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4thekids
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Posted: Sun Feb 24th, 2008 12:03 pm |
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resisto wrote: Farmer wrote: What was the nickname for this purchase?
Seward's Folly.
It was also known as "Seward's Icebox"
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4thekids
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Posted: Sun Feb 24th, 2008 11:58 am |
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In which Presidential election did an electoral tie result?
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Posted: Fri Feb 22nd, 2008 05:53 pm |
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Farmer wrote: What was the nickname for this purchase?
Seward's Folly.
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Farmer
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Posted: Fri Feb 22nd, 2008 05:51 pm |
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| What was the nickname for this purchase?
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4thekids
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Posted: Fri Feb 22nd, 2008 05:48 pm |
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4thekids wrote: Which President purchased Alaska?
Answer: President Andrew Johnson purchased Alaska from Russia in 1867.
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4thekids
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Posted: Thu Feb 21st, 2008 09:08 pm |
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Which President purchased Alaska?
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CRIMECRUNCHER
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Posted: Thu Feb 21st, 2008 02:27 am |
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| right about Cleveland. His retort was "Blaine Blaine, the monumental liar from the state of Maine." re his accidency and his rotundity, I had two more modern occupants of the White House in Mind, one of whom was a reformer and was nominated as VP to get him out of the way of machine politics in his home state.
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Posted: Thu Feb 21st, 2008 02:15 am |
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His Rotundity - John Adams - due to his large size
His Accidency - John Tyler
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Posted: Thu Feb 21st, 2008 02:09 am |
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Grover Cleveland
It was in the July 21st edition that the Buffalo Evening Telegraph dropped a bombshell into the presidential campaign of 1884. Under the banner of "A Terrible Tale," the Telegraph announced to the world "The Pitiful Story of Maria Halpin and Governor Cleveland's Son." The story was that Democratic candidate Grover Cleveland, a bachelor, had had an affair resulting in the birth of a son.
Cleveland's primary supporters and campaign staff asked if it was true, and he said that it was indeed so. When asked how to handle it in the campaign, he said, "Tell the truth." The relationship was admitted
but downplayed. After all, they said, Benjamin Franklin and Alexander Hamilton were capable but wayward men as well.
The actual story was that Maria Halpin, a widow in her mid-30s, had moved to Buffalo, New York, in the early 1870s. She became involved with a number of men, including a 36-year-old attorney named Grover Cleveland. By the end of 1873 she was pregnant.
Maria claimed that Cleveland was the father, although there was no way to prove it one way or another. However, Cleveland was a bachelor while the other paternity candidates were married. When the child was born in September 1874 she named him Oscar Folsom Cleveland. (Oscar Folsom
was Cleveland's law partner.)
Despite uncertainty Cleveland decided to accept paternity. He had less to lose than other possibilities. He acknowledged the boy and provided for his support. When one of his campaign leaders tried to publicly blame the deceased Oscar Folsom as the father, Cleveland had the story squelched.
Not long after the birth Maria began drinking heavily, and Cleveland had a judge commit her to an insane asylum and the child to an orphanage. He paid the orphanage expenses of $5 per week. When Maria was released, Cleveland had her set up in a business in Niagara Falls. Later she tried unsuccessfully to get custody of her son, and he was placed for adoption with a family. Cleveland paid her $500 and she left town. The son grew up to become a medical doctor.
The Republicans used the campaign slogan, "Ma Ma, Where's my Pa?" The controversy about public service and private morality raged across the nation. The choice was between a man of personal immorality and public service integrity (Grover Cleveland) and one of a model family man guilty of using public office for personal gain (James G. Blaine). Cleveland narrowly won. After his election the Democrats answered the Republican ditty with "Gone to the White House, ha ha ha!"
On June 2, 1886, 49-year-old President Cleveland married 21-year-old Francis Folsom. She was the daughter of his deceased law partner. Francis knew of the relationship with Maria Halpin and forgave her husband for it. The marriage resulted in five children. Once he took his wedding vow, Grover Cleveland never strayed.
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Posted: Thu Feb 21st, 2008 02:02 am |
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Presidential nicknames: Who was " His accidency"? who was "His rotundity"?
What presidential candidate was mocked by the jingle" Maw Maw, Where's my paw? Gone to the White House Haw Haw Haw"? who was the opponent who used that jingle?
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4thekids
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Posted: Thu Feb 21st, 2008 01:51 am |
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CRIMECRUNCHER wrote: Thomas Jefferson
Yes CRIMECRUNCHER - President Thomas Jefferson from Napoleon in 1803.
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Posted: Thu Feb 21st, 2008 01:32 am |
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| Thomas Jefferson
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4thekids
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Posted: Wed Feb 20th, 2008 10:07 pm |
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Which President purchased the Louisiana Territory?
