United States
Presidential Trivia
United States Presidential Trivia
• Which US President before becoming
President negotiated the Treaty of Peace
in Paris granting independence to the
British colonies in America?
United States Presidential Trivia
• Which US President
before becoming
President negotiated the
Treaty of Peace in Paris
granting independence to
the British colonies in
America?
John Adams. The other
two American
negotiators in Paris
were Benjamin Franklin
and John Jay.
United States Presidential Trivia
• To whom did General Lord Cornwallis
surrender?
United States Presidential Trivia
• To whom did General
Lord Cornwallis
surrender?
On 19th Oct 1781,
Lord Cornwallis
surrendered to
General George
Washington at
Yorktown, Virginia
thus ending the
Revolutionary War
United States Presidential Trivia
• Which President purchased the Louisiana
Territory?
United States Presidential Trivia
• Which President purchased the Louisiana
Territory?
President Thomas Jefferson from
Napoleon in 1803.
United States Presidential Trivia
• Which President purchased Alaska?
United States Presidential Trivia
• Which President
purchased Alaska?
President Andrew
Johnson
purchased Alaska
from Russia in
1867.
United States Presidential Trivia
• In which Presidential election did an
electoral tie result?
United States Presidential Trivia
• In which Presidential election did
an electoral tie result?
In the presidential election of
1800 between Thomas
Jefferson and Aaron Burr, an
electoral tie resulted. It was
resolved by the US House of
Representatives which elected
Thomas Jefferson as President
and Aaron Burr as VicePresident.
United States Presidential Trivia
• Who was the first President to live in the
White House?
United States Presidential Trivia
• Who was the first
President to live in
the White House?
President John
Adams.
United States Presidential Trivia
• In whose presidency did the British enter
Washington and set fire to the White
House?
United States Presidential Trivia
• In whose
presidency did
the British enter
Washington and
set fire to the
White House?
During President
James Madison
presidency in
the War of 1812.
United States Presidential Trivia
• Who was the first President who was the
son of a President?
United States Presidential Trivia
• Who was the first
President who was
the son of a
President?
The sixth President
John Quincy
Adams, son of the
second President
John Adams.
United States Presidential Trivia
• Who was the second President who was
the son of a President?
United States Presidential Trivia
• Who was the second President who was
the son of a President?
The 43rd President George W. Bush,
son of the 41st President George Bush
United States Presidential Trivia
• Which President was called the "Old
Hickory"?
United States Presidential Trivia
• Which President
was called the
"Old Hickory"?
President
Andrew
Jackson.
United States Presidential Trivia
• Who was the first President to die in
office?
United States Presidential Trivia
• Who was the first
President to die in office?
The ninth President
William Henry Harrison
died a month after his
inauguration of
pneumonia and has the
shortest presidency, a
total of 31 days; and
was the first president
to die in office.
United States Presidential Trivia
• Who was the second President to die in
office?
United States Presidential Trivia
• Who was the second
President to die in
office?
The twelfth President
Zachary Taylor was
the second president
to die in office. He
died in 1850 after
serving 16 months in
office.
United States Presidential Trivia
• Who was the third President to die in office
of natural cause?
United States Presidential Trivia
• Who was the third
President to die in
office of natural
cause?
The 29th President
Warren Gamaliel
Harding passed
away on 2 Aug 1923
of a heart attack.
United States Presidential Trivia
• Who was the fourth President to die in
office of a natural cause?
United States Presidential Trivia
• Who was the fourth
President to die in
office of a natural
cause?
The 32nd President
Franklin Delano
Roosevelt passed
away on 12 Apr
1945 of a cerebral
hemorrhage.
United States Presidential Trivia
• Who was the president who was the
grandson of a president?
United States Presidential Trivia
• Who was the president
who was the grandson
of a president?
The only grandfather
and grandson pair of
presidents were the
9th President William
Henry Harrison and
his grandson the 23rd
President Benjamin
Harrison.
United States Presidential Trivia
• Who was the youngest elected President?
United States Presidential Trivia
• Who was the youngest elected President?
President John F. Kennedy, 43y 236d
(when taking office).
United States Presidential Trivia
• Who was the oldest elected President?
United States Presidential Trivia
• Who was the
oldest elected
President?
President Ronald
Reagan, 69y
349d (when
taking office).
