Childhood
Which president was born in a log cabin in Kentucky?
Abraham Lincoln
Which president was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
Which president oversaw the Louisiana Purchase?
Which president was a fashionista who owned over 80 pairs of pants?
Chester Arthur
How many presidents have been assassinated?
4 (Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley, Kennedy) -- Note: there have been 8 others who were targeted (Teddy Roosevelt was shot in chest; FDR was shot at; Truman was charged by 2 men; Ford was attacked by women twice, 17 days apart; Regan was shot and seriously wounded; Bush Jr. had a live grenade thrown at him (didn't explode); Trump was shot in ear at campaign rally
Who was the first president to be born in a hospital?
Jimmy Carter
Who was a licensed bartender and co-owned a saloon in New Salem, Illinois?
Abraham Lincoln
Which president established the National Park Service?
Woodrow Wilson
Who regularly skinny-dipped in the Potomac River every morning at 5:00 AM?
John Quincy Adams
Which president’s faces are on Mount Rushmore? (there are 4)
Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt
Which president was raised in the Quaker faith?
Herbert Hoover or Gerald Ford
Who served as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court after his presidency?
William Howard Taft
Who was the first president to travel outside the U.S. while in office?
Theodore Roosevelt (visited the Panama Canal)
Who answered the White House phone himself and often invited callers over?
Grover Cleveland
Which president was a noted speed-reader, able to read 2,000 words per minute?
Jimmy Carter
Which president was born on the Fourth of July?
Calvin Coolidge
Which president ran a clothing store (haberdashery) that went bankrupt?
Who is the only president to resign from office?
Richard Nixon
Which president was once fined $20 for speeding in a horse-drawn carriage?
Ulysses S. Grant
Who was the shortest president in history?
James Madison (5'4)
Which president’s birth name was actually Leslie Lynch King Jr.?
Gerald Ford
Who was the youngest person to ever become president?
Theordore Roosevelt (he was 42 when he took over after McKinley's assassination
Which president held "Pony Rides" on the White House lawn for his children?
Theordore Roosevelt
Who taught his pet parrot how to curse?
Andrew Jackson (the parrot had to be removed from his funeral because of its language)
Which president had a dog named Checkers that became the subject of a famous speech?
Richard Nixon