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07-11-2013, 09:23 AM
Post: #256
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia
WHO AND TO WHOM?

"My little man, I am making a strange wish for you. It is that you may never be President of the United States."
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07-11-2013, 09:47 AM
Post: #257
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(07-11-2013 09:23 AM)Joe Di Cola Wrote:  WHO AND TO WHOM?

"My little man, I am making a strange wish for you. It is that you may never be President of the United States."

President Grover Cleveland, to a very young FDR. If you want to read the sordid side of Cleveland's life and career, read "A Secret Life" by Charles Lachman.
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07-11-2013, 09:51 AM
Post: #258
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(07-11-2013 09:47 AM)Houmes Wrote:  
(07-11-2013 09:23 AM)Joe Di Cola Wrote:  WHO AND TO WHOM?

"My little man, I am making a strange wish for you. It is that you may never be President of the United States."

President Grover Cleveland, to a very young FDR. If you want to read the sordid side of Cleveland's life and career, read "A Secret Life" by Charles Lachman.

Great job--and quick, too.
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07-11-2013, 09:58 AM
Post: #259
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(07-11-2013 08:53 AM)RJNorton Wrote:  I am sorry, Joe, but it wasn't her, either. (Help Laurie - should it be 'it wasn't she' rather than 'it wasn't her?')

"It wasn't she." You are using a form of the infinitive "to be."
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07-11-2013, 10:01 AM
Post: #260
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Thanks, Laurie.

Hint #1: This First Lady was born in Savannah, Georgia. Her husband was born in Virginia.
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07-11-2013, 10:09 AM (This post was last modified: 07-11-2013 10:13 AM by L Verge.)
Post: #261
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(07-11-2013 09:09 AM)RJNorton Wrote:  Nope, Gene, not her either.

Three guesses: Dolley Madison, Mrs. Cleveland, or Mrs. Harding???

(07-11-2013 10:09 AM)L Verge Wrote:  
(07-11-2013 09:09 AM)RJNorton Wrote:  Nope, Gene, not her either.

Three guesses: Dolley Madison, Mrs. Cleveland, or Mrs. Harding???

Changed my mind: The first Mrs. Woodrow Wilson (I think her name was Ellen?).
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07-11-2013, 12:57 PM
Post: #262
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Brilliant - you got it, Laurie. Gene was so close when he guessed Edith Wilson.

Ellen Axson Wilson wrote that quote in a letter to her husband on March 10, 1890.

Ellen Axson Wilson died in the White House. This made me wonder how many people have actually died in the White House. I do not know if this list is complete or not, but I found this list on the web:

1841 - William Henry Harrison (President)
1842 - Letitia Tyler (First Lady)
1850 - Zachary Taylor (President)
1862 - Willie Lincoln (President's son)
1873 - Frederick Dent (President Grant's father-in-law)
1892 - Caroline Harrison (First Lady)
1914 - Ellen Wilson (First Lady)
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07-15-2013, 12:28 PM
Post: #263
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One of our presidents spoke to a convention of farmers and used a certain word in his speech. The First Lady was then asked why she couldn't get her husband to use a more "polite" word. She responded:

"Good Lord! It's taken me years to get him to say the word manure!"

Which First Lady was this?
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07-15-2013, 12:43 PM
Post: #264
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Bess Truman.

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07-15-2013, 01:00 PM
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Correct, Rob. That was quick!
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07-15-2013, 01:18 PM
Post: #266
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I've read that quote before somewhere (maybe in McCullough's biography) but it just sounded like it would be about HST.

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07-15-2013, 08:52 PM
Post: #267
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Which U.S. President served as a Congressman AFTER his term as the Chief Executive was ended?

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07-15-2013, 09:00 PM
Post: #268
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John Quincy Adams.

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07-15-2013, 09:02 PM
Post: #269
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Rob, you're too smart! LOL.

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07-16-2013, 09:24 AM
Post: #270
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Bill,

I know a few teachers who would quickly disagree with that. Smile

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