United States Presidential Trivia
• Who was the youngest President ?
United States Presidential Trivia
• Who was the
youngest President ?
President Theodore
Roosevelt, 42y 322d
(when taking
office); succeeding
to the office upon
the assassination
of President William
McKinley.
United States Presidential Trivia
• In whose presidency was the MexicanAmerican War fought followed by the
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
United States Presidential Trivia
• In whose
presidency was
the MexicanAmerican War
fought followed
by the Treaty of
Guadalupe
Hidalgo?
President
James Knox
Polk.
United States Presidential Trivia
• In whose presidency was the SpanishAmerican War fought resulting in America
annexing Philippines, Guam and Puerto
Rico?
United States Presidential Trivia
• In whose
presidency was the
Spanish-American
War fought
resulting in
America annexing
Philippines, Guam
and Puerto Rico?
President William
McKinley.
United States Presidential Trivia
• In whose presidency did Commodore
Matthew Perry force Japan to open to
American trade?
United States Presidential Trivia
• In whose
presidency did
Commodore
Matthew Perry
force Japan to
open to
American trade?
President
Millard Fillmore.
United States Presidential Trivia
• Which President served two nonconsecutive terms?
United States Presidential Trivia
• Which President
served two nonconsecutive terms?
President Grover
Cleveland served
as the 22nd
President (18851889) and as the
24th President
(1893-1897).
United States Presidential Trivia
• Which President married while in office?
United States Presidential Trivia
• Which President married while in office?
Three Presidents - John Tyler,
Woodrow Wilson and Grover Cleveland
- got married while in office.
United States Presidential Trivia
• Which President did not marry?
United States Presidential Trivia
• Which President did
not marry?
The fifteenth
President James
Buchanan did not
marry and died a
bachelor
United States Presidential Trivia
• Who was the first President to be
assassinated?
United States Presidential Trivia
• Who was the first President to
be assassinated?
On April 14, 1865, President
Lincoln was assassinated at
Ford's Theatre in
Washington by John Wilkes
Booth. Thus, the sixteenth
President Abraham Lincoln
was the first president to be
assassinated.
United States Presidential Trivia
• Who was the second President to be
assassinated in office?
United States Presidential Trivia
• Who was the second President
to be assassinated in office?
The twentieth President
James A. Garfield. On 2 July
1881 he was shot by Charles
Guiteau who was upset on
being passed over as the US
consul. President Garfield
died on 19 Sept due to the
infection caused by the shot
wound.
United States Presidential Trivia
• Who was the third President to be
assassinated in office?
United States Presidential Trivia
• Who was the third
President to be
assassinated in
office?
The 25th President
William McKinley
was shot by Leon
Czolgosz on 6 Sep
1901 and died from
his wounds on 14
Sept 1901.
United States Presidential Trivia
• Who was the fourth President to be
assassinated in office?
United States Presidential Trivia
• Who was the fourth
President to be
assassinated in
office?
The 35th President
John F. Kennedy
was shot by Lee
Harvey Oswald on 22
Nov 1963 and died
from his wound the
same day.
United States Presidential Trivia
• Who was the first President to be
impeached by the House of
Representatives?
United States Presidential Trivia
• Who was the first President
to be impeached by the
House of Representatives?
The seventeenth
President Andrew
Johnson was the first
President to be
impeached by the House
of Representatives. He
was subsequently
acquitted in the Senate
by a single vote.
United States Presidential Trivia
• Who was the second President to be
impeached by the House of
Representatives?
United States Presidential Trivia
• Who was the second
President to be
impeached by the
House of
Representatives?
The 42nd President
Bill Clinton was the
second President to
be impeached by the
House of
Representatives.
United States Presidential Trivia
• Which President resigned his presidency
rather than face the impeachment
procedure over the Watergate scandal?
United States Presidential Trivia
• Which President
resigned his
presidency rather
than face the
impeachment
procedure over
the Watergate
scandal?
President
Richard Nixon.
United States Presidential Trivia
• Who was the only President to serve as
President without being elected to either
the presidency or the vice presidency?
United States Presidential Trivia
• Who was the only
President to serve
as President
without being
elected to either
the presidency or
the vice
presidency?
President Gerald
Ford.
United States Presidential Trivia
• Which President after his term in office
later served on the Supreme Court as the
Chief Justice of the United States?
