Firsts
First president
George Washington
Highest ranking soldier to become president
George Washington / Dwight Eisenhower
President during the moon landing
Richard Nixon
President during the War of 1812
James Madison
Before Trump, the only president to win election to non-consecutive terms
Grover Cleveland
First Republican elected president
Abraham Lincoln
Most recent president with military service
Longest serving president in history
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Ran for reelection in 1916 on the slogan "He kept us out of war!"
Woodrow Wilson
Name the four presidents who were assassinated while in office
Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley, Kennedy
First Baby Boomer president
Bill Clinton
Only president to lead troops into battle while in office
George Washington (Whiskey Rebellion)
Which presidents have won all but one state in the Electoral College?
Richard Nixon / Ronald Reagan
The only modern president to not be reelected during a war
Lyndon B. Johnson
What was Harry Truman's middle name?
S, or nothing
First president born in the 20th century
John F. Kennedy
Only president to have received the Medal of Honor
Theodore Roosevelt
Who lived longest after his presidency?
Jimmy Carter
Who was president the last time Congress issued a formal declaration of war?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Which president served the shortest term?
William Henry Harrison
First president to leave America during his term
Woodrow Wilson
Last president to have seen military combat
George H.W. Bush
Whose well-regarded memoirs were posthumously published by Mark Twain
Ulysses S. Grant
This president oversaw the end of the Vietnam War
Richard M. Nixon
Only president buried under a foreign flag
John Tyler (Confederacy)