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meinmd
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Posted: Wed Feb 20th, 2008 06:21 pm |
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Farmer wrote: Who were the shortest and tallest presidents?
Shortest - James Madison 5'4"
Tallest - Abe Lincoln 6'4"
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Posted: Wed Feb 20th, 2008 06:17 pm |
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| Who were the shortest and tallest presidents? Last edited on Wed Feb 20th, 2008 06:18 pm by Farmer
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4thekids
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Posted: Wed Feb 20th, 2008 06:06 pm |
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| meinmd Check out this site it has the coins and bills http://mistupid.com/currency/index.htm
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Posted: Wed Feb 20th, 2008 05:54 pm |
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| Sorry, I'm must be a little rusty on my history. Thanks for correcting me.
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CRIMECRUNCHER
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Posted: Wed Feb 20th, 2008 05:53 pm |
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| Ulysses Simpson Grant WAS POTUS, the 18th I believe. He served 2 terms.
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Posted: Wed Feb 20th, 2008 05:35 pm |
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4thekids wrote: Farmer wrote: How many different presidents are on U.S. currency?
US $1 bill: GEORGE WASHINGTON
US $2 bill: THOMAS JEFFERSON
US $5 bill: ABRAHAM LINCOLN
US $10 bill: ALEXANDER HAMILTON
US $20 bill: ANDREW JACKSON
US $50 bill: U.S. GRANT
US $100 bill: BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
US $500 bill: WILLIAM MCKINLEY
US $1000 bill: GROVER CLEVELAND
US $5000 bill: JAMES MADISON
US $10,000 bill: SALMON P. CHASE
US $100,000 bill: WOODROW WILSON
4thekids, U.S. Grant, Ben Franklin, and Salmon Chase weren't President. Also shouldn't coins be considered?
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Posted: Wed Feb 20th, 2008 05:29 pm |
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Farmer wrote: How many different presidents are on U.S. currency?
US $1 bill: GEORGE WASHINGTON
US $2 bill: THOMAS JEFFERSON
US $5 bill: ABRAHAM LINCOLN
US $10 bill: ALEXANDER HAMILTON
US $20 bill: ANDREW JACKSON
US $50 bill: U.S. GRANT
US $100 bill: BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
US $500 bill: WILLIAM MCKINLEY
US $1000 bill: GROVER CLEVELAND
US $5000 bill: JAMES MADISON
US $10,000 bill: SALMON P. CHASE
US $100,000 bill: WOODROW WILSON
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Posted: Tue Feb 19th, 2008 09:31 pm |
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Farmer wrote: How many different presidents are on U.S. currency?
12
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Posted: Tue Feb 19th, 2008 09:07 pm |
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| How many different presidents are on U.S. currency?
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Posted: Tue Feb 19th, 2008 08:45 pm |
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Grizzabella wrote: 4thekids wrote: Who is the only US president not to live in the White House?
George Washington
Yes Thank You Grizzabella
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Posted: Tue Feb 19th, 2008 11:13 am |
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4thekids wrote: Who is the only US president not to live in the White House?
George Washington
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Posted: Tue Feb 19th, 2008 10:55 am |
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| Who is the only US president not to live in the White House?
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Posted: Tue Feb 19th, 2008 01:39 am |
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Truman - November 1, 1950: In Washington, D.C., Oscar Collazo and Griselio Torresola ambushed the Blair House where Truman was residing temporarily while the White House was undergoing major renovations. Torresola was killed by guards, and Collazo was wounded. Collazo was found guilty of murder, assault, and attempted assassination of the president. He was sentenced to death. Truman commuted the sentence to life in prison. President Jimmy Carter freed Collazo in 1979.
Nixon - First assassination attempt
April 14, 1972: Milwaukee, Wisconsin native Arthur Bremer arrived in Ottawa, Ontario on April 10 and spent five days in Canada's national capital in an effort to shoot and kill President Nixon, who was visiting the country during this time. On April 14, Nixon made a public appearance in a limousine at Parliament Hill, which Bremer attended, carrying a loaded revolver in his pocket. The presence of Vietnam War protesters and Canadian nationalists, however, led to increased security surrounding the President, and Bremer had great difficulty getting within firing range of Nixon. He did manage finally to get close enough, but the President was traveling by in his limousine with the windows closed, and Bremer was unsure whether any bullets would go through the glass of Nixon's limo. As a result, he didn't open fire and the President sped past unharmed. The following month Bremer shot U.S. Democratic Presidential candidate George Wallace, lodging a bullet in his spine and leaving him paralyzed for life.
Nixon - Second assassination attempt
February 22, 1974: Samuel Byck, diagnosed with bipolar disorder, planned to kill Nixon by crashing a commercial airliner into the White House. Once on the plane, he was informed that it could not take off with the wheel blocks still in place. He shot the pilot and copilot before killing himself. The events surrounding this assassination attempt were portrayed in the film 'The Assassination of Richard Nixon'.
