In honor of all Presidents, past and present, here’s a list of pretty inconsequential facts about various commanders-in chief throughout our history.  If you ever wanted to know how fat William Howard Taft was, then you’ve come to the right place.

• Martin Van Buren was the first president born in the new United States.
• James Buchanan was the only bachelor president.
• James Garfield was the first left-handed president.
• William Taft was the largest president at 6 feet 2 inches tall and 326 pounds.
• James Madison was the shortest president at 5 feet 4 inches.

• Theodore Roosevlet was the youngest president at 42 years old.
• Ronald Reagan was the oldest leaving office at 77 years old.
• Herbert Hoover was the first president born west of the Mississippi.
• John F. Kennedy was the first president elected to be born in the 20th century (May 29, 1917)
• John Adams and Thomas Jefferson both died on July 4th, 1826.
• John Quincy Adams swam daily in the Potomac River.
• John Tyler was the first to become president through death of the current president.
• William Henry Harrison died one month after delivering the longest inaugural speech at 1 hour 45 minutes.
• Abraham Lincoln was the first president to be assassinated.
• Grover Cleveland was the only president to serve two nonconsecutive terms.
• James Garfield could write Greek with one hand and Latin with the other simultaneously.
• Benjamin Harrison was the only grandson of a president to become president.
• John Quincy Adams was the only former president to serve in the House of Representatives.
• Andrew Jackson and Andrew Johnson were the only former presidents to serve in the Senate.
• The teddy bear was named for Theodore Roosevelt because he refused to shoot a bear cub while hunting.
• Woodrow Wilson kept sheep to trim the White House lawn.
• At 4 terms, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was elected to more terms than any other president.
• