Politicians and Political Parties-No.2

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1. Which two presidential candidates received the same number of electoral votes? Therefore the Constitution required that the winner be determined by a simple majority vote in the House of Representatives? James Madison and Charles Pinckney John Adams and Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr James Monroe and John Quincy Adams

2. Which President made the following statement to his successor: 'If you are as happy, my dear sir, on entering this house as I am in leaving it; you are the happiest man in this country'? Andrew Johnson Martin Van Buren James Buchanan John Tyler

3. Which U.S. President, in his earlier years, married a woman two years before her divorce from a previous marriage had been finalized? Franklin Pierce Andrew Johnson Andrew Jackson James Buchanan

4. Which of these Vice-Presidents was elected to that office for two separate terms, each under a different President? George Dallas John Calhoun William King Richard Johnson

5. Who was the presidential candidate of the American Party in 1856? Milliard Fillmore Henry Clay Charles Adams William Seward

6. Who was the only President, who entered the White House as a bachelor, and then was married in the White House? Grover Cleveland John Tyler Rutherford B. Hayes William McKinley

7. Which President lost the popular vote but won the election by only one electoral vote? Franklin Pierce Benjamin Harrison Chester Arthur Rutherford B. Hayes

8. Which was the first President for whom the band played 'Hail to the Chief' at his inauguration? Millard Fillmore Zachary Taylor Martin Van Buren Ulysses S. Grant

9. Which 19th century President was elected to the U.S. Senate after he completed his term in the White House? Andrew Johnson Chester A. Arthur Franklin Pierce James Polk

10. How many Presidents have been elected as the candidates of the Democratic Party from the year 1789 (George Washington)to the year 2000 (Bill Clinton the 42nd President)? 15 13 12 14