Presidential Trivia

[DWPerry]

How many Presidents have failed to graduate from College?

8

Andrew Jackson
William Harrison (attended college but never received a degree)
Zachary Taylor
Millard Fillmore
Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Johnson
Grover Cleveland
Harry Truman – went to law school but did not receive a degree



How many Presidents have received Electoral Votes in 3 or more elections?

[DWPerry]

How many Presidents have received Electoral Votes in 3 or more elections?

Andrew Jackson, Grover Cleveland, FDR and Reagan?

There are actually a few more.
I'll tell you there are TEN, you've got 4 of them. Name the other 6

[DWPerry]

How many Presidents have received Electoral Votes in 3 or more elections?

Andrew Jackson, Grover Cleveland, FDR and Reagan?

There are actually a few more.
I'll tell you there are TEN, you've got 4 of them. Name the other 6

Are you including EV's for vice president?

No, only EV's for President; which remember before 1824, ALL EV's were counted for Pres.

I'll give you George Washington, as he retired from office but still got 2 EV's in the 1796 election.
5 more

[DWPerry]

George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren, Grover Cleveland, William Jennings Bryan, FDR, Richard Nixon, and Ronald Reagan.

William Jennings Bryan was never President
Van Buren didn't receive EV's as a PRESIDENT 3 times, although he did receive EV's as a VP & Pres nearly 5.

The Presidents & years they received EV's
George Washington   1789   1792   1796   
John Adams   1789   1792   1796   
Thomas Jefferson   1792   1796   1800   1804
James Monroe   1808   1816   1820   
John Quincy Adams   1820   1824   1828   
Andrew Jackson   1824   1828   1832   
Grover Cleveland   1884   1888   1892   
Franklin D. Roosevelt   1932   1936   1940   1944
Richard M. Nixon   1960   1968   1972   
Ronald Reagan   1976   1980   1984

[DWPerry]

Now for the next question...

On election night 1968, what state officially put Richard Nixon over the top and made him the 37th President of the United States of America?

I'll guess either Illinois or California, depending on how fast the results came in

[DWPerry]

There have been 12 Presidents to only serve 1 complete term, name them!

[DWPerry]

Who was the last President to serve in the military and see actual combat?

JFK

[DWPerry]

Which Presidents have been survived by both of their parents?

Grant & Kennedy

[DWPerry]

From the National Park Service Presidential Bio website
http://www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/Presidents/bioa.htm

"Just a few parents of Presidents survived to see their sons enter the White House, though most witnessed their early successes. The mothers of Washington, John Adams, Madison, Polk, Garfield, McKinley, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Truman, and Carter, the step mothers of Lincoln, Harding, and Ford, and the fathers of John Quincy Adams, Fillmore, Harding, and Coolidge survived through their children's inaugurations. Coolidge's father even enjoyed the unique privilege of swearing in his son.

In addition to these, both parents of Grant and Kennedy lived to see their sons assume the highest office in the land. Kennedy's two parents also survived his assassination, as did Lincoln's stepmother and Garfield's mother. The mother of Polk was the only other one to outlive her son. George Harding and Joseph Kennedy were the only fathers to survive their sons."

[DWPerry]

So your answer is Kennedy?

yes, JFK

[DWPerry]

On October 30th, 1938, this was identified as the Secretary of the Interior and thought to be Franklin Roosevelt.  How was he? 

The War of the Worlds - by Orson Welles

[DWPerry]

On October 30th, 1938, this was identified as the Secretary of the Interior and thought to be Franklin Roosevelt.  How was he? 

The War of the Worlds - by Orson Welles

Who was the actor? 

Kenny Delmar

[DWPerry]

Who was the first person to use the title "President of the United States"?

[DWPerry]

Grant?

no

[DWPerry]

Thomas McKean

Or Samuel Huntington, if "President of the United States in Congress Assembled" counts.

Thomas McKean was the first to use the shorter title of simply "President of the United States"

[DWPerry]

Richard Milhouse Nixon




Which ballot-listed Presidential candidate has received the fewest votes since 1960?

[DWPerry]

Richard Milhouse Nixon

That answer is incorrect.

FDR

[DWPerry]

FDR
1932 - 472
1936 - 523
1940 - 449
1944 - 432
total - 1876

Nixon
1952 - 442
1956 - 457
1960 - 219
1968 - 301
1972 - 520
total - 1939

I was right the first time

[DWPerry]

Which ballot-listed Presidential candidate has received the fewest votes since 1960?

[DWPerry]

Which ballot-listed Presidential candidate has received the fewest votes since 1960?

Gus Hall?

no

[DWPerry]

The chap in 1970 who only won EC votes in the South? As in, the last third party candidate to win ECVs? Can't remember his name, but someone else probably knows who I'm talking about.

You're thinking of George Wallace in 1968, no

Hint:
2004 election

[DWPerry]

Earl Farwell Dodge Jr  with 104 votes?

Yep, Earl Dodge

[DWPerry]

Which Presidents served under a Constitution that they were not elected under?

Ford

[DWPerry]

It would be every president who had an amendment pass during their term, yes? I certainly couldn't name them all, but wasn't Truman Pres when your term limit amendment pass?

That wouldn't be a new Constitution.

[DWPerry]

Which Presidents served under a Constitution that they were not elected under?

Ford

A lot more.

I'll assume you mean VP's that assumed the Presidency, but were never (re)-elected
John Tyler
Andrew Johnson
Chester A. Arthur
Millard Fillmore
& Gerald Ford