Johnson, Garfield, McKinley, T. Roosevelt, Taft, Harding, FDR, Truman, L. Johnson and Ford were all masons.

Your other one is a harder. Let me try...

Dewey, Goldwater, Stevenson, Dole, Thurmond, Wallace, McGovern, McCarthy and Harold Stassen, who was allowed into the Freemasons only upon being elected MN Governor.

I had a relative who was a mason so he told me a great deal of this seemingly worthless trivia. :P

Correct.


Thurmond, Henry Wallace, George Wallace, Eugene McCarthy and Harold Stassen were never nominees of one of the two major parties.

Among the candidates, you would have to include, Kemp, Robert Taft (I think), Scoop Jackson and Jesse Jackson.

I've found it interesting that there is a complete lack of ideology in the candidates.

Taft had been elected president before he became a Freemason.

Ask a question, PBrunsel.

Which president owned the same hat for 50 years?

Eisenhower?

I looked it up, J.J., to see if that answer could work...and it does. Eisenhower kept his hat as a West Point cadet in the 1910s his whole life. My question was, "Which president owned the same hat for 50 years?" not "Which president wore the same hat for 50 years." The answer to the former question is John Quincy Adams, the answer to the latter could well be Dwight D. Eisenhower.

Ask a question J.J.

Who was the first president to sail in a submarine?

It was a fairly easy guess.  He wore a uniform, and old hats are usually the last parts retained.

The obvious answer is Jimmy Carter, though I'm sure that's wrong.

You are correct, though George H. W. Bush was on a submarine before him.

Ask a question.

How many Presidents have run for Congress and lost (and not been elected at a later point?)

The only ones I can think of is George W. Bush and I think Bill Clinton.

Add to that FDR if you count his defeat in a primary whilst running for US Senate in 1914.

Depending on how you read the question, Lincoln as well.  (Elected to congress, defeated for re-election, never elected to Congress again before becoming President).

The question means people who ran, lost, and were never elected at all (Lincoln won, so he doesn't count).  Primaries count, so include FDR.

Bump.

How many Presidents have presided over one or both bodies of Congress?

George Washington  President Congress under the Articles of Confederation

 John Adams ·   VP
Thomas Jefferson VP
 Martin Van Buren VP
· John Tyler VP ·
James K. Polk  Spearker of the House ·
Millard Fillmore VP·
Andrew Johnson VP
 Chester A. Arthur VP·
Theodore Roosevelt · VP·
Calvin Coolidge VP · 
 Harry S. Truman VP·
Lyndon Johnson, VP
Richard Nixon ·VP 
Gerald Ford  VP· 
George H. W. Bush · VP

Since this group was 1876 founding, it has included, 17 Presidents of the United States (out of 25), 1 prime minister, and 1 king.  What is this group?

I'll give you another clue:

Three of the four living presidents are members; the king is alive.

Tom Landry?

Both John Quincey Adams and Dwight Eisenhower were correct answers.  Do you want to try mine?  ;)

Well, my guess would be that the king mentioned in the king of Jordan, but other than that, I have no idea.

OH OH  I KNOW IT!!!












The John Birch Society.

You just have to identify the organization, not the king, though it's not the King of Jordan.

As far as I know, no president was ever a member of the John Birch Society, and certainly no living president.

Well... its probably not the National League and I can't think of any other organizations founded in 1876.

Which Presidents (excluding Washington) were the only living U.S. President during their term?

Which person held the title of Oldest living US President for the shortest amount of time?

I'll take a stab at Ford for the shortest record of longest lived.

No, not the National League.

I'll give you two more hints.  While founded in 1876, it was actually chartered under Theodore Roosevelt, who was also a member.  Second hint, it is not a Masonic organization.

Nope

Sierra Club? for the organization.

As for "only living President during their time in office":

John Adams, Hoover, and Nixon, at the very least.

Perhaps Teddy Roosevelt as well?

The Anti-Imperialist League?

Those are all correct, including TR, but you are missing one.

Grant.

No and no to the Sierra Club as well.

I'll give a hint in a bit.

Ding Ding

I thought you meant only president alive during their ENTIRE term.

Damn... I would've given that answer.

And for oldest... Adams? for like 2 hours.

The Prime Minister was Winston Churchill, though one of his distant predecessors helped inadvertently helped set the membership criteria.  ;)

Actually, you couldn't be more wrong :P

Adams held the oldest for the longest amount of time, IIRC.  I think it wasn't until Reagan that Adams' record as the oldest living President was broken.

Adams was older than Jefferson when he died.

No, I meant who held the title of oldest currently living US President for the shortest amount of time.

Both Adams and Hoover were 90 when they died.  I threw it out there... because I couldn't think

Last clue, the king in question is Juan Carlos.

NATO?

17 of the last 25 Presidents were not alive while Nato has been in existence.

I'll sum up the clues:

Since this group was 1876 founding, it has included, 17 Presidents of the United States (out of 25), 1 prime minister, and 1 king. 

Three of the four currently living presidents are members. 

The prime minister was Winston Churchill; the king is Juan Carlos of Spain.

It's not a Masonic organization.

What is this group?

Skull and Bones?

No, and this group has counted more presidents in its membership than Skull and Bones.

I almost said the CFR... but that wasn't founded until 1921.

Not CFR.

The Bohemian society?

