Presidential Facts

Learn these Presidential facts and look like a genius to family & friends!

Did you know?

•  Herbert Hoover was  the first of two U.S. Presidents to refuse a presidential salary (the second being John F. Kennedy).
• James Garfield could write Latin with one hand while writing in Greek with the other
• Franklin Delano Roosevelt is the only president to serve more than two terms

Uneducated...or Unschooled?

Do you know that there are nine presidents that never went to college?

1. George Washington- became a general in the military, a surveyor and a planter.

2 .Andrew Jackson- was a Major General in the military

3 .Martin Van Buren- became a lawyer

4. Zachary Taylor- Major General in the military

5. Millard Fillmore- Military (Major) and Lawyer

6. Abraham Lincoln- Clerk, Captain in the military, lawyer

7. Andrew Johnson- tailor, Brigadier General in the military

8. Grover Cleveland- Clerk, Teacher, Lawyer

9. Harry S Truman- Colonial in the military, bank clerk, farmer, business, politician

How many presidents died while in office?

Eight

William Henry Harrison - died of pneumonia and pleurisy
Zachary Taylor - died of acute gastroenteritis
Warren G. Harding died of a heart attack
Franklin D. Roosevelt died of a cerebral hemorrhage


Abraham Lincoln - assassinated
James A. Garfield - assassinated
William McKinley - assassinated
John F. Kennedy - assassinated

Presidents that had 2 first ladies:

Two - John Tyler and Woodrow Wilson

Who was the only president to never be married?

James Buchanan

Now that you now a few facts, aren't the Presidents much more interesting?