Statistics for Presidential Firsts

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	First president to...	President	% Correct
Washington	First U.S. President	George Washington	84%
Ford	Pardon another president	Gerald Ford	84%
L. Johnson	Be inaugurated on an airplane	Lyndon Johnson	84%
Obama	Be born outside the 48 contiguous states	Barack Obama	80%
Eisenhower	Serve in WWII	Dwight Eisenhower	72%
Adams	Live in the White House	John Adams	64%
A. Johnson	Be impeached by the House of Representatives	Andrew Johnson	60%
Buchanan	Be a bachelor	James Buchanan	56%
Trump	Reach age 70 prior to his election	Donald Trump	52%
Quincy Adams	Be photographed	John Quincy Adams	52%
Tyler	Become president after the death of his predecessor	John Tyler	52%
Van Buren	Be a non-native English speaker	Martin Van Buren	52%
T. Roosevelt	Ride in an airplane	Theodore Roosevelt	52%
Lincoln	Have a beard	Abraham Lincoln	48%
Clinton	Be a Rhodes Scholar	Bill Clinton	48%
F. Roosevelt	Appear on television	Franklin Roosevelt	48%
Taft	Serve on the Supreme Court of the United States	William Taft	48%
Wilson	Have a PhD	Woodrow Wilson	48%
Harrison	Have his voice recorded	Benjamin Harrison	44%
W. Bush	Have an approval rating above 90% (modern polling)	George W. Bush	44%
Kennedy	Receive a Purple Heart	John Kennedy	44%
Harding	Be born after the Civil War	Warren Harding	44%
Henry Harrison	Die in office	William Henry Harrison	44%
Cleveland	Get married in the White House	Grover Cleveland	40%
Truman	Serve in WWI	Harry Truman	40%
Grant	Publish his memoirs	Ulysses Grant	40%
McKinley	Ride in an automobile	William McKinley	40%
Polk	Be under the age of 50 upon entering office	James Polk	36%
H. W. Bush	Formally pardon a turkey	George H. W. Bush	32%
Monroe	Have served in the Senate	James Monroe	32%
Nixon	Visit an NFL game while in office	Richard Nixon	32%
Jefferson	Be inaugurated in Washington D.C.	Thomas Jefferson	32%
Jackson	Marry a divorced woman	Andrew Jackson	28%
Arthur	Have an elevator installed in the White House	Chester Arthur	28%
Garfield	Be left handed	James Garfield	28%
Madison	Have served in the House of Representatives	James Madison	28%
Carter	Be born in a hospital	Jimmy Carter	28%
Fillmore	Establish a permanent White House library	Millard Fillmore	28%
Hayes	Hold a thanksgiving dinner	Rutherford Hayes	28%
Taylor	Use the term "First Lady"	Zachary Taylor	28%
Coolidge	Appear on a U.S. coin while alive and in office	Calvin Coolidge	24%
Pierce	Have a christmas tree in the White House	Franklin Pierce	24%
Hoover	Be a quaker	Herbert Hoover	24%
VA	Be from the Silent Generation	Joe Biden	24%
Reagan	Become the head of a union	Ronald Reagan	20%