Jester Politics Americana Quiz Week 30 Christmas Edition; Merry Christmas To All!

Name this President:

I’m from Tennessee, was a Democrat, and was Honest Abe’s Vice President.  I became President when Honest Abe was assassinated and served in that position from 1865 to 1869.

Like Honest Abe, I grew up poor and had little formal schooling.

I was the first President to be impeached but survived removal by 1 vote.

I was a Tennessee Senator during Lincoln’s first term and the only senator from a state that ceded to remain loyal to the Union.

In 1867 my secretary of state negotiated the purchase of Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million. His critics dubbed it “Seward’s Folly.” 92 years later Alaska would become the 49th state and prove to have an abundance of natural resources.

On Christmas day 1968 the first manned space mission orbited the moon.  What is the name of that mission?

In on Christmas day in 1868 this President issued a blanket pardon to “all and every person” who had fought against the United States in the Civil War.

The first recorded celebration of Christmas occurred in Rome in which year?

On Christmas Day in 1776 George Washington and 24,000 troops crossed which river to attack German troops fighting for the British.  Which river did they cross?

The Treaty of Ghent was signed on Christmas Eve and ended which war?

Which President presided over the lighting of the First National Christmas Tree on White House grounds on Christmas Eve?

On Christmas Eve of which year did Bob Hope perform his last live Christmas show in Vietnam?

On Christmas Day 1896, John Philip Sousa's lasting legacy – “Stars and Stripes Forever” came to him.

Though there are conflicting reports, the White House Historical Association states that the first President to put up a Christmas Tree in the White House was?