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Ten Least Guessed U.S. Presidents

Name the ten least-guessed U.S. Presidents on the JetPunk's Name the Presidents Quiz.
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First submittedApril 6, 2017
Times taken33,528
Average score70.0%
Rating4.45
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President
35%
Awarded the Presidency by a Congressional commission after
a disputed election
Rutherford B. Hayes
35%
Became President after the assassination of Garfield
Chester A. Arthur
36%
The last Whig President
Millard Fillmore
36%
Signed the Kansas-Nebraska Act which created "Bleeding Kansas"
Franklin Pierce
37%
Nominated in a "smoke-filled room", he is known for the Teapot Dome scandal
Warren Harding
40%
Considered one of the worst Presidents for failing to prevent the Civil War
James Buchanan
41%
Hero of the Mexican-American war, he died 16 months into his term
Zachary Taylor
41%
President during the Spanish-American War, assassinated in 1901
William McKinley
42%
Disparagingly known as "his accidency", he became President
after the death of William Henry Harrison
John Tyler
44%
His native language was Dutch
Martin Van Buren
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60 Comments
ElephantLover7
+10
Level 45
Aug 15, 2017
Fun Quiz! harder than I excpected
Yanni47
+4
Level 78
Dec 5, 2020
That's the whole point. If it was easy, it would belie its purpose.
Algernon
+14
Level 73
Oct 6, 2017
Another where i'd like to see the split for American takers and non American takers.
mahble
+24
Level 79
Jan 20, 2018
The non-Americans might have the edge there...
buck1017
+12
Level 78
Oct 6, 2017
Apparently people who don't guess Chester A. Arthur have never seen Die Hard With a Vengeance.
jmellor13
+1
Level 67
Jan 20, 2018
That's how I always remember him too. And it's the anchor I use when I'm trying to order those presidents in the middle. 21 out of 42!
divantilya
+2
Level 36
Mar 31, 2018
Same here. Thanks to Die Hard w/a Vengeance I shall never forget Chester A. Arthur, 21st President and a native New Yorker.
BenFrusciante
+2
Level 46
Jan 22, 2018
Always one of the first I remember because of this film. That's very interesting Jerry! 😉
mf3
+7
Level 89
Oct 6, 2017
Who knew that James K. Polk was guessed so much?
Arp2600
+7
Level 88
Oct 9, 2017
It seems fair, he has been an important president.
Cooldrive
+1
Level 64
Jan 20, 2018
My page doesn't have that info. Where do you get it?
Arp2600
+5
Level 88
Jan 20, 2018
Here https://www.jetpunk.com/quizzes/name-us-presidents, Polk is the twelfth least guessed.
HectorVortac
+5
Level 47
Jan 22, 2018
Fans of They Might be Giants. We are legion.
Sifhraven
+2
Level 73
Mar 10, 2020
I always think of jackson pollock, then I get it.
Sifhraven
+2
Level 73
Mar 10, 2020
And for taft I have to think of shaft first hah
Tramp
+8
Level 77
Oct 6, 2017
0/10

Well, I don't feel too bad considering the entire point of the quiz is that they're the least guessed

loganite
+5
Level 91
Oct 20, 2017
Poor Warren G Harding....least guessed of the least guessed. :(
loganite
+7
Level 91
Jan 20, 2018
...And now it's Rutherford B. Hayes
Asterlan
+8
Level 57
Dec 5, 2020
I’m surprised Hayes would be this less known. You would think people would know that he ended the reconstruction.
Martinvanburen
+6
Level 53
Dec 7, 2020
and he's on those obscure dollar coins
Oatmeal11
+2
Level 76
Apr 25, 2021
@Martinvanburen, every president is on those "obscure dollar coins"
FinlandForever19
+6
Level 84
Dec 6, 2017
Strange that McKinley makes this list. He was a fairly important president, I thought more people knew about him.
divantilya
+4
Level 36
Dec 10, 2017
Being known by 47% of the quiz takers isn't bad. Especially since the only thing many remember about him is that he was assassinated.
thisisnotanaccount1234567
+6
Level 45
Jan 21, 2018
I know. He even has mountain that used to be named after him that people still call the name that it used to be.
kalbahamut
+2
Level 81
Apr 24, 2019
I almost missed him on this quiz, though he's got the highest stated percentage.
BenHerman
+12
Level 69
Jan 20, 2018
The Mediocre Presidents song from the Simpsons got me four easy answers... not a bad start.
jmellor13
+12
Level 67
Dec 5, 2020
There's Taylor, there's Tyler, there's Fillmore, and there's Hayes. There's William Henry Harrison, I died in thirty days!
celebeth
+2
Level 71
Jan 20, 2018
And they're still the least guessed! 2/10.
cornflakesfu
+6
Level 88
Jan 20, 2018
Congratulations to Martin Van Buren for being the most guessed least guessed president!
mrpappas
+1
Level 67
Jan 20, 2018
Great quiz!
EmoPhase
+2
Level 62
Jan 20, 2018
Someone should make a least guessed of this quiz
PatoPotato
+1
Level 55
Dec 25, 2018
Pointless, there's only 10 here whilst on the other there's 44 names
Finnisme
+3
Level 58
Dec 7, 2020
Oh well, still made it

https://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/1339849/least-guessed-presidents-of-the-least-guessed-presidents-qui

