Friday afternoon trivia

ScorpioHR

What President had the "shortest term in Office, and, how long was it?"x:-/

Should anyone post to this thread...I DO know the answerth-up

Parabeagle

Wasn't it William Henry Harrison, or something like that? Caught pneumonia during his inaugural address and died shortly thereafter?

Beave

Correct!!!!!

"He was the first president to die during his term of office, and his administration, which lasted exactly one month, was the shortest in U.S. history."

ScorpioHR

Absolutely right Beave and Parabeage (or is it "Para???LOL) so, what else was unique about this President? And, what did he die of? Play fair, NO google- Hehe, the test goes on!! Have a great weekend.
Scorpio

safety

His ending was an end to the Whigs?

ScorpioHR

beep...wrong Safety!!! LOL

Parabeagle

He died of pneumonia, din't he?

ScorpioHR

Yes, he died of pneumonia-He did not wear a coat or hat at his inaugaration and caught pneumonia-There was one other fact about him that is unusual as Presidents go-Any ideas????

Don D

Well, this is a bit indelicate, but, he was discovered, upon laboratory investigation, to have a miniscule, shall we say, penile member. And the party of opposition claimed in the newspaper that he could, therefore, not pro-create. Am I anywhere close to the correct answer to your scattergun question?

ScorpioHR

noth-down Don D-however it was pretty darn funny! Maybe that was also an issue with him, I do not know! But, it definitely was not the other issue that was a "1st time" event in inaugural history-Wanna try againx:-/

ScorpioHR

Correct Answer....
"The shortest term in office was exactly one month and that was William Henry Harrison. He gave the longest inaugural speech in history and it was on a cold March day as inaugurations used to be in March not in January and he didn't wear a hat, didn't wear a coat, caught pneumonia, died a month later".

"he gave the LONGEST speech in inaugural history" THAT was the final answerx;-) Guess he should have shut up sooner and who knows where that would have taken our history???!!!I wonder if his inaugural speech is anywhere out there, preserved for future generations? I sure would like to know what his said that was so important he ultimately died over it.
Scorpio

Don D

I just can't imagine having this information in my mental filing cabinet. William Henry Harrison.. wasn't he the guy who slid his Harley sideways along the concrete 130 feet into a picnic table full of people eating deviled eggs and BBQ chicken at a lake in Indiana?

ray a

I thought he was riding an Indian. But, more importantly, at the picnic which was served first, the eggs or the chicken?

ScorpioHR

Was it a Harley? I cannot seem to find THAT info in my mental filing cabinet;;) I shall meditate on it and see if a "Nona" will tune in and help me....As for the chicken or the egg, not going there!!!!

Parabeagle

"I sure would like to know what his said that was so important he ultimately died over it.
Scorpio"

He was giving a speech critical of the Swiftboat Veterans for "Truth" and their attempts to distract voters from the issues by dredging up irrelevant information from 30 years ago. x;-)

Yahoo

I've always thought dishonesty & deception were "irrelevant distractions." Really - Kerry is running scared, otherwise there wouldn't be such a furor over a couple of ads.