Spiderman and Conan the Barbarian! Your email address will not be published. Real Talk Fun presidential facts. Thomas Jefferson First president to be inaugurated in Washington, D. James Madison Once arrested together with Thomas Jefferson for taking a carriage ride on Sunday in the Vermont countryside … illegal at the time! James Monroe Has a city in Africa named after him: Monrovia, capital of Liberia.
Martin Van Buren Wrote an autobiography after serving as president, and never mentioned his wife of 12 years … not even once. William Henry Harrison Holds the record for longest inauguration speech in history: John Tyler Had more children than any other president: James Polk One of six presidents named James! Zachary Taylor Kept his favorite horse on the White House lawn. Millard Fillmore His wife Abigail had the first running-water bathtub installed in the White House keep reading to learn who frequently got stuck in said bathtub!
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Franklin Pierce Took the oath of office with his hand on a law book, not the Bible. James Buchanan Still the only bachelor president!
Andrew Johnson The only tailor ever to be president: Grant Smoked upwards of 20 cigars a day! James Garfield First president ever to talk on the phone. Chester Arthur A well-dressed man, Arthur was said to own 80 pairs of pants. William McKinley Said to have worn a red carnation in his lapel, which he gave to a young girl just moments before his assassination. Theodore Roosevelt Every member of his family owned a pair of stilts … even the first lady! Warren Harding A bit of a gambling addict, he allegedly lost a set of White House china in a poker game.
Calvin Coolidge The only president born on the 4th of July. Herbert Hoover Hoover's family had two pet alligators, which sometimes strolled into the White House. Roosevelt Fifth cousin of Theodore Roosevelt: Truman had no middle name. Eisenhower Was a qualified pilot. Kennedy Got into Harvard even though his father's recommendation letter noted that the boy was "careless" and "lacking application.
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It is that you may never become president of the United States. At 42 years, 10 months, 18 days old, Teddy Roosevelt was the youngest man to hold the office of president. Ronald Reagan was the oldest at 69 years 11 months. Kennedy was the youngest to be elected president.
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Teddy Roosevelt was blind in his left eye due to an injury in a boxing match. Kennedy was the first president who was a Boy Scout. Woodrow Wilson was buried at the Washington National Cathedral. He is the only president buried in Washington, D. Andrew Jackson was shot in the chest during a gun duel, but managed to stay standing and shoot and kill his opponent. The bullet could not be safely removed and remained in his chest for the next 40 years. After working at a Baskin-Robbins as a teen, President Obama no longer likes ice cream.
Martin Van Buren was the first president to be born as a citizen of the United States. The presidents before him were born as British subjects. Martin Van Buren was the only president to speak English as a second language. His first language was Dutch.
William Henry Harrison was the ninth president. His grandson, Benjamin Harrison, was the 23rd president.
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John Tyler had 15 children. The White House must have been hopping! Polk was the first president to have his photograph taken while in office. William Henry Harrison died just 32 days after becoming president. He died from a cold he got while standing in the rain giving his inauguration speech. Comments are subject to moderator review and may not appear immediately on the site. A user's first several comments must be manually approved by a moderator. Please read our commenting policy before posting. Information from the News and our advertisers Want to add your business to this to this feed?
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