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To: Windflier

A. served one day in office.
David Rice Atchison, the senate pro tem. He was sworn in instead of Zachary Taylor who refused to be inaugurated on a Sunday.

B. was arrested for running over an old woman?
Franklin Pierce...charges were later dropped

C. was declared an Enemy of the State?
John Tyler after joining the Confederacy

D. was the first to leave the U.S. as President?
Woodrow Wilson

E. ran unopposed for the office of President? (there were two)
Washington and Monroe

F. was blind in one eye? (there were two)
Teddy Roosevelt, his left eye, Wilson, his right eye

G. was given the oath of office by his father?
Calvin Coolidge

H. was the first President to enjoy gas lamps in the White House?
James K. Polk


129 posted on 05/02/2013 3:15:06 PM PDT by gorush (History repeats itself because human nature is static)
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To: gorush

Wasn’t T. Roosevelt the first to leave the US (Panama Canal?)


171 posted on 05/05/2013 1:42:49 PM PDT by GATOR NAVY
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