Presidential Trivia

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What presidential candidate had a high-ranking Nazi official named after him? What was the name of the official?

Could you define "high-ranking?"

Cabinet member.

Wilhelm Frick, from William Wertz

Was he? In any case, not the answer I was looking for.

That was the only one I could think of.

Try a little earlier.

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Frick is not the answer.

Hint: It was in the pre-war cabinet.

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Frick is not the answer.

Hint: It was in the pre-war cabinet.

Hjalmar Horace Greeley Schacht, who actually was never a Nazi.

DING DING DING!

And it's true that he wasn't a Nazi, but when I said "Nazi official", I meant "Third Reich official". The two are close enough that a distinction is pedantry.

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How many Presidents have served as diplomats?

Adams, Jefferson, Monroe, Madison, Van Buren, Buchanan, Bush I.

Arguably Taft, Eisenhower, and Reagan had at quasi-diplomatic posts.

Wasn't Adams II ambassador to Russia?

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His Excellency?

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Have I confounded you all with my question.

I'll ask again:

Other than being president, and associated qualifications, and male, what do Dwight Eisenhower, Gerald Ford, and Barack Obama have in common?

Hint 1:  They have the same thing in common with me.

Hint 2:  They do not have any part of common characteristic in common with George H. W. Bush, George W. Bush,  Jimmy Carter, John Kennedy, or Ronald Reagan.

Hint 3:  They do have part of common characteristic in common Bill Clinton or Lyndon Johnson.  They do have a different part of common characteristic in common with Richard Nixon, but it is a different part.

Hint 4:  On the surface Eisenhower makes the most sense.  Ronald Reagan and John Kennedy not sharing this characteristic makes the most sense.

Part-Native.