Trivia 9-17-19 5 things in common

[Brenal]

All Became President of the United States
All served as officers in the Union Army
All were Republicans

 

[Big Sarge]

1. President of the United States
2. Born in Ohio
3. Civil War veterans

 

[WJC]

What 3 things do US Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes, James A. Garfield, Benjamin Harrison, and William McKinley have in common?

credit: @wingatecivilwar5

These men had more than three things in common, including:
1. All were White men born in Ohio, descendants of immigrants from the British Isles;
2. All were Protestant;
3. All served in the U. S. Army in the Civil War;
4. All served in volunteer units;
5. All served in combat;
6. All were aggressive, sometimes impetuous soldiers;
7. All were critical of cautious commanders;
8. All achieved a rank of Brevet Major or higher;
9. All were respected by their subordinates as 'down to earth' leaders;
10. Politically, all were Republicans;
11. All were elected and served as President of the United States;
12. None are considered 'great' Presidents by modern historians.

Edit - I am able to verify that items 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 10, and 11 are true of all five men. I cannot verify items 6, 7, 9, or 12. Note that according to the rules, if players submit multiple answers, I have to be able to verify that every one of the answers is correct before I can give credit for a correct response.

Please send me a private conversation with sources supporting your contention that items 6, 7, 9, and 12 are all true of all five men.

hoosier

 

[sarladaise]

1. They were US Presidents
2. They were born in Ohio
3. They were Civil War veterans

 

[treebie2000]

What 3 things do US Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes, James A. Garfield, Benjamin Harrison, and William McKinley have in common?

credit: @wingatecivilwar5

Union Soldiers in ACW
Presidents
Buckeyes

 

[Eleanor Rose]

"From 1869 to 1901, five U.S. Presidents were Civil War veterans: U.S. Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes, James A. Garfield, Benjamin Harrison, and William McKinley. All were born in Ohio. Three (Hays, Harrison, and McKinley) were lawyers. All were Republicans and four (all except Grant) served in Congress. Four were generals (McKinley was a major). Grant was the only West Point graduate. Only one (Hayes) was wounded in combat. Two (Garfield and McKinley) were assassinated in office. Two (Grant and McKinley) were re-elected but Harrison was defeated for re-election. Two are more associated militarily and politically with other states: Grant-Illinois and Harrison-Indiana."

Source

 

[Wallyfish]

Been noodling on this one. I guess it is appropriate to add Presidents to my third thing in common. My source has All being from Ohio, CW vets and republican in the body of the verbiage. But the title is CW vets who were Presidents. So Republican US Presidents is a better fit IMHO.

1) All born in Ohio
2) All were Civil War Veterans
3) All were Republican US Presidents

My initial thought was everyone should know that they all were US Presidents, and that being Republican was a better commonality to use as their party affiliation may not be well known. But after I noodled on this for a while, there are plenty of people born in Ohio that were Republican Civil War Veterans, but the true defining commonality is they were US Presidents. I tend to over think these type of questions.

Edit - Your first answer was acceptable.

hoosier

 

[ErnieMac]

1. All were born in Ohio.
2. All served in the Union Army during the Civil War.
3. All were elected President of the United States after the War.

 

[hoosier]

1. They were all males.
2. They were all born during the 19th century.
3. They all became President of the United States.

 

[lelliott19]

1. All of them were US Presidents.
2. All of them were Civil War veterans who had served in the Union Army.
3. All of them were born in Ohio.

 

[Soldier Boy]

*U.S. Presidents
*Served in the U.S. Civil War
*Officers in the U.S. Army
*Held additional Government positions
*Born in the State of Ohio
*Republican political party
*Married with children
*College graduates
*American white males

Edit - According to the following source, McKinley attended several colleges, but did not graduate from any of them.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2015/02/12/which-u-s-presidents-didnt-earn-a-college-degree-two-of-them-are-on-mount-rushmore/

hoosier

Second edit - Soldier Boy has provided a source showing that Albany Law School lists McKinley as an alumnus, so I am accepting that answer.

hoosier

 

[Stone in the wall]

All became president
All were Republicans
All did military service in war time (Harrison was pre civil war)

Edit - I will count the "military service in war time" as a correct answer. Note, however, that Benjamin Harrison did serve in the Civil War.

hoosier

 

[JackADriscoll]

President, Ohio, Union General

 

[ami]

All 5 were Union Veterans, all from Ohio and all 5 served as President of the United States.

sorry typo in the title was my fault

Edit - I am not a fan of "What do ... have in common" type questions, because, as this thread shows, there are probably going to be a great many things that the people had in common in addition to the things the author of the question was thinking about. This makes a lot of work for me, since I have to check out all the alternative answers and try to decide if they are correct.

If anyone's thinking about asking this type of question in the future, I would ask that you please try to word your question so that the players don't have quite so many possible alternative answers.

hoosier