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
Abraham Lincoln
Jimmy Carter
John Adams
Who was the first U.S. president to name a woman to his cabinet?
Franklin Roosevelt
Lyndon B. Johnson
Bill Clinton
Gerald Ford
Who was the 3rd president of the United States?
George Washington
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
Abraham Lincoln
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
James Madison
Andrew Jackson
Who was the first U.S. president to die while serving as president?
William Henry Harrison
John Tyler
Zachary Taylor
James K. Polk
As of 2021, what U.S. state has produced the most U.S. presidents?
New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Virginia
Who used the campaign slogan "Vote Yourself a Farm" while running for president?
James A. Garfield
Chester A. Arthur
Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Johnson
Who is the only U.S. president to also serve as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court after his presidency ended?
William Howard Taft
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Harry S. Truman
Calvin Coolidge
Which U.S. president purchased Alaska from Russia?
Franklin Pierce
James A. Garfield
Andrew Johnson
Rutherford B. Hayes
Which U.S. president wrote the Pulitzer Prize-winning book Profiles in Courage?
Woodrow Wilson
John F. Kennedy
Grover Cleveland
William McKinley
What political party was Ulysses S. Grant affiliated with?
Democrat
Whig Party
Republican
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?
Barack Obama
John F. Kennedy
Calvin Coolidge
Theodore Roosevelt
Who was the 15th U.S. president?
Abraham Lincoln
Millard Fillmore
Franklin Roosevelt
James Buchanan Jr.
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!!!