Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Tuesday Trivia

The answer to yesterday's question, "Who was the only US president to have been a president of a labor union?", is:
Ronald Reagan, who had been president of the Screen Actors Guild.

Today's question is:
Who was the only US president twice elected with less than 50% of the popular vote?
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7 comments:

  1. Mike Thiac5:09 PM

    Clinton

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  2. Anonymous6:01 PM

    My memory says Bill Clinton, which I'm going with.

    But Wikipedia also says that Woodrow Wilson would be a correct answer! 41.8% in 1912 (versus Teddy R as a bull moose, Taft and Debs) and 49.2% in 1916 versus Hughes.

    -Mark Roulo

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  3. Anonymous6:02 PM

    Hmmm ... Wiki also says Grover Cleveland is a good answer. 48.5% in 1884 and 46% (against three rivals) in 1892.

    -Mark Roulo

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  4. DADvocate6:54 PM

    Bill Clinton

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  5. Joshua Sasmor7:02 AM

    Bill Clinton - but it was real close in 1996 :)

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  6. Anonymous3:32 PM

    Elected/Given, same thing, I suppose.

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  7. gbradley4:47 PM

    You might think W, but I say it's Bill Clinton. I'm not positive though.

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