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?
George Washington
John Adams
Abraham Lincoln
Jimmy Carter
Who was the first U.S. president to name a woman to his cabinet?
Franklin Roosevelt
Bill Clinton
Gerald Ford
Lyndon B. Johnson
Who was the 3rd president of the United States?
Thomas Jefferson
Abraham Lincoln
John Adams
George Washington
What does the "S" stand for in Harry S. Truman's name?
Scott
Sam
Nothing, it was just "S"
Steve
Who was the first U.S. president to have been born an American citizen (and not a British subject)?
George Washington
James Madison
Martin Van Buren
Andrew Jackson
Who was the first U.S. president to die while serving as president?
William Henry Harrison
John Tyler
James K. Polk
Zachary Taylor
As of 2021, what U.S. state has produced the most U.S. presidents?
Ohio
Pennsylvania
New York
Virginia
Who used the campaign slogan "Vote Yourself a Farm" while running for president?
Chester A. Arthur
Andrew Johnson
James A. Garfield
Abraham Lincoln
Who is the only U.S. president to also serve as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court after his presidency ended?
Harry S. Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Calvin Coolidge
William Howard Taft
Which U.S. president purchased Alaska from Russia?
Rutherford B. Hayes
Franklin Pierce
James A. Garfield
Andrew Johnson
Which U.S. president wrote the Pulitzer Prize-winning book Profiles in Courage?
Woodrow Wilson
William McKinley
Grover Cleveland
John F. Kennedy
What political party was Ulysses S. Grant affiliated with?
Republican
Democrat
Whig Party
Tea Party
Who was the first U.S. president to be impeached?
Bill Clinton
Andrew Johnson
Richard Nixon
Donald Trump
Who was the youngest U.S. president to hold the office?
John F. Kennedy
Barack Obama
Calvin Coolidge
Theodore Roosevelt
Who was the 15th U.S. president?
Franklin Roosevelt
James Buchanan Jr.
Millard Fillmore
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! Youโre absolutely rightโweโve 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!!!