President's Day

In honor of President's Day, here is a bit of Presidential trivia. Answers to be posted on Tuesday, February 17, 2009. See if you can identify the President referred to by each statement/question.

Remember, you may want to use Galileo to try and find the answers. Get the password from your Georgia librarian.


1. This man was the shortest President to date, standing in at 5'4".

2. This President was the first to die in office, setting the record for the shortest term of office to date, a whole month.

3. Technically counting as two Presidents, this man was the only President to serve non-consecutive terms of office.

4. This President came from a historically prominent American family, had a grandfather who was President before him, and was elected to one term by winning the electoral college but losing the popular vote.

5. 'Accidental' President who became the longest lived President to date. He outlived the second longest lived President, Ronald Reagan, by 45 days and died at the age of 93 years and 165 days.

6. The President who was the youngest age, at 42, when he was first inaugurated President.

7. The only President to date who was born outside of the continental United States.

8. This President had the rotten luck to see the Roaring Twenties come crashing to an end just after taking office, but lived longer after he was President than any man to date.

9. The only President who is buried in the District of Columbia. His final resting place is in the National Cathedral.

10. The only President to die in the 18th century.

JWF