History Quiz
1. Who was the first vice president of the United States to become president?
2. What vice president, who got his promotion when Warren Harding died,
was the only president born on the Fourth of July?
3. Who killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel while serving as vice president?
4. Who were the only two vice presidents to resign their office?
5. Who was the only president to have three vice presidents?
For extra credit, can you name them?
6. How many times in U.S. history have a major party's presidential and vice
presidential candidates shared the same first name?
7. Which Republican and which Democrat ran for election as president and
vice president on the same ticket and won?
8. Which two Presidents died on July 4, 1826, exactly fifty years after the
signing of the Declaration of Independence?
9. The vice president of the United States is also president of what?
10. Which U. S. President became president without ever having been elected
either president or vice president?
11. What was the Secret Service code name for the following presidents and first ladies?
A. Richard Nixon
B. Gerald Ford
C. Betty Ford
D. Jimmy Carter
E. Rosalyn Carter
F. Ronald Reagan
G. Nancy Reagan
H. George Bush
I. Barbara Bush
J. Bill Clinton
12. Six Presidents were named "James." Who were they?
13. Who was the general who fought at Little Big Horn?
14. He was a Virginian, a war hero, a general, and the only U.S. President who never
voted in a Presidential election. Who was he?