ALL PRESIDENTS 9-17

Academic Games

Anna Symmes

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He and his first lady eloped against her father's wishes

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First lady was ill, then he died, so she never got to see the White House

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Northwest Territory, US Army, SecTerritory, 1st Delegate from the Territory in the House

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Divided the land into the Ohio and Indiana Territories

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(In Congress) Banned the sale of liquor to Native Americans and ordered them to be inoculated against smallpox

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Fought against the Shawnee | War of 1812

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Tippecanoe and Tyler Too

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Major general in the War of 1812 | Defeated Shawnee & Chief Tecumseh at the Battle of Thames River

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Ohio state senator & U.S. Senator from Ohio

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U.S. Minister to Colombia at one point

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Clerk of Courts after 7, before getting the nomination from Whig

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Log Cabin and Hard Cider (even though he was born wealthy)

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1 Million Votes

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Longest inaugural speech

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Saw the ruling in the Amistad case

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Shawnee Curse

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Oldest president at the time

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Letitia Christian (First first lady to die in the White House)

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Julia Gardiner

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Saved his first lady on USS Princeton

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First lady credited with playing "Hail to the Chief"

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Most offspring of any US president

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"The only people who like me are my children"

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US Rep VA, US Senator VA, Gov VA, 9's VP, President

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Democrat to Whig (due to the Nullification Crisis)

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Voted against the Force Bill

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Retired to his estate, Walnut Grove, renamed Sherwood Forest, but then returned to public life by participating in the Washington Peace Conference

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Supported Confederate Virginia

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Passed away in a hotel room the night before the first Confederate Congress

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Acting President / His Accidency

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Vetoed legislation for a National Bank

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Most turnover per cabinet position out of any other one-term president

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Vetoes caused his expulsion from Whig

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The first president to be impeached (ATTEMPT - this failed)

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Election date creation

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Trade with China

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First wagon train of 130 arrives in the Oregon Territory

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Dorr Rebellion in Rhode Island

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Created his own party whose main platform was the annexation of Texas, withdrew when Polk also favored the annexation of Texas

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Signed the annexation of Texas, although it wouldn't become a state till Polk

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Florida - 27th state

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Iowa approved by congress, but it didn't fully become a state until Polk

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On his last day, he had a veto overriden by Congress (first in history)

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Sarah Childress

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His first lady banned CAD (card playing, alcohol, dancing)

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Napoleon of the Stump

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Young Hickory

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US Rep TN for 16 years, then SOTH. Only SOTH to become President

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Attempted to abolish the Electoral College after the corrupt bargain

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Dark Horse

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Shortest post-presidency life in history

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Defeated Henry Clay by just 38K popular votes

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In his campaign, he was accused of branding his initials onto the shoulders of his 43 slaves

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54-40 or Fight

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54-40 or fight, referencing the oregon territory boundary disagreement with Great Britain. Instead, he agreed to have it stop at the 49th parallel (49-40)

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Tried purchasing Cali & NM, failed -> Mexican-American War

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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (15M)

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Cali AZ Nevada Utah NM WY CO (none would become states when in office, only these territories were given to the United States after the war)

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WIT, Wisconsin, Iowa, Texas

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Replaced Taylor before the major push into Mexico City at the end of the war

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Northern states hated his war

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Tried purchasing Cuba

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Created an independent treasury system

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US Naval Academy

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Donner Party stranded in the Sierra Nevada

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Senaca Falls Convention (women's rights)

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Elizabeth Blackwell - first female doctor in the US

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First president to not run for re-election

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Last SOTU -> announced gold in California -> gold rush!

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William and Mary

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University of North Carolina

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Margaret Smith

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Due to 6 pregnancies and poor health, his first lady spent much of her time in the family quarters of the White House

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Betty served as social hostess in the White House

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His first lady is rumored to have enjoyed smoking a corn-cob pipe

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His daughter Sarah married Jefferson Davis

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Descendant of Mayflower leader William Brewster

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Second cousin of James Madison

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Third cousin of Robert E. Lee

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Old Rough and Ready

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Nickname was because of his fighting record and lack of fashion sense

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Fought in the War of 1812, the Black Hawk War, the Second Seminole War, and the Mexican-American War

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Fame from the Battle of Buena Vista (never lost a battle in his professional career)

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Quit the army when Polk reassigned his men to Winfield Scott before the big Mexico City invasion

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First president to NOT serve in Congress or the Continental Congress

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Won the presidential nomination over Clay but refused to pay the 10-cent postage due on the official notification for several days

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Department of the Interior was newly created during his administration (og name: Home Department)

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Defeated Lewis Cass in a close election

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Postponed the inauguration because it fell on a Sunday - David Rice Atchison covered for the day

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His horse was named Whitey

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Dealt with the rising debate over the admission of California and New Mexico

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One SOTU adress: called for a transcontinental railroad, aid for agriculture, higher tariff (bc of Mexico war) (TAT)

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Died mysteriously after supervising in the hot sun. some say he died from arsenic poisoning - ate milk and cherries that day - but official death records still say he died from cholera and acute indigestion

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Civil Disobedience

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Harriet Tubman escaped along the Underground Railroad

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Levi Strauss invents blue jeans - sold to miners

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Named for his mother's maiden name

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First president to have a stepmother

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Abigail Powers - avid reader, curved bookshelves, died 1 month after MF left the presidency

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