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Few Fun Facts !

With US Presidential election round the corner, it may be a good time to recall some fun facts from the history. How many do you know? Give a try!

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Image credit: 2012election.procon.org	Who was the only person to serve as President and Vice President without being elected to office? a. Gerald Ford b. Franklin D. Roosevelt c. George Bush d. Abraham Lincoln Answer: [a] Gerald Ford was the only person to serve as both President and Vice President without being elected to either office.
Image credit:earthtimes.org	Who was the only President to serve more than 2 terms as President? a. Gerald Ford b. Franklin D. Roosevelt c. George Bush d. Abraham Lincoln Answer: [b] The Constitution did not originally contain presidential term limits. The 22nd Amendment, ratified in 1951, restricted presidents to a maximum of two terms. Four-time president Franklin D. Roosevelt (1932, 1936, 1940, 1944) was the only candidate to be elected more than twice.
Image credit: 2012election.procon.org	In 2008, do you know how much money (approximately) was spent by Candidates and Interest groups on Political Advertising ? a. $522 million b. $756 billion c. $1.2 billion d. $2.6 billion Answer: [d] In the 2008 presidential election, candidates and interest groups spent an estimated $2.6 billion on political advertising. No wonder, the election remains as a two party race! Every US President since 1852 has been either a Republican or a Democrat.
Image credit: earthtimes.org	Who was the only bachelor to serve as US President? a. Gerald Ford b. Franklin D. Roosevelt c. James Buchanan d. Abraham Lincoln Answer: [c] James Buchanan, elected in 1856, is the nation's only bachelor president to date.
Image credit:: 2012election.procon.org	If no presidential candidate receives a majority of electoral votes, the U.S. House of Representatives decides the election. Who became the president in spite of not receiving the majority of electoral votes? a. Thomas Jefferson b. Quincy Adams c. James Buchanan d. Al Gore Answer: [a] and [b] Both Thomas Jefferson (1800) and John Quincy Adams (1824) became President inspite of not winning the majority of electoral votes. Al Gore is the only candidate to have won the popular vote but could not become a President as he did not get majority of electoral votes. George W Bush became the President in that election (2000).

Hope you had fun!