BobIsACoprophage
+2
Level 61
Dec 13, 2020
You absolute mad lad. You actually did it. Here, have a nomination.
quizwhizz
+4
Level 71
Jan 20, 2018
I picked a good day to watch The Animaniacs... 😆
DrWatson
+2
Level 73
Jan 22, 2018
Got it with :02 left... thought I was dead meat.
IsleAuHaulte
+2
Level 91
Jul 5, 2019
Just like Taylor, McKinley and Harding.
pmack18
+1
Level 47
Jan 23, 2018
10/10 1:23 left, very nice.
Littlep
+1
Level 4
May 10, 2018
I got 8 right
PatoPotato
+2
Level 55
Dec 25, 2018
To be fair on Buchanan, just about no-one could prevent succession and the war.
jmellor13
+4
Level 67
Dec 5, 2020
Someone probably could have, but it would take an exceptional president. The run of presidents from William Henry Harrison through Buchanan was all pretty bad, with the notable exception of Polk. Pierce and Buchanan were especially inept when the nation was teetering on the brink of war, but if we had more competent leadership in the twenty years preceding the war, a lot of things could have gone differently.
JackintheBox
+3
Level 80
Dec 7, 2020
secession*
nerdalert
+2
Level 87
Dec 7, 2020
Yeah, the band-aid had to be ripped off. Just wish it had been sooner.
Quizzyquizzed
+2
Level 28
Feb 23, 2019
I’m surprised Coolidge isn’t here.
AmyD85
+1
Level 73
Aug 15, 2024
Coolidge is most known for not saying much as President. Hmm ... there's a lesson there somewhere. ;)
LincolnIsTheBestOne
+1
Level 62
Mar 22, 2019
Got them all with 1:23 remaining. Easy hints, for another five points.
jennywren21
+2
Level 63
Nov 10, 2019
I didn't even read the clues. I just typed the ones I had the hardest time remembering when I was doing the quiz where you just name them. I got 9/10..missed Harding, which is of course the one I always Miss when I re-take it.
Sifhraven
+2
Level 73
Mar 10, 2020
Interesting when you compare the guessed % and the correct %. Mckinley is hugely out of place and arthur is a bit too high, but other than that, they are mostly in order.
NotWilliam
+2
Level 37
May 3, 2020
I love how the least guessed answer on this quiz is the #1 answer on the least guessed presidents quiz
CFeng
+2
Level 46
Dec 5, 2020
I honestly didn't even read most of the clues, I just guessed which ones seemed like the least known.
carrow
+2
Level 51
Dec 6, 2020
The only reason I ever remember Hayes is because he's the protagonist of Karen Russell's very weird and very good short story 'The Barn at the End of Our Term,' in which several presidents have been inexplicably resurrected as horses in some kind of afterlife:

https://granta.com/the-barn-at-the-end-of-our-term/

Azerk
+1
Level 65
Oct 3, 2022
You learn something new every day, I guess
NV1
+1
Level 53
Dec 6, 2020
100%!
TheBerryLegend
+1
Level 51
Dec 7, 2020
James Buchanan is famously known as the worst US president for not doing enough to stop slavery and then the civil war began south vs north and then a US president election began and of course the well known Abraham Lincoln won so I didn't guess James Buchanan because of that reason of being known as the worst US president.
RedStar12345
+1
Level 52
May 1, 2022
This quizz may create a paradox: every time a user atempts this quizz and guesses the presidents, then those presidents lose standing on the "least guessed presidents"...
LAlphy
+1
Level 64
May 22, 2024
i thought Hayes was well known
Dimby
+1
Level 80
Aug 15, 2024
The recent blog that ranks the presidents sure helped with this.
IAmActinium
+1
Level 43
Aug 15, 2024
10/10

Easy but great quiz

YellowJacket
+1
Level 79
Aug 15, 2024
There are three McKinley High Schools in my area, plus a large monument. There is also a Warren G. Harding High School and two others named after Harding.
AmyD85
+1
Level 73
Aug 15, 2024
Yes, to those of us in NE Ohio, "McKinley" would probably not be on our least guessed list. But in the case of my hometown, I think the high school and its football team would be what most people think of first. LOL
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