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No.	President	Trivia Hint	Order Hint
1	George Washington	Commander in Chief of the Continental Army	No other president before him
2	John Adams	First president to live in the White House	Just after the first
3	Thomas Jefferson	Wrote the Declaration of Independence	Bronze place
4	James Madison	President during the War of 1812	Before another James M.
5	James Monroe	Capital city of Liberia named after him; had his own “Doctrine”	A nickel
6	John Quincy Adams	First son of a former president to be elected	Now counting on two hands
7	Andrew Jackson	Has appeared on the $20 bill; president during the “Trail of Tears”	After #2’s son
8	Martin Van Buren	Only president with “Van” in his name; first president born a U.S. citizen	Spiders have this many legs
9	William Henry Harrison	Died of pneumonia after one month in office in 1841	Cats have this many lives
10	John Tyler	First vice president to assume the presidency; approved annexation of TX	First double-digit number
11	James K. Polk	President during the Mexican-American War in the 1840s	Between a Tyler and a Taylor
12	Zachary Taylor	Former general who died in office in 1850; only president from Louisiana	Eggs are sold in a…
13	Millard Fillmore	Passed the Compromise of 1850 which delayed the Civil War	Considered an unlucky number
14	Franklin Pierce	Signed polarizing Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1854; the other “Frank”	Neighbors with an unlucky number
15	James Buchanan	President for “Dred Scott” decision in 1857; remained lifelong bachelor	The guy before Lincoln
16	Abraham Lincoln	President during the Civil War	Teen number that’s “sweet”
17	Andrew Johnson	President after the Civil War who was impeached by the House	The guy after Lincoln
18	Ulysses S. Grant	Commanding general of the U.S. Army at the end of the Civil War	Voting age in America
19	Rutherford B. Hayes	First to lose popular vote but win Electoral College; “Compromise of 1877”	Between Grant and Garfield
20	James A. Garfield	Assassinated in his first year; only sitting House rep elected president	Two decades
21	Chester A. Arthur	“C” president not named Calvin; signed Immigration Act of 1882	Gun salute
22	Grover Cleveland (1st term)	First term of only president elected to two non-consecutive terms	XXII – also a Taylor Swift song
23	Benjamin Harrison	Grandson of the 9th president; Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890	Between Grovers
24	Grover Cleveland (2nd term)	Second term of only president elected to two non-consecutive terms	Two dozen
25	William McKinley	Assassinated in 1901; first president to ride in an automobile	Cents in a quarter
26	Theodore Roosevelt	“Teddy” bear was named after him; served with the “Rough Riders”	Approximate miles in a marathon
27	William H. Taft	President before WWI; later served as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court	Number of amendments to the U.S. Constitution
28	Woodrow Wilson	President during World War I; enacted Selective Service Act	Typical number of days in February
29	Warren G. Harding	Died after two years in office during the 1920s; Teapot Dome scandal	Number of days in February in a leap year
30	Calvin Coolidge	President during most of the “Roaring Twenties”	Minimum age to be a U.S. senator
31	Herbert Hoover	President during the stock market crash that caused the Great Depression	Just before FDR
32	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Only president to serve more than two terms (he served four)	Between Herbert and Harry
33	Harry S. Truman	President during the end of World War II; defeated Dewey in 1948	11 x 3 =
34	Dwight D. Eisenhower	Famous general from World War II who authorized creation of NASA	Three dimes and four pennies
35	John F. Kennedy	Resolved the Cuban Missile Crisis; assassinated in office	Age required to become president
36	Lyndon B. Johnson	President during passage of the Civil Rights Act	1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8=
37	Richard Nixon	Only president to resign his office	Between Johnson and Jerry
38	Gerald Ford	Coached the Yale football team; nicknamed “Jerry”	XXXVIII
39	Jimmy Carter	President during the Iran Hostage Crisis and Three Mile Island accident	One short of four decades
40	Ronald Reagan	Was a Hollywood actor before starting his political career	Ali Baba and the __ thieves
41	George H.W. Bush	President during Gulf War and fall of Soviet Union	Two before his son
42	Bill Clinton	President for most of the 1990s; his wife later ran for president	Half of 84
43	George W. Bush	President during September 11th terrorist attacks	Two after his dad
44	Barack Obama	First African American president	After the second Bush
45	Donald J. Trump	Only sitting president to visit North Korea	Half of a right angle

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