U.S. Presidents...
RECORD SETTERS
TALLEST: ABRAHAM LINCOLN (6 FEET 4 INCHES)
SHORTEST: JAMES MADISON (5 FEET 4 INCHES)
HEAVIEST: WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT (OVER300 POUNDS)
BIGGEST FEET: WARREN G.HARDING (SIZE 14)
YOUNGEST ELECTED: JOHN F. KENNEDY (43)
YOUNGEST TO TAKE OFFICE: THEODORE ROOSEVELT (42)
OLDEST ELECTED: RONALD REAGAN (69)
LONGEST-LIVED: GERALD FORD (93 YEARS, 166 DAYS)
LONGEST TIME IN OFFICE: FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT (12 YEARS)
SHORTEST TIME IN OFFICE: WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON (32 DAYS).
FIRST PRESIDENT WHO WAS...
BORN A U.S. CITIZEN: MARTIN VAN BUREN
BORN WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI: HERBERT HOOVER (IOWA)
BORN IN A LOG CABIN: ANDREW JACKSON
BORN IN A HOSPITAL: JIMMY CARTER
BEARDED: ABRAHAM LINCOLN
A BEARDED DEMOCRAT: NONE
ASSASSINATED: ABRAHAM LINCOLN
IMPEACHED: ANDREW JOHNSON
A BOOMER: BILL CLINTON.
FIRST PRESIDENT...
DIED IN OFFICE: WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON
ATTENDED A MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL GAME: BENJAMIN HARRISON
SPOKE ON RADIO: WARREN G. HARDING
APPEARED ON TELEVISION: FRANKLIN D.ROOSEVELT
ESTABLISHED A NATIONAL PARK: ULYSSES S. GRANT (YELLOWSTONE)
PRESIDED OVER SO STATES: DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER
APPOINTED A WOMAN TO HIS CABINET: FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT (FRANCES PERKINS)
APPOINTED AN AFRICAN AMERICAN TO HIS CABINET: LYNDON B. JOHNSON (ROBERT C. WEAVER).
ONLY PRESIDENT WHO...
DIDN'T LIVE IN WASHINGTON: GEORGE WASHINGTON
WAS DEFEATED BY HIS VICE PRESIDENT: JOHN ADAMS (THOMAS JEFFERSON)
FOUNDED A UNIVERSITY: THOMAS JEFFERSON (UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA)
COULD WRITE WITH BOTH HANDS AT THE SAME TIME IN TWO DIFFERENT LANGUAGES: JAMES GARFIELD
HANGED PEOPLE: GROVER CLEVELAND (AS A COUNTY SHERIFF)
SERVED TWO NONCONSECUTIVE TERMS: GROVER CLEVELAND
LATER SERVED AS SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE: WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT
WAS SWORN INTO OFFICE BY HIS FATHER: CALVIN COOLIDGE (JOHN CALVIN COOLIDGE)
RESIGNED: RICHARD NIXON
SERVED AS BOTH VICE PRESIDENT AND PRESIDENT WITHOUT BEING ELECTED TO EITHER OFFICE: GERALD FORD
SURVIVED A BULLET WOUND WHILE IN OFFICE: RONALD REAGAN
EARNED A PH.D.:WOODROW WILSON
EARNED AN MBA: GEORGE W. BUSH
SERVED IN THE 20TH CENTURY AND DIDN'T GRADUATE FROM COLLEGE: HARRY S. TRUMAN.
FAMILY MATTERS...
ONLY CHILDREN: NONE
RAISED WITH HALF-SIBLINGS ONLY: FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, GERALD FORD AND BILL CLINTON
BACHELOR: JAMES BUCHANAN
GOT MARRIED WHILE PRESIDENT: GROVER CLEVELAND AND WOODROW WILSON
DIVORCED: RONALD REAGAN
FATHERED THE MOST CHILDREN: JOHN TYLER (15)
FATHERED ANOTHER PRESIDENT: JOHN ADAMS AND GEORGE H.W. BUSH (JOHN QUINCY ADAMS AND GEORGE W. BUSH)
GRANDFATHER OF ANOTHER PRESIDENT: WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON (BENJAMIN HARRISON)
FATHER-IN-LAW TO CONFEDERATE PRESIDENT: ZACHARY TAYLOR (JEFFERSON DAVIS)
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