United States Presidential Trivia
• Which President
after his term in
office later served
on the Supreme
Court as the Chief
Justice of the
United States?
President William
Howard Taft.
United States Presidential Trivia
• Which President after his term in office
was elected to the House of
Representatives?
United States Presidential Trivia
• Which President
after his term in
office was elected
to the House of
Representatives?
President John
Quincy Adams.
United States Presidential Trivia
• Which President after his term in office
was elected to the US Senate?
United States Presidential Trivia
• Which President after his term in office
was elected to the US Senate?
President Andrew Johnson.
United States Presidential Trivia
• Who was the US President during World
War I?
United States Presidential Trivia
• Who was the US
President during
World War I?
The 28th President
Woodrow Wilson.
The US declared
war against
Germany on 6
April 1917 under
his presidency.
United States Presidential Trivia
• Who was the US President during World
War II?
• Who was the US
President during
World War II?
The 32nd
President
Franklin Delano
Roosevelt till his
death on 12 April
1945 and then the
33rd President
Harry S. Truman.
United States Presidential Trivia
• In whose presidency did the 1929 Stock
Market Crash took place which ushered in
the Great Depression?
United States Presidential Trivia
• In whose
presidency
did the 1929
Stock Market
Crash took
place which
ushered in
the Great
Depression?
President
Herbert
Clark
Hoover.
United States Presidential Trivia
• Which President was elected to an
unprecedented four terms of office?
United States Presidential Trivia
• Which President
was elected to
an
unprecedented
four terms of
office?
President
Franklin Delano
Roosevelt.
United States Presidential Trivia
• Who was the first President to be awarded
the Nobel Peace Prize?
United States Presidential Trivia
• Who was the first
President to be
awarded the
Nobel Peace
Prize?
President
Theodore
Roosevelt in
1906.
United States Presidential Trivia
• Who was the second President to be
awarded the Nobel Peace Prize?
United States Presidential Trivia
• Who was the
second President
to be awarded the
Nobel Peace
Prize?
President
Woodrow Wilson
in 1919.
United States Presidential Trivia
• Which President was awarded the Nobel
Peace Prize after the tenure of his
presidency?
United States Presidential Trivia
• Which President was
awarded the Nobel
Peace Prize after the
tenure of his
presidency?
Jimmy Carter in
2002.
United States Presidential Trivia
• Which four Presidents won the electoral
majority for the presidency but did not win
the largest popular vote?
United States Presidential Trivia
• President John Quincy Adams won the presidency
but did not win the largest popular vote, which was
won by Andrew Jackson in 1824.
President Rutherford Birchard Hayes won the
presidency but did not win the largest popular vote,
which was won by Samuel J. Tilden in 1876.
President Benjamin Harrison won the presidency but
did not win the largest popular vote, which was won
by Grover Cleveland in 1888.
President George W. Bush won the presidency but
did not win the largest popular vote, which was won
by Al Gore in 2000.
Strange Facts of United States
Presidents
• John Adams –
Adams and his
family wandered
aimlessly in the
woods for hours
before finally
finding their way
to their new home
at the White
House.
• Writing his own
epitaph,
Jefferson did
not even
mention his stint
as president.
• James Madison
Weighing in at a
lean 100
pounds, this 5
foot 4 inch tall
president was
the country’s
shortest
president.
• Weighing over 300
pounds, Taft holds the
undesirable distinction of
being the heaviest U.S.
president.
Embarrassingly, Taft
once got stuck in the
White House bathtub. To
avoid a repeat of the
awkward fiasco, a new
tub – four times the
normal size – was
installed.
• Millard Fillmore
and his cabinet
members helped
fight the Library of
Congress fire.
• James Buchanan –
When the Prince of
Wales visited the White
House with his
oversized entourage,
Buchanan was forced
to sleep in the hallway.
• Grover Cleveland –
Cleveland was known
for personally
answering incoming
phone calls to the
White House.
• Woodrow
Wilson –
Sheep were
raised for wool
on the White
House lawn
during Wilson’s
term.
• Warren G. Harding
– Harding wins the
prize for the biggest
presidential feet – he
wore size 14 shoes
• Calvin Coolidge –
Coolidge refused
to use the
telephone during
his presidential
term.
• Harry S. Truman –
This musical
president rose before
dawn each day for
two hours of piano
practice.