Q: Who was the only president never to marry?
A: James Buchanan. Five presidents remarried after the death of their first wives- two of whom, Tyler and Wilson, remarried while in the White House. Reagan was the only divorced president. Six presidents had no children. Tyler - father of fifteen- had the most.
Q: How many Presidents won the popular vote but lost the presidency?
A: Four Presidents Andrew Jackson won the popular vote but lost the election to John Quincy Adams (1824); Samuel J. Tilden won the popular vote but lost the election to Rutherford B. Hayes (1876); Grover Cleveland won the popular vote but lost the election to Benjamin Harrison (1888); Al Gore won the popular vote but lost the election to George W. Bush (2000)
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