Election Watch 2008

September Trivia

Q 1. Which president had two V.P.s die in office during his administration?

a. Thomas Jefferson
b. James Madison
c. Andrew Jackson
d. Franklin D. Roosevelt

Q 2. Which V.P. had fifteen children, the last when he was 70 years old?

a. John Adams
b. Thomas Jefferson
c. John Tyler
d. Andrew Johnson

Q 3. Who is the only V.P. to have been sworn in outside the U.S. and to have never set foot in Washington during his term?

a. Aaron Burr
b. George M. Dallas
c. William R. King
d. Garret A. Hobart

Q 4. Which V.P. later became Secretary of War of the Confederacy?

a. John C. Calhoun
b. George M. Dallas
c. John C. Breckinridge
d. Andrew Johnson

Q 5. Who, upon learning that he was to be nominated for the Vice Presidency by his party, made the statement "Vice President is higher than I ever expected to rise"?

a. Chester A. Arthur
b. Harry S. Truman
c. Spiro T. Agnew
d. Dan Quayle

Q 6. Which V.P received 3.5 million votes for the office, after his death?

a. Levi P. Morton
b. Charles W. Fairbanks
c. James S. Sherman
d. Alben W. Barkley

Q 7. Who, when informed that his party had nominated him for V.P., replied: "I suppose I'll have to take it"?

a. Calvin Coolidge
b. John Nance Garner
c. Harry S. Truman
d. Nelson Rockefeller

Q 8. Which V.P. won the Nobel Peace Prize while he was Vice President?

a. Theodore Roosevelt
b. Charles G. Dawes
c. Al Gore
d. Henry A. Wallace

Q 9. Who said of his decision to become V.P. that it was the "worst damn fool mistake I ever made"?

a. Aaron Burr
b. Calvin Coolidge
c. John Nance Garner
d. Nelson Rockefeller

Q 10. Which 71-year-old V.P married his 38-year-old girlfriend, thus becoming the only V.P. to enter into matrimony while in the office?

a. Martin Van Buren
b. Schuyler Colfax
c. Charles Curtis
d. Alben W. Barkley

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Answers

A 1. James Madison had two V.P.s die in office during his administration.

A 2. John Tyler had fifteen children, the last when he was 70 years old.

A 3. William R. King is the only V.P. to have been sworn in outside the U.S. and to have never set foot in Washington during his term.

A 4. John C. Breckinridge later became Secretary of War of the Confederacy.

A 5. Chester A. Arthur made the statement "Vice President is higher than I ever expected to rise".

A 6. James S. Sherman received 3.5 million votes for the office, after his death.

A 7. Calvin Coolidge, when informed that his party had nominated him for V.P., replied: "I suppose I'll have to take it".

A 8. Charles G. Dawes won the Nobel Peace Prize while he was Vice President.

A 9. John Nance Garner said of his decision to become V.P. that it was the "worst damn fool mistake I ever made".

A 10. Alben W. Barkley married his 38-year-old girlfriend, thus becoming the only V.P. to enter into matrimony while in the office.

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