What geographical point of U.S. presidential history does Lincoln's Kentucky birth have?
Lincoln, born in Kentucky, was the first person born in a state outside of the original 13 to be elected President of the United States of
America. While the slightly older and fellow Kentuckian Jefferson Davis held the title of "President,"
he of course held this title for the "Confederate States of America."
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What major Civil War figure of the Confederacy was born just eight months and nine days before Abraham Lincoln,
and about 100 miles from where Mr. Lincoln was born?
Jefferson Davis, who would later become the only President of the Confederate States of America, was
born in Hopkinsville, Kentucky on June 3, 1808.
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Which of the following occupations did the young Abraham Lincoln have in common
with George Washington and John Adams, making them the only three presidents to have done this type
of work?
Was it....
a store clerk, surveyor, or a lawyer?
Which of the following occupations did the young Abraham Lincoln have in common
with George Washington and John Adams, making them the only three presidents to have done this type
of work??
You have selected a store clerk.
I'm sorry that is not correct. Neither George Washington or John Adams held a job as a store clerk.
Select again.
Which of the following occupations did the young Abraham Lincoln have in common
with George Washington and John Adams, making them the only three presidents to have done this type
of work?
You have selected a lawyer.
I'm sorry that is not correct. While more than 20 of our presidents had been lawyers, George Washington
was not one of them.
Select again.
Which of the following occupations did the young Abraham Lincoln have in common
with George Washington and John Adams, making them the only three presidents to have done this type
of work??
You have selected a surveyor, and you are correct.
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In 1849, what did Abraham Lincoln become the only President to receive following his invention
for lifting riverboats in shallow water?
Lincoln is the only president to have been issued a U.S. Patent. The invention design called
for inflating air chambers along the water line of vessels.
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In 1861, what long-distance communication was President Lincoln the first person in
America to receive?
Lincoln was the first in North America to receive a transcontinental telegram.
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Bill Clinton is one of three presidents who were born after their fathers had died. Who were the other two?
Andrew Jackson and Rutherford B. Hayes.
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Named William Jefferson Blythe IV following his birth, Bill Clinton is one of two presidents to have had their names changed due to changes in their family situation during childhood. Who was the other?
Gerald R. Ford.
Ford who had been named Leslie King, Jr. following his birth would later take the name of his adoped father. At age 16, William Jefferson Blythe IV took his step-father, Roger Clinton's last name.
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What educational distinction does Bill Clinton share with Gerald Ford?
Clinton and Ford are the only two U.S. Presidents to have graduated from the Yale University Law School.
And now for the quiz question within a quiz question....
Which three presidents received undergraduate degrees from Yale University? And the answer is...
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Which three presidents received undergraduate degrees from Yale University?
William Howard Taft, George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush.
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Born in 1946, Bill Clinton's inauguration as Governor of Arkansas in 1979 provided him with what distinction?
At age 32, he was the nation's youngest governor.
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Bill Clinton is one of only three presidents to have been the subject of an official impeachment inquiry by the U.S. House of Representatives. Who were the other two?
Andrew Johnson in 1868, and Richard Nixon in 1974.
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What pre-presidential office did President Theodore Roosevelt share in common with Presidents Martin Van Buren, Grover Cleveland and Franklin Roosevelt? Was it ...
Assistant Secretary of the Navy, or Secretary of State, or Governor of New York?
Which pre-presidential office did Presidents Theodore Roosevelt, Martin Van Buren, Grover Cleveland and Franklin Roosevelt have in common?
You have selected Assistant Secretary of the Navy.
I'm sorry that is not correct.
Only the two Roosevelts held that prior office.
Select again.
Which pre-presidential office did Presidents Theodore Roosevelt, Martin Van Buren, Grover Cleveland and Franklin Roosevelt have in common?
You have selected Secretary of State.
I'm sorry that is not correct.
Only Martin Van Buren was previously a Secretary of State, which was during Andrew Jackson's administration.
Select again.
Which pre-presidential office did Presidents Theodore Roosevelt, Martin Van Buren, Grover Cleveland and Franklin Roosevelt have in common?
You have selected Governor of New York.
And you are correct.
TR was Governor of New York from 1899 to 1900. Martin Van Buren held that office in 1829. Grover Cleveland was the "Empire State's" chief executive from 1883 to 84, and Franklin Roosevelt was New York's Governor from 1929 to 32.
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What geographical distinction did TR's taking of the presidential oath in 1901 have?
In a ceremony held in Buffalo, New York following the assassination of President McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt was the first to take the oath as President outside of the nation's capitol city, and the first since George Washington to take the oath outside of Washington, D.C.
George Washington first took the oath in New York City, the nation's first capitol, and then, with his second term, in our second capitol city, Philadelphia.
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TR's 1906 trip to Panama, to inspect construction progress on the Panama Canal, held what presidential first?
The trip to Panama comprised the first time that a U.S. President traveled outside of the United States while in office.
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Woodrow Wilson was awarded "one of these" in 1920, and Jimmy
Carter was awarded one in 2002, but TR was first to be
awarded "one" in 1906. What award are these presidents the only presidents to have received?
The award ... was none other than the Nobel Peace Prize.
In 1906, TR became the first American to be awarded a Nobel Prize in any category. The honor was bestowed upon him for his negotiated peace settlement of the Russo-Japanese War.
In 1920, President Wilson would become the second
president to receive the Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of his work in founding the League of Nations.
In 2002, President Carter became the third president to receive the award in
recognition of
his peacemaking during and after his White House years, including brokering the
Camp David accords in the Mideast, mediating other conflicts around the globe,
serving as an election observer and promoting human rights.
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A stationery change by TR led to the "official" name change of what well-known Washington, D.C. building?
Well, "The White House" of course. Prior to TR's administration, while that building at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue was commonly referred to as the "White House," it was "officially" referred to as the "Executive Mansion," and even the "President's Palace." TR changed the return address of the president's stationery to simply, "The White House," a change that has had the effect of making the name "official."
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