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Presidential Trivia

Presidential Trivia. Name the 3 Presidents who died on July 4 th ?. Thomas Jefferson (1826) John Adams (1826). James Monroe (1831). What is the President’s salary?. $400,000 per year. Who was the youngest elected President?. John F. Kennedy 43 years old

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Presidential Trivia

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  1. Presidential Trivia

  2. Name the 3 Presidents who died on July 4th? Thomas Jefferson (1826) John Adams (1826) James Monroe (1831)

  3. What is the President’s salary? $400,000 per year

  4. Who was the youngest elected President? • John F. Kennedy • 43 years old • Thirty-Fifth President(1961-1963) • Born: May 29, 1917 in Brookline, Massachusetts

  5. Who was the youngest to serve as President? Theodore Roosevelt 42 Years old 26th President (1901-1909) Became President when William McKinley was assassinated. Barack Hussein Obama (2009- ) 48 Years old Born: August 4, 1961 Honolulu, Hawaii

  6. Which President was born on July 4th? Calvin Coolidge (1872)

  7. Name the 4 Presidents whose faces are carved on Mount Rushmore. Washington, Jefferson, Teddy Roosevelt, Lincoln

  8. Who was the last President to wear a beard? Benjamin Harrison Twenty-Third President 1889-1893

  9. Who was the oldest elected President? Ronald Reagan 69 yrs old 40th President (1981-1989) Born: February 6, 1911 *** John McCain Born-Aug. 29, 1936 (71 yrs old)

  10. Name the 4 assassinated Presidents. Abraham Lincoln (1865) James Garfield (1881) William McKinley (1901) John F. Kennedy (1963)

  11. Name the 4 assassinated Presidents. Abraham Lincoln (1865) John Wilkes Booth James Garfield (1881) Charles Guiteau William McKinley (1901) Leon Czolgosz John F. Kennedy (1963) Lee Harvey Oswald

  12. Name the four Presidents who died of natural causes. William Henry Harrison Zachary Taylor Died: April 4, 1841 (pneumonia) Died: July 9, 1850 in Washington D.C. He got sick after eating cherries and milk at a July 4 celebration. (embolism) Warren G. Harding Franklin Roosevelt (FDR) Died: August 2, 1923 during his presidency while visiting San Francisco, Ca. (heart attack/stroke) Died: April 12, 1945 (Cerebral hemorrhage) (stroke)

  13. Which Vice President resigned and why? Spiro T. Agnew In return for pleading nolo contendere, or no contest, to the tax charge (federal tax evasion) and paying $160,000 in back taxes (with the help of a loan from Frank Sinatra), Agnew received a suspended sentence and a$10,000 fine. On October 10, 1973, while Spiro T. Agnew appeared in federal court in Baltimore, his letter of resignation was delivered to Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. Agnew was only the second vice president to resign the office (John C. Calhoun had been the first- He resigned to become a Senator 2 months before his term expired).

  14. Other titles considered for the new chief executive. His Excellency His Highness His Serene Highness His High Mightiness “You the Man”!!!

  15. Who served as President and Chief Justice? William Howard Taft 27th President (1909-1913) 10th Chief Justice (1921-1930)

  16. Which President served the shortest time in office? William Henry Harrison Died: April 4, 1841 (served 31 days) 1st President to die in office

  17. William Henry Harrison Tomb

  18. Name any former President not buried in the continental U.S. Any former President still alive Jimmy Carter (1977-81) George H. W. Bush (1989-93) Bill Clinton (1993-2001) George W. Bush (2001-2009)

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