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Rutherford B. Hayes. Located in Fremont, Ohio. Hayes had many such 'firsts'--first to use a typewriter in the White House, first to use a telephone in the White House, and he started the White House Easter Egg roll tradition.
Andrew Johnson. While still a youth Johnson ran away from his hometown of Raleigh, North Carolina, and settled in Greeneville. He was put on the Republican ticket in 1864 because Lincoln wanted a Southerner as his running mate to balance the ticket. 96 years later, John F. Kennedy also put a Johnson from the South on the ticket to give geographical balance, with eerily similar results as both Johnson's became President after assassinations.
William Howard Taft. Taft is the only person to serve as both President and chief justice of the Supreme Court. He was also the first President to throw out a baseball at a season opener, starting a longstanding tradition.
Benjamin Harrison. Harrison is buried in Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis, Indiana, along with 3 Vice-Presidents, 15 Indiana Governors and Senators, and John Dillinger. Harrison's Presidency is perhaps best known for being the one in which the most new States, 6, were admitted to the U.S.
James Madison. Jefferson's grave is near Charlottesville, Virginia.
Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson and his Vice-Presidential running mate, Burr, tied in the Electoral College because of the failure of the founding fathers to anticipate the use of political parties. The constitutional glitch was corrected before the next election.
James Madison. The War of 1812 was so unpopular in the New England states that there was serious talk there about seceding. This talk died out, along with the Federalist Party itself, when the war ended.
John Quincy Adams. John Quincy Adams is the other President, besides Jefferson, to be elected by the House, after the Electoral College failed to give a majority to anyone. Andrew Jackson made the 'corrupt bargain' charge, but it is doubtful a man of Adams' character would stoop to this level.
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James K. Polk. Polk was one of the hardest-working Presidents ever, although the wisdom and morality of his war against Mexico is dubious and caused much dissension in the country at the time, not to mention generating much animosity in Mexico againt the U.S. Exhausted by the end of his term, Polk died a few months after leaving office.
Calvin Coolidge. A simple grave in a quiet village, an appropriate setting for this quiet man. Coolidge was so famous for saying little that a White House dinner guest made a bet that she could get the president to say more than two words. When she told the president of her wager, he replied, "You lose." Another time, someone asked him, "Mr. President, how many people do you have working for you in the federal government?" Coolidge replied, "Oh, about half of them." Hope you enjoyed the quiz.
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John Adams . Although Adams was the first person to live there, it wasn't called the 'White House' until 1812, when the building was repainted after being gutted during the war. Madison was the encumbent president at the time.
Gerald Ford . Richard Nixon being the President who resigned over the Watergate Affair.
Ronald Reagan. Ronald Reagan was 69 years old when elected.
Theodore Roosevelt. Roosevelt was the youngest to BECOME president - he took over the office at the age of 42 upon the assassination of William McKinley. Kennedy was the youngest person ELECTED president at the age of 43.
William H. Harrison. Williams H. Harrison served only one month before dying in office in April, 1841.
Franklin D. Roosevelt. FDR served from 1933 until his death in 1945. He was one of the most beloved presidents and the only one to serve 3 full terms (Reagan probably would have been elected to a third term except that now the law limits the president's consecutive terms to two.)
Grover Cleveland. Cleveland served one term, was beat out by Benjamin Harrison and at the end of Harrison's term was elected again for another 4 years.
none - this never happened. Contrary to popular belief, Andrew Johnson, although impeached by the house, the articles of impeachment were not passed by the Senate and he finished his term in office. Richard Nixon chose to resign before he could be impeached. Bill Clinton was impeached, though not convicted.
4. 2 in the 19th century - Abraham Lincoln and James Garfield and 2 in the 20th century - William McKinley and John F. Kennedy. Ford had a gun pointed at him by two different people and Reagan was shot by John Hinkley but as we know, these presidents both survived.
Franklin D. Roosevelt. Franklin D. Roosevelt was the first president to appear on television in 1939, although not many people saw this as most did not own television sets at this time.
Franklin D. Roosevelt. He served for 12 years, 1 month and 8 days.
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