Which Mr. President Am I? Part 2 Quiz

Answer: Andrew Johnson

I am the only president who never spent a day in formal schooling - my education began as a tailor's apprenctice. I became president upon the assassination of Abe Lincoln. Under my presidency Alaska was purchased from Russia for 7.2 million dollars - the purchase was considered a folly at the time. My presidency was spoiled by conflict created as I tried to reconstruct the union.

Answer: Richard Nixon

I scored a 'hole-in-one' shortly after Kennedy became president. I lost a very close election to Kennedy - there was a difference in popular votes of about 112,800. Even though there was solid evidence of fraud in both Texas and Illinois I conceded the election rather than ask for a recount.

Answer: Dwight Eisenhower

I was born David Dwight Eisenhower. My father, David, called me by my middle so as to avoid confusion. By the time I reached West Point I was signing my name as Dwight David Eisenhower. I am the only president to have served in both world wars.

Answer: William Taft

I loved golf, but was so large I couldn't bend over to put the ball on the tee - my caddy had to do that. My new bathtub in the White House was 7 feet long and 41 inches wide. My wife let a cow graze on the White House lawn to provide us with fresh milk.

Answer: John Adams

My wife, Abigail, and I were the first residents of the White House. I lived longer than any other president, apart from Ronald Reagan - nearly 91 years. Thomas Jefferson and I are the only two presidents who were signatories on the Declaration of Independence. He and I both died on July 4th, 1826 - exactly 50 years, to the day, after it had been signed.

Answer: Grover Cleveland

I used to work as Sheriff of Erie Country and served as a hangman twice. I dedicated the Statue of Liberty. I am the only president to have served two non-consecutive terms. It is sometimes claimed that the 'Baby Ruth' candy bar was named after my daughter, although this is disputed.

Answer: James Buchanan

I was the 15th US president and was born in 1791. I was considered a 'lame-duck' president - I made the mistake of announcing, during my inaugural address, that I would only serve one term. People saw this as a sign of weakness at a time when the country really needed strong leadership.

NB - James Polk was born in 1795, but he was only the 11th president by order of election.

Answer: Franklin Pierce

My wife and I watched our son die in a train accident. After the presidency my wife Jane and I took a three-year trip to Madeira, for her health. After her death (1863) my only friend and regular visitor was Nathaniel Hawthorne. After he died (1864) I spent the last three years of my life as an alcoholic.

Answer: Calvin Coolidge

Upon the death of Warren Harding, I was sworn as president by my father in a room lit by a kerosene lamp. The first broadcast from the White House was on February 23, 1924 (Washington's Birthday address). It was traditional for the president to purchase the chair that he used at cabinet meetings. I refused to do this (I always have been a 'skinflint'), so Herbert Hoover and Andrew Mellon bought it for me.

Answer: Benjamin Harrison

My father is the only man in history to be the son of one president and the father of another. My great-grandfather was a signatory on the Declaration of Independence.

Answer: Jimmy Carter

I reached an arms-reduction agreement with the Soviet Union (SALT II) but the senate never ratified the treaty. The crisis in Iran, the US hostages held and the eight servicemen killed trying to rescue them led to a landslide election win for Ronald Reagan.

Answer: Thomas Jefferson

I am the only man to have been vice-president to a man from a party different from mine. I sold more than 6,000 books, for around $24,000 (much less than their value), to help rebuild the Library of Congress after it was burned to the ground by the British.

Answer: John Kennedy

My image has become tarnished in the years since my assassination. It has been rumoured that I was involved in sexcapades and sexploits; and that there was election-fixing; and it has even been rumoured that my Pulitzer Prize winning book, 'Profiles In Courage', was actually written by one of my speech writers. What is politics coming to when all these things can be said after you are dead and can't defend yourself? I'd call it character assassination - perhaps I'm the first president to have been assassinated twice!

Answer: Lyndon Johnson

I was also the youngest man elected as Senate Majority Leader. I did embrace new ideas and technology - that's why I was the first legislator in Washington D.C. to have a car equipped with a car phone.

Answer: Millard Fillmore

Millard was my mother's maiden name, and despite finding it odd, I gave the name to my son. Despite having had a lack-lustre presidency I am a man of integrity. I declined an honorary degree from Oxford University because, "I have not the advantage of a classical education, and no man should, in my judgement, accept a degree he cannot read."