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Before becoming president, his jobs included being a lifeguard and baseball announcer. It’s estimated that he saved 77 lives as a lifeguard.
Ronald Reagan
This president loves to golf and owns nearly 20 golf courses all over the world.
Donald Trump
According to the Buffalo Presidential Center, he is the first president to visit Buffalo
James Monroe
This saxophone playing president nominated Madeline Albright to be Secretary of State making her the first woman to hold this position.
Bill Clinton
He kept a sign on his desk that said, "The Buck Stops Here". This meant he would accept responsibility and not blame others for his mistakes.
Harry Truman
Before he became president he was General of the Army of the United States during the Civil War.
Ulysses S. Grant
The first and only president to ever resign from the office had a one lane bowling alley built in the White House.
Richard Nixon
While visiting Buffalo in 2010 he stopped at Duff’s Famous Wings for lunch.
Barack Obama
He was the first left-handed president, the first to have his mother attend his inauguration and the first to conduct a front porch campaign.
James Garfield
When Abraham Lincoln replaced him as President, he was heard saying...."I am the happiest man on earth!"
James Buchanan
This president was the Sheriff of Erie County in 1871
Grover Cleveland
This president was the only president to be elected to four terms loved to spend his spare time collecting stamps.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
This former mayor of Buffalo was the first president to serve two non-consecutive terms.
Grover Cleveland
He was the first president to host the Easter Egg Roll at the White House which is now an annual tradition. He might have called his friends and told them all about it because he was also the first president to have a telephone at his desk!
Rutherford B. Hayes
His famous quote was “Ask not what your country can do for you…ask what you can do for your country.”
John F. Kennedy
Before becoming the vice president for Barack Obama this president was a senator for the state of Delaware for nearly 36 years
This president loved to go swimming in the Potomac. He did it nearly every day - even in the winter.
John Quincy Adams
A surgeon by the name of Roswell Park would have operated on this president who was shot in Buffalo if he wasn't already in surgery with another patient.
William McKinley
This grandson of a former president was the first president to have electricity in the White House and the first president to have his voice recorded.
Benjamin Harrison
This president had one of the most famous campaign slogans ever when he proclaimed "Tippecanoe and Tyler Too!"
William Henry Harrison
Long before he was the first president to be impeached He worked as a tailor in Greenville, TN and would eventually be elected as mayor of the town.
Andrew Johnson
This president who was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross medal for his service as a pilot during WWII decided to celebrate his 75th birthday by skydiving from an airplane.
George H.W. Bush
This president and Buffalo resident created the first permanent library in the White House.
Millard Fillmore
He was the first president to be elected in an election in which women could vote. He was also the first president to visit Alaska. Unfortunately, he died on the way home.
Warren Harding
"54° 40’ or Fight" was the campaign slogan of this hard working president who was also a graduate of the University of North Carolina and the only president who was a Speaker of the House of Representatives
James Polk