Canada / U.S. Relations Trivia Quiz

Answer: Andrew Johnson

Sir John A. Macdonald (Liberal-Conservative Party) - Served two terms from July 1, 1867 to November 5, 1873 (first time), and four terms from October 17, 1878 to June 6, 1891 (second time).

Andrew Johnson (17th) was president - April 15, 1865 to March 4, 1869.
Macdonald also served opposite Ulysses S. Grant (18th) - March 4, 1869 to March 4, 1877.

During his second stretch he matched up against:

Rutherford B. Hayes (19th) - March 4, 1877 to March 4, 1881;
James A. Garfield (20th) - March 4, 1881 to September 19, 1881;
Chester A. Arthur (21st) - September 19, 1881 to March 4, 1885;
Grover Cleveland (22nd) - March 4, 1885 to March 4, 1889 (first term); and
Benjamin Harrison (23rd) - March 4, 1889 to March 4, 1893.

Answer: Benjamin Harrison

Sir John Thompson (Liberal-Conservative Party) - Served one term from December 5, 1892 to December 12, 1894.

Benjamin Harrison (23rd) was president - March 4, 1889 to March 4, 1893.
Thompson also served opposite Grover Cleveland (24th) - March 4, 1893 to March 4, 1897 (second term).

Answer: Grover Cleveland

Sir Wilfred Laurier - (Liberal Party) Served four terms from July 11, 1896 to October 6, 1911.

Grover Cleveland (24th) was president - March 4, 1893 to March 4, 1897 (second term).
Laurier also served opposite William McKinley (25th) - March 4, 1897 to September 14, 1901;
Theodore Roosevelt - September 14, 1901 to March 4, 1909; and
William Howard Taft - March 4, 1909 to March 4, 1913.

Answer: William Howard Taft

Sir Robert Borden (Conservative Party and Unionist Party) - Served two terms from October 10, 1911 to July 10, 1920

William Howard Taft (27th) was president - March 4, 1909 to March 4, 1913.
Borden also served opposite Woodrow Wilson - March 4, 1913 to March 4, 1921.

Answer: Warren G. Harding

William Lyon Mackenzie King (Liberal Party) - Served two terms from December 29, 1921 to June 28, 1926 (first time), one term from September 25, 1926 to August 7, 1930 (second time), and three terms from October 23, 1935 to November 15, 1948 (third time).

Warren G. Harding (29th) was president - March 4, 1921 to August 2, 1923.
King also served opposite Calvin Coolidge (30th) - August 2, 1923 to March 4, 1929.

During his second stretch he matched up against:
Calvin Coolidge (30th) - August 2, 1923 to March 4, 1929
Herbert Hoover (31st) - March 4, 1929 to March 4, 1933

During his third stretch he matched up against:
Franklin D. Roosevelt (32nd) - March 4, 1933 to April 12, 1945; and
Harry S. Truman (33rd) - April 12, 1945 to January 20, 1953.

Answer: Dwight D. Eisenhower

John Diefenbaker (Progressive Conservative Party) - Served three terms from June 21, 1957 to April 22, 1963.

Dwight D. Eisenhower (34th) was president - January 20, 1953 to January 20, 1961.
Diefenbaker also served opposite John F. Kennedy (35th) - January 20, 1961 to November 22, 1963.

Answer: Lyndon B. Johnson

Pierre Trudeau (Liberal Party) - Served three terms from April 20, 1968 to June 3, 1979 (first time), and another term from March 3, 1980 to June 29, 1984 (second time).

Lyndon B. Johnson (36th) was president - November 22, 1963 to January 20, 1969.
Trudeau also served opposite Richard Nixon (37th) - January 20, 1969 to August 9, 1974;
Gerald Ford (38th) - August 9, 1974 to January 20, 1977; and
Jimmy Carter (39th) - January 20, 1977 to January 20, 1981.

During his second stretch he matched up against:
Jimmy Carter (39th)- January 20, 1977 to January 20, 1981; and
Ronald Reagan (40th) - January 20, 1981 to January 20, 1989.

Answer: Ronald Reagan

Brian Mulroney (Progressive Conservative Party) - Served two terms from September 17, 1984 to June 24, 1993.

Ronald Reagan (40th) was president - January 20, 1981 to January 20, 1989.
Mulroney also served opposite George H.W. Bush (41st) January 20, 1989 to January 20, 1993; and Bill Clinton (42nd) - January 20, 1993 to January 20, 2001.

Answer: Bill Clinton

Jean Chrétien (Liberal Party) - Served three terms from November 4, 1993 to December 11, 2003.

Bill Clinton (42nd) was president - January 20, 1993 to January 20, 2001.
Chrétien also served opposite George W. Bush (43rd) - January 20, 2001 to January 20, 2009.

Answer: George W. Bush

Stephen Harper (Conservative Party) - Served three terms from February 6, 2006 to November 3, 2015.

George W. Bush (43rd) was president - January 20, 2001 to January 20, 2009.
Harper also served opposite Barack Obama (44th) - who took office January 20, 2009.