U.S. Government Firsts

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

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

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

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

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

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

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? New York City, NY Washington, DC Philadelphia, PA Boston, MA

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