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Presidents' Day Trivia

Happy Presidents' Day! Can you guess each U.S. president from an interesting fact about them?
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Last updated: February 18, 2025
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First vice president to ascend to office after the death of the president
John Tyler
This president is known for failing to help with Reconstruction
Andrew Johnson
His short presidency was tainted with his involvement in the Teapot Dome Scandal
Warren G. Harding
First Democratic president and face of the $20 bill
Andrew Jackson
He mainly spoke Dutch rather than English
Martin van Buren
Only president born during the Silent Generation
Joe Biden
He later became Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
William Howard Taft
Represented a different political party than his father, who was also president
John Quincy Adams
Widely credited for writing the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
One of our best presidents, largely known for the abolition of slavery
Abraham Lincoln
President during the Mexican-American War
James K. Polk
His assassination was successful due to the inadequacy of his doctors
James A. Garfield
Only president to be the grandson of another president
Benjamin Harrison
Has a statue in Madison Square, New York
Chester A. Arthur
Was impeached following his affair with Monica Lewinsky
Bill Clinton
His "Fourteen Points" were meant to guide the world in the aftermath of World War I
Woodrow Wilson
Early in his presidency, he survived a train crash
Franklin Pierce
Was a commanding general during the Civil War
Ulysses S. Grant
Namesake of the Interstate System
Dwight D. Eisenhower
President during the Gulf War
George H. W. Bush
Was an actor before running for president
Ronald Reagan
Involved in the Watergate Scandal, forcing him to resign
Richard Nixon
The only president to be a centenarian
Jimmy Carter
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His presidency lasted only a month, the shortest of any president
William Henry Harrison
Initiated the "war on terror"
George W. Bush
Sworn in aboard Air Force One
Lyndon B. Johnson
First president to serve two non-consecutive terms
Grover Cleveland
Only president to be impeached twice, both times unsuccessfully
Donald Trump
Youngest person to become president
Theodore Roosevelt
Served four terms as president
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Gave citizenship to Native Americans
Calvin Coolidge
The only president to never be elected president or vice president
Gerald Ford
Contracted food poisoning after eating cherries and iced milk
Zachary Taylor
His laissez-faire views prevented him from alleviating the Great Depression
Herbert Hoover
Ended Reconstruction at the start of his presidency
Rutherford B. Hayes
Only president from the Federalist Party
John Adams
Gave a speech where he sympathized with the residents of West Berlin
John F. Kennedy
Youngest president and only black president
Barack Obama
Criticized for leading the U.S. into the Civil War
James Buchanan
Was the shortest president at 5'4
James Madison
Namesake of the capital of Liberia
James Monroe
Served entirely in the 18th century
George Washington
Battled Napoleon III over control over Hawaii
Millard Fillmore
Launched two atomic bombs over Japan
Harry S. Truman
Assassinated at the Pan-American Exposition
William McKinley
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