U.S. Government Firsts

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

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

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

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

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? 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? Thomas Jefferson Andrew Jackson James Monroe George Washington

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

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