List of U.S. Presidents with Trivia Tidbits

2. John Adams (1797-1801)
Fact: John Adams died on the same day as Thomas Jefferson.

3. Thomas Jefferson (1801-1809)
Fact: Thomas Jefferson died a few hours before John Adams.

4. James Madison (1809-1817)
Fact: James Madison weighed 100 pounds.

5. James Monroe (1817-1825)
Fact: James Monroe ended his presidency in debt and had to go live with his daughter.

6. John Quincy Adams (1825-1829)
Fact: John Quincy Adams graduated from Harvard College.

7. Andrew Jackson (1829-1837)
Fact: Andrew Jackson killed a man in a duel.

8. Martin Van Buren (1837-1841)
Fact: Martin Van Burn never went to college.

9. William Henry Harrison (1841)
Fact: William Henry Harrison died of pneumonia during his presidency.

10. John Tyler (1841-1845)
Fact: John Tyler named his home Sherwood Forest.

11. James Knox Polk (1845-1849)
Fact: James Knox Polk was friends with Andrew Jackson.

12. Zachary Taylor (1849-1850)
Fact: Zachary Taylor owned 100 slaves.

13. Millard Fillmore (1850-1853)
Fact: Millard Fillmore married his former teacher.

14. Franklin Pierce (1853-1857)
Fact: Franklin Pierce had three children. They all died while they were still children.

15. James Buchanan (1857-1861)
Fact: James Buchanan was the only president who never married.

16. Abraham Lincoln (1861-1865)
Fact: Abraham Lincoln was the first president to be assassinated.

17. Andrew Johnson (1865-1869)
Fact: Andrew Johnson never attended school.

18. Ulysses Simpson Grant (1869-1877)
Fact: Ulysses Simpson Grant died of throat cancer.

19. Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1877-1881)
Fact: Rutherford Birchard Hayes fought in the civil war.

20. James Abram Garfield (1881)
James Abram Garfield was the second president to be assassinated.

21. Chester Alan Arthur (1881-1885)
Fact: Chester Alan Arthur was known for his honesty.

22. Grover Cleveland (1885-1889)
Fact: Grover Cleveland served two terms that were separated by four years.

23. Benjamin Harrison (1889-1893)
Fact: Benjamin Harrison was the grandson of William Henry Harrison.

24. Grover Cleveland (1893-1897)
Fact: Grover Cleveland served two terms that were separated by four years.

25. William Mckinley (1897-1901)
Fact: William Mckinley was the third president to be assassinated.

26. Theodore Roosevelt (1901-1909)
Fact: Teddy Bears were named after Theodore Roosevelt.

27. William Howard Taft (1909-1913)
Fact: William Howard Taft graduated from Yale.

28. Woodrow Wilson (1913-1921)
Fact: Woodrow Wilson earned a doctorate degree from Johns Hopkins University.

29. Warren Gamaliel Harding (1921-1923)
Fact: Warren Gamaliel Harding was a newspaper editor.

30. Calvin Coolidge (1923-1929)
Fact: Calvin Coolidge allowed himself to be photographed wearing cowboy clothes.

31. Herbert Clark Hoover (1929-1933)
Fact: Herbert Clark Hoover refused to have a salary when he was president.

32. Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1933-1945)
Fact: Franklin Delano Roosevelt had poliomyelitis.

33. Harry S. Truman (1945-1953)
Fact: Harry S. Truman ordered a nuclear bomb dropped on Hiroshima.

34. Dwight David Eisenhower (1953-1961)
Fact: Dwight David Eisenhower ordered desegregation in the armed forces.

35. John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1961-1963)
Fact: John Fitzgerald Kennedy was the youngest president elected and the youngest to die.

36. Lyndon Baines Johnson (1963-1969)
Fact: Before Lyndon Baines Johnson became the president, he was a teacher.

37. Richard Milhous Nixon (1969-1974)
Fact: Richard Milhous Nixon pulled American soldiers out of Vietnam.

38. Gerald Rudolph Ford (1974-1977)
Fact: Gerald Rudolph Ford gave Richard Nixon a presidential pardon.

39. James Earl Carter Jr. (1977-1981)
Fact: James Earl Carter Jr. created the Department of Education.

40. Ronald Wilson Reagan (1981-1989)
Fact: Ronald Wilson Reagan acted in 53 films.

41. George Herbert Walker Bush (1989-1993)
Fact: George Herbert Walker Bush was a pilot for the Navy and flew 58 combat mission in World War II.

42. William Jefferson Clinton (1993-2001)
Fact: William Jefferson Clinton's name at birth was William Jefferson Blythe III. After his father died, his mother remarried and he took on the Clinton name.

43. George Walker Bush (2001- )
Fact: George Walker Bush was a F-102 fighter pilot in the Texas Air National Guard.

Sources:
www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/alphabetical.html
www.mountvernon.org/index.cfm
www.americanpresidents.org