Presidents and Other Miscellaneous Facts: Part 2

Which president was exhumed (dug up) in 1991 (141 years after his death) to determine whether or not he was poisoned?

What was the name of the man who assassinated President Garfield?

Four presidents were members of the Whig Party. Who was our final Whig president?

What president is believed is to have had the highest I.Q. (approximately 175)?

Which president worked as a teacher in Worcester for a year before changing careers and studying law?

Which two presidents died on the same day, a few hours apart?

Who was the first president to have his voice recorded, in 1889?

Which president was involved in over 100 duels throughout his lifetime? He also thrashed his own attacker with his cane.

Which president appears on the (rare) two-dollar bill?

Who was the fifteenth president? He succeeded Franklin Pierce and preceded Abraham Lincoln.

Martin Van Buren’s nickname was Old Kinderhook.

Which president died in office in 1923 and was replaced by Calvin Coolidge?

Which president was elected to the Confederate Congress during the Civil War? As a result he had no state funeral.

John Cage, composer of “Water Walk”, is perhaps best remembered for:

Who assassinated President McKinley?

As of 2024, there have been two father-son president pairs, and one grandfather-grandson president pair.

Which president contracted polio as a young man and had difficulty walking throughout his life?

On which street in Cambridge, MA was George Washington's headquarters when he was commander of the Continental Army?

Mr. Basile‘s grandfather (on his father’s side) served in what role during World War II?

Who was the first president to have his photograph taken?

Who was the last president to have a full beard?

Who was president during the Mexican-American War in the 1840s?

Andrew Jackson’s nickname was Old Hickory.

Which president‘s name and face is engraved on the coffee mug that Mr. Basile drinks from every single morning?

Who was the first president to have electricity in the White House? He was terrified of being electrocuted.

What is the name of the gentleman on New Hampshire Chronicle who tells historical anecdotes? Mr. Basile wants his job.

Who was the first president to reside in the White House?

Which president was saved by a single senator’s vote from being removed from office?

To which political party did George Washington and John Adams belong?

Who was the first president to be born as a United States citizen (as opposed to a British subject)?