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RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - Wild Bill - 07-15-2017 07:41 AM

Her son, Robert


RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - RJNorton - 07-15-2017 08:36 AM

Bill, that is an extremely logical answer, but Gene and Eva are correct. Mary was referring to Herndon in a letter to David Davis (March 6, 1867).


RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - RJNorton - 07-24-2017 05:57 AM

Which First Lady said this about her husband?

"If you want to get the gloomiest view of any subject on earth,
ask ___________________ about it.


RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - Gene C - 07-24-2017 07:23 AM

Andrew Johnson's wife Eliza ?


RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - RJNorton - 07-24-2017 08:49 AM

Nope, not Andrew Johnson, Gene.


RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - Wild Bill - 07-24-2017 09:29 AM

Grace Coolidge


RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - RJNorton - 07-24-2017 09:58 AM

Nope, not Grace Coolidge, Bill.


RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - Houmes - 07-24-2017 12:30 PM

(07-24-2017 05:57 AM)RJNorton Wrote:  Which First Lady said this about her husband?

"If you want to get the gloomiest view of any subject on earth,
ask ___________________ about it.

Lou Henry Hoover.

Wife of Herbert Hoover. He was advising many wise suggestions leading up to the Stock Market Crash. Franklin Roosevelt agreed with them but FDR was canny enough to avoid them and won the election.


RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - RJNorton - 07-24-2017 12:53 PM

Kudos, Blaine! Lou Henry Hoover said this about her husband, Herbert Hoover.

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Lou Henry Hoover



RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - RJNorton - 07-26-2017 06:34 AM

Lady Bird Johnson said this about which U.S. President?

"Of all the Presidents of the United States, there are only a few, I believe, whose image remains strongly with us today. Men whom we can visualize as having once been flesh and blood and not vague shadows on the pages of history. For me ____________ was one of those men."


RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - Eva Elisabeth - 07-26-2017 06:38 AM

Abraham Lincoln?


RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - RJNorton - 07-26-2017 06:58 AM

Nope, Eva, it's not Abraham Lincoln.


RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - L Verge - 07-26-2017 09:08 AM

Thomas Jefferson?


RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - RJNorton - 07-26-2017 09:41 AM

Nope, Laurie, it's not Thomas Jefferson.


RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - L Verge - 07-26-2017 10:14 AM

Andy Jackson?