Presidential Trivia

[minionofmidas]

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.

[J. J.]

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.

[Хahar 🤔]

New query (easy):

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

[J. J.]

New query (easy):

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

An actual army, Washington and Lincoln.

[Хahar 🤔]

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.

[J. J.]

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.

[Хahar 🤔]

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.

[J. J.]

Madison?

[Хahar 🤔]

Bingo.

Ask a question now.

[J. J.]

Which presidents were Freemasons ?

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

[PBrunsel]

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.

[J. J.]

J.J.

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

Correct.

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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.

[Хahar 🤔]

Ask a question, PBrunsel.

[PBrunsel]

Which president owned the same hat for 50 years?

[J. J.]

Eisenhower?

[PBrunsel]

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.

[J. J.]

Who was the first president to sail in a submarine?

[J. J.]

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.

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

[Erc]

Who was the first president to sail in a submarine?

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

[J. J.]

Who was the first president to sail in a submarine?

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.

[Kaine for Senate '18]

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

[J. J.]

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.

[Peter]

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

[Erc]

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).

[Kaine for Senate '18]

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.