Jeopard - Charlie Edition

Republican Presidents

100

Depictions of this president inspired the Teddy bear

Theodore Roosevelt(dirty commie)

200

This president made the 3rd most appointments to the supreme court, which he later sat on

Howard Taft

300

This late 19th century president overcame the stink of corruption to make the first major federal reforms against patronage

Chester A. Arthur

400

This late 19th century president's memoirs are considered among the greatest works of American non-fiction

U.S. Grant

500

These 4 Republican presidents won office through front-porch elections(hint: one of them achieved the greatest popular vote margin in history)

Garfield, Harrison, McKinley, Harding

Political Dates

100

The year saw the "Republican Revolution"

1994

200

This year saw the election of the last majority-Republican congress before the Republican Revolution

1952

300

This year saw the introduction of the first American income tax

1862

400

This year saw the passing of the Sherman Antitrust Act

1890

500

This year saw the single greatest economic contraction in U.S. history 

1920

First Ladies

100

This 19th century first lady was known for her serious mental health issues

Mary Todd Lincoln

200

When this 20th century first lady met her Californian husband, she was an actress

Pat Nixon

300

This early first lady urged her husband to "remember the ladies" while he was helping draft the Declaration of Independence

Abigail "Abby" Adams

400

This first lady was an early 20th century president's second wife, and had been friends with him since childhood(Hint: first name was Edith)

Edith Roosevelt

500

This first lady, known as "The Duchess" invited movie stars to the white house and was the first first lady to fly in an airplane

Florence Harding

Elections

100

This was the greatest electoral landslide in American political history where the winning candidate ran opposed

1820

200

This election was the last time a member of the Whig party was elected president

1848

300

This election saw the Democrats achieve their largest house majority in American history

1936

400

This election saw the smallest margin of victory in the popular vote in history

1880

500

This house election saw the largest ever amount of house seats flipped

1894

The Legislature

100

This "Master of the Senate" was a young majority leader before ascending to the presidency

Lyndon B. Johnson

200

This congressman was known as the most prominent representative of Southern pro-slavery interests in American politics for decades before his death in 1850

John C. Calhoun

300

Referred to as "Mr. Republican," this senator was a leading conservative of the 1940's and 50's, and hailed from prominent American political family

Robert Taft Sr.

400

Known by some of his contemporaries as "the greatest general the South had since Lee," this Democratic senator was a fervent legislative opponent of civil rights legislation between the 1940's and 1960's(hint: his protege was Lyndon Johnson)

Richard Russell

500

This American senator led the Republican "Stalwart" faction, which supported a third term for U.S. Grant

Roscoe Conkling