Carter - May 5, 1979: Ten minutes before Carter was about to speak at the civic center mall in Los Angeles, Raymond Lee Harvey was arrested carrying a pistol. He later told authorities that he and another man were hired to create a diversion so that Mexican hit men armed with sniper rifles could kill Carter. Charges against him were dismissed for lack of evidence.
George H.W. Bush
April 13, 1993: Sixteen men, in the alleged employment of Saddam Hussein's Iraq, smuggled a car bomb into Kuwait with the intent of killing Bush as he spoke at Kuwait University. The plot was foiled when Kuwaiti officials found the bomb and arrested the suspected assassins. Bush had left office in January 1993. On June 26, 1993, the U.S. launched a missile attack targeting Baghdad intelligence headquarters in retaliation for the attempted attack against Bush. The Iraqi Intelligence Service, particularly Directorate 14, was identified as behind the plot.
Clinton - First assassination attempt
September 13, 1994: Frank Eugene Corder, a 38-year-old truck driver from Maryland, committed suicide by crashing a two-seat, propeller-driven Cessna 150 aircraft onto the grounds of the White House. He apparently tried to hit the building. The plane touched down on the South Lawn and crashed through the branches of a magnolia tree planted by Andrew Jackson before coming to rest in a crumpled heap two stories below the Clintons' bedroom. At the time, President Clinton and his family were sleeping at Blair House, while repairs were being made to the ventilation system in the White House residence. Corder had no ill will toward Clinton and may have chosen the White House as a crash site for the publicity value.
Clinton - Second assassination attempt
October 29, 1994: Francisco Martin Duran fired at least 29 shots with a semi-automatic rifle at the White House from Pennsylvania Avenue, outside the south lawn, thinking that Clinton was among the men in dark suits standing there (Clinton was in the White House Residence watching a football game). No one was hurt and Duran was sentenced to 40 years in prison.
George W. Bush
May 10, 2005: While Bush was giving a speech in the Freedom Square in Tbilisi, Georgia, Vladimir Arutinian threw a live Soviet-made RGD-5 hand grenade towards the podium where he was standing and where Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili and their two wives and officials were seated. It landed in the crowd 61 feet (18 m) from the podium after hitting a girl, but did not detonate because of a chance malfunction in its detonator.
Arutinian was arrested in July 2005. He was convicted in January 2006, and was given a life sentence.
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Posted: Tue Feb 19th, 2008 01:16 am |
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| The ones that came to my mind were Jackson, who thrashed the would be assassin with his cane when the gunman's pistol misfired,FDR where Anton Cermak mayor of Chicago was killed, Ford twice, by Sara Jane Moore and Squeaky Fromm and Ronald Reagan. The one involving Truman, are you referring to the "Battle of the Blair House" or was there another? The ones on Nixon Carter the Bushes and Clinton excape me.
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Posted: Tue Feb 19th, 2008 01:07 am |
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CRIMECRUNCHER wrote:
TR is correct!
4 Presidents were assasinated, Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley, and JFK. I can think of 4 others on whom attempts were made(one twice), who were they?
1 Andrew Jackson
2 Theodore Roosevelt
3 Franklin D. Roosevelt
4 Harry S. Truman
5 John F. Kennedy
6 Richard M. Nixon - two attempts
7 Gerald R. Ford - two attempts
8 Jimmy Carter
9 Ronald Reagan
10 George H.W. Bush
11 Bill Clinton -Two attempts
12 George W. Bush
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Posted: Tue Feb 19th, 2008 12:52 am |
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TR is correct!
4 Presidents were assasinated, Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley, and JFK. I can think of 4 others on whom attempts were made(one twice), who were they?
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Posted: Mon Feb 18th, 2008 11:52 pm |
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| Ted Rosevelt as he assumed the presidency after Mckinely was assasinated. Kennedy was elected as youngest.
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Posted: Mon Feb 18th, 2008 11:28 pm |
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| JFK was the youngest ELECTED President.
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Posted: Mon Feb 18th, 2008 11:03 pm |
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| I want to say Kennedy
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Posted: Mon Feb 18th, 2008 10:55 pm |
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| Who were, 1 the youngest President?2 the youngest elected President?
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Posted: Mon Feb 18th, 2008 10:07 pm |
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| Richard Nixon
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Posted: Mon Feb 18th, 2008 10:04 pm |
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During which President's term of office did the first man walk on the moon?
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Posted: Mon Feb 18th, 2008 09:41 pm |
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| I think Corn Nugget is correct. George Bush sr.
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Posted: Mon Feb 18th, 2008 09:16 pm |
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| If I am not mistaking, it would be Bush senior.
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Posted: Mon Feb 18th, 2008 09:08 pm |
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| Who is the only US president to work for the CIA?
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