Strange facts about the US Presidents

With the installation of Donald Trump as the new US President today, may I share with you some curious and interesting, yet strange facts about past Presidents.

Previous jobs of some Presidents:  Jimmy Carter was a peanut farmer, Andrew Johnson was a tailor, Harry Truman was a haberdasher, selling hats  and men’s clothing, and Ronald Reagan was a Hollywood actor.

Teddy Roosevelt was the first president to ride in a car while in office. His fifth cousin and the 32nd president, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, was the first to ride in an airplane. 

The only President who studied to become a medical doctor was William Henry Harrison. 

The 18th president of the United States, Ulysses S. Grant, was given a $20 speeding ticket for riding his horse and buggy too fast down a street in Washington, D.C.

The White House's first website went online in October 1994 during President Bill Clinton's administration.

James Buchanan is the only president who never married.

Woodrow Wilson is the only president buried in Washington, D.C.

Herbert Hoover refused to accept a salary for his presidency and gave all of his federal pay checks to charity.

Richard Nixon was the first president to visit all 50 states.

James Monroe was the first president to have an outdoor inauguration in Washington, D.C.

Martin van Buren was the first president to be born an American. All previous presidents were originally British subjects, having been born prior to 1776. 

William Henry Harrison lasted only 32 days in office, the shortest stint of any president.

 

John Tyler had 15 children, the most of any president.

Abraham Lincoln was the tallest president at 6’4”. James Madison, was the shortest, only 5 feet, 4 inches.

Rutherford Hayes was the first president to have a telephone in the White House in 1880.