Something you wouldn’t expect from one of the most famous politicians in American history: Jefferson hated public speaking so much that he only gave two speeches in his presidency, one per term. Vandalizing Shakespeare’s chair isn’t the only chair-related Jefferson trivia: he invented the swivel chair! Thomas Jefferson (1801-1817) Photo: Wiki Commons Adams called him “a mean-spirited, low-lived fellow, the son of a half-breed Indian squaw, sired by a Virginia mulatto father” and, in an attack ad, warned of the consequences of a potential Jefferson presidency: “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.” And we thought the 2016 election cycle was out of control!Īs Fate would have it, both Adams and Jefferson died on the same day, July 4, 1826, the 50th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. He died from a cold he got while standing in the rain giving his inauguration speech.Years later, Adams was embroiled in an election battle against his Vice President Jefferson. William Henry Harrison died just 32 days after becoming president.Polk was the first president to have his photograph taken while in office. His grandson, Benjamin Harrison, was the 23rd president. William Henry Harrison was the 9th president.Martin Van Buren was the only president to speak English as a second language.The presidents before him were born as British subjects. Martin Van Buren was the first president to be born as a citizen of the United States.Bill Clinton enjoys playing the saxophone and was a member of a band called "Three Blind Mice" in high school.After working at a Baskin-Robbins as a teen, President Obama no longer likes ice cream.Barack Obama won a Grammy Award in 2006 for his voice on the audio book Dreams From My Father.Bush is the only president to have earned a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree. The bullet could not be safely removed and remained in his chest for the next 40 years. Andrew Jackson was shot in the chest during a gun dual, but managed to stay standing and shoot and kill his opponent.He is the only president buried in Washington D.C. Woodrow Wilson was buried at the Washington National Cathedral.Kennedy was the first president who was a Boy Scout. When Ronald Reagan was shot by an assassin in 1981, he joked "I forgot to duck".Teddy Roosevelt was blind in his left eye due to an injury in a boxing match.Kennedy was the youngest to be elected president. Joe Biden was the oldest at 78 years, 61 days.
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