Presidential Trivia

[rbt48]

Commerce.

One.  Herbert Hoover.

[Eleden]

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Coolidge?

[Bo]

How many uS Secretaries became President.

2. Taft (in 1908) and Hoover (in 1928)

[Joe Republic]

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Coolidge?

Correct.

[Bo]

Which U.S. President did not have enough money to go to his own inauguration, causing him to borrow the money from his neighbour?

[RosettaStoned]

Which U.S. President did not have enough money to go to his own inauguration, causing him to borrow the money from his neighbour?

Spelling like a Brit now Roch?

[Bo]

Which U.S. President did not have enough money to go to his own inauguration, causing him to borrow the money from his neighbour?

Spelling like a Brit now Roch?

Sometimes, not that it really matters.

[Oswald Acted Alone, You Kook]

Which U.S. President did not have enough money to go to his own inauguration, causing him to borrow the money from his neighbour?

Truman?

From the 1730's to the 1960's, which were the only 3 decades to not produce a president?

[Bo]

Which U.S. President did not have enough money to go to his own inauguration, causing him to borrow the money from his neighbour?

Truman?

From the 1730's to the 1960's, which were the only 3 decades to not produce a president?

Truman is wrong. As for your question, 1810s, 1930s, and 1950s.

[Oswald Acted Alone, You Kook]

Correct.

Arthur? Lincoln? A. Johnson?

[Magic 8-Ball]

Which U.S. President did not have enough money to go to his own inauguration, causing him to borrow the money from his neighbour?

Washington.


Who took the oath early?

[Barnes]

Which U.S. President did not have enough money to go to his own inauguration, causing him to borrow the money from his neighbour?

Washington.


Who took the oath early?

Hayes

Who is the supposed Acting President for a day? (Not the actual ones: Bush and Cheney)

[Oswald Acted Alone, You Kook]

David Rice Atchinson.

[Barnes]

David Rice Atchinson.

Correct.

[Oswald Acted Alone, You Kook]

Now, why did DRA have to become president for a day?

[Barnes]

Now, why did DRA have to become president for a day?

Well, it's disputable, at best.

But, basically, here it is:

James K. Polk's term ended on March 4th as usual.  However, that year, the date fell on a Sunday, the Sabbath. His successor, Zachary Taylor, was devoutly religious, and refused to take an "Oath to God" on a Sunday. Both he and his VP, Millard Filmore, were sworn in on the next day, the 5th. However, this was before the current notion that the President-elect's term begins on Inauguration day whether or not he takes the Oath.

David Rice Atchinson, who was President pro tempore of the Senate, was next in the line of succession. However, the Senate's previous term had ended on the 3rd, and didn't reconvene until the 5th (I think). In the time between, there was no PPT, so Atchison wasn't really in the line of succession.

Anyway, everyone (then and now) considers Taylor's term to have commenced on the 4th, so the point is null.

[Oswald Acted Alone, You Kook]

Which presidents were the only ones to have both parents alive for their inagurations?

[Barnes]

I can only think of George W. Bush. Who else?

[Magic 8-Ball]

How many uS Secretaries became President.

2. Taft (in 1908) and Hoover (in 1928)

You're off by at least six.

[Magic 8-Ball]

I can only think of George W. Bush. Who else?

I know that Grant was the first.  Kennedy's were the first to both actually attend the inauguration.  Beyond those three, I have no idea.

[Oswald Acted Alone, You Kook]

I was thinking of Kennedy and Bush, but it's cool to know Grant's parents were alive too.

[Bo]

How many uS Secretaries became President.

2. Taft (in 1908) and Hoover (in 1928)

You're off by at least six.

I thought he meant incumbent Secretaries, not former Secretaries.

[Kaine for Senate '18]

I thought he meant incumbent Secretaries, not former Secretaries.

Madison (1808) and Monroe (1816) and Adams (1824).

[Bo]

I thought he meant incumbent Secretaries, not former Secretaries.

Madison (1808) and Monroe (1816) and Adams (1824).

Oh well. Looks like I missed some early ones.

[Magic 8-Ball]

I thought he meant incumbent Secretaries, not former Secretaries.

Madison (1808) and Monroe (1816) and Adams (1824).

Jefferson, Van Buren, and Buchanan are the other three, though they weren't incumbents, obviamente.