Presidential Trivia
February 21, 2018
Did you know that…
- George Washington’s hair was not, in fact, a wig?
- John Adams died on the same exact date as Thomas Jefferson?
- Thomas Jefferson has a mammoth named after him?
- James Madison was a fan of oyster ice cream?
- The capital of Liberia is named after James Monroe?
- John Q. Adams had a pet alligator?
- Andrew Jackson killed a man in a duel?
- Martin Van Buren’s nickname “Old Kinderhook”, brought the term “O.K.” into usage?
- William Henry Harrison’s term lasted 33 days?
- Two of John Tyler’s grandchildren are still alive?
- James K. Polk was nearly unknown when he won?
- Zachary Taylor didn’t know he was nominated to run?
- Millard Fillmore married his teacher?
- Franklin Pierce is technically the U.S.’s most obscure president?
- James Buchanan never got married?
- Abraham Lincoln held a patent for a device to help steamboats run aground?
- Andrew Johnson was one of only two presidents to be impeached?
- The ‘S’ in Ulysses Grant’s name didn’t stand for anything?
- Rutherford B Hayes held the first annual Easter Egg Roll at the White House?
- James Garfield was the first left-handed president?
- Chester A. Arthur had no Vice President?
- Grover Cleveland was the only president to serve two non-consecutive terms?
- Benjamin Harrison was the first president to have electricity in the White House?
- William McKinley kicked Spain out of 4 territories in 100 days?
- Teddy bears are named after Theodore Roosevelt?
- William Howard Taft once got stuck in the White House bathtub?
- Woodrow Wilson is the only president buried in Washington D.C?
- Warren Harding lost White House fine china in a poker game?
- Calvin Coolidge’s terms are considered the most boring in U.S. history?
- Herbert Hoover has a sport named after him?
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt collected stamps?
- Just like Grant, the ‘S’ in Truman’s name stands for nothing?
- Eisenhower got rid of the White House squirrels?
- John F. Kennedy started the Peace Corps?
- Lyndon B. Johnson was depressed?
- Richard M. Nixon was a model?
- Gerald Ford fell a lot?
- Jimmy Carter farmed peanuts?
- Was Ronald Reagan a Jelly Belly enthusiast?
- George H. W. Bush skydived for his 85th birthday?
- Bill Clinton is the only president with a Grammy?
- George W. Bush is the only president to have run a marathon?
- Barack Obama collects Conan the Barbarian comics?
- Donald Trump will not drink or smoke, due to the death of his oldest sibling?
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