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Fought over 20 Duels because People dissed his wife
Andrew Jackson
Known for skinny dipping in the Potomac River every morning.
John Quincy Adams
Our smallest president stood at 5'4" and weighed around 100 pounds.
James Madison
The first president to be impeached
Andrew Johnson
He sustained a groin and knee injury during a battle in 1847 when he was thrown against the pommel of his horse.
Franklin Pierce
Which President Married Their 5th cousin
Franklin D Roosevelt
Was really afraid of the number 13 and refused to have dinner with that number of people or leave for a trip on the 13th of any month.
FDR
Biggest president in history
William Howard Taft
He was the first president who faced impeachment.
John Tyler
Made Christmas a national holiday in 1870.
Ulysses S Grant
First wife, Abigail Powers, was his teacher while he was a 19-year-old student at the New Hope Academy in New York.
Millard Filmore
Had a morning ritual of having someone rub Vaseline on his head while he ate breakfast. Also Had two pet raccoons
Calvin Coolidge
One of only nine men who have ever attained the rank of five-star general
Holds the title of the first president to be born in the U.S.
Martin Van Buren
Everyone pretty much hated him. He was expelled from his own party during his presidency, his entire cabinet resigned over his policies, and one newspaper called him a "poor, miserable, despised imbecile" and The New York Times called him "the most unpopular public man that had ever held any office in the United States" in his own obituary
John Tyler
On his last day in office, four women offered him their hands in marriage.
Chester Arthur
Requested his servants be "invisible." Their choices: jump into closets to hide when Hoover entered a room or be fired. He also had 2 Pet alligators.
Herbert Hoover
He ran unopposed for his re-election, something that has only happened one other time in U.S. history (George Washington).
James Monroe
He was the first president to have electricity in the White House and was so scared of being electrocuted that he refused to touch the light switches and was known to go to bed with all the lights on.
Benjamin Harrison
was pretty unpopular while in office, leading to his own party refusing to renominate him. His reply to being cast out: "There is nothing left to do but get drunk." Also ran a chick over with his Horse
Franklin Pierce
Said this about another President "Murder, robbery, rape, adultery, and incest will be openly taught and practiced, the air will be rent with the cries of the distressed, the soil will be soaked with blood and the nation black with crimes."
John Adams about Thomas Jefferson
Became the legal guardian to his friend's 11-year-old orphaned daughter. 10 years later, they were married at the White House, making her the youngest First Lady ever at the age of 21
Grover Cleveland
The only president who was a lifelong bachelor.
James Buchanen
Wrote the first biography of a president written by another president.
Herbert Hoover about Woodrow Wilson
When he was 17 he needed surgery to have some kidney stones removed. He had some brandy to numb the pain but was awake for the entire procedure
James K Polk