U.S. Presidents

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1 Theodore Roosevelt 128x

2 Richard Nixon 114x

3 Abraham Lincoln 102x

4 Dwight David Eisenhower 101x

5 Harry S. Truman 101x

6 John Fitzgerald Kennedy 100x

7 Lyndon Baines Johnson 100x

8 Woodrow Wilson 97x

9 Ronald Reagan 95x

10 Franklin Delano Roosevelt 92x

11 Gerald Ford 83x

12 Thomas Jefferson 82x

13 Andrew Jackson 78x

14 Jimmy Carter 78x

15 Herbert Hoover 76x

16 Ulysses S. Grant 73x

17 George Washington 71x

18 William Howard Taft 60x

19 John Adams 59x

20 Martin Van Buren 56x

21 Bill Clinton 55x

22 Grover Cleveland 53x

23 Calvin Coolidge 50x

24 William McKinley 48x

25 John Quincy Adams 43x

26 Warren G. Harding 43x

27 William Henry Harrison 42x

28 James Madison 42x

29 James Buchanan 41x

30 Andrew Johnson 38x

31 Aaron Burr 34x

32 Zachary Taylor 32x

33 George Herbert Walker Bush 31x

34 Benjamin Harrison 29x

35 Hubert Humphrey 27x

36 Spiro Agnew 26x

37 John Tyler 25x

38 Franklin Pierce 24x

39 James Garfield 23x

40 James Monroe 22x

41 Nelson Rockefeller 21x

42 Rutherford B. Hayes 20x

43 Walter Mondale 19x

44 George Bush 19x

45 Dan Quayle 18x

46 James K. Polk 17x

47 Virginia 15x

48 Millard Fillmore 14x

49 Ohio 12x

50 George W. Bush 12x

Sample Clues

He climbed the Matterhorn, explored Brazil & practiced judo

Theodore Roosevelt

This 1968 candidate reportedly urged South Vietnam's President Thieu to scuttle possible peace talks

Richard Nixon

1864: "Don't swap horses in the middle of the stream"

Abraham Lincoln

This future 1950s president is scared when Mom uses these three names, especially when followed by "Come here this instant"

Dwight David Eisenhower

The 22nd Amendment, limiting a president to 2 terms, was ratified during this man's presidency

Harry S. Truman

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Modern (post-1990) 186

Bill Clinton (58) Barack Obama (11) George Clinton (5) James Madison (4) Chelsea Clinton (3) Hope (2) Whitewater (2) Hillary Rodham Clinton (2) The Audacity of Hope (2) Hillary Clinton (2)

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Revolutionary Era 53

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Civil War 52

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Cold War 39

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World War I 33

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World War II 14

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Colonial / Exploration 13

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Ronald Reagan (2) Dwight David Eisenhower (2) Dan Quayle (2) Joe Biden (1) (Warren G.) Harding (1) Spiro Agnew (1)