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died in office ** assassinated *** resigned
I find it interesting looking at these
photo's, the way they dressed in my
great great grandparents day.. And
even more so, some of the facts found in their histories.
The only bachelor president
to occupy the White House was James Buchanan.
The heaviest President
was William Taft, who weighed between 300 and 340 pounds.
The lightest was James
madison, about 100 pounds.
The oldest elected president
was Ronald Reagan at age 69. The youngest at election
was John F Kennedy age
43. The youngest President was Theodore Rooosevelt, who as Vice-president
took over the office
at age 42 when William McKinley was assassinated.
Three Presidents died
on July 4th; they were John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and James Monroe.
John Adams and Thomas
Jefferson died on the same day- July 4, 1826.
Calvin Coolidge was born
on the 4th of July.
John Adams, the second
president, was the father of the sixth president, John Quincy Adams.
Benjamin Harrison, the
23rd president, was the grandson of the ninth president, William H. Harrison.
William Harrison served
the shortest time in office. He died only one month after being elected.
Franklin D Roosevelt
served the longest as president. he was elected to four consecutive terms,
serving a little more
than 12 years before dying in office.
Grover Cleveland served
as the 22nd president, and again as the 24th president.
The only person who had
served as president without being elected was Gerald Ford. He took over
when
Richard Nixon resigned.
John Tyler the 10th president
was the father of 15 children.
Franklin D Roosevelt
was related by either blood or marriage to eleven other presidents :
John Adams, John Quincy
Adams, Ulysses Grant, William Henry Harrison, Benjamin Harrison,
James Madison, Theodore
Roosevelt, William Taft, Zachary Taylor, Martin Van Buren and George Washington.
Here is more interesting historical data.......
What happens when
a president gets elected in a year with a "0" at
the end?
Also notice it
goes in increments of 20 years.
And LOOK! The year
2000 is where it landed.
1840: William Henry
Harrison (Died in Office)
1860: Abraham Lincoln
(Assassinated)
1880: James A.
Garfield (Assassinated)
1900: William McKinley
(Assassinated)
1920: Warren G.
Harding (Died in Office)
1940: Franklin
D. Roosevelt (Died in Office)
1960: John F. Kennedy
(Assassinated)
1980: Ronald Reagan
(Survived Assassination Attempt)
2000: ??????????????????????????????????
And to think that
we had 2 guys duking it out in the courts to be
the one
elected in 2000!
You might be interested
in this.
Have a history
teacher explain this ---- If they can.
Abraham Lincoln
was elected to Congress in 1846.
John F. Kennedy
was elected to Congress in 1946.
Abraham Lincoln
was elected President in 1860.
John F. Kennedy
was elected President in 1960.
Both were particularly
concerned with civil rights.
Both wives lost
children while living in the White House.
Both Presidents
were shot on a Friday.
Both Presidents
were shot in the head.
Lincoln's secretary
was named Kennedy.
Kennedy's Secretary
was named Lincoln.
Both were assassinated
by Southerners.
Both were succeeded
by Southerners named Johnson.
Andrew Johnson,
who succeeded Lincoln, was born in 1808.
Lyndon Johnson,
who succeeded Kennedy, was born in 1908.
John Wilkes Booth,
who assassinated Lincoln, was born in 1839.
Lee Harvey Oswald,
who assassinated Kennedy, was born in 1939.
Both assassins
were known by their three names.
Both names are
composed of fifteen letters.
Lincoln was shot
at the theater named 'Ford.'
Kennedy was shot
in a car called 'Lincoln' made by Ford.
Booth ran from
the theater and was caught in a warehouse.
Oswald ran from
a warehouse and was caught in a theater.
Booth and Oswald
were assassinated before their trials.
And here's the
kicker:
A week before Lincoln
was shot, he was in Monroe, Maryland.
A week before Kennedy
was shot, he was with Marilyn Monroe.
Weird huh!?!
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