Presidential trivia is where confident people go to be wrong. Every fact below is the verified kind — no legends, no maybes. Keep score and settle arguments accordingly.
Which president served the shortest term?
William Henry Harrison — 31 days in 1841.
Who was the first president to serve two non-consecutive terms?
Grover Cleveland — the 22nd and the 24th president.
Which president was a licensed bartender?
Abraham Lincoln — he co-owned a tavern in New Salem, Illinois, in the 1830s.
Which two Founding Father presidents died on the same day?
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson — July 4, 1826, fifty years to the day after the Declaration of Independence.
Who was the first president to live in the White House?
John Adams, in 1800 — the building wasn't even finished yet.
The teddy bear is named after which president?
Theodore Roosevelt — after he refused to shoot a captive bear on a 1902 hunt.
Which president appears on the $2 bill?
Thomas Jefferson.
Who was the tallest president?
Abraham Lincoln, at 6 feet 4 inches.
Who is the only president to resign?
Richard Nixon, in 1974.
Who was the first president born a U.S. citizen?
Martin Van Buren — every president before him was born a British subject.
Who was the first American to win a Nobel Peace Prize?
Theodore Roosevelt, in 1906, for mediating the end of the Russo-Japanese War.
Who is the only president elected four times?
Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Which president took the oath of office aboard Air Force One?
Lyndon B. Johnson — hours after President Kennedy's assassination in 1963.
If you got Van Buren, you're not just good at trivia — you're the person who reads the plaques at museums. Respect.
