U.S. Government Firsts

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1. Who was the first Secretary of War? Timothy Pickering Henry Knox James McHenry Samuel Dexter

2. Who was the first Speaker of the House of Representatives? Jonathan Trumbull Frederick Muhlenberg Jonathan Dayton Theodore Sedgwick

3. Who was the first Secretary of Agriculture? Jeremiah Rusk James Wilson J. Sterling Morton Norman J. Coleman

4. Who was the first U.S. President born in the State of New York? Millard Fillmore Martin Van Buren Theodore Roosevelt Franklin Roosevelt

5. Who was the first U.S. President to die while in office? Zachary Taylor William Henry Harrison Abraham Lincoln John Tyler

6. Franklin D. Roosevelt had three different Vice Presidents. Who was the first? Henry A. Wallace Harry S. Truman Alben A. Barkley John N. Garner

7. Who was the first President to receive over 200 Electoral Votes in the Presidential election? Andrew Jackson Thomas Jefferson George Washington James Monroe

8. Who was the first Secretary of State to later become President of the United States? James Madison John Quincy Adams James Monroe Thomas Jefferson

9. In 1789, the first Congress of the United States met in which U.S. city? Philadelphia, PA Boston, MA Washington, DC New York City, NY

10. Who was the first Secretary of War to later become President of the United States? Zachary Taylor William Howard Taft James Monroe Theodore Roosevelt