6. Homework Help

6.4. Questions and Answers

1. Who was the first president?  Not George Washington!

2. Was there a president for just one day?

3. Who was the shortest/tallest president [height]? Madison (5' 4"),  Lincoln (6' 4")

4. Who weighed the least/most? [weight, fattest, thinest, lightest, heaviest, smallest, shortest] Madison (under 100 pounds, less than 100 pounds), Taft (over 300 pounds, at least 300 pounds)

5. Who were the youngest/oldest elected/to serve? Youngest elected: John F. Kennedy (43), Youngest to serve: Theodore Roosevelt (42), Oldest: Ronald Reagan (Elected for second term at age 73, left the office at age 77.)

6. What coincidences or parallels exist between the lives and deaths of  John Kennedy  and Abraham Lincoln?

7. Which presidents were left handed?

8. Which presidents were father and son [fathers and sons]? John Adams (2nd president) was the father of John Quincy Adams (6th president). George Bush (41st president) is the father of George W Bush (43rd president).  For other relationships, see 1.19. Relationships between Presidents  and 6.3.18. Presidents who are related to other presidents.

9. What are the requirements or qualifications to be president? How old must you be?

10. Name the Presidents who died in office. This and many other questions relating to presidents' terms can be answered from the The Presidents by Number and Dates list.

11. Who was the only U.S. president who was never elected as president or vice president? Gerald Ford

12. Who was the first vice president to become president upon the death of a president?  John Tyler

13. Who was the only president whose wedding took place in the White House. Grover Cleveland

14. Which presidents were elected in the electoral college even though they had fewer popular votes than another candidate?