Presidential Trivia

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

All were lawyers.

Hardly a unique distinction for politicians of any stripe.

[DWPerry]

What do Abraham Lincoln, Stephen Douglas, John Breckinridge, and John Bell have in common?

All of them were at one time either a Whig or a Democrat
All of them were either a Congressmen or Secretary of War
All have a county named after them

[J. J.]

Hardly a unique distinction for politicians of any stripe.

Actually, with 4 candidates, it is.  I think the last time two lawyers ran against each other was 1944, before that, I think it was 1908.

[HappyWarrior]

Were all of them born in Kentucky?

[DWPerry]

Were all of them born in Kentucky?

no, one was born in VT

[Хahar 🤔]

All of the correct answers are correct.

I just felt like asking a VERY open-ended question.

[Kaine for Senate '18]

When was the last election in which both major candidates came from the same state?

[Хahar 🤔]

1944?

[J. J.]

When was the last election in which both major candidates came from the same state?

In 1988, both candidates were born in the same state, IIRC.

[Kaine for Senate '18]

I was looking for 1944 as the correct answer.

[J. J.]

Somebody, ask a question.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Who is the only President to have served as an executioner?

[J. J.]

Who is the only President to have served as an executioner?

Grover Cleveland

[J. J.]

What presidents have received or been offered knighthoods or commissions from the British Monarch?

[Kaine for Senate '18]

FDR and JFK?

[J. J.]

FDR and JFK?

Wrong on both.

[Meeker]

Eisenhower?

[J. J.]

Eisenhower?

One.

[Kaine for Senate '18]

Carter?

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

What presidents have received or been offered knighthoods or commissions from the British Monarch?

Technically, none, tho several have received so called honorary knighthoods.  RWR and GHWB were made honorary Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath after their Presidencies, while DDE received that honor along with other generals in the aftermath of WWII.

As a strongly small-r republican who wishes that the Titles of Nobility amendment had been passed, I find the acceptance of the knighthoods, honorary or otherwise, quite offensive.

[J. J.]

What presidents have received or been offered knighthoods or commissions from the British Monarch?

Technically, none, tho several have received so called honorary knighthoods.  RWR and GHWB were made honorary Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath after their Presidencies, while DDE received that honor along with other generals in the aftermath of WWII.

As a strongly small-r republican who wishes that the Titles of Nobility amendment had been passed, I find the acceptance of the knighthoods, honorary or otherwise, quite offensive.

We can include honoraries in that, but you still missed one.  Hint:  It was declined. 

[Iosif is a COTHO]

Ronald Reagan

Oops, already mentioned. I'll take a wild guess and say Woodrow Wilson.

[J. J.]

Ronald Reagan

No, he accepted.

[DWPerry]

Ronald Reagan

No, he accepted.

Teddy Roosevelt?

[minionofmidas]

Who is the only President to have served as an executioner?

Grover Cleveland

What about the Butcher of Baghdad? j/k