Basic Facts
Shortest Presidency ever
William Henry Harrison
President who oversaw the end of Reconstruction
Rutherford B. Hayes
City where McKinley was shot
Buffalo
Smoked 20 cigars a day and later died of throat cancer
Heaviest POTUS ever
William Howard Taft
Second shortest Presidency ever
James Garfield
Lived in Fremont, Ohio
Rutherford B. Hayes
City where Garfield was shot
Washington D.C.
The political party that made up all but one of the Ohio Presidents
Republican
President who witnessed the additon of six states
Ben Harrison
U.S. Grant
From Marion, Ohio
Warren G. Harding
POTUS who had a child outside of his marriage
Warren Harding
Only President to serve on the Supreme Court
William Howard Taft
Grant and Harding
Was assassinated by Charles Guiteau
James Garfield
Led US to a win in the Spanish-American War
William McKinley
The only POTUS who was the grandson of a former POTUS
Ben Harrison
The war that most Ohio Presidents served in
The Civil War
True or false: Many Ohio Presidents served as lawyers and/or soldiers prior to being a President
True
Was assassinated by Leon Czolgosz
William McKinley
The four Ohio Presidents who died while serving as POTUS
POTUS who fought at both Fallien Timbers and Fort Meigs
William Henry Harrison
McKinley or Harding
Not a Ohio President but the President whose served 2 non-consecutive terms because of Ben Harrison
Grover Cleveland