Can you name the Stuff I know but I don't quiet know why ?

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First and to date only person to serve in the Senate at age 100Senator from South Carloina
First woman to serve simultaneously as First Lady of a state, and as a SenatorSenator from Maine
First and only President to switch party affiliations during are-election bidSwitched from a Republican affiliation to National Union affiliation
First President to hold an office after being PresidentBecame a Congressman from Massachusetts
First President that had approval ratings reach the 90%Had relatively low approval ratings at the end of his presidency
First President to become a Justice on the Supreme CourtAlso became Chief Justice
First Roman Catholic Vice PresidentAlso first person from Delaware to become Vice President
First openly lesbian to be elected to the House of RepresentativesCurrent Rep of Wisconsin's 2nd District
first openly atheist person to be elected to the House of RepresentativesCurrent Rep of California's 13th District
First Muslim elected to the House of RepresentativesCurrent Rep of Minnesota's 5th District
President who lost in the 1960 election and in the 1962 election for Governor of CaliforniaElected President in 1968
First blind Governor Governor from Arkansas
First incumbent President to lose re-electionFirst Vice President
Only President (other than Washington) to run for President unopposed5th President: Note some people delegates either didn't vote or voted for someone else
Political party to hold the White House for the the most consecutive years3 Presidents with 2 terms each (24 years)
DescriptionPersonExtra clues
First African American woman to win a state in a party's primaryFormer Rep of New York's 12th District
Longest serving woman in the SenateSenator from Maine served from 1949 to 1973 (24 years)
Only President to willingly select a running mate from the opposing PartySelected a Democrat, later chaged party affiliation to the National Union Party
Only President to have 2 non consecutive termsSame last name as a large Ohio city
President who won the most delegates in a single electionWon 525 delegates lost only DC and his opponenst home state
First President to lose his re-elction bid in his party's primaryLost to James Buchanan in the Democratic primary
First woman to become a running mate in an electionRunning mate to Walter Mondale
First election year that Alaska and Hawaii were statesThe President elected was John F. Kennedy
Last Ohioin to become PresidentWon the 1920 election
The number of votes away from convicting Andrew Johnson in his impeachment trial35 Senators voted guilty 19 voted not guilty Constitution require 2/3rds of the Senate to vote guilty (you do the math)
First President with a runnign water bath tubVice President of Zachary Taylor
First election that ralph Nader was on the ballot forAppeared as a write in candidate as 'None of the above' in 2 states and was also on the ballot in the Democratic primary in Massachusetts
Vice president with the most tie-breaker votescasted 29 tie-breaking votes
Name one of 4 presidents that didn't appoint any Supreme Court JusticesNo extra clue
Only President not to have a spouseDefeated Pierce in the primary
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Stuff I know but I don't quite know why Quiz

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