US Election/Presidents Quiz

Who was the first president of the United States elected in 1789?

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Adams

• James Madison

Which election resulted in the first peaceful transfer of power between political parties?

• 1789

• 1800

• 1824

• 1840

Abraham Lincoln was first elected president in which year?

• 1856

• 1860

• 1864

• 1868

Which U.S. president won four times, leading to the 22nd Amendment that limited future presidents to two terms?

• Woodrow Wilson

• Theodore Roosevelt

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

The "corrupt" bargain was a term used to describe the controversial election of which president?

• Andrew Jackson

• James Monroe

• John Quincy Adams

• Martin Van Buren

Which president supposedly got stuck in the White House bathtub and had to call for help?

• Abraham Lincoln

• William Howard Taft

• Grover Cleveland

• Ulysses S. Grant

Who won the 1960 presidential election, one of the closest in history?

• Richard Nixon

• Lyndon B. Johnson

• Hubert Humphrey

• John F. Kennedy

Which president's election led to the start of Reconstruction in the South after the Civil War?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Andrew Johnson

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Rutherford B. Hayes

Who elects the president if there is no clear winner?

• Senate

• Revote

• House

• Supreme Court

Who was the Republican candidate for president in the 2000 U.S. presidential election?

• Al Gore

• Bill Clinton

• George W. Bush

• John Kerry