Presidential Trivia

[True Democrat]

Who was the last sitting Representative to be elected President?

James Garfield

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

A guess, but my response is Teddy Roosevelt.

My question is, who was the first "king" to become President of the United States?

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?

[True Democrat]

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?

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.

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 .

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?

[True Democrat]

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?

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)?

[True Democrat]

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

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?

[True Democrat]

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

How about David Rice Atchison?

[True Democrat]

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

Yes.

[True Democrat]

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.

[True Democrat]

How many Presidents have run on tickets with multiple parties?

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?

[True Democrat]

How many Presidents have run on tickets with multiple parties?

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?

[True Democrat]

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) (I can dream, can't I?)

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

[True Democrat]

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.

[True Democrat]

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

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.

Actually, you couldn't be more wrong

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.

[True Democrat]

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?

[True Democrat]

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

[True Democrat]

Truman?

Got it.

[True Democrat]

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

[True Democrat]

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.

[True Democrat]

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?

I am not complaining. You just do not want to hear and accept what I am saying.

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

LOL!!!!

You two fighting is hilarious.

[True Democrat]

I better start answering again, as war is about to break out.

John Adams.

Jefferson

Buchannan

G H W Bush

Arguably Eisenhower (As NATO commander); Reagan was technically an envoy, IIRC.

Who'd I miss?

John Quincy Adams.

[True Democrat]

Where did Jimmy Carter spend New Year's Eve of 1978 (1977-8)?  City and host.

Iran.

The shah and his wife were the hosts.

Who was the last democrat that Reagan ever supported in a presidential election? What year did he officially change parties?

Truman in 1948?

I believe he changed parties around 1953-1955.  I know he supported Eisenhower as a Democrat in 1952, but as  a Republican in 1956.

[True Democrat]

I'm guessing either Harry Truman or Abraham Lincoln.

[True Democrat]

Correct this sentence for historical accuracy:

Theodore Roosevelt rode up San Juan Hill, leading the charge.

Theodore Roosevelt led the charge up San Juan Hill by the rough riders, who had dismounted and were on foot.

I'm pretty sure that an all-black battalion actually took the hill first.  Then the Rough Riders took it, so TR could look heroic.

[True Democrat]

Since J.J. did not ask a question, then I will...

Who first informed Richard Nixon of Bobby Kennedy's assassination?

This is a guess, but Pat Buchanan?

[True Democrat]

gporter, your questions are fukcing ridiculous.  Who the hell cares what Pat Nixon said when she left the White House?  Try something a little less obscure and more interesting.

[True Democrat]

Taft

Taft is correct.

I am surprised that it took you all so long to get that answer. It is a basic presidential trivia fact.

Are you F***ing serious!?!?!?

Right on!

Who was the first President to install electricity in the White House?

Benjamin Harrison, I'm almost positive (I assume you mean had electricity installed, rather than to install electricity).