Presidential Trivia Updated
Donald J. Trump will be the 45th president of the United States. Among other things, that means new updates to presidential trivia.
When he is inaugurated in January, Trump will become the oldest elected president in American history. Previously, the oldest elected president was Ronald Reagan, who took the oath of office at the age of 69 in 1981. Donald Trump is 70 years old. Interestingly, had Hillary Clinton won election, she would have been our second-oldest president-elect at the age of 69 (but the youngest woman, as she said on the campaign trail).
Trump joins Reagan as the only presidents to have been divorced, but Trump is the first to have been divorced twice and married multiple times. Melania Trump will be the second foreign-born First Lady, following Louisa Adams, the wife of John Quincy Adams. Mrs. Adams’ was born in London, but her father was an American citizen. In fact, his brother (her uncle) was governor of Maryland and later a U.S. Supreme Court Justice. Mrs. Trump, born in Slovenia, is the only First Lady not to have been born a citizen of the United States or in what would later become the United States.
Trump joins John Quincy Adams (1824), Rutherford B. Hayes (1876), Benjamin Harrison (1888), and George W. Bush (2000) as presidents who won the Electoral College but lost the popular vote. While the popular vote tally is not official yet, Clinton will likely end up with close to 2.5 million more votes than Trump.
There are a number of times when the winner of the presidential election did not get a majority of the popular vote. Trump joins Woodrow Wilson, Harry S. Truman, John F. Kennedy, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush in 2000 in winning with less than 50 percent of the popular vote.
Since the 1828 election of Andrew Jackson that historians consider the birth of the modern two-party system, no party has ever won the presidential popular vote six times over seven elections. While Democrats just accomplished that feat, twice (2000 and 2016) their candidate lost after winning the popular vote. Republicans still have not lost three consecutive presidential elections since the 1940s.
The last two times a Democrat succeeded a Democrat was Truman after Roosevelt and Johnson after Kennedy. So the last time a Democrat succeeded another Democrat only by election, not death, was when James Buchanan came after Franklin Pierce. Historically, Clinton attempted a rare feat.
Until now, Theodore Roosevelt was the only president born in New York City. Trump, born in Queens, is the second.
Stay tuned for more!
Brother Rogers is a guest columnist for the Starkville Daily News and works at the Stennis Center for Public Service.
When he is inaugurated in January, Trump will become the oldest elected president in American history. Previously, the oldest elected president was Ronald Reagan, who took the oath of office at the age of 69 in 1981. Donald Trump is 70 years old. Interestingly, had Hillary Clinton won election, she would have been our second-oldest president-elect at the age of 69 (but the youngest woman, as she said on the campaign trail).
Trump joins Reagan as the only presidents to have been divorced, but Trump is the first to have been divorced twice and married multiple times. Melania Trump will be the second foreign-born First Lady, following Louisa Adams, the wife of John Quincy Adams. Mrs. Adams’ was born in London, but her father was an American citizen. In fact, his brother (her uncle) was governor of Maryland and later a U.S. Supreme Court Justice. Mrs. Trump, born in Slovenia, is the only First Lady not to have been born a citizen of the United States or in what would later become the United States.
Trump joins John Quincy Adams (1824), Rutherford B. Hayes (1876), Benjamin Harrison (1888), and George W. Bush (2000) as presidents who won the Electoral College but lost the popular vote. While the popular vote tally is not official yet, Clinton will likely end up with close to 2.5 million more votes than Trump.
There are a number of times when the winner of the presidential election did not get a majority of the popular vote. Trump joins Woodrow Wilson, Harry S. Truman, John F. Kennedy, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush in 2000 in winning with less than 50 percent of the popular vote.
Since the 1828 election of Andrew Jackson that historians consider the birth of the modern two-party system, no party has ever won the presidential popular vote six times over seven elections. While Democrats just accomplished that feat, twice (2000 and 2016) their candidate lost after winning the popular vote. Republicans still have not lost three consecutive presidential elections since the 1940s.
The last two times a Democrat succeeded a Democrat was Truman after Roosevelt and Johnson after Kennedy. So the last time a Democrat succeeded another Democrat only by election, not death, was when James Buchanan came after Franklin Pierce. Historically, Clinton attempted a rare feat.
Until now, Theodore Roosevelt was the only president born in New York City. Trump, born in Queens, is the second.
Stay tuned for more!
Brother Rogers is a guest columnist for the Starkville Daily News and works at the Stennis Center for Public Service.
