Statistics for US Presidents- Post Presidency

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Founded the University of Virginia.	Thomas Jefferson	89%
Is active in public life, giving speeches, fundraising, and founding charitable organizations. Campaigned for his wife's presidential bid.	Bill Clinton	86%
Retired to his Mount Vernon estate.	George Washington	82%
Ran for president on the Democratic ticket and won. Was the only president to serve non-consecutive terms.	Grover Cleveland	82%
Won a Nobel Peace Prize. Founded his eponymous Center advance human rights and alleviate human suffering. Teaches at Emory University, has written 21 books and worked for the expansion of Habitat for Humanity and teaches Sunday School at his local church. Serves as a diplomat and international mediator observer.	Jimmy Carter	82%
Served as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court	William H. Taft	80%
Spoke in favor of a line-item veto; the Brady Bill; a constitutional amendment requiring a balanced budget; and the repeal of the 22nd Amendment. Suffered from Alzheimer's disease for many years.	Ronald Reagan	79%
Retired to Houston and spends the summers at his Kennybunk Port, Maine house. Became friends with his successor. Serves as Honorary Chairman of the non-profit Points of Light.	George H. W. Bush	76%
Took up painting, authored two books, a memoir titled "Decision Points" and a biography of his father titled "41." Has kept a low profile in retierment.	George W. Bush	76%
The longest living president (as of Dec 10 2014) at 93 years and 165 days. Became good friends with his successor. Considered a run for the Republican nomination 4 years after he lost the presidency, but never offically entered the race. Served on several corporate boards including Commercial Credit, Nova Pharmaceutical and The Pullman Company.	Gerald R. Ford	75%
Was interviewed by David Frost and wrote 10 books. Was disbarred by New York state. Traveled extensively visiting many world leaders and was recognized as an elder statesman.	Richard M. Nixon	73%
Published the book "Fishing For Fun—And To Wash Your Soul." Following WWII toured West Germany producing multiple reports about the US Occupation, which led to a school meal plan for children. Served as chairman of the Eponymous Committee under the presidencies of Truman and Eisenhower to reorganize the executive departments.	Herbert Hoover	72%
Retired to his ranch in Stonewall, Texas. Donated his ranch to become a national park.	Lyndon Baines Johnson	72%
Retired to his farm in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania where he raised Angus beef cattle. Warned of the military industrial complex in his farewell address.	Dwight D. Eisenhower	69%
Ran for president. When he lost the Republican nomination he left the convention running on the Progressive (Bull Moose) Party ticket.	Theodore Roosevelt	68%
Retired to his home in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Defended his administration during the Civil War. Published the memoir Mr. (Name)'s Administration on the Eve of Rebellion.	James Buchanan	65%
Retired to his Montepelier estate and served as the 2nd rector of the University of Virginia.	James Madison	65%
Retired to his mother-in-law's home in Independence, MO where he struggled with financial hardships. Published his memoirs and also lobbied for the presidential papers legislation.	Harry S Truman	62%
Went on several grand tours of Europe. Was a vocal opponent of Lincoln during the Civil War. Speculated in land deals and farmed in New Hampshire.	Franklin Pierce	59%
Served in the House of Representatives for 17 years and became a major leader against slavery. Ran for Governor of Massachusetts.	John Quincy Adams	58%
Went on a 2 year world tour. Ran for a 3rd term, losing the Republican nomination. Joined his son's Wall Street brokerage resulting in financial ruin. Published his memoirs titled "Personal Memoirs of Name".	Ulysses S. Grant	55%
Retired to his home in Nashville. Had the shortest post-presidency at 103 days.	James K. Polk	48%
Retired to his Sherwood Forest estate. Later served as a delegate to the Provisional Confederate Congress. Elected to the Confederate House of Representatives but died before serving.	John Tyler	46%
Ran for and lost the Democratic nomination. Later ran for president on the Free Soil Party ticket.	Martin Van Buren	45%
Retired to his Hermitage estate.	Andrew Jackson	44%
Retired to his Oak Hill estate and served as member of the Board of Visitors of the University of Virginia.	James Monroe	44%
Retired to his Spiegel Grove home. Served on the Board of Trustees of the University of Ohio.	Rutherford B. Hayes	44%
Retired to his Peacefield Home. Reconciled with his successor through their long correspondence.	John Adams	42%
Ran for president on the American Party ticket. Helped found the Buffalo Historical Society.	Millard Fillmore	42%
Retired to house in the Embassy Row neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Ultimately died of a final stroke at home.	Woodrow Wilson	39%
Lost election as a US Representative. Later served in the US Senate until his death.	Andrew Johnson	37%
Moved back to New York City where he returned to work as a lawyer at his former law firm of Name, Knevals & Ransom.	Chester A. Arthur	34%
Lectured briefly at Stanford University. Remarried his deceased wife's niece who was 25 years his junior. Served as attorney for Venezuela over their border dispute with the UK (British Guiana) in the international trial.	Benjamin Harrison	32%
Served as chairman of the Railroad Commission, as a director of New York Life Insurance Company, and as a trustee of Amherst College. Published his autobiography and a newspaper coloumn.	Calvin Coolidge	31%