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US Presidents, in Order Quiz

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  1. George Washington 1789–1797
    He never lived in the White House, which wasn't finished until 1800.
  2. John Adams 1797–1801
    He and Thomas Jefferson both died on July 4, 1826, 50 years after the Declaration.
  3. Thomas Jefferson 1801–1809
    He sold his books to Congress to restock the Library of Congress after the British burned it.
  4. James Madison 1809–1817
    At about 5 ft 4 in, he was the shortest president in US history.
  5. James Monroe 1817–1825
    Liberia's capital, Monrovia, is named after him.
  6. John Quincy Adams 1825–1829
    After his presidency he spent 17 years in the House of Representatives.
  7. Andrew Jackson 1829–1837
    He survived an 1835 assassination attempt when both of his attacker's pistols misfired.
  8. Martin Van Buren 1837–1841
    He grew up speaking Dutch, the only president whose first language wasn't English.
  9. William Henry Harrison 1841
    He died of illness just 31 days after taking office, the shortest presidency ever.
  10. John Tyler 1841–1845
    Two of his grandsons were still alive in the 2010s, over 150 years after he left office.
  11. James K. Polk 1845–1849
    He promised to serve one term, kept his word, and died three months after leaving office.
  12. Zachary Taylor 1849–1850
    A career soldier, he had never voted in a presidential election before winning one.
  13. Millard Fillmore 1850–1853
    He and his wife Abigail set up the White House's first permanent library.
  14. Franklin Pierce 1853–1857
    His college friend Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote his campaign biography.
  15. James Buchanan 1857–1861
    He is the only president who never married.
  16. Abraham Lincoln 1861–1865
    He is the only president to hold a patent, for a device to lift boats over shoals.
  17. Andrew Johnson 1865–1869
    He never attended school and taught himself to read; his wife Eliza helped him with writing.
  18. Ulysses S. Grant 1869–1877
    He was reportedly stopped for speeding his horse-drawn carriage in Washington.
  19. Rutherford B. Hayes 1877–1881
    He hosted the first White House Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn in 1878.
  20. James A. Garfield 1881
    He could reportedly write Greek with one hand and Latin with the other at the same time.
  21. Chester A. Arthur 1881–1885
    He had Louis Comfort Tiffany redecorate the White House, including a huge glass screen.
  22. Grover Cleveland 1885–1889
    As a county sheriff in New York, he personally carried out two hangings.
  23. Benjamin Harrison 1889–1893
    Electric lights were installed in the White House in his term, but he reportedly feared the switches.
  24. Cleveland (2nd term) 1893–1897
    Grover Cleveland won again in 1892 after losing in 1888, the first to serve non-consecutive terms.
  25. William McKinley 1897–1901
    North America's tallest peak was named for him; the US restored the name Mount McKinley in 2025.
  26. Theodore Roosevelt 1901–1909
    The teddy bear is named after him, after he refused to shoot a tethered bear in 1902.
  27. William Howard Taft 1909–1913
    He later became Chief Justice, the only person to hold both offices.
  28. Woodrow Wilson 1913–1921
    He is the only president to have earned a PhD.
  29. Warren G. Harding 1921–1923
    He was the first president whose voice was broadcast on radio.
  30. Calvin Coolidge 1923–1929
    He was sworn in by his father, a notary public, by lamplight at the family home in Vermont.
  31. Herbert Hoover 1929–1933
    He and his wife translated a 16th-century Latin mining treatise into English.
  32. Franklin D. Roosevelt 1933–1945
    He won four presidential elections, which led to the two-term limit of the 22nd Amendment.
  33. Harry S. Truman 1945–1953
    The S in his name doesn't stand for anything on its own; it honored both his grandfathers.
  34. Dwight D. Eisenhower 1953–1961
    He championed the Interstate Highway System, which is officially named after him.
  35. John F. Kennedy 1961–1963
    He won a Pulitzer Prize for his book 'Profiles in Courage'.
  36. Lyndon B. Johnson 1963–1969
    He was sworn in aboard Air Force One, the only president to take the oath on a plane.
  37. Richard Nixon 1969–1974
    He is the only president to resign from office.
  38. Gerald Ford 1974–1977
    He is the only president never elected as either president or vice president.
  39. Jimmy Carter 1977–1981
    He lived to 100, the longest-lived president in US history.
  40. Ronald Reagan 1981–1989
    Before politics he was a Hollywood actor and president of the Screen Actors Guild.
  41. George H. W. Bush 1989–1993
    He celebrated his 75th, 80th, 85th and 90th birthdays by skydiving.
  42. Bill Clinton 1993–2001
    He has won two Grammy Awards for spoken word albums.
  43. George W. Bush 2001–2009
    He was a managing partner of the Texas Rangers baseball team before becoming governor.
  44. Barack Obama 2009–2017
    He won the Nobel Peace Prize in his first year in office.
  45. Donald Trump 2017–2021
    He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for hosting 'The Apprentice'.
  46. Joe Biden 2021–2025
    He was elected to the US Senate at 29 and turned 30 just before being sworn in.
  47. Trump (2nd term) 2025–present
    Donald Trump returned in 2025, joining Grover Cleveland as the only presidents with split terms.

Source: Wikipedia: List of presidents of the United States · as of 2026-10

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