Trivia: Who was the first sitting U.S. President to ride a train?
Andrew Jackson
Teddy Roosevelt
Abraham Lincoln
Martin Van Buren
Correct Answer: Andrew Jackson
So why is this answer correct? : Trains have a rich history in United States politics — among other things, they helped 19th-century candidates crisscross the nation and were often the site of stump speeches. But until the early 1800s, trains were unheard of in the United States. And it wasn’t until 1833 that a President first rode on one of these so-called “Iron Horses.” That President was Andrew Jackson, who stepped aboard a Baltimore & Ohio Railroad train in order to take a pleasure trip from Washington, D.C., up to Baltimore.