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RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - RJNorton - 09-06-2016 02:00 PM
Hint #2: He once said his wife did not have a mink coat.
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - Wild Bill - 09-06-2016 02:04 PM
Richard Nixon
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - RJNorton - 09-06-2016 02:18 PM
Brilliant, Bill. Indeed it was President Nixon.
http://historythings.com/the-last-words-of-our-dead-presidents/
You and Laurie both win dogs named Checkers.
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - Eva Elisabeth - 09-10-2016 04:24 PM
In whose backyard was this picture taken?
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RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - Wild Bill - 09-10-2016 05:38 PM
FDR's back yard
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - J. Beckert - 09-10-2016 06:56 PM
I'll guess Washington's at Mt. Vernon.
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - Eva Elisabeth - 09-11-2016 01:21 AM
Kudos, Joe is correct. Joe, you win a bucket of fish from the lake. (And thanks to Bill Binzel for taking and sharing the photo.)
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - RJNorton - 09-12-2016 11:07 AM
Who was the last sick/dying American President to be treated with the medical practice called bloodletting?
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - Gene C - 09-12-2016 11:44 AM
I don't know which President, but we taxpayers have been enduring this for years.
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - Eva Elisabeth - 09-12-2016 12:54 PM
King Leopold II died of that end of the 18th century, and I would think at that time the method was about to fade. I'd guess Washington.
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - RJNorton - 09-12-2016 01:17 PM
Good try, Eva, as Washington was treated in this manner. Roughly 40% of his blood was drained!! However, he was not the last President to be treated with the bloodletting.
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - PaigeBooth - 09-12-2016 01:54 PM
Very interesting about Washington losing almost 40% of his blood, Roger; I didn't realize it was that much.
I will guess Benjamin Harrison? Or maybe, Zachary Taylor? Taylor passed away in 1850, perhaps bloodletting was more popular at that time. Harrison did not become president until 1889.
I know Benjamin Harrison's grandfather, President William Henry Harrison, refused the bloodletting procedure. William Henry Harrison was the first US President to die in office.
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - RJNorton - 09-12-2016 02:30 PM
Excellent, Paige! It was Zachary Taylor who was the last to have the procedure. With Taylor the doctors also tried blistering his skin. Taylor passed away on July 9, 1850.
I cannot think of a prize for this type of question so you just win best wishes for health and happiness!
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - PaigeBooth - 09-12-2016 04:57 PM
(09-12-2016 02:30 PM)RJNorton Wrote: Excellent, Paige! It was Zachary Taylor who was the last to have the procedure. With Taylor the doctors also tried blistering his skin. Taylor passed away on July 9, 1850.
I cannot think of a prize for this type of question so you just win best wishes for health and happiness!
Thank you, Roger! And thanks for the additional information as well.
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - L Verge - 09-12-2016 06:55 PM
I posed this trivia question while commenting on the new book, The President is Dead!, but never got an answer:
Where is Thomas Jefferson's original tombstone located today?