Stats: Random U.S. President by Clue

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Clue	President	% Correct
His father was born in Kenya	Barack Obama	89%
The only President born in Hawaii	Barack Obama	89%
His wife also ran for President	Bill Clinton	87%
Was careful to almost never be photographed in a wheelchair	Franklin D. Roosevelt	86%
Appeared on the reality TV show "The Apprentice"	Donald Trump	85%
Dick Cheney was his Vice President	George W. Bush	85%
Issued the Emancipation Proclamation	Abraham Lincoln	84%
The Boulder Dam was renamed for him in 1947	Herbert Hoover	84%
His brother Robert served as Attorney General	John F. Kennedy	83%
A famous painting depicts him crossing the Delaware River	George Washington	82%
The original spelling of his first name was Maarten	Martin Van Buren	81%
Promised to keep America out of WWI but then led them into it	Woodrow Wilson	81%
Born in a log cabin in Kentucky	Abraham Lincoln	79%
President during all manned missions to the Moon	Richard Nixon	79%
Was a five star general	Dwight D. Eisenhower	78%
Has had the longest timespan as ex-President	Jimmy Carter	77%
His daughter is named Chelsea	Bill Clinton	76%
The most recent president to see military combat	George H.W. Bush	76%
His dentures were not made of wood, but instead of other human teeth, hippopotamus ivory, brass and gold	George Washington	76%
Pardoned all the Vietnam War draft dodgers	Jimmy Carter	75%
Died on the same day as Thomas Jefferson	John Adams	74%
Starred as Knute Rockne in the movie "Knute Rockne, All American"	Ronald Reagan	74%
Killed about 1000 large animals during a safari in Africa	Theodore Roosevelt	74%
The first Republican president	Abraham Lincoln	73%
Was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize just eight months into his Presidency	Barack Obama	73%
Once a part owner of the Texas Rangers baseball team	George W. Bush	73%
President at the beginning of the Great Depression	Herbert Hoover	73%
Hippies chanted "hey, hey, ___, how many kids did you kill today?"	Lyndon B. Johnson	72%
Gave radio addresses known as "fireside chats"	Franklin D. Roosevelt	71%
Served two non-consecutive terms	Grover Cleveland	71%
John Hinckley Jr. tried to assassinate him	Ronald Reagan	71%
It was falsely claimed that he got stuck in the White House bathtub	William Taft	71%
Ended Prohibition	Franklin D. Roosevelt	68%
His wife while president was named Martha	George Washington	68%
Known as the "Father of the Constitution"	James Madison	68%
Lincoln said, about him, "I can't spare this man; he fights"	Ulysses S. Grant	67%
Founded the Bull Moose party	Theodore Roosevelt	66%
The only President from the Federalist Party	John Adams	65%
Lived at Monticello	Thomas Jefferson	65%
The tallest mountain in the country used to be named for him	William McKinley	65%
Was assassinated by an anarchist named Leon Czolgosz	William McKinley	64%
Never elected as either President or Vice President	Gerald R. Ford	63%
One of three authors of "The Federalist Papers"	James Madison	63%
Led the Rough Riders during the Spanish–American War	Theodore Roosevelt	63%
Founded the University of Virginia	Thomas Jefferson	63%
Shot by Charles J. Guiteau but finished off by his incompetent doctors	James Garfield	62%
Likely had children with Sally Hemmings	Thomas Jefferson	62%
The first president to be impeached	Andrew Johnson	61%
Was forced to flee the White House by British troops	James Madison	61%
His mother was named Abigail	John Quincy Adams	60%
Had the longest inaugural address of any President, and the shortest term	William Henry Harrison	60%
According to the adage, only he could go to China	Richard Nixon	59%
Won 525 electoral votes, the most of any person ever	Ronald Reagan	59%
Nearly died during an expedition in the Amazon	Theodore Roosevelt	59%
Became President after the death of Warren Harding	Calvin Coolidge	58%
