Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1) Who was the first president to have been photographed while in office?

2)  This president presented his SOTU speech six times in person and twice in written form.

3)  This Creole musician from New Orleans claimed to be the "Inventor of Jazz."

4)  Whose band was Louis Armstrong going to join when he left New Orleans for Chicago?

Answers:

1)  James Polk was photographed by Mathew Brady on this date in 1849. Brady later became famous for his Civil War photographs.

2)  Woodrow Wilson.  He delivered the speech in person six times, then suffered a stroke, necessitating the last two addresses to be in written form.

3)  One of the most influential musicians in the beginning of jazz - Jelly Roll Morton.

4)  King Oliver