US PRESIDENT HISTORY
*This president had a morning ritual of having someone rub Vaseline on his head while he ate breakfast.*
*Calvin Coolidge (30)*
*This president had two raccoons named Reuben and Rebecca, who would sometimes run around the White House.*
*Calvin Coolidge (30)*
*This president is the oldest elected president at the age of 70.*
*Donald Trump (45)*
*He was the first "term-limited" president in accordance with the 22nd amendment.*
*Dwight Eisenhower (35)*
*This president's first wife and mother both died on Valentine's Day in 1884.*
*Theodore Roosevelt (26)*
*This president hated public speaking so much that he only gave two speeches in his presidency, one per term.*
*Thomas Jefferson (3)*
*This president dismantled the Ku Klux Klan during his presidency (they unfortunately regrouped decades later).*
*Ulysses Grant (18)*
*He gave the longest inauguration speech ever (8,445 words over 90 minutes) on a wet, cold day in 1841. He fell ill soon thereafter and died 33 days into his presidency.*
*William Henry Harrison (9)*
*He was the first president to die in office.*
*William Henry Harrison (9)*
*He was the last president to have served in the American Civil War.*
*William McKinley (25)*
*This president considered carnations his good luck charm and wore them everywhere. On September 6, 1901, he gave a little girl the carnation from his lapel and was shot by an assassin a short time later. He died the following week.*
*William McKinley (25)*
*He is the heaviest US president in history weighing 335 lbs. He once was stuck in a White House bathtub.*
*William Taft (27)*
*This president was the largest president weighing over 350 lbs. He installed a custom bathtub that could accommodate four normal-sized men.*
*William Taft (27)*
*This president's wife had 80 Japanese cherry trees planted along the banks of the Potomac River.*
*William Taft (27)*
*He is the tallest president in history (6 ft 4 in.).*
*Abraham Lincoln (16)*
*He was the first president to be assassinated.*
*Abraham Lincoln (16)*
*A popular rumor is that this president taught his pet parrot how to curse.*
*Andrew Jackson (7)*
*This president was involved in an estimated 100 duels, usually because someone said something negative about his wife.*
*Andrew Jackson (7)*
*He is the first American president to be impeached.*
*Andrew Johnson (17)*
*He is the first African American president of the United States.*
*Barack Obama (44)*
*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.*
*Benjamin Harrison (23)*
*This president was called the "human iceberg" by some for how stiff he was with people.*
*Benjamin Harrison (23)*
*He was the first president from the baby boomer generation.*
*Bill Clinton (42)*
*He is the only president to born on Independence Day (July 4th).*
*Calvin Coolidge (30)*
*He was the only president that had polio (paralysis of the lower body) which was hidden and protected by the media throughout his career.*
*Franklin D. Roosevelt (32)*
*He was the only president that was elected four times.*
*Franklin D. Roosevelt (32)*
*He is the president when terrorist attacked the United States on September 11, 2001. He established the Department of Homeland Security.*
*George W. Bush (43)*
*He is the first president of the United States.*
*George Washington (1)*
*He wore false teeth.*
*George Washington (1)*
*He became the first unelected president in the nation's history following the resignation of President Richard Nixon.*
*Gerald Ford (38)*
*His real name was Leslie Lynch King, Jr.*
*Gerald Ford (38)*
*The youngest First Lady ever at the age of 21 of this president.*
*Grover Cleveland (22)*
*This president's jaw was made of vulcanized rubber, as a result of a secret surgery on a friend's yacht.*
*Grover Cleveland (22)*
*He was the only president to serve two nonconsecutive terms.*
*Grover Cleveland (24)*
*This president met his wife, Bess, in Sunday school when he was six.*
*Harry S. Truman (33)*
*He was the last president to not have a college degree.*
*Harry Truman (33)*
*The only president to never marry.*
*James Buchanan (15)*
*This president was ambidextrous and could write in Greek with one hand and in Latin with the other at the same time!*
*James Garfield (20)*
*Every party has a pooper and this president was a pooper. He banned booze, card playing and dancing from the White House.*
*James K. Polk (11)*
*He is the lightest US president in history weighing 98 lbs.*
*James Madison (4)*
*This president is the smallest president at 5'4″ and weighed around 100 pounds.*
*James Madison (4)*
*Due to his penchant for outdated Revolutionary War era dress, this president's nickname was "The Last Cocked Hat."*
*James Monroe (5)*
*These two presidents died on the same day, July 4, 1826, the 50th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.*
*John Adams and Thomas Jefferson*
*This president received $1 million on his 21st birthday.*
*John F. Kennedy (35)*
*This president is the last of the founding fathers to serve as president.*
*John Monroe (5)*
*He is the first president ever photographed.*
*John Quincy Adams (6)*
*He is the son of a former president and founding father.*
*John Quincy Adams (6)*
*This president was known for skinny dipping in the Potomac River every morning.*
*John Quincy Adams (6)*
*He was the first vice-president to be elevated to the office of president by the death of his predecessor, President William H. Harrison.*
*John Tyler (10)*
*This president was heavily despised. Upon his death, Lincoln didn't issue a mourning proclamation and flags were not placed at half-mast.*
*John Tyler (10)*
*These are the four presidents that were assassinated.*
*Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley, and Kennedy.*
*He holds the title of the first president to be born in the U.S.*
*Martin Van Buren (8)*
*He was the last president not to be either a Democrat or Republican (whig).*
*Millard Fillmore (13)*
*This president married his schoolteacher.*
*Millard Fillmore (13)*
*He was the only president ever to resign from office.*
*Richard Nixon (37)*
*This president loved to bowl so much that he had a one-lane alley put in the basement of the White House.*
*Richard Nixon (37)*
*This president Was called "Granny Hayes" because he didn't drink, smoke or gamble.*
*Rutherford Hayes (19)*
*A toy maker did just that by producing "Teddy Bears" in his honor, after news got out that this president refused to shoot a bear cub on a hunting trip.*
*Theodore Roosevelt (26)*
*He was the youngest man "elected" as president (age 42).*
*Theodore Roosevelt (26)*
*He was the president during the World War I during his second term. Towards the end of his second term, he suffered a severe stroke that left his wife largely in control of the White House.*
*Woodrow Wilson (28)*