Can you name the Presidents by Their Last Recorded Words?

created by PopeCharming
  • Enter a president in the box below
  • Correctly named presidents will show up below
  • Click any empty Last Words or President to answer for that location
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  • Can you guess by the president by his departing words? (Hint: No last words were recorded for presidents Pierce, Arthur, Taft, Truman, Ford, or Reagan.)
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Last WordsPresidentYear of Death
'It doesn't really matter.'
'Please put out the light.'
'Doctor, I am going. Perhaps it is best.'
'I have tried so hard to do what is right.'
'Nearer, my God, to Thee. Nearer to Thee. We are all going, we are all going, we are all going...oh dear.'
'I am about to die. I expect the summons very soon. I have tried to discharge my duties faithfully.'
'Are the doctors here? Doctor...my lungs.'
'I always talk better lying down.'
'Oh, Swaim, there is a pain here. Swaim, can't you stop this? Oh, Swaim!'
'I've always loved my wife, my children, my grandchildren, and my country. I want to go. I'm ready to go. God take me.'
'Is it the Fourth?'
'That's good. Go on, read some more.'
'My right side is paralyzed. I need no doctor. I can overcome my troubles.'
''Tis Well'
'I have a terrific headache.'
'Levi Strauss was one of my best friends.'
Last WordsPresidentYear of Death
'I know that I am going where Lucy is.'
'Sir, I wish you to understand the true principles of government. I wish them carried out. I ask nothing more.'
'Thomas Jefferson survives.'
'That is very obvious.'
'Whatever the result may be, I shall carry to the grave the consciousness that at least I meant well for my country.'
'Water'
'Help'
'I love you, Sarah. For all eternity, I love you.'
'I am a broken piece of machinery. When the machine is broken, I am ready, Edith.'
'Send Mike immediately'
'I hope to meet you all in heaven. Be good children, all of you, and strive to be ready when the change comes.'
'The nourishment is palatable.'
'Good morning, Robert.'
'There is but one reliance'
'I regret that I should leave this world without again beholding him.'
'This is the last of Earth. I am content.'
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Presidents by Last Words Quiz

  1. by PopeCharming
  • Created Sep 30, 2010 in History
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