Another Lafayette Square resident! Thanks, Roger....

(08-08-2013 06:47 AM)BettyO Wrote:  Another Lafayette Square resident! Thanks, Roger....

Dolly Madison's house was occupied by Charles Wilkes, USN just before the "late unpleasantness". He was the commander who stopped a civilian British merchant ship and took Mason and Slidell captive...the Trent affair. During the "late unpleasantness, Slidell's home was occupied by Gideon Wells. The Madison house was also used by General George B. McClellan and it was in the front parlor that AL was snubbed by McClellan.

Once a president was not sworn in on a bible. Who was it?

I am pretty certain this is wrong, but I'll guess David Rice Atchison.

What a smart guess! I'm afraid the answer is much simpler, it was not a president pro tempore.

Hint #1: The procedure did not take place in Washington.

(08-19-2013 05:24 AM)Eva Elisabeth Wrote:  What a smart guess! I'm afraid the answer is much simpler, it was not a president pro tempore.

Good mor ning, Eva,

Theodore Roosevelt. He took the oath merely with uplifted hand. When Mc Kinley died, TR was off in the mountains and had to be located and told the news.

Joe

Kudos, Joe! There's nothing to add to your answer (just maybe that he was sworn in in Boston).

Here's another trivia question:
What did Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson and Jimmy Carter have in common?

Nobel Peace Prize
(they earned theirs)

Very good, Gene! Here's your noble prize:

  Trivia.pdf (Size: 1 MB / Downloads: 11)

Thank you Eva, I want to thank the selection committee that has honored my by this prestigious award. In my humility, I can't think of anyone more deserving. All those years dedicated to the Angry Birds Sanctuary and Counseling Center have finaly paid off. For those of you who don't know what to say, just send cash. To show my apreciation, let's all meet this evening at 7 for a celebration at the KY Fried Chicken in Paducah. My treat.

Who predicted on March 26, 1959, before Kennedy had formally declared his candidacy, on a press connference: "The next President of the United States will be from Boston...He's a Puritan named Kennedy. The only Puritans left these days are the Roman Catholics. There. I guess I wear my politics on my sleeve."

Hint#1: The occasion of the press conference was a gala in NYC to celebrate this person's 85th birthday.

(08-28-2013 08:09 AM)Eva Elisabeth Wrote:  Hint#1: The occasion of the press conference was a gala in NYC to celebrate this person's 85th birthday.

Former President Herbert Hoover. He would have been 85 that year and he lived in New York.

Good guess, Joe, but it was no politician. But you all will know this person.