Presidential Trivia

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Yes.  Give that man a cee-gar!

[DWPerry]

Who is the only President to name his son after another President? What was the child's name?

[Kaine for Senate '18]

John Quincy Adams named his kid George Washington Adams.

[J. J.]

John Quincy Adams named his kid George Washington Adams.

I hope it wasn't a girl. 

[DWPerry]

John Quincy Adams named his kid George Washington Adams.

I hope it wasn't a girl. 

No, the child wasn't a girl. Unlike George Foreman, JQA gave his children different names.


Who is the only President since the formation of the G8 NOT to chair the group?

[J. J.]

John Quincy Adams named his kid George Washington Adams.

I hope it wasn't a girl. 

No, the child wasn't a girl. Unlike George Foreman, JQA gave his children different names.


Who is the only President since the formation of the G8 NOT to chair the group?

George H W Bush.  It was the G7 when he chaired it.  Carter or Ford may not have chaired it, but I'd have to check.  It has a rotating chairmanship so any two term president would have chaired it at least once.

[DWPerry]

John Quincy Adams named his kid George Washington Adams.

I hope it wasn't a girl. 

No, the child wasn't a girl. Unlike George Foreman, JQA gave his children different names.


Who is the only President since the formation of the G8 NOT to chair the group?

George H W Bush.  It was the G7 when he chaired it.  Carter or Ford may not have chaired it, but I'd have to check.  It has a rotating chairmanship so any two term president would have chaired it at least once.

Carter never chaired the G8.


Next question:
Which President was the first to appoint a "White House Press Secretary"?

[Јas]

Hoover.

Which President made Christmas a federal holiday?

[DWPerry]

Christmas was made a Federal Holiday on June 26, 1870 by U.S. Grant

[Kaine for Senate '18]

How many Presidents have had books published before they became President?

[J. J.]

How many Presidents have had books published before they became President?

7?

[Fmr President & Senator Polnut]

I'm going to say 5 - simply because that's all I can think of.

[Kaine for Senate '18]

My source said 5, although it didn't give me the names.

[J. J.]

Wilson, Eisenhower, Kennedy, LBJ*, Nixon*, GHW Bush, Clinton*

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Thomas Jefferson should be among them for his Notes on the State of Virginia, published on 1784 in Paris.

[J. J.]

Thomas Jefferson should be among them for his Notes on the State of Virginia, published on 1784 in Paris.

Wilson wrote a book on local government while at Princeton, IIRC.

Eisenhower wrote Crusade in Europe prior to his presidency.

JFK, Profiles in Courage

GHW Bush wrote an autobiography that was outsold by Millie the dog's book.

I think Clinton had a book published prior to his presidency.

 

[Kaine for Senate '18]

When did GW publish Rules on Civility?

[J. J.]

When did GW publish Rules on Civility?

He read it in his youth.

[Kaine for Senate '18]

When did GW publish Rules on Civility?

He read it in his youth.

Oops, I always thought he wrote it. 

[Kaine for Senate '18]

Who was the last President to never hold an administrative office before becoming President?

[Robespierre's Jaw]

Who was the last President to never hold an administrative office before becoming President?

Herbert Hoover, Secretary of Commerce (1921-1928)?

[J. J.]

Who was the last President to never hold an administrative office before becoming President?

In terms of an administrative post in the executive branch, JFK.

[Albus Dumbledore]

That recently? Wow.

[J. J.]

That recently? Wow.

Actually, he was the exception (unless Eisenhower would be considered).  Ford's administrative experience was scant (and it showed), but he had been VP for about eight months. 

How many first couples were there where one party was divorced?

[Erc]

That recently? Wow.

Actually, he was the exception (unless Eisenhower would be considered).  Ford's administrative experience was scant (and it showed), but he had been VP for about eight months. 

How many first couples were there where one party was divorced?

Reagan was the only president to be divorced...

Jackson's wife was divorced (perhaps improperly), though she died before he became President.


I'm sure there are others, but I can't think of any at the moment.