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RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - RJNorton - 09-06-2016
Hint #2: He once said his wife did not have a mink coat.
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - Wild Bill - 09-06-2016
Richard Nixon
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - RJNorton - 09-06-2016
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
In whose backyard was this picture taken?
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - Wild Bill - 09-10-2016
FDR's back yard
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - J. Beckert - 09-10-2016
I'll guess Washington's at Mt. Vernon.
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - Eva Elisabeth - 09-11-2016
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
(09-12-2016, 03:30 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
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?