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« Reply #1200 on: November 26, 2008, 02:45:57 PM »

What was the first Presidential election where the winning candidate not only won the homestates of himself and his running mate, but also of his opponent and his running mate?

1972.  Nixon/Agnew over McGovern/Shriver.

No, go back earlier.
1804.
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« Reply #1201 on: November 26, 2008, 03:04:20 PM »

What was the first Presidential election where the winning candidate not only won the homestates of himself and his running mate, but also of his opponent and his running mate?

1972.  Nixon/Agnew over McGovern/Shriver.

No, go back earlier.
1804.

Sorry, I was talking about the post-1824 popular vote era.
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« Reply #1202 on: November 26, 2008, 04:13:02 PM »

Okay, I've looked it up on the Atlas which I suppose is cheating. Not an answer I'd have easily guessed.

1852
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« Reply #1203 on: November 26, 2008, 04:13:43 PM »

1852 is the correct answer.  It's now your turn to ask a question.
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« Reply #1204 on: November 26, 2008, 04:50:58 PM »

Okay. Who was the first Black presidential candidate, of any party?
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« Reply #1205 on: November 26, 2008, 05:27:33 PM »

Okay. Who was the first Black presidential candidate, of any party?

Clennon King, in 1960.
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« Reply #1206 on: November 27, 2008, 11:33:20 AM »

Yep. Ran only in Alabama.
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« Reply #1207 on: November 29, 2008, 02:48:01 AM »

Who was expected to be nominated by the Republicans in 1860?
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« Reply #1208 on: December 01, 2008, 12:12:32 AM »

Who was expected to be nominated by the Republicans in 1860?

I'm pretty sure Seward was the frontrunner going into the convention.
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« Reply #1209 on: December 01, 2008, 04:18:49 PM »

Won 0.26%. Not bad, considering Alabama's election laws at that time.
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« Reply #1210 on: December 05, 2008, 02:07:24 PM »

Who was expected to be nominated by the Republicans in 1860?

I'm pretty sure Seward was the frontrunner going into the convention.

CORRECT!
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« Reply #1211 on: December 06, 2008, 12:36:24 PM »

Which US President once paid a membership fee to the Ku Klux Klan?

Wilson
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« Reply #1212 on: December 06, 2008, 03:34:16 PM »

Which US President once paid a membership fee to the Ku Klux Klan?

I believe Truman did in his youth.
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« Reply #1213 on: December 28, 2008, 03:42:24 PM »
« Edited: December 28, 2008, 06:03:34 PM by Jeff from NC »

Since nobody has written a trivia question recently, here's one.

Numerous Presidents have appeared on American currency.  Taking only the most recent version of each denomination that has been issued of American money (paper or coinage), there are six Presidents who appear on American money who were preceded or succeeded by another President who also appears on American money.  Name the presidents and the denominations on which they appear.

EDIT: This excludes the current Presidential quarters line, the state quarters line, and any other commemorative coins.
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« Reply #1214 on: January 04, 2009, 04:40:13 PM »

I came up with these 4


Cleveland - $1000
McKinley - $500
Jefferson - $2
Madison - $5000
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« Reply #1215 on: January 04, 2009, 07:57:23 PM »

I came up with these 4

Cleveland - $1000
McKinley - $500
Jefferson - $2
Madison - $5000

Very good.  Two more to go. Wink
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« Reply #1216 on: January 05, 2009, 10:08:34 PM »

John Adams (back of the $2 along with Jefferson and 38 other signers of the Declaration of Independence)
Washington $¼ coin and $1 bill

are the other two.


What distinction did Henry Morgenthau, Jr. hold for six days that merits mention in a thread on Presidential trivia?
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« Reply #1217 on: January 05, 2009, 11:04:04 PM »




What distinction did Henry Morgenthau, Jr. hold for six days that merits mention in a thread on Presidential trivia?

A guess.  He was the highest member of the executive branch in the US during the Potsdam Conference.
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« Reply #1218 on: January 06, 2009, 12:44:42 AM »

No.  Although the six days in question were just a little bit before the Potsdam Conference, they had nothing to do with the Potsdam Conference.  Another Conference did play an indirect role in gaining Morgenthau his distinction.
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« Reply #1219 on: January 06, 2009, 11:54:15 AM »

John Adams (back of the $2 along with Jefferson and 38 other signers of the Declaration of Independence)
Washington $¼ coin and $1 bill

Correct.
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« Reply #1220 on: January 08, 2009, 03:38:28 PM »

I'll give y'all a further hint.  The six days in question were from June 27, 1945 to July 3, 1945.
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« Reply #1221 on: January 09, 2009, 02:32:36 PM »

I'll give y'all a further hint.  The six days in question were from June 27, 1945 to July 3, 1945.

Acting Vice President
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« Reply #1222 on: January 09, 2009, 02:43:05 PM »
« Edited: January 09, 2009, 04:18:45 PM by Southern Patriot »

Bill Clinton & Gerald Ford share what distinction?

Eisenhower & Grant could also (arguably) be added to the list.
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« Reply #1223 on: January 09, 2009, 04:56:50 PM »

Bill Blythe, Leslie King and Hirum Grant sounds like people who held office under an assumed name - not sure what Eisenhower's to do with that, though.
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« Reply #1224 on: January 09, 2009, 05:35:20 PM »

Bill Blythe, Leslie King and Hirum Grant sounds like people who held office under an assumed name - not sure what Eisenhower's to do with that, though.

I think Eisenhower's birth name is David Dwight Eisenhower, but he switched his first and middle names.
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