Which Mr. President Am I? Part 1 Quiz

Answer: Martin Van Buren

I have the distinction of being the first President who was born an American citizen, rather than a British subject. I am also responsible for the expression "O.K.". I frequently referred to my hometown, "Old Kinderhook", in my speeches. Groups supporting me were referred to as O.K. Clubs and the shout of O.K. became synomymous with strong approval.

Answer: Teddy Roosevelt

I am responsible for adopting the name "The White House" as the official name of the Presidential residence. In 1904 I lost sight in one eye as I was having a boxing match with a professional fighter at the White House. I was also awarded the Congressional Medal of Honour by President Bill Clinton, more than a century after my heroic exploits on San Juan Hill. I have a high regard for physical activity and was instrumental in having the rules of football changed to make the game safer.

Answer: Gerald Ford

I was appointed as Vice-President after the resignation of Spiro Agnew. I was then appointed as President after the resignation of Richard Nixon. The two assassination attempts were not connected. The first attempt was by Lynette Fromme, a member of the Manson family. The second attempt was by Sarah Jane Moore, a civil rights activist.

Answer: Ronald Reagan

I appeared in many B-grade movies but I was never a B-grade actor. My presidency saw economic growth and stability in the US due to 'Reaganomics'. I helped end the Cold War and bring about the end of the 'Evil Empire'. John Hinkley Jnr., the man who shot me, did so in order to impress Jodie Foster.

Answer: John Quincy Adams

I believed in physical fitness and regularly swam the Potomac river (right up to the age of 79), in my 'birthday suit'. One morning Anne Royall, a journalist whom I had repeatedly snubbed, decided to sit on my my clothes while I was in the water. In order to get my clothes back I had to give her an interview - the first Presidential interview to a woman.

Answer: Ulysses S. Grant

I was very popular and was elected for two consecutive terms as President. The residents of Galena built me a house, Philadelphia gave me a mansion and New York City gave me $105,000. I made the mistake of trusting too many friends and family members - more than 40 members of my clan were given government jobs. During my Presidency the South was brought back into the Union. My second term was shaken by one scandal after another, although I was never implicated in any of them.

Answer: James Monroe

I was virtually unopposed during the 1820 election. I received all the electoral votes except for one vote from New Hampshire. That vote was for John Qunicy Adams, but I think that it was really so that George Washington could keep the distinction of being the only unanimously elected President of the United States.

Answer: Franklin D. Roosevelt

Teddy is my fifth cousin and Winston Churchill is my seventh cousin (once removed). I am the only President to be elected for a fourth term and I fundamentally changed and strengthened the role of President. Like many other presidents, I had an assassin attempt to kill me. He succeeded in killing Anton Cermak, the Mayor of Chicago.

Answer: William Henry Harrison

What can I say? I am also the shortest serving President on record. When you are President for only 31 days before dying, it doesn't give you much chance to leave your mark. As it is, I was inaugurated on March 4th, 1841. My wife wasn't present - Anna had been advised by doctors that she was not well enough to travel and shouldn't come to Washington until May. My inauguration speech lasted 1 hour and 45 minutes.

The weather was bad and I caught a severe cold which turned fatal.

Answer: James K. Polk

I suffered from severe abdominal pains from an early age. I was operated on (without an anaesthetic) at the age of 17 to have gall stones removed. I was a staunch supporter of Andrew Jackson and was the first politican to be described as a "dark horse".

Answer: Harry S. Truman

I tried to join the Klan as they held a lot of political clout in Independence, Missouri. I refused to go along with their discriminatory practices and they refused to accept me as a member. I told them that, in regards to my own business, "I will hire anyone I god damn like!"

Answer: James A. Garfield

I was persuaded to follow a life of letters. I can write with a pen in each hand and simultaneously write Latin with one pen and Greek with the other. To make enough money to continue my education I worked as a janitor and a tutor. I met my future wife while tutoring her.

Answer: Bill Clinton

Despite the sexual scandal and associated lying under oath, the public liked me. My approval rating actually rose a couple of times at the height of the scandal. Why? "It's the economy, stupid!" My Presidency was a time of prosperity - you don't want to change Presidents when the economy is going well.

Answer: David Rice Atchison

Zachary Taylor, as a staunch Episcopalian, refused to be sworn in on a Sunday. There was a 24 hour gap between the official end of Polk's presidency and the start of Taylor's. I filled that gap.

Answer: John Hanson

George Washington was actually the 8th man to become President, and the first to serve a four-year term. George Washington, as a member of Congress, voted for me. Eight men, including myself were President for a year. Washington was the first to be elected under the Constitution. I ordered the removal of foreign troops from American soil and selected the fourth Thursday of November as the date for Thanksgiving.