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Presidential Trivia. Name the 3 Presidents who died on July 4 th ?. Thomas Jefferson (1826) John Adams (1826). James Monroe (1831). What is the President’s salary?. $400,000 per year. Who was the youngest elected President?. John F. Kennedy 43 years old - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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  • Presidential Trivia

  • Name the 3 Presidents who died on July 4th?Thomas Jefferson (1826) John Adams (1826)James Monroe (1831)

  • What is the Presidents salary?$400,000 per year

  • Who was the youngest elected President?John F. Kennedy

    43 years oldThirty-Fifth President (1961-1963) Born: May 29, 1917 in Brookline, Massachusetts

  • Who was the youngest to serve as President?Theodore Roosevelt

    42 Years old

    26th President (1901-1909) Became President when William McKinley was assassinated. Barack Hussein Obama (2009- ) 48 Years old

    Born: August 4, 1961 Honolulu, Hawaii

  • Which President was born on July 4th?Calvin Coolidge (1872)

  • Name the 4 Presidents whose faces are carved on Mount Rushmore.Washington, Jefferson, Teddy Roosevelt, Lincoln

  • Who was the last President to wear a beard? Benjamin Harrison

    Twenty-Third President 1889-1893

  • Who was the oldest elected President? Ronald Reagan 69 yrs old 40th President (1981-1989)

    Born: February 6, 1911 *** John McCainBorn-Aug. 29, 1936 (71 yrs old)

  • Name the 4 assassinated Presidents.Abraham Lincoln (1865)James Garfield (1881)William McKinley (1901)John F. Kennedy (1963)

  • Name the 4 assassinated Presidents.Abraham Lincoln (1865)James Garfield (1881)William McKinley (1901)John F. Kennedy (1963)John Wilkes BoothCharles GuiteauLeon Czolgosz

    Lee Harvey Oswald

  • Name the four Presidents who died of natural causes.William Henry HarrisonDied: April 4, 1841 (pneumonia)Zachary TaylorDied: July 9, 1850 in Washington D.C. He got sick after eating cherries and milk at a July 4 celebration. (embolism)

    Warren G. HardingDied: August 2, 1923 during his presidency while visiting San Francisco, Ca.(heart attack/stroke)Franklin Roosevelt (FDR)Died: April 12, 1945 (Cerebral hemorrhage) (stroke)

  • Which Vice President resigned and why? Spiro T. Agnew In return for pleading nolo contendere, or no contest, to the tax charge (federal tax evasion) and paying $160,000 in back taxes (with the help of a loan from Frank Sinatra), Agnew received a suspended sentence and a$10,000 fine. On October 10, 1973, while Spiro T. Agnew appeared in federal court in Baltimore, his letter of resignation was delivered to Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. Agnew was only the second vice president to resign the office (John C. Calhoun had been the first- He resigned to become a Senator 2 months before his term expired).

  • Other titles considered for the new chief executive.His Excellency

    His Highness

    His Serene Highness

    His High MightinessYou the Man!!!

  • Who served as President and Chief Justice?William Howard Taft 27th President (1909-1913) 10th Chief Justice (1921-1930)

  • Which President served the shortest time in office?William Henry Harrison

    Died: April 4, 1841 (served 31 days)1st President to die in office

  • William Henry Harrison Tomb

  • Name any former President not buried in the continental U.S.Any former President still aliveJimmy Carter (1977-81)

    George H. W. Bush (1989-93)

    Bill Clinton (1993-2001) George W. Bush (2001-2009)