Jester Politics Americana Quiz Week 40

Name this President:

I’m a Republican originally from Massachusetts but most think of me as a Texan.  I served as President from 1989-1993.

I’m the youngest person to become a Naval Aviator (pilot) and flew 58 combat missions in WW II.  On one of those missions I was shot down near Bonin Island on September 2, 1944.

I signed the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty with the USSR in July 1991.

I organized a coalition of over 30 countries to remove Iraq from Kuwait. The operation dubbed “Desert Storm” liberated Kuwait in February 1991.  I also ordered the invasion of Panama.

A state has the authority to remove a candidate from the presidential ballot under Section 3 of the 14^th Amendment.

Who was the Supreme Allied Commander of Allied Expeditionary Forces during World War II?

“Seward’s Folly” was the nickname given to which purchase of land by the U.S.?

Which person did NOT sign both the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution?

Who assassinated President Lincoln?

Speaking of assassination, how many American Presidents have been assassinated?

A person can be tried for the same crime once under federal law and again under state law without violating the 5^th Amendment’s prohibition of “double jeopardy.”

How many electoral votes does it take for a candidate to win a presidential election?

If no candidate for President receives a majority of electoral votes, then the House of Representatives selects the President.  How many times has this happened in U.S. History?