Presidential Trivia

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

Since T-Fed won't ask a new question:

Who was the last president to own slaves while in office?

Zachary Taylor.

[Oswald Acted Alone, You Kook]

Who was the last president to not be worth over one million?

[J. J.]

Who was the last president to not be worth over one million?

Bill Clinton?

[Grumpier Than Thou]

Harry Truman.

[Oswald Acted Alone, You Kook]

Jake/Carl is correct.

[Oswald Acted Alone, You Kook]

Who was the last president not to exceed the average life expectancy for males at the time he was born? (This excludes the presidents that were assasinated, so it's not Kennedy.)

[J. J.]

Who was the last president not to exceed the average life expectancy for males at the time he was born? (This excludes the presidents that were assasinated, so it's not Kennedy.)

Grant? 

[Kaine for Senate '18]

Coolidge?

[Northeast Rep Snowball]

Who was the last president not to exceed the average life expectancy for males at the time he was born? (This excludes the presidents that were assasinated, so it's not Kennedy.)

I also guess Coolidge.

Maybe, but do we have the data from then? Also I think it would have to be earlier, as the mean was around 40, and Coolidge died at 60

[Oswald Acted Alone, You Kook]

The answer is LBJ. I forgot where I found the information, but I remember that he's the answer.

[TDAS04]

The only President to win reelection with fewer electoral votes won the second time around than the first.

FDR.

[Consciously Unconscious]

The only President to win reelection with fewer electoral votes won the second time around than the first.

Obama

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

The only President to win reelection with fewer electoral votes won the second time around than the first.

Obama

Actually Obama is the second.  I suspect that GPORTER was asking for the first, who before 2012 would have been the only.

[TDAS04]

The only President to win reelection with fewer electoral votes won the second time around than the first.

Obama

Actually Obama is the second.  I suspect that GPORTER was asking for the first, who before 2012 would have been the only.

Yes, Obama is the second be reelected with fewer EVs than when he was first elected (Wilson was first).  I said FDR because I thought that GPORTER was trying to trick us with the wording of the question.  I thought he meant second reelection, and FDR was the only President reelected more than once.

[Oswald Acted Alone, You Kook]

Wilson.

[President Johnson]

I noticed that if Kamala Harris one day becomes president, we would have a president being born on the exact same date than another one died. In this case Herbert Hoover. She's born on October 20, 1964. Hoover passed away on this date. Both are also from California.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

The only President to win reelection with fewer electoral votes won the second time around than the first.

Obama

Actually Obama is the second.  I suspect that GPORTER was asking for the first, who before 2012 would have been the only.

Yes, Obama is the second be reelected with fewer EVs than when he was first elected (Wilson was first).  I said FDR because I thought that GPORTER was trying to trick us with the wording of the question.  I thought he meant second reelection, and FDR was the only President reelected more than once.

Madison?

[progressive85]

Without looking at the atlas, what two states gave Socialist Party candidate Eugene Debs over 16% of the popular statewide vote in 1912 (when he won 6% of the national popular vote)?

One of these states, if you aren't familiar with the history of the left in Progressive Era America, is quite shocking today.

[Orwell]

Nevada and Oklahoma



What President has the capital of an African nation named after him?

[progressive85]

Nevada and Oklahoma



What President has the capital of an African nation named after him?

James Monroe.  Monrovia, Liberia.

But why?

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

Nevada and Oklahoma



What President has the capital of an African nation named after him?

James Monroe.  Monrovia, Liberia.

But why?

Liberia was established by the American Colonization Society as a homeland for freed American slaves, on the premise that (a) slavery was bad; and (b) blacks and whites could not peacefully coexist within a society. The country's political system was more or less a carbon copy of the United States, right down to its flag (Henry Clay was a leading proponent of the ACS, and the dominant Liberian political party through the 1960s was named the Whig Party). When the project began in the early 1820s, Monroe was the incumbent U.S. President.

What president tried unsuccessfully to establish a third party while in office?

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

Nevada and Oklahoma



What President has the capital of an African nation named after him?

James Monroe.  Monrovia, Liberia.

But why?

Liberia was established by the American Colonization Society as a homeland for freed American slaves, on the premise that (a) slavery was bad; and (b) blacks and whites could not peacefully coexist within a society. The country's political system was more or less a carbon copy of the United States, right down to its flag (Henry Clay was a leading proponent of the ACS, and the dominant Liberian political party through the 1960s was named the Whig Party). When the project began in the early 1820s, Monroe was the incumbent U.S. President.

What president tried unsuccessfully to establish a third party while in office?

John Tyler? Nixon toyed with the idea of creating a right-wing Conservative third party (which is ironic).

[SingingAnalyst]

James Buchanan?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Party_System#Realignment_in_the_1850s

Who was the most recent President whose tenure in office began on a Sunday?

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

Nevada and Oklahoma



What President has the capital of an African nation named after him?

James Monroe.  Monrovia, Liberia.

But why?

Liberia was established by the American Colonization Society as a homeland for freed American slaves, on the premise that (a) slavery was bad; and (b) blacks and whites could not peacefully coexist within a society. The country's political system was more or less a carbon copy of the United States, right down to its flag (Henry Clay was a leading proponent of the ACS, and the dominant Liberian political party through the 1960s was named the Whig Party). When the project began in the early 1820s, Monroe was the incumbent U.S. President.

What president tried unsuccessfully to establish a third party while in office?

John Tyler? Nixon toyed with the idea of creating a right-wing Conservative third party (which is ironic).

I was thinking of Andrew Johnson. I didn't know that about Nixon—was this before or during his presidency?

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

Nevada and Oklahoma



What President has the capital of an African nation named after him?

James Monroe.  Monrovia, Liberia.

But why?

Liberia was established by the American Colonization Society as a homeland for freed American slaves, on the premise that (a) slavery was bad; and (b) blacks and whites could not peacefully coexist within a society. The country's political system was more or less a carbon copy of the United States, right down to its flag (Henry Clay was a leading proponent of the ACS, and the dominant Liberian political party through the 1960s was named the Whig Party). When the project began in the early 1820s, Monroe was the incumbent U.S. President.

What president tried unsuccessfully to establish a third party while in office?

John Tyler? Nixon toyed with the idea of creating a right-wing Conservative third party (which is ironic).

I was thinking of Andrew Johnson. I didn't know that about Nixon—was this before or during his presidency?

I would have guessed him as well, but the NUP I guess existed as of 1864. Nixon so far as I can tell only toyed with the idea while in office, fantasizing, presumably, of a ticket of him and Connelly, dumping the liberal Republicans and running a full-throated Middle America campaign. I believe I only have one source on this as of yet.