Trivia & Tidbits - take a quiz . . .

1. This man, who took office on April 6, 1841, was the first vice president of the United States to succeed to the office of the chief executive because of the death of a president.

2. This president, one of the most revered in American history, was the first inaugurated president born beyond the boundaries of the original 13 states.

3. All three of these men were president at some point during the year 1881.

4. This man, who served two non-consecutive terms, was the only president to attend two inaugurations as the outgoing president.

5. This man was the last president inaugurated on March 4, and the first president to be inaugurated on January 20.

6. This late 19^th-century president took the oath of office at the first inauguration recorded on movie film and gramophone record.

7. This president was the first to have his inauguration broadcast on television.

8. This president, who served two terms, was the first president whose wife died while he was in office, and who re-married during his first term; thus it was a different wife who accompanied him to each inaugural.

9. This man, a Republican from Ohio, was the first president to ride to the inaugural ceremonies in an automobile, and the first to have his inauguration described over the radio.

10. This president, elected by the largest popular vote in history, was the first president who was protected by bulletproof glass while he gave his inaugural speech.

11. For only the second time in American history, this president’s inaugural parade was cancelled because Arctic winds blasted Washington, plunging its temperature to —2 degrees.

12. This man was the only 20th-century president who, although a bulletproof limousine had been assigned to him, opted to walk with his wife and other family members from the Capitol to the White House reviewing stand.