POTUS Middle Names Trivia Quiz

Answer: Knox

James Knox Polk, the 11th president, was in favor of expansionism, particularly the encompassing of the Oregon, California and Texas territories. His campaign slogan was '54-40 or fight' referring to the latitude and longitude of a contested border.

Answer: Birchard

Hayes, the 19th president, won election by a very close margin against Tilden, the final results being 185 to 184. This ultimate result was influenced by three southern states.

Answer: Woodrow

His full name was Thomas Woodrow Wilson and he was the 28th president. Wilson encouraged congress to enter WWI 'to make the world safe for democracy.' Wilson is also remembered for his 'Fourteen Points', his advocacy of state and individual rights, the Federal Reserve Act and the Federal Trade Act.
Greenleaf was the poet Whittier's middle name.

Answer: Ulysses

His full name was Hiram Ulysses Grant and he was the 18th president. Known as a very competent military leader, he seemed overwhelmed by politics and ran the White House much like an army camp. It was said that he was a heavy drinker at times, and voluble in his criticism.
Achilles and Hercules are both mythological heroes, and Samson is a Biblical one.

Answer: Grover

His full name was Stephen Grover Cleveland and he was the 22nd and 24th president. He was the first president to enter the presidency as a bachelor but was later married in the White House. His blunt, unhelpful attitude toward farmers, railroad workers and others in need made him quite unpopular.
The three wrong answers are cities or towns in Ohio.

Answer: S

As he had no middle name, Truman adopted the middle initial S. because he was told it indicated a more proper presidential name, but apparently it did not stand for anything. The 33rd president, Truman empowered the social security act; he also encouraged Congress to allow the bombings of Nagasaki and Hiroshima after Japan refused an urgent plea for surrender. He is also fondly remembered for the plaque in his office that stated, "The buck stops here!"
Henry is a nickname for Harry. Both Q and M are characters in the James Bond novels.

Answer: Rudolph

Gerald Rudolph Ford was the 38th president. Ford described himself as, "a moderate in domestic affairs, a conservative in fiscal affairs, and a dyed-in-the-wool internationalist in foreign affairs."

Answer: Gamaliel

His full name was Warren Gamaliel Harding and he was the 29th president. Harding seemed a bit full of himself and his speeches were characterized by a political opponent, McAdoo, as "...an army of pompous phrases...in search of an idea."

Answer: Wilson

Ronald Wilson Reagan, the 40th president, was an actor who appeared in 53 films.
His administration is known as 'the longest recorded period of peacetime prosperity without recession or depression.' He was also charismatic and popular.

Answer: Abram

James Abram Garfield was the 20th president. Abram is a form of Abraham. Garfield was a cagy politician and a supporter of federal over states' rights. In 1881 he was shot and mortally wounded. He died more than 2 months later of internal bleeding and infection.