U.S. Presidents Interesting Facts

1. George Washington

The only president to be elected unanimously

2. John Adams

The only president to have a vice president from the opposing Party

3. Thomas Jefferson

Wrote the Declaration of Independence

Louisiana Purchase

4. James Madison

He helped write the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.

5. James Monroe

The last Founding Father to hold office

Missouri Compromise – Made slavery illegal above the 36°30’ line of latitude

6. John Quincy Adams

Son to the second President, John Adams

7. Andrew Jackson

He was the last president to be a prisoner of war

8. Martin Van Buren

One of the founders of the Democratic Party

9. William Henry Harrison

Only served 30 days, the shortest term ever

10. John Tyler

The only president to join the Confederacy

(after his presidency)

11. James K Polk

One of the youngest presidents

Increased the size of the United States by 50%

Manifest Destiny

12. Zachary Taylor

The last president to own slaves while in office

13. Millard Fillmore

The last president from the Whig party

14. Franklin Pierce

The first president with a full-time bodyguard

15. James Buchanan

The first president to have states secede from the union

Led the country to the Civil War

16. Abraham Lincoln

He brought the Union back together.

He kept important notes in his hat.

17. Andrew Johnson

They only Southern senator not to resign during the Civil War

18. Ulysses S. Grant

First president to change his name legally

He pushed through the 15^th amendment to give African-Americans the right to vote.

19. Rutherford B. Hayes

He won by a single electoral vote.

20. James A. Garfield

He came up with the proof of the Pythagorean Theorem

He was assassinated after four months in office

21. Chester A. Arthur

He had a deadly kidney disease he kept secret from everyone.

22 & 24. Grover Cleveland

The only president to have two nonconsecutive terms in office

23. Benjamin Harrison

The last president to have a beard

25. William McKinley

The last president to have served in the Civil War

20^th and 21^st Century Presidents

26. Theodore Roosevelt

The youngest president ever, at the age of 42

27. William Howard Taft

The first president to throw a ceremonial pitch to start the baseball season

He kept a cow on the White House lawn, because he liked his milk fresh.

28. Woodrow Wilson

The only president with a PHD

Women earned the right to vote during his presidency.

WWI

29. Warren G Harding

Bet the White House China on a game of cards and lost

30. Calvin Coolidge

The last president to own a pet raccoon

31. Herbert Hoover

The first President to give his salary away

32. Franklin D Roosevelt

The only president to win 4 successive election victories

33. Harry S Truman

The only president in the 20th century without a college degree

34. Dwight D Eisenhower

The first president to use a helicopter to get around

35. John F Kennedy

Established the Peace Corps program

36. Lyndon B. Johnson

The last president to have a Space Center named after him

37. Richard Nixon

The only president to resign from office

38. Gerald Ford

The only president to serve as vice president and chief executive without being elected

39. Jimmy Carter

The only president to report seeing a UFO

Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002

40. Ronald Reagan

The only president to have been divorced

Only president to have been a movie star

41. George HW Bush

Flew 58 combat missions in World War II

42. Bill Clinton

The only president whose wife became a US senator and Secretary of State

43. George W. Bush

The only president to own a baseball team

44. Barack Obama

The first African-American president