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Presidents who had fought in a war before they were elected.
Donald Trump
Chester Arthur
John Adams
Franklin Pierce
Abraham Lincoln
Dwight Eisenhower
William McKinley
Richard Nixon
Franklin Roosevelt
Jimmy Carter
John Quincy Adams
James Monroe
Andrew Jackson
Martin Van Buren
George W. Bush
Theodore Roosevelt
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The vast majority of presidents have had some military experience (which makes sense, given they command the military as part of their job).
Question 2 of 5
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Actual nicknames used by or given to presidents.
The Peanut Farmer (Jimmy Carter)
Useless Ulysses (Grant)
The Little Magician (Martin Van Buren)
Honest Abe (Lincoln)
Harry S. Falseman (Truman)
Champion of the West
(Thomas Jefferson)
Grover "Two Times" Cleveland
Acting President Tyler
Sly Millard
(Fillmore)
JFK
(John Kennedy)
Woodrow Won'tson
(Wilson)
Spunky Lyndon
(Johnson)
Model-T
(Gerald Ford)
Old Rough and Ready (Zachary Taylor)
Spain Bane
(William McKinley)
James "Never Knox" Polk
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The Wikipedia Article for this is a fun read!
Question 3 of 5
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Presidents who owned slaves
George Washington
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
James Monroe
John Quincy Adams
Andrew Jackson
Martin Van Buren
William Henry Harrison
John Tyler
James Polk
Zachary Taylor
Millard Fillmore
Franklin Pierce
James Buchanan
Abraham Lincoln
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The last president to own slaves while in office was Zachary Taylor, though the last president to take office who had owned slaves at one point in their life was Ulysses Grant.
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Presidents who are taller than the average (median) US president (182cm/5'11.5") at the time of their presidency.
Dwight Eisenhower
Theodore Roosevelt
Zachary Taylor
John Tyler
Abraham Lincoln
Grover Cleveland
James Garfield
James Madison
Barack Obama
James Polk
Martin Van Buren
Richard Nixon
Andrew Jackson
James Buchanan
John Quincy Adams
John Kennedy
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Abraham Lincoln was the tallest, at 6'4"/193cm, and the shortest was James Madison at 5'4"/163 cm. Every president was within a foot of one another.
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Presidents who had more than one Vice President during their time in office.
Rutherford Hayes
George Washington
Franklin Pierce
James Garfield
Herbert Hoover
Franklin Roosevelt
Benjamin Harrison
Warren Harding
James Buchanan
James Polk
Dwight Eisenhower
Martin Van Buren
Woodrow Wilson
John Adams
Barack Obama
Millard Fillmore
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I chose presidents randomly for all of these questions... sorry.