On the 8th day of Christmas my true love gave to me. . .

Eight Ohio Presidents

That would be odd to get 8 Ohio presidents for a present. There is a game about the Ohio presidents you can play on-line. You do need Adobe Shockwave Player which you can download. Okay, I played this game and I'm TERRIBLE at it. Basically, you need to know things like "Who was the 29th president" and who was the last president to serve in the Civil War, or some such thing. I knew a few items, but guessed up a storm. Every wrong guess costs points until, eventually, you are booted out of office.

This is fun game to think back to your Ohio history classroom days. Besides the game, there are fairly extensive biographies of each president. Here is one fact per each president to get you started at being a game winner.

William Henry Harrison – The 9th president. Even though it was raining, he delivered the longest inaugural speech in history.

Ulysses S. Grant- The 18th president. His first name was really Hiram.

Rutherford B. Hayes – The 19th president. He used federal troops during a railroad strike.

James A. Garfield – Was the 20th president. He was assassinated and died four months after he took office.

Benjamin Harrison- Was the 23rd president. He served in the Battle of Atlanta during the Civil War.

William McKinley – Was the 25th president and was liked enough to be voted in for two terms, however someone didn't like him and he was assassinated.

William Howard Taft – Was the 27th president. Was the only president to also serve on the Supreme Court.

Warren G. Harding – Was the 29th president who was the owner of the Marion Star newspaper.

You can buy a decanter like the one in the photo from the Jim Beam Decanter Club.