Statistics for US presidents by unique facts

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Fact	President	% Correct
Only president born in the US, but not the contiguous 48 states.	Barack Obama	93%
Was an actor before president.	Ronald Reagan	93%
Enjoyed playing the saxophone.	Bill Clinton	86%
Is the oldest president still alive.	Jimmy Carter	86%
The first republican president.	Abraham Lincoln	79%
Served two non-consecutive terms.	Grover Cleveland	79%
Talked to astronauts from the moon by radio telephone from the White House.	Richard Nixon	79%
Oldest president at the time of their election.	Donald Trump	71%
Only president to serve more than two terms (elected 4 times).	Franklin Roosevelt	71%
President who served the least days in office.	William Harrison	71%
Served as both president and Vice President, but wasn’t elected to either office.	Gerald Ford	64%
Had a non-American capital city named after them.	James Monroe	64%
His native language was Dutch.	Martin Van Buren	64%
Only president who did not live in the White House.	George Washington	57%
died the same day as the previous president.	Thomas Jefferson	57%
Grandson of a president that came far earlier than him.	Benjamin Harrison	50%
First of two presidents with an “s” as a middle name that does not stand for anything.	Ulysses S. Grant	50%
Second of two presidents with an “s” as a middle name that does not stand for anything.	Harry Truman	43%
Nearly died in World War II. He boarded a plane, then exited to use the restroom. When he came back, he boarded a different plane. The original plane was destroyed, but the second plane survived.	Lyndon Johnson	43%
First democratic president.	Andrew Jackson	29%
Youngest pilot in the navy when he served.	George H.W. Bush	29%
Only president to never marry.	James Buchanan	29%
Shortest president.	James Madison	29%
Was blind in his left eye due to an injury in a boxing match.	Theodore Roosevelt	29%
First president to ride in a car.	William McKinley	29%
Although we generally call him by a different first name, his first name was John and the name we usually use was his middle name.	Calvin Coolidge	21%
Only president to have a master of business Administration degree.	George W. Bush	21%
Did not have the most electoral votes, but still won because he was chosen by the House of Representatives.	John Quincy Adams	21%
Won by just a single electoral vote.	Rutherford Hayes	21%
Was a miner before president and ended up being a self-made millionaire.	Herbert Hoover	14%
Youngest president to die by a natural cause.	James Polk	14%
Was the oldest lived president ever for 198 years, until a president surpassed his age rather recently.	John Adams	14%
Donated his entire White House salary to charity.	John Kennedy	14%
President who had the most children (15 children).	John Tyler	14%
Only president to never attend school.	Andrew Johnson	7%
Was the oldest president alive at the time of his election, lost the title when an older president was elected and reclaimed the title by outliving that president.	William Taft	7%
Only president buried in Washington D.C	Woodrow Wilson	7%
Tried to persuade the public that the presidential hopeful was not actually an American citizen.	Chester Arthur	0%
First president with a pilot’s license.	Dwight Eisenhower	0%
Installed the first central heating system in the White House.	Franklin Pierce	0%
Became president of his college at the age of 26.	James Garfield	0%
Installed the first kitchen stove and bathtub in the White House.	Millard Fillmore	0%
Was previously a teacher, a reporter, an insurance agent and the owner of “The Marion daily star”	Warren Harding	0%
Was nominated president by his party, but didn’t even realise that until he received a letter.	Zachary Taylor	0%