Facts About Our Early Presidents

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1. Walt Whitman penned the following in tribute to which president? 'O Captain! My Captain! our fearful trip is done; the ship has weather'd every rack, the prize we sought is won. The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting, while follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring.'? Franklin Pierce Ulysses S. Grant Abraham Lincoln Andrew Johnson

2. This president added Alaska to the roster of territories for an investment of $7.2 million. Who was he? Andrew Johnson Grover Cleveland Rutherford B. Hayes John Tyler

3. This president proved to be a disaster where appointments to his Cabinet were concerned. Also one of the youngest Chief Executive inaugurated to date at age 46, his 'youthful inexperience' was blamed for his 'political ineptitude' in Cabinet appointments. Abraham Lincoln Ulysses S. Grant James Buchanan Chester A. Arthur

4. This early president is considered the best educated of all of his predecessors and was described by his immediate predecessor as follows: '...The truth is no man ever started so low that accomplished so much in all our history. He is the ideal president because he is the ideal self-made man.' Franklin Pierce Grover Cleveland Zachary Taylor James Garfield

5. This minister's son had the dubious distinction of being the only president to have hanged a man (while serving as sheriff in Buffalo, New York), and was the first Chief Executive to be married in the White House. Who was he? William Howard Taft Benjamin Harrison Grover Cleveland Chester A. Arthur

6. Unlike the majority of his predecessors who found the chores of office a burden and expressed relief when their terms were completed, this president wrote, '...no president has ever enjoyed himself as much as I have enjoyed myself, and I do not know any man of my age who has had as good a time...' AND NO, BILL CLINTON IS NOT A CHOICE!!! Grover Cleveland Benjamin Harrison Theodore Roosevelt William Howard Taft

7. This president established the postal savings bank, admitted Arizona and New Mexico to the Union and made life a lot more comfortable for future presidents since by adding the Oval Office. Who was he? Woodrow Wilson William Howard Taft Warren G. Harding Benjamin Harrison

8. About the only thing that can be said about this president's term in office is that he modernized the White House by installing a cast iron stove in the kitchen, bathtubs in the private quarters and running water throughout. Who was he? Chester A. Arthur Millard Fillmore James Polk Rutherford B. Hayes

9. This president received 12 different college degrees and authored several college exts before becoming president, and held professorships at Johns Hopkins, Bryn Mawr, Wesleyan and Princeton Universities. Despite his educational achievements, his administation is remembered mostly for its failures. His name? Warren Harding William Howard Taft Calvin Coolidge Woodrow Wilson

10. This president's birth name was 'Hiram' but, due to a clerical error in his college registration, his first name was changed. He found the 'wrong' name preferable to Hiram, and kept it his whole life. Who was he? Rutherford B. Hayes Millard Fillmore Zachary Taylor Ulysses S. Grant