Things I’ve learned from my reading so far:
-Abe Lincoln once suggested cow dung as a dueling weapon.
-James Madison is the only president to have honorary citizenship in another country. (it’s France)
-Ronald Reagan was the first president to ever be divorced.
-Dolley Madison is the longest serving First Lady or White House Hostess.
-The Kennedys met because Jackie was the camera girl interviewing JFK.
-Edith Wilson is known as “the presidentress” because of her role in making decision on behalf of her husband after he suffered a stoke.
-Grace Coolidge delivered a is the only first lady to give a speech at Gallaudet. (and yes, she did sign it)
-Lincoln was the first president to be born outside of the original 13 states.
-William Henry Harrison gave the longest Inaugural Speech, FDR gave the shortest.
-Andrew Jackson was drunk when he was sworn in as Vice President.
-James Madison is the only president to ever lead troops from the battlefield.
-John Tyler had the nickname of “His Accidency”
-John Quincy Adams wore the same hat every day for 10 years.
-JFK was the first president to never wear a hat.
-Ulysses S Grant’s favorite horse was named Jeff Davis, to mock the president of the Confederacy.
-James Madison once accused Benjamin Franklin of being a British spy.
-Robert Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln’s son, was present for three presidential assassinations.