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RJNorton · 09-06-2016, 02:00 PM

Hint #2: He once said his wife did not have a mink coat.

Wild Bill · 09-06-2016, 02:04 PM

Richard Nixon

RJNorton · 09-06-2016, 02:18 PM

Brilliant, Bill. Indeed it was President Nixon.

http://historythings.com/the-last-words-...residents/

You and Laurie both win dogs named Checkers.

Eva Elisabeth · 09-10-2016, 04:24 PM

In whose backyard was this picture taken?

Wild Bill · 09-10-2016, 05:38 PM

FDR's back yard

J. Beckert · 09-10-2016, 06:56 PM

I'll guess Washington's at Mt. Vernon.

Eva Elisabeth · (This post was last modified: 09-11-2016 03:19 AM by Eva Elisabeth.)

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.)

RJNorton · 09-12-2016, 11:07 AM

Who was the last sick/dying American President to be treated with the medical practice called bloodletting?

Gene C · 09-12-2016, 11:44 AM

I don't know which President, but we taxpayers have been enduring this for years.

Eva Elisabeth · (This post was last modified: 09-12-2016 12:56 PM by Eva Elisabeth.)

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.

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.

PaigeBooth · (This post was last modified: 09-12-2016 02:07 PM by PaigeBooth.)

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.

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!

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.

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?