Considered as one of the worst Presidents for failing to stop the Civil War	James Buchanan	58%
Appears on the $50 bill	Ulysses S. Grant	58%
Former head of the C.I.A.	George H.W. Bush	56%
Played football for the University of Michigan	Gerald R. Ford	55%
The interstate highway system is named for him	Dwight D. Eisenhower	54%
Opposed the 14th amendment, which gave citizenship rights to former slaves	Andrew Johnson	53%
Almost lost to Thomas Dewey	Harry Truman	53%
His 1920 nomination happened in a "smoke-filled room"	Warren Harding	52%
Ran unopposed in 1820	James Monroe	51%
Born and raised in Scranton, Pennsylvania	Joe Biden	51%
His administration was known as "Camelot"	John F. Kennedy	50%
Became President after the death of James Garfield	Chester A. Arthur	49%
Won in a landslide election over Barry Goldwater	Lyndon B. Johnson	49%
Served on the Supreme Court after his term as President	William Taft	48%
Elected as Vice President with the slogan "Tippecanoe and ____ too"	John Tyler	47%
As a teenager, he was struck by a sword after refusing to clean a British officer's boots	Andrew Jackson	46%
Toni Morrison called him "the first black president"	Bill Clinton	46%
Had a sign on his desk which read "the buck stops here"	Harry Truman	46%
Expanded U.S. territory more than any other President, adding Texas and California among other states	James K. Polk	45%
Elected in 1876 despite losing the popular vote to Samuel J. Tilden	Rutherford B. Hayes	45%
Is known for the Teapot Dome scandal	Warren Harding	45%
His wife was named Mamie	Dwight D. Eisenhower	44%
The first vice president to succeed to the presidency without election, in 1841	John Tyler	44%
He fought a "War on Poverty"	Lyndon B. Johnson	44%
The only President to never marry	James Buchanan	43%
President during the Spanish–American War	William McKinley	43%
Has been known to say "malarkey" a lot	Joe Biden	42%
He left office in 1853 as the last President from the Whig Party	Millard Fillmore	41%
The only President to be a university president	Woodrow Wilson	41%
The Panic of 1893 started just after he left office	Benjamin Harrison	40%
His real first name was Hiram	Ulysses S. Grant	40%
Signed the Kansas–Nebraska Act in 1854	Franklin Pierce	39%
A "dark horse" candidate in 1844	James K. Polk	39%
Wrote the book "Profiles in Courage"	John F. Kennedy	39%
Shares his middle name with the town in Massachusetts in which he was born	John Quincy Adams	39%
Had a political program named "The Square Deal"	Theodore Roosevelt	39%
Had a dog named Checkers	Richard Nixon	38%
Supposedly a woman made a bet that she would get three words out of him. His response: "You Lose".	Calvin Coolidge	37%
The hero of the Battle of Tippecanoe	William Henry Harrison	37%
Victorious general in the Mexican–American War	Zachary Taylor	37%
His election marked the end of Reconstruction	Rutherford B. Hayes	36%
Was forced to exit via a window when a drunken mob of well-wishers crowded the White House after his first inauguration	Andrew Jackson	33%
Has multiple strokes throughout his life, but kept them secret	Woodrow Wilson	31%
Presided over "The Era of Good Feelings"	James Monroe	30%
The first president from New York state	Martin Van Buren	29%
His home was known as the Hermitage	Andrew Jackson	27%
A record six states were admitted to the Union during his term: North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Washington, Idaho, and Wyoming	Benjamin Harrison	24%
Said "facts are stubborn things"	John Adams	19%
Detractors chanted "Ma, Ma, Where's My Pa?" after he was accused of rape	Grover Cleveland	17%
It was claimed that he could write in Greek and Latin at the same time with different hands	James Garfield	17%
Was considered a puppet of New York senator Roscoe Conkling, but defiedhis sponsor once in office	Chester A. Arthur	16%

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