No. | President | Trivia Hint | Order Hint |
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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 |