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