Presidential Trivia Answers (July 5 & 6)

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(1) QUESTION: Which President(s) was born on the 4th of July?  Which President(s) passed away on the 4th of July?

ANSWER: Calvin Coolidge was the only President born on July 4. He was born in 1872.  Three Presidents passed away on July 4: John Adams and Thomas Jefferson both passed away in 1826—the 50th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence! James Monroe passed away five years later, on July 4, 1831.

(2) QUESTION: How many future Presidents signed the Declaration of Independence?

ANSWER: Two. Thomas Jefferson and John Adams both signed the Declaration of Independence. Interestingly, as noted in the question above, they both passed away on the same day: July 4, 1826, exactly 50 years after they’d approved the Declaration.

(3) QUESTION: Which President fell ill on July 4, then passed away a few days later?

ANSWER: Zachary Taylor. He died very suddenly after Fourth of July festivities in 1850. Apparently, he got very hot that day, drank many chilled beverages, and consumed quite a lot of cherries and other fruit. Not too long afterwards, he began suffering severe stomach pains. He died on July 9.