1. Trivia Quiz

1.10. Presidential Deaths

Identify the following president(s):

1. They died on July 4th.

2. They died at the age of 90.

3. They are buried in Arlington Cemetery.

4. One of the physicians who attended him shortly before his death was the President of Stanford University.

5. He made a provision in his will for freeing slaves upon his death.

6. As he lay on his death bed, Alexander Graham Bell tried to save his life.

7. His body was exhumed and tested to determine if he was poisoned.

8. Abraham Lincoln gave the eulogy at his funeral.

9. He died in bankruptcy.

10. Who is buried in Grant's tomb?

Section 1.10 ANSWERS

ANSWERS to Section 1.10.

1.10. Presidential Deaths

Identify the following president(s):

1. They died on July 4th. Thomas Jefferson and John Adams died on July 4, 1826 [AP 25]. James Monroe died on July 4, 1831 [AP 53]

2. They died at the age of 90. John Adams and Herbert Hoover (Adams lived longer-[AP xi])

3. They are buried in Arlington Cemetery. John F. Kennedy and William H. Taft. [BPL 50]

4. One of the physicians who attended him shortly before his death was the President of Stanford University. Warren G. Harding. The Stanford President was Ray Lyman Wilbur. Harding was in San Francisco, returning from a trip to Alaska, via Seattle where he first became ill on July 27, 1923. He died on August 2, 1923. [AP 247]

5. He made a provision in his will for freeing slaves upon his death. Thomas Jefferson. Three slaves were freed upon his death. Two others were to be freed when they became of age. [TJRA 240] George Washington made a provision in his will to free one slave on his death and all the others after the death of his wife Martha.

6. As he lay on his death bed, Alexander Graham Bell tried to save his life. James A. Garfield [BELL 344-349]

7. His body was exhumed and tested to determine if he was poisoned. Zachary Taylor’s body was exhumed on June 17, 1991.  No evidence of poison was found. [FF 450]

8. Abraham Lincoln gave the eulogy at his funeral. Zachary Taylor [PW 109]

9. He died in bankruptcy. Thomas Jefferson. The sale of his property did not cover the debts he left. [TJRA 239-240] James Monroe [AP 53-54], Andrew Jackson and Ulysses S. Grant also had financial difficulties toward the ends of their lives. Grant wrote his memoirs, the sales of which supported his family after his death. [AP 156]

10. Who is buried in Grant's tomb? Ulysses S. Grant [BPL 50] and his wife Julia Dent Grant.