<p>President Dwight D. Eisenhower speaks during a dedication ceremony for the McNary Dam on Sept. 23, 1954, in Umatilla.</p>

U.S. presidents have been a fascinating feature of U.S. democracy since the country’s inception. The Founding Fathers knew they didn’t want another king, but also envisioned a properly restrained head of the executive branch.

The president’s duties and powers have shifted since the 1780s. On Monday, we remember the 45 leaders who have defined our country.

Here are eight questions about some of our presidents:

1. Which president traveled to Umatilla to dedicate the McNary Dam?

A. Herbert Hoover

B. Dwight Eisenhower

C. Warren G. Harding

2. Which president was born during George Washington’s administration and has two living grandchildren?

A. John Tyler

B. Millard Fillmore

C. Franklin Pierce

3. Which two presidents died on the same day in 1826, on the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence?

A. Thomas Jefferson and John Adams

B. James Madison and John Quincy Adams

C. James Monroe and Andrew Jackson

4. Which president installed the first library, bathtub and kitchen stove in the White House?

A. George Washington

B. Thomas Jefferson

C. Millard Fillmore

5. Which future president, during a campaign stop at the Pendleton airport in the latter half of the 20th century, was quoted in the East Oregonian as saying “No one in the west does not know about the (Pendleton) Round-Up.”

A. Richard Nixon

B. John F. Kennedy

C. Ronald Reagan

6. Which U.S. president is credited with coining the term “O.K.”?

A. Martin Van Buren

B. Theodore Roosevelt

C. Franklin Roosevelt

7. Which president established Yellowstone as the nation’s first national park?

A. Theodore Roosevelt

B. Ulysses S. Grant

C. Grover Cleveland

8. Who was the first president to be born in a hospital?

A. John F. Kennedy

B. Richard Nixon

C. Jimmy Carter

1. B. Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1954, and the ceremony drew a reported 30,000 people. Eisenhower pushed the button to activate the fifth generator on the dam.

2. A. John Tyler. Lyon Gardner Tyler Jr. was born in 1924 and Harrison Ruffian Tyler was born in 1928. Their father was 75 when the younger son was born, and John Tyler was 63 when their father was born.

3. A. Thomas Jefferson and John Adams. Adams, not knowing that Jefferson had already died, was quoted as whispering his last words, “Jefferson survives.” Adams had defeated Jefferson in the 1800 election, one of only two elections decided by the U.S. House of Representatives.

4. C. Millard Fillmore, who was dismayed to find no Bible in the White House when he took office in 1850. Other presidents kept personal libraries at their own estates, including Thomas Jefferson, who’s collection later started the Library of Congress.

5. C. Ronald Reagan, during his stop on May 22, 1976. Reagan became the oldest person elected president at age 69 in 1981.

6. A. Martin Van Buren, who grew up in Kinderhook, New York, and was known as “Old Kinderhook.”

7. B. Ulysses S. Grant, known best as a Civil War general, created the first national park in the world. He was also the first U.S. president to view the Pacific Ocean.

8. C. Jimmy Carter, born in 1924. Carter was also the first person on his father’s side of the family to graduate high school and went on to study nuclear physics at Annapolis.