Statistics for U.S. Presidential Firsts

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First U.S. President to . . .	Answer	% Correct
. . . nominate a woman to a Cabinet post?	Franklin D. Roosevelt	92%
. . . be married for more than 70 years?	George H.W. Bush	90%
. . . have been a Boy Scout?	John F. Kennedy	90%
. . . have facial hair?	John Quincy Adams	85%
. . . be the head of a union?	Ronald Reagan	82%
. . . hold a patent?	Abraham Lincoln	79%
. . . win election after having been previously defeated?	Thomas Jefferson	79%
. . . receive an Emmy Award?	Dwight D. Eisenhower	77%
. . . be born in a hospital?	Jimmy Carter	77%
. . . be physically attacked while in office?	James Monroe	69%
. . . be born a citizen of the United States, rather than a British subject?	Martin Van Buren	69%
. . . have any portion of Native American ancestry?	Calvin Coolidge	64%
. . . use the Oval Office?	William Howard Taft	62%
. . . not seek re-election upon the completion of his first term?	James K. Polk	56%
. . . have an elevator installed in the White House?	Chester A. Arthur	54%
. . . meet a member of the British Royal Family while in office?	James Buchanan	54%
. . . have his photograph taken while in office?	William Henry Harrison	54%
. . . ride in an automobile?	William McKinley	54%
. . . visit the West Coast of the United States while in office?	Rutherford B. Hayes	49%
. . . install central heating in the White House?	Franklin Pierce	44%