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« Reply #200 on: January 09, 2008, 04:03:13 AM »
WH Harrison was pretty much everything in either the NW Territories/Ohio
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« Reply #201 on: January 09, 2008, 07:20:39 AM »
is John Tyler.
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« Reply #202 on: January 09, 2008, 01:42:32 PM »
As far as I can tell, it should just be Tyler...and Jackson & Harrison if you count territorial governors.
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« Reply #203 on: January 09, 2008, 02:07:59 PM »

Who is John Tyler?
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« Reply #204 on: January 09, 2008, 02:40:51 PM »

It's been answered.  Zachary Taylor.
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« Reply #205 on: January 13, 2008, 01:26:56 PM »
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?
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« Reply #206 on: January 13, 2008, 08:59:15 PM »
Quote from: Cookies and Milk on January 13, 2008, 01:26:56 PM
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?
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« Reply #207 on: January 15, 2008, 06:52:34 AM »
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.
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« Reply #208 on: January 15, 2008, 01:51:50 PM »
Quote from: Reagan Republican on January 13, 2008, 08:59:15 PM
Which President kept shseep on the white house lawn?

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!
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« Reply #209 on: January 15, 2008, 02:38:16 PM »
Quote from: PBrunsel on January 15, 2008, 01:51:50 PM
Quote from: Reagan Republican on January 13, 2008, 08:59:15 PM
Which President kept shseep on the white house lawn?

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.
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« Reply #210 on: January 15, 2008, 02:47:26 PM »
Who is the only President believed to have been truly tone deaf?
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« Reply #211 on: January 15, 2008, 03:43:52 PM »
Quote from: Supersoulty on January 15, 2008, 02:47:26 PM
Who is the only President believed to have been truly tone deaf?

Hoover? (I think it is either him or Coolidge).
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« Reply #212 on: January 15, 2008, 05:09:34 PM »
Quote from: J. J. on January 15, 2008, 03:43:52 PM
Quote from: Supersoulty on January 15, 2008, 02:47:26 PM
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.
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« Reply #213 on: January 15, 2008, 07:34:17 PM »
Quote from: Supersoulty on January 15, 2008, 02:47:26 PM
Who is the only President believed to have been truly tone deaf?

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.
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« Reply #214 on: January 15, 2008, 08:26:51 PM »
So far you're all wrong.
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« Reply #215 on: January 16, 2008, 11:18:13 AM »
Soulty,

Is it Ulysses S. Grant? He only knew two tunes, one was Yankee Doodle and the other wasn't after all.
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« Reply #216 on: January 16, 2008, 05:47:01 PM »
Quote from: PBrunsel on January 16, 2008, 11:18:13 AM
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.
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« Reply #217 on: January 20, 2008, 12:22:06 PM »
How many Presidential candidates have also been a VP on a ticket (since 1804)?
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« Reply #218 on: January 20, 2008, 01:16:54 PM »
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
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« Reply #219 on: January 20, 2008, 01:17:59 PM »
Quote from: Erc on January 20, 2008, 01:16:54 PM
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.
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« Reply #220 on: January 20, 2008, 02:10:47 PM »
Which presidents, despite being successfully reelected, got a lower percentage of electoral votes in their second election than in their first?
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« Reply #221 on: January 20, 2008, 02:58:32 PM »
Quote from: Erc on January 20, 2008, 02:10:47 PM
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.
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« Reply #222 on: January 20, 2008, 06:03:32 PM »
Quote from: True Democrat on January 20, 2008, 02:58:32 PM
Quote from: Erc on January 20, 2008, 02:10:47 PM
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?
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« Reply #223 on: January 20, 2008, 07:05:57 PM »
Quote from: Warner for Senate '08 on January 20, 2008, 06:03:32 PM
Quote from: True Democrat on January 20, 2008, 02:58:32 PM
Quote from: Erc on January 20, 2008, 02:10:47 PM
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
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« Reply #224 on: January 20, 2008, 07:07:19 PM »
How many Presidents have run on tickets with multiple parties?
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