Obscure American history trivia

Wasn’t trump the first non General with no experience elected? So, the answer is zero?

 

I know it happened during the War of 1812, but can’t remember what place they evacuated to for a few days.

 

Wasn't it York, PA.?

 

Maybe? I recently met someone who lived in York and he mentioned a ton of facts about York that I never knew (Paul revere is buried there). He didn’t say anything about a capital, but I also don’t think he was the definitive source of York History.

 

Another fun fact: Tyler still has living grand children.

 

Pre or post Constitution?

 

Post Constitution

 

The answer is zero, but Taft and Hoover also held no elective office prior to becoming POTUS.

 

Not York, which did serve as the temporary capital during the Revolutionary War. But close.

 

I was thinking Lancaster, Pa (which served for one day during the revolution) but if it was post Constitution I'm not sure.

 

Since we've moved on, the answer is Lincoln's dog Fido who was killed by a drunkard about a year after Lincoln was killed

 

Brookeville, Maryland. James Madison fled there on August 26, 1814 as the British burned Washington. He arrived with a strong box which contained the nation’s treasury. He directed the War from this location until the British left to attack BALTIMORE at Fort McHenry. Where the rockets’ red glare, the bombs burring in air, gave proof through the night ....