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U. S. PRESIDENTS TRIVIA VIII

71) What name was given to the commission that was established to investigate John F. Kennedy's assassination?


The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy, known unofficially as the Warren Commission, was established by President Lyndon B. Johnson through Executive Order 11130 on November 29, 1963. The Commission took its unofficial name from its chairman, Chief Justice Earl Warren.

72) Who was the tallest President?


At 6 ft 3 3/4 in, Abraham Lincoln surmounts Lyndon B. Johnson as the tallest president.

73) What president had a sport named after him?


Hooverball is a medicine ball game invented by President Herbert Hoover's personal physician, Medal of Honor recipient Joel T. Boone, to help keep then-President Hoover fit. The Hoover Presidential Library Association and the city of West Branch, Iowa still co-host a national championship each year.

74) How many U. S. Presidents have been assassinated?


There have been four U. S. Presidents assassinated: Abraham Lincoln (1865), James Garfield (1881), William McKinley (1901), and John F. Kennedy (1963).

75) Who was the only President elected unanimously by the Electoral College?


George Washington was widely admired for his strong leadership qualities and was unanimously elected President by the Electoral College in the first two national elections.

76) Who was the oldest candidate to become President?


Although Ronald Reagan was 73 years old when he began his second term, he was only 69 when he first became President. Donald Trump was 70 years and 7 months old when he was inaugurated on January 20, 2017.

77) Who was the first President born outside the contiguous United States?


Obama was born on August 4, 1961, in Honolulu, Hawaii. He is the first President to have been born in Hawaii, making him the first President born outside of the contiguous 48 states.

78) Who is the only U. S. President born on July 4?


Although Calvin Coolidge is the only U.S. president born on July 4, three of our founding fathers, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams and James Monroe all died on Independence Day.

79) Who was the first President to appoint an African American to the Supreme Court?


In 1967, Lyndon B. Johnson nominated civil rights attorney Thurgood Marshall to be the first African American Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.

80) Who was the first President to win the Nobel Peace Prize?


Theodore Roosevelt's successful efforts to broker the end of the Russo-Japanese War won him the 1906 Nobel Peace Prize.

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