The Complete Book of Presidential Trivia

by Lang, J. Stephen

• ISBN13: 9781565548770
• ISBN10: 1565548779
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-09-01
• Publisher: Pelican Pub Co Inc

Summary

Every conceivable subject is touched on, from scandals and pre-White House life to notable quotes and notable women (wives and otherwise).

Table of Contents

Introduction	11	(4)
Presidential Potpourri
The One and Only	15	(3)
Famous Firsts	18	(4)
Assassinations, and Some Attempts at It	22	(3)
Naming the Presidents	25	(4)
Nicknaming the Presidents	29	(5)
Mr. President, Mr. Author	34	(4)
Holidays, Holy Days, and Other Special Days	38	(2)
Famous Firsts (Part 2)	40	(4)
The One and Only (Part 2)	44	(5)
Mixing and Mingling
Pre- and Extramarital Flings	49	(4)
Joining the Club	53	(2)
Hobnobbing with the Famous	55	(6)
Quote, Unquote
Presidents on Presidents	61	(4)
Some Memorable Phrases	65	(3)
Presidents on the Presidency	68	(3)
Those Catty Critics	71	(5)
Presidents on Themselves	76	(4)
What the Foreigners Said	80	(3)
Praising the Presidents, Sometimes Sincerely	83	(4)
Death Sentences: Their Last Words	87	(3)
The Presidential Wit	90	(4)
Four Quotes on War	94	(1)
Their Occasional Eloquence	95	(5)
Inaugural Moments	100	(4)
Some Memorables Phrases (Part 2)	104	(3)
Presidents on Presidents (Part 2)	107	(4)
Presidents on the Presidency (Part 2)	111	(4)
Family Ties
Even Presidents Had Parents	115	(7)
My Mom and Dad Were	122	(2)
Getting Born: Log Cabins, and All That	124	(3)
The Birth Order Questions	127	(1)
Brothers and Sisters	128	(2)
Presidential Progeny	130	(4)
Who Was My Dad?	134	(3)
Presidential Progeny (Part 2)	137	(4)
Before They Were Presidents
So Many Lawyers	141	(3)
``No Experience Needed'': The Unpolitical Presidents	144	(1)
Soldiers into Politicians	145	(4)
Men of the House	149	(3)
States' Men: Governors into Presidents	152	(3)
From Mr. Secretary to Mr. Prez	155	(2)
Senators Who Got Promoted	157	(2)
It's a Living	159	(2)
Whose Colorful Career Was This?	161	(4)
At Loose and Abroad: Foreign Service	165	(2)
While They Were Vice Presidents	167	(2)
Educating the Presidents	169	(4)
What School Graduated Us?	173	(1)
Educating the Presidents (Part 2)	174	(5)
The Man in Private
Booze and Tobacco-Pleasure and Pain	179	(3)
The Presidential Look	182	(5)
Things of the Spirit	187	(4)
Medical Matters	191	(4)
Food Fixations	195	(1)
Hobbies, Pastimes, and R and R	196	(4)
Jock Presidents	200	(3)
Things of the Spirit (Part 2)	203	(6)
Campaigns, Victories, Defeats, Etc.
Slogans and Slurs: Campaigning, in Brief	209	(5)
They're Playin' My Song	214	(2)
The Men I Beat	216	(3)
The Men Who Beat Me	219	(1)
``I Want a Rematch!'': Those Who Both Won and Lost	220	(5)
Cabinet, Congress, Court
Presidential Furniture: The Cabinet	225	(4)
The Men and Women in My Cabinet	229	(3)
Adding Furniture: New Cabinet Positions	232	(2)
Presidential Furniture: The Cabinet (Part 2)	234	(5)
The Quarrelsome (and Sometimes Cooperative) Congress	239	(6)
The Prez and the Court	245	(6)
The Political Life
Who Were My Vice Presidents?	251	(3)
Meeting the Press	254	(6)
Making Amendments	260	(2)
Money Matters	262	(3)
Taxation Good and Bad (Mostly Bad)	265	(1)
Pardon Me: The Sometimes Merciful Presidents	266	(2)
Westward Ho!: Getting More Land	268	(3)
Adding More States	271	(4)
Events, Earth-shaking and Trivial
Key Events, For Better or Worse	275	(3)
U.S. Events: Who Was President When	278	(3)
World Events: Who Was President When	281	(3)
Foreign Affairs, Mostly Biggies	284	(2)
Bits and Pieces, Connected with	286	(4)
Key Events, For Better or Worse (Part 2)	290	(3)
The First Ladies
First Encounters	293	(3)
Courtship, Wooing, and So Forth	296	(4)
My Maiden Name Was	300	(4)
Weddings and Honeymoons, Grand and Modest	304	(4)
Married When and Where	308	(3)
The Grand Role, White House Hostess	311	(5)
First Ladies as Authors (and Subjects) of Books	316	(2)
Married Life: Heaven and . . . Purgatory	318	(6)
Pet Causes, Projects, Etc.	324	(4)
The Quotable Wife	328	(3)
Domestic Tranquility: Home Life
Where We Lived: Presidential Homes	331	(5)
The White House: Beautifying, Renovating, Etc.	336	(6)
Barks, Purrs, and Such: Presidential Pets and Other Critters	342	(2)
``I'm Outta Here'': Post-Presidential Life	344	(5)
Remembering the Presidents
Monuments, Memorials, and So Forth	349	(4)
Real to Reel: Presidents on Film and Video	353	(3)
Named in Honor of	356	(4)
Grave Matters	360	(4)
Monuments, Memorials, and So Forth (Part 2)	364	(3)
Such Intriguing Titles for Books	367	(3)
Named in Honor of . . . (Part 2)	370	(3)
Twenty Questions (About Each Man)
George Washington	373	(2)
John Adams	375	(2)
Thomas Jefferson	377	(3)
James Madison	380	(2)
James Monroe	382	(2)
John Quincy Adams	384	(2)
Andrew Jackson	386	(2)
Martin Van Buren	388	(2)
William Henry Harrison	390	(3)
John Tyler	393	(2)
James K. Polk	395	(2)
Zachary Taylor	397	(3)
Millard Fillmore	400	(2)
Franklin Pierce	402	(2)
James Buchanan	404	(2)
Abraham Lincoln	406	(2)
Andrew Johnson	408	(3)
Ulysses S. Grant	411	(1)
Rutherford Hayes	412	(3)
James Garfield	415	(2)
Chester Arthur	417	(1)
Grover Cleveland	418	(3)
Benjamin Harrison	421	(2)
William McKinley	423	(2)
Theodore Roosevelt	425	(2)
William Howard Taft	427	(3)
Woodrow Wilson	430	(2)
Warren Harding	432	(2)
Calvin Coolidge	434	(2)
Herbert Hoover	436	(2)
Franklin D. Roosevelt	438	(2)
Harry S. Truman	440	(2)
Dwight Eisenhower	442	(2)
John F. Kennedy	444	(2)
Lyndon Johnson	446	(2)
Richard Nixon	448	(2)
Gerald Ford	450	(2)
Jimmy Carter	452	(2)
Ronald Reagan	454	(2)
George H. W. Bush	456	(2)
Bill Clinton	458	(2)
George W. Bush	460