Famous Federal Politics
This person is the current Vice President of the United States.
Who is JD Vance?
This president was the only president to resign in US history.
Who is Richard Nixon?
The purchase of this US territory was widely criticized as “Seward’s Folly.”
What is Alaska?
This famous actor is a professor at the University of Texas at Austin.
Who is Matthew McConaughey?
This gentleman was elected governor of last year’s (2025) Texas Boys State.
Who is Troy Balogun?
Who is William Howard Taft?
Although it is sometimes disputed, this woman was credited with creating the first design of the American flag.
Who is Betsy Ross?
These national parks can be found within Texas borders.
What are Big Bend and Guadalupe Mountains National Parks?
This was the year of the first-ever Boys State program.
What is 1935?
This was a series of papers written to support the U.S. Constitution in 1787 and ’88.
What are the Federalist Papers?
This President was a West Point Graduate; he graduated alongside Robert E. Lee
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
This Confederate General fired on his former artillery instructor during the fall of Fort Sumter.
Who is General G.T Beauragard?
This bird is the current official state bird of Texas.
What is the Northern Mockingbird?
This was the State of the first-ever Boys State program.
Serving as Vice President under Richard Nixon from 1969 to 1973, he resigned after pleading no contest to tax evasion and money laundering charges.
Who is Spiro Agnew?
Previously known as the "President's House" & "Executive Mansion", the White House got its official name in 1901 from this man.
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
This was the first ring of spies in American History.
What is the Culper ring?
268,596 is the number representative of Texas for this physical value.
What is the land size of Texas in square miles?
The University of Texas at Austin hosts Texas Boys State, but this university hosts Texas Girls State.
What is Texas Lutheran University?
This Congressional Committee is the only committee mentioned in the US Constitution.
What is the Committee on Ways and Means?
This US President was only 5 feet 4 inches tall.
Who is James Madison?
This person disguised herself as a man to fight in the Revolutionary War.
Who is Deborah Simpson?
This is the official State Horse of Texas
What is the American Quarter Horse?
This many Texas Boys State Statesmen have gone on to be elected president at Boys Nation.
What are 9 statesmen?