United States Presidents 17 - 24

Grover Cleveland

Part of Cleveland's jaw was made of vulcanized rubber, as a result of a secret surgery on a friend's yacht. Wife was the youngest First Lady ever at the age of 21

Benjamin Harrison

He was the first president to have electricity in the White House and was so scared of being electrocuted that he refused to touch the light switches and was known to go to bed with all the lights on.

19th President

Rutherford B. Hayes (1877 - 1881)

Rutherford B. Hayes

The victor of one of the most disputed elections ever; an electoral college win by a single vote. Called "Granny Hayes" because he didn't drink, smoke or gamble.

17th President

Andrew Johnson (1865 - 1869)

23rd President

Benjamin Harrison (1889 - 1893)

21st President

Chester Arthur (1881 - 1885)

Ulysses S. Grant

Grant was supposed to be in Lincoln's theater box on the night of his assassination. he couldn't stand the sight of blood, he dismantled the Ku Klux Klan during his presidency

22nd President

Grover Cleveland (1885 - 1889)

24th President

Grover Cleveland (1893 - 1897)

Ulysses S. Grant

I became a slaveholder when I married Julia Dent, whose family owned a plantation outside of St. Louis. My family hated the practice of slavery so much that they refused to attend the wedding.

James A. Garfield

I was the last president to be born in a log cabin. My father died when I was only 18 months old. I worked my way through school at the Geauga Academy Garfield was ambidextrous and could write in Greek with one hand and in Latin with the other at the same time!

20th President

James A. Garfield (1881 - 1881)

Andrew Johnson

The first president to be impeached,

18th President

Ulysses S. Grant (1869 - 1877)

Chester Arthur

wanted the White House completely redecorated, His solution to pay for all the new furniture.: sell off 24 wagon loads of historical relics, including a pair of Lincoln's pants