U.S. Presidents

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1 Theodore Roosevelt 123 Not only was he the 1st president to win a Nobel Prize, he was also the first American to do so
2 John Fitzgerald Kennedy 98 This president kept a personally significant coconut shell on his White House desk
3 Richard Nixon 93 When he visited the Chinese landmark, he commented, "I must say that the Great Wall is a great wall"
4 Woodrow Wilson 92 The last of his Fourteen Points called for the creation of a League of Nations
5 Abraham Lincoln 89 Nancy Hanks
6 Dwight David Eisenhower 89 "Crusade in Europe"
7 Harry S. Truman 89 President who preferred Chopin's waltzes to this, his musical "trademark":
8 Lyndon Baines Johnson 89 When asked about his condition this president said, "I don't have ulcers, I give 'em"
9 Ronald Reagan 78 In 1957 this future president sang, "I've got a crush on you, sweetie pie" to Gisele MacKenzie on her TV show
10 Franklin Delano Roosevelt 76 At his 2nd inaugural he said, "I see 1/3 of a nation ill-housed, ill-clad, ill-nourished"
11 Herbert Hoover 74 In a 1964 survey, he was named 1 of the 2 greatest engineers in U.S. history
12 Gerald Ford 73 Before Clinton, he was the last U.S. president who was a law school graduate
13 Thomas Jefferson 72 While serving as this man's vice president, Aaron Burr killed Alexander Hamilton
14 Jimmy Carter 66 This former president is a real traveling man; in 1995 he visited Haiti... Sudan... Nigeria...
15 Ulysses S. Grant 65 Though his 2nd administration was scandal-ridden, he was almost nominated for 3rd term in 1880
16 Andrew Jackson 59 This future president decisively defeated the Creek Indians at Horseshoe Bend in 1814
17 George Washington 59 For the presidential portraits, Gilbert Stuart stuffed his sunken cheeks with cotton
18 William Howard Taft 56 As Chief Justice, he swore in Herbert Hoover as president in 1929 & messed up some of the words
19 John Adams 53 On March 4, 1801 he slipped out of town early to avoid Jefferson's inaugural
20 Martin Van Buren 50 "The Sage of Kinderhook"
21 Grover Cleveland 49 Ex-hangman who admitted he'd sired an illegitimate son, he didn't marry until in the White House
22 Calvin Coolidge 44 A famous 1924 campaign slogan was "Keep Cool With" this man
23 William McKinley 43 This Ohio gov. ran his 1896 campaign from his front porch in Canton & won
24 Warren G. Harding 41 Scandal-plagued pres., his father once told him, "It's lucky you weren't born a gal, because you can't say no"
25 Bill Clinton 40 Georgetown(class of 1968)
26 James Madison 37 He's the only president to ask the U.S. Congress to declare war on Great Britain
27 Andrew Johnson 36 It was the vote of Kansas Rep. Edmund G. Ross that kept him from being removed from office
28 William Henry Harrison 35 "Old Tippecanoe"
29 James Buchanan 35 Jackson's amb. to Russia, Polk's Sec'y of State, Pierce's amb. to Britain & our 15th president
30 John Quincy Adams 34 The only president to marry a woman born in another country was this son of another president
31 Benjamin Harrison 28 He was preceded & succeeded as president by the same man
32 Zachary Taylor 27 Jefferson Davis' commanding officer in the Mexican War was this man, his former father-in-law
33 Aaron Burr 24 Cyrus Griffin, the last president, went on to be one of the judges at this man's treason trial
34 George Herbert Walker Bush 24 He was the first baseman & captain of Yale's 1948 baseball team
35 Spiro Agnew 22 He wrote 2 books inspired by his career: "The Canfield Decision" & "Go Quietly... or Else"
36 John Tyler 21 Not satisfied with siring 8 children by his 1st wife, this Virginian, our 10th Pres., had 7 by his 2nd
37 Rutherford B. Hayes 21 His father died before he was born so he was raised by an uncle, Sardis Birchard
38 Franklin Pierce 21 He signed the Gadsden Purchase
39 James Monroe 20 1st U.S. president who did not sign the Declaration of Independence or the Constitution
40 James Garfield 20 Alexander Graham Bell used special phone trying to find the bullet near this President's spine
41 Nelson Rockefeller 19 Only 2 men have been appointed VP under the 25th Amendment: Gerald Ford & this New York governor
42 George Bush 18 GHWB
43 James K. Polk 17 Originally, his family name was Pollok
44 Walter Mondale 16 He's the only vice-president who was born in Minnesota; nope...Humphrey was born in South Dakota
45 Hubert Humphrey 16 He & his future running mate Lyndon Johnson began their Senate careers at the same time
46 Chester Arthur 13 After Garfield's death, he refused to move into the White House until it was redecorated
47 Dan Quayle 12 Before Mike Pence, he was the last vice president from the state of Indiana
48 Virginia 10 John Tyler & his father, who was also named John, both served as governor of this state
49 Millard Fillmore 10 He named one of his kids Mary Abigail, the other Millard Powers
50 Barack Obama 10 He's the only president since 1900 whose last name contains more vowels than consonants

