Rail Splitter Society

1. Rail Splitter Society Welcomes all!

2. Please Stand for the Pledge of Allegiance American Flag Waving in the Wind

3. Rail Splitter Society How much do you know about our Presidents:

4. Question 1 Question 1 • Who was the only bachelor president?. James Buchanan our 15th president • James Buchanan • James Monroe • Andrew Johnson • James Polk

5. Question 2 • Who was the heaviest president? • Grover Cleveland • Ulysses S. Grant • James Madison • William Taft The heaviest president was William Taft, who weighed 300-340 pounds. He was the 27th president.

6. Question 3 • Who was the oldest elected president? • George Washington • Thomas Jefferson • Ronald Reagan • Woodrow Wilson Ronald Reagan was the oldest elected president at age 69. He was the 40th president.

7. Question 4 • Which president was NOT born or did NOT die on the 4th of July? • John Adams • Calvin Coolidge • Thomas Jefferson • Benjamin Harrison John Adams and Thomas Jefferson died on the same day - July 4, 1826. Calvin Coolidge was BORN on July 4, 1872. Benjamin Harrison died on March 13, 1901. He was the 23rd president.

8. Question 5 • Which president was related by either blood or marriage to eleven other presidents? John Quincy Adams was the son of the 2nd president, John Adams. Benjamin Harrison was the grandson of the 9th president, William Harrison. Franklin D. Roosevelt was related by either blood or marriage to eleven other presidents: John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Ulysses S. Grant, William Henry Harrison, Benjamin Harrison, James Madison, Theodore Roosevelt, William Taft, Zachary Taylor, Martin Van Buren, and George Washington. He was the 32nd president. • John Quincy Adams • Franklin D. Roosevelt • Benjamin Harrison • John Kennedy

9. Question 6 • Which president was the youngest person to become president? • John F. Kennedy • Franklin Pierce • Theodore Roosevelt • William Clinton The youngest person to become president was Theodore Roosevelt, who, as vice-president, took over the office when William McKinley was assassinated. Roosevelt was 42 years of age. He was the 26th president. Kennedy was the youngest ELECTED president, but not the youngest to become president.

10. Question 7 • Which president did not die in office? Millard Fillmore served from 1850-1854. He died in 1874. He was the 13th president. • Millard Fillmore • Franklin D. Roosevelt • Warren Harding • Zachary Taylor

11. Question 8 • Who was the only person to become president without having been elected? Gerald Ford took over the office of president when Richard Nixon resigned. Ford was appointed vice-president when Nixon's first vice-president resigned. Gerald Ford was the 38th president. • Benjamin Harrison • Gerald Ford • Ulysses S. Grant • Lyndon B. Johnson

12. Question 9 • Which president's face is not part of Mt. Rushmore? Mt. Rushmore honors 4 past presidents: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln. Franklin D. Roosevelt was the 32nd president. • Thomas Jefferson • Franklin D. Roosevelt • George Washington • Theodore Roosevelt

13. Question 10 • Which president served the longest in office? The longest time served in office is held by Franklin D. Roosevelt. He was elected to four consecutive terms, and served slightly more than 12 years, before dying in office. • George Washington • Thomas Jefferson • Dwight Eisenhower • Franklin D. Roosevelt

14. Question 11 • Which president was not assassinated? • Abraham Lincoln • James A. Garfield • William McKinley • William Harrison William Harrison served the shortest time in office of any of the presidents. Only one month after being elected, he died in office due to illness. He was the 9th president. Abaham Lincoln, James A. Garfield, William McKinley, and John F. Kennedy were all assassinated.

15. Question 12 • Who was the first president to appear on television? In 1939, Franklin D. Roosevelt was the first president to appear on TV. He was the 32nd president. • Franklin D. Roosevelt • Dwight Eisenhower • Herbert Hoover • Harry S. Truman

16. Question 13 • Which president was elected to 2 non-consecutive terms? Only one president has been elected to two non-consecutive terms. Grover Cleveland served as the 22nd president (1885-1889), and again as the 24th president (1893-1897). • Dwight Eisenhower • Andrew Jackson • Grover Cleveland • James Madison

17. Question 14 • What 2 presidents were voted the most popular persons to have their likenesses appear on future U.S. coins? Portraits of various presidents have appeared on United States currency and coins for many years. In a poll of over 2000 coin collectors, taken in 1995, two former presidents ranked first and second as the most popular persons to have their likenesses appear on future U.S. coins. They are Ronald Reagan and Harry S. Truman. • McKinley and Garfield • Clinton and Buchanan • Reagan and Truman • Bush and Carter

18. Question 15 • Which President was the first to attend a baseball game? Benjamin Harrison (1889-93), the 23nd President, was the first President to attend a baseball game. He saw the Cincinnati Reds beat the Washington Senators 7 to 4 on June 6, 1892. • Grover Cleveland • Harry S. Truman • William Taft • Benjamin Harrison

19. Tie Breaker I Name the eight presidents that were born British subjects 1. George Washington 2. John Adams 3. Thomas Jefferson 4. James Madison 5. James Monroe 6. John Q. Adams 7. Andrew Jackson 8. WmHarrison

20. Tie Breaker II Which president was the shortest? • James Madison standing @ 5'4"

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