Lincoln Discussion Symposium

Andrew Jackson

(03-27-2017 04:31 PM)Houmes Wrote: [ -> ]

(03-27-2017 03:48 PM)L Verge Wrote: [ -> ]Nope. Check more towards the beginnings of our country.

Another clue: Kinderhook

Martin Van Buren

Absolutely correct, Dr. Houmes. A+ His gravemarker notes that he was our VIIIth President. I figured that the hint of Kinderhook (NY, where he's buried) would seal the deal with "Van" Buren being as Dutch as the name of the town).

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(03-27-2017 05:21 PM)Rogerm Wrote: [ -> ]Andrew Jackson

Really close, Roger. Jackson was our VIIth President.

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Okay, one more tricky one, and then I'm finished for awhile: "There's nothing left to do but to get drunk." Which President said this after learning that his party would not nominate him for a second term?

Was it Harry Truman?

Possibly Chester Arthur?

Sorry, gents, so far we're batting zero.

(03-27-2017 07:36 PM)L Verge Wrote: [ -> ]Okay, one more tricky one, and then I'm finished for awhile: "There's nothing left to do but to get drunk." Which President said this after learning that his party would not nominate him for a second term?

Franklin Pierce. He could drink U.S. Grant under a table.

Okay, Blaine, you're not allowed to play this game anymore. You're too good at it!

It was Franklin Pierce who said that, and he made good on it every day for the rest of his life. Upon his death from a severe stomach inflammation brought on by heavy drinking (liver complications - can't spell the real term...?), some punsters said that his demise came from "a bottle well fought..."

This is a baby photo of a future United States President. Who is it?

Those eyes look familiar, and I have just been studying the history of the atomic bomb in great detail. Is it Harry Truman??

Excellent, Paige! Indeed that is a baby picture of Harry Truman.


You and your family win free tickets to tour the Truman Home in Independence, Missouri.

Thanks! That sounds like fun!

Which President had the longest funeral train in terms of distance traveled?

Nixon (CA)?

Good guess, Eva! However, it was not Richard Nixon as his remains were flown to California.

Eisenhower - Washington DC to Kansas ?