If you are thinking of Bohemian Grove, the answer is ...














...NO!

I thought Regan, and Both Bushes were members of 'The Bohemian Society'.... but either way... I have no idea.

Bohemian Grove is an exclusive private club in California.  A club is associated with it, and Nixon was a member.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bohemian_Club

It was, however, founded in 1872.

One last clue.  William Baldwin is listed in some places as a member; if that is correct, all the Baldwin Brothers are eligible.  I am in the process of applying as well.  :)

I'll sum up the clues with the new ones:

Since this group was 1876 founding, it has included, 17 Presidents of the United States (out of 25), 1 prime minister, and 1 king. 

Three of the four currently living presidents are members. 

The prime minister was Winston Churchill; the king is Juan Carlos of Spain.

It's not a Masonic organization.

William Baldwin is listed in some places as a member; if that is correct, all the Baldwin Brothers are eligible.  I am in the process of applying as well.

New clue:

Barack Obama, Sr. could not, if alive, would not be eligible for membership, but Henry Louis Gates, Jr. is a member.

What is this group?

Something descent-based apparently. Maybe descendants of the people on the Mayflower or summat like that.

Sons of the American Revolution.

My question:
An invitation has been given the Irish Head of Government to address a joint session of Congress later this year. As it happens, 3 American Presidents have addressed joint sessions of the Irish Parliament - which ones?

Correct, after a zillion clues.  :)


It would have to be Presidents after 1921.

My guesses are Reagan. Kennedy, and Clinton.

Got it in one :)

Clinton, Dubya, and Carter

The question has already been answered correctly.

Easy Question:

What are the proper ways to address an envelope to the President of the United States, mailed to the White House.  There are at least two correct answers, possibly more.

I thought he meant one of them was correct ;)

So did I, actually.

Bump!

The Stone Cutters?

Now called the "No Homers"

No, though we inducted Obama at the last meeting.  ;)

It was answered, the Sons of the American Revolution, of which Carter, both Bushes, and King Juan Carlos are members.

Repeating the new question:

What are the proper ways to address an envelope to the President of the United States, mailed to the White House?  There are at least two correct answers, possibly more.

How many living direct decedents does George Washington have?

Zero.  Do you want to try my fairly easy question?  :)

Bump.

George W. Bush, President
White House
1600 Pennsylvania Ave
Washington DC NW, 20502

Subject:______

Dear Mr. President,

Sincerely,
____

There are at least three, and that is not one of them.  :)

The salutation "Dear Mr. President," is correct.

Bump.

We still don't have a right answer.

The Honorable George W. Bush President of the United States
White House
1600 Pennsylvania Ave
Washington DC NW, 20502

Dear Mr. President,

Sincerely,
____

That would be the fourth possibility.

I was looking for:

The Honorable George W. Bush
1600 Pennsylvania Ave
Washington DC NW, 20502

The President
1600 Pennsylvania Ave
Washington DC NW, 20502

The President of the United States
1600 Pennsylvania Ave
Washington DC NW, 20502

Not sure about the "NW."

Who was the first President to serve in Congress?

James Madison, but I could be wrong. (And I'm assuming the Continental Congress doesn't count).

If I'm right, then here's my question:

Which President's mother (and possibly father also) refused to stay in the Lincoln Room of the White House because of a hatred for Abraham Lincoln?

Theodore Roosevelt?

You're correct, and I'm going to guess Woodrow Wilson

My second choice, but I don't know iof she was alive.  Roosevelt was younger and presient 12 years closer to the Civil War.

It's not Roosevelt, since his mother was dead by around 1890.  With that in mind, I'm going to guess Cleveland.

No right answers so far.  I'll give you a hint, think later than the Presidents you are currently guessing.

Truman?

Got it.

Which President has had the longest tenure in Congress?

Correct... he never had any biological children... that we know of.

Gerald Ford was in Congress for an awfully long time (since 1948?), so that would be my guess.

Ford is correct

Which Presidents served as mayors at any point during their political careers?

I know Andrew Johnson was and I think Grover Cleveland.

You've got two of them--there's one more.

I had to look it up, but Calvin Coolidge.

How many Presidents have lost their home states, but still won the election?

Wilson is the only one I can think of.

Which Presidents have also served in the Cabinet?

Well, was I right?

Sorry, my mind spaced.  No, there are others.

Grover Cleveland, in the first race against Harrison?

No; the person has to win the electin; Cleveland lost to Harrison.  Try again.

Nixon lost New York (his official home state) in 1968.

Let me clarify something: This goes as the state with which the person is mostly known; Nixon is primarily known from California, both Bushes from Texas, etc.  So, no.

Polk lost Tennessee in 1844.

James K Polk lost his

That is the only other instance of a candidate losing the state with which they are primarily associated.  Now, to my next question:

Hoover (Commerce)
Taft (War)
Buchanan (State, as are all the others)
Van Buren
Adams
Madison
Monroe
Jefferson

[If you count Assistant Secretary of the Navy, both Roosevelts]
[Bush Sr. if "CIA Director" is a cabinet position]

[And, of course, Jeff Davis was Secretary of War as well]

Very good.  How many Presidents have served in Diplomatic Posts?

You do not get to ask numerous questions. Just one question, you should know that.

Are you going to answer the question, or just complain about it?

LOL.  This coming from you makes it all the funnier.