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This blog will focus on political images I have found all around the Internet, though I will intersperse some commentary and quotes that I find interesting.
Showing posts with label Presidents. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Presidents. Show all posts
Monday, March 23, 2009
Job Creation
If you've been wondering how the Presidents' economic policies work on job creation in the US., here's a chart that illustrates things...
Friday, February 20, 2009
Thursday, January 08, 2009
The Presidents
President Bush (center in the photo below) invited President-elect Obama and 3 other living, former Presidents to the White House for lunch yesterday. Some photographer took the official photo for the White House archives. Here's the image...
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Thursday, August 07, 2008
50 Fascinating Facts About U.S. Presidents- AARP
The following came from AARP Bulletin, July/August 2008.
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)
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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