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1.19. Relationships between Presidents.
Name the two presidents ((a) and (b)) who had the specified relationship at some point during their lives:
1. (a) appointed (b) to head the CIA.
2. (a) was on the commission to investigate the assassination of (b).
3. (a) commuted the life sentence for the attempted assassin of (b).
4. (a) was aide-de-camp to (b) during the Civil War.
5. (a) gave the bride away at the wedding of (b).
6. (a) was a member of House Un-American activities committee when (b) testified before it.
7. (a) and (b) shared a sleeping compartment on a train ride while both were freshman congressmen.
8. (a) took the oath of office from (b).
9. (a) was father to (b).
10. (a) was grandfather to (b).
1.19. Relationships between Presidents.
Name the two presidents ((a) and (b)) who had the specified relationship at some point during their lives:
1. (a) appointed (b) to head the CIA. a=Gerald Ford, b=George Bush [AP 438]
2. (a) was on the commission to investigate the assassination of (b). a=Gerald Ford, b=John F. Kennedy [AP 371]
3. (a) commuted the life sentence for the attempted assassin of (b). a=Jimmy Carter, b=Harry S. Truman [EPT 121]
4. (a) was aide-de-camp to (b) during the Civil War. a=William McKinley b=Rutherford B. Hayes [AP 197]
5. (a) gave the bride away at the wedding of (b). a=Theodore Roosevelt, b=Franklin D. Roosevelt [EPT1 69]
6. (a) was a member of House Un-American activities committee when (b) testified before it. a=Richard Nixon, b=Ronald Reagan [EPT 107]
7. (a) and (b) shared a sleeping compartment on a train ride while both were freshman congressmen. a=Richard Nixon, b=John F. Kennedy [EPT 59]
8. (a) took the oath of office from (b). a=Herbert Hoover, b=William H. Taft. When he was informed of Harding's death, Calvin Coolidge was visiting his home town. He was immediately sworn in by his father, a justice of the peace. Later he was also sworn in by chief justice William Howard Taft in a public ceremony.
9. (a) was father to (b). a=John Adams, George Bush, b=John Quincy Adams, George W. Bush [father, son, related, parent]
10. (a) was grandfather to (b). a=William Henry Harrison, b=Benjamin Harrison