Do you know your U.S. presidents? There are some people who can recite the list of former American presidents from memory, and those people tend to do very well on quizzes like this. If you can get better than 80% on this U.S. presidents quiz then you certainly know a lot about American politics.
To be able to answer the questions, you're going to have some knowledge about the U.S. heads of state from both the modern era and history. In other words, it won't just be the famous presidents like Lincoln and JFK that you'll be quizzed on. There are even questions about presidents who barely served a month in office that you will have to know about.
If you would like to test your knowledge of U.S. presidents from past to present, then go ahead and take this quiz, answer the questions contained within, and see if you can score at least 80%.
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Can You Score Better Than 80% On This U.S. Presidents Quiz? Questions
Who was the only U.S. president to be elected unanimously by the Electoral College?
Abraham Lincoln
Jimmy Carter
George Washington
John Adams
Who was the first U.S. president to name a woman to his cabinet?
Gerald Ford
Bill Clinton
Lyndon B. Johnson
Franklin Roosevelt
Who was the 3rd president of the United States?
George Washington
John Adams
Abraham Lincoln
Thomas Jefferson
What does the "S" stand for in Harry S. Truman's name?
Sam
Nothing, it was just "S"
Steve
Scott
Who was the first U.S. president to have been born an American citizen (and not a British subject)?
Martin Van Buren
George Washington
Andrew Jackson
James Madison
Who was the first U.S. president to die while serving as president?
James K. Polk
John Tyler
William Henry Harrison
Zachary Taylor
As of 2021, what U.S. state has produced the most U.S. presidents?
Ohio
New York
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Who used the campaign slogan "Vote Yourself a Farm" while running for president?
Andrew Johnson
Abraham Lincoln
James A. Garfield
Chester A. Arthur
Who is the only U.S. president to also serve as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court after his presidency ended?
Calvin Coolidge
William Howard Taft
Harry S. Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Which U.S. president purchased Alaska from Russia?
James A. Garfield
Andrew Johnson
Franklin Pierce
Rutherford B. Hayes
Which U.S. president wrote the Pulitzer Prize-winning book Profiles in Courage?
Grover Cleveland
William McKinley
John F. Kennedy
Woodrow Wilson
What political party was Ulysses S. Grant affiliated with?
Whig Party
Democrat
Republican
Tea Party
Who was the first U.S. president to be impeached?
Richard Nixon
Andrew Johnson
Bill Clinton
Donald Trump
Who was the youngest U.S. president to hold the office?
Barack Obama
Theodore Roosevelt
Calvin Coolidge
John F. Kennedy
Who was the 15th U.S. president?
Millard Fillmore
Franklin Roosevelt
James Buchanan Jr.
Abraham Lincoln
5 Comments
9/15. Not sure what your source is, but as far as I know 8 presidents are from Virginia.
Thanks for catching that! You’re absolutely right—we’ve corrected the answer to reflect that. Apologies for the mix-up!
Easy
4 / 15 I`m an Aussie & I don`t care about politics to much & I don`t even know much about Australian prime ministers let alone American presidents.
15/15 that is fantastic!!!