2. In what order are the following presidents listed?
Wilson
Reagan
George W. Bush
Grant
Truman
Ford
John Quincy Adams
Nixon
Polk
Clinton
Taft
George H.W. Bush
William Henry Harrison
Cleveland
Harding
Kennedy
Carter
Franklin Roosevelt
Eisenhower
Hoover
Coolidge
Hayes
Lyndon Johnson
Arthur
Garfield
3. Twelve presidents have served exactly one full term in office. One of them served a different number of days than the other 11. Who and why?
4. In what order are the following presidents listed?
Wilson
Lyndon Johnson
Washington
Andrew Johnson
McKinley
Jackson
Taft
Jackson (again)
Kennedy
5. If ___ lives past Veterans Day, he will become ___.
6. What is it?
John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Barry Goldwater, Gerald Ford, Walter Mondale, Michael Dukakis and Bob Dole did it.
Hubert Humphrey, George McGovern and John Kerry failed to do it.
Thomas Dewey did it once and failed once.
Dwight Eisenhower, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton did it twice.
Abraham Lincoln, Adlai Stevenson, George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush failed twice.
Grover Cleveland and Richard Nixon did it three times.
William Jennings Bryan failed three times.
7. If it's Friday and the post office is closed, which president's birthday is it?
8. In what order are the following presidents listed?
Nixon
Jackson
Taft
Ford
Lyndon Johnson
Grant and McKinley
Coolidge
Fillmore
Madison
Cleveland
Arthur
Theodore Roosevelt
Truman
Andrew Johnson
Tyler
Pierce
9. Eleven presidents have served exactly two full terms in office. One of them served a different number of days than the other 10. Who and why?
10. If Ted Kennedy had been elected president in 1980, he and George Washington would have had in common something that only two actual presidents do. What and who?
Never mind the California thing, I misread the beginning of the Q!
ANSWER: Same birthday (November 2) shared by James K. Polk and Warren G. Harding.
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1. Who was the only major-party presidential nominee whose last name rhymed with the name of his home state?
James G. Blaine, who ran against Grover Cleveland.
2. In what order are the following presidents listed?
Wilson
Reagan
George W. Bush
Grant
Truman
Ford
John Quincy Adams
Nixon
Polk
Clinton
Taft
George H.W. Bush
William Henry Harrison
Cleveland
Harding
Kennedy
Carter
Franklin Roosevelt
Eisenhower
Hoover
Coolidge
Hayes
Lyndon Johnson
Arthur
Garfield
Middle Names in reverse alphabetical order.
3. Twelve presidents have served exactly one full term in office. One of them served a different number of days than the other 11. Who and why?
Rutherford B. Hayes. Took an oath early because Inauguration Day fell on a Sunday.
It's worth mentioning Zachary Taylor refused to be inaugurated on the normally allotted day for the same reason - however he died in office.
9. Eleven presidents have served exactly two full terms in office. One of them served a different number of days than the other 10. Who and why?
George Washington. His first inauguration was in April.
10. If Ted Kennedy had been elected president in 1980, he and George Washington would have had in common something that only two actual presidents do. What and who?
An older brother in the Navy. (Lawrence Washington was in the Royal Navy, and Jack Kennedy was also in the Navy).
The others I haven't figured out.
Regards, Ivan
Nixon and Cleveland were the only two presidents that won the popular vote THREE times but only served TWO terms due to losses in the electoral college.
I'd suggest if it's the 4th of July...then it is Calvin Coolidge.
Regards, Ivan
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