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