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? John Adams and Thomas Jefferson James Madison and Charles Pinckney James Monroe and John Quincy Adams Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr

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? Andrew Johnson Andrew Jackson James Buchanan Franklin Pierce

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

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

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

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

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

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

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