U.S. Presidential History #1

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  

1. Which President also served as Speaker of the House? Gerald Ford John Quincy Adams Andrew Johnson James K. Polk

2. Which President served in the U.S. Senate after his Presidency? Andrew Johnson John Tyler James K. Polk Martin Van Buren

3. Which President also served in the Confederate Congress? Andrew Johnson Rutherford B. Hayes Zachary Taylor John Tyler

4. Which President had the only foreign-born wife? Calvin Coolidge John Quincy Adams Theodore Roosevelt Chester A. Arthur

5. How many Presidents regularly wore beards while serving as President? 3 4 5 6

6. Which President had the shortest inaugural address? Herbert Hoover Zachary Taylor George Washington Andrew Johnson

7. Which President was a classmate of Nathaniel Hawthorne and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow? James Buchanan Millard Fillmore Franklin Pierce Martin Van Buren

8. Which President served in the House of Representatives after his Presidency? John Tyler Millard Fillmore William Howard Taft John Quincy Adams

9. Which President's wife was the first first lady to graduate from college? William McKinley Chester A. Arthur Rutherford B. Hayes William Howard Taft

10. Who was the first President born in the 20th century (Hint: in order of birth, not in order of attaining the presidency)? John F. Kennedy Dwight D. Eisenhower Lyndon B. Johnson Harry S Truman

11. Who was the only President born on July 4? Lyndon Johnson Calvin Coolidge Herbert Hoover James Garfield

12. Who was the first President to receive a Nobel Prize? Woodrow Wilson William Howard Taft Jimmy Carter Theodore Roosevelt

13. Who was the first President to have a child born in the White House? Theodore Roosevelt Grover Cleveland John Tyler John F. Kennedy

14. How many Presidents were elected to office immediately after serving as Vice-President (not counting the possibility of Al Gore)? 5 2 4 3

15. Who was the first President born west of the Mississippi River? Warren G. Harding Herbert Hoover William Howard Taft William McKinley