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Theodore Roosevelt (124) John Fitzgerald Kennedy (96) Lyndon Baines Johnson (93) Richard Nixon (89) Abraham Lincoln (88) Harry S. Truman (88) Woodrow Wilson (86) Dwight David Eisenhower (85) Ronald Reagan (78) Franklin Delano Roosevelt (75)

Modern (post-1990)

119 clues
Bill Clinton (43) Barack Obama (10) James Madison (4) George Clinton (4) Chelsea Clinton (2) Hillary Rodham Clinton (2) Ronald Wilson Reagan & William Jefferson Clinton (1) Saturday Night Live (1) Stanford (1) Dick Morris (1)

Civil War

39 clues
Ulysses S. Grant (8) Andrew Johnson (4) Jefferson Davis (2) the Articles of Confederation (2) Eisenhower (2) Robert Todd Lincoln (1) the Civil War (1) William McKinley (1) (James) Buchanan (1) Amy Grant & Ulysses S. Grant (1)

Revolutionary Era

32 clues
James Monroe (3) John Adams (3) the Declaration of Independence (2) Thomas Jefferson (2) Andrew Jackson (2) George Washington (1) the Statue of Liberty (1) French flag (1) a golden retriever (1) Concord & Lexington (1)

Ancient

30 clues
Hannibal Hamlin (9) Spiro Agnew (2) Abraham Lincoln (2) Ulysses S. Grant (2) Thomas Jefferson (2) Michael Douglas (1) Teddy Roosevelt (1) Niagara Falls (1) Romania (1) Mubarak (1)

World War I

25 clues
Wilson (5) Eisenhower (3) Theodore Roosevelt (2) John F. Kennedy (2) Harry Truman (2) George H.W. Bush (1) Renaissance (1) David Eisenhower (1) Richard Nixon (1) FDR (1)

Cold War

22 clues
Richard Nixon (4) Kennedy (2) Gerald Ford (2) Luci Baines Johnson (1) Back Channel (1) Eugene McCarthy (1) Eisenhower (1) FDR (Franklin Delano Roosevelt) (1) South Vietnam (1) Yeltsin (1)

Colonial / Exploration

11 clues
Calvin Coolidge (4) Dr. Strangelove (1) Andrew Johnson (1) Abraham Lincoln (1) Calvin "Silent Cal" Coolidge (1) Virginia (1) George Washington (1) William Harrison (1)

Medieval

9 clues
Ronald Reagan (2) Dwight David Eisenhower (2) Dan Quayle (2) Joe Biden (1) (Warren G.) Harding (1) Spiro Agnew (1)

World War II

4 clues
FDR (2) Truman (1) Casablanca (1)
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