Presidential Lore
This president served two nonconsecutive terms, making him both the 22nd and 24th president.
Grover Cleveland
This Democratic president told Americans, “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Rhode Island's official name used to be the longest state name in America before voters shortened it in 2020.
State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Kamala Harris became a meme after recounting her mother's question about whether young people think they “just fell out of” this.
Coconut Tree
Richard Nixon resigned because of this scandal.
Watergate
At 43, this president became the youngest person ever to assume the presidency.
Theodore Roosevelt
Before becoming president, Barack Obama represented this state in the U.S. Senate.
Illinois
Rhode Island has this many members of the U.S. House of Representatives.
Two
During the 2024 presidential debate, Donald Trump made a viral claim about immigrants in Springfield, Ohio supposedly eating these two household pets.
Dogs and cats
This former New York congressman was expelled from the House in 2023 following a spectacular series of controversies and criminal allegations.
George Santos
This president was so large that the legend of him getting stuck in a White House bathtub has followed him for decades.
William Howard Taft
This Rhode Island Democrat has served in the U.S. Senate since 2007.
Sheldon Whitehouse
Rhode Island was the first of the 13 colonies to do this to British rule in May 1776.
Renounce/allege independence from the British Crown
The unexpected breakout star of the 2020 vice-presidential debate spent several minutes sitting on Mike Pence's head.
A fly
During his 2016 presidential campaign, this candidate literally told an unusually quiet audience, “Please clap.”
Jeb Bush
Before becoming president, this man served as Supreme Allied Commander in Europe during WWII.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
This 1964 Democratic presidential candidate won 486 electoral votes against Barry Goldwater.
Lyndon B. Johnson
Despite being the state's largest city, Providence is NOT home to Rhode Island's flagship public university, which is located in this town.
Kingston/South Kingstown?
Donald Trump famously had a button installed in the Oval Office that summoned a staff member carrying this beverage.
Diet Coke
During the chaotic first presidential debate of 2020, Joe Biden directed this line at Donald Trump.
"Will you shut up, man?"
This president never actually lived in the White House because construction wasn't finished during his presidency.
George Washington
At the 1924 Democratic National Convention, delegates needed this absolutely ridiculous number of ballots to nominate a presidential candidate.
103 Ballots
Rhode Island didn't ratify the U.S. Constitution until 1790, making it this number among the original 13 states to ratify.
13th/dead last
This SNL cast member/comedian became famous for portraying Kamala Harris.
Maya Rudolph
In a recorded phone call following the 2020 election, Donald Trump asked Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to “find” this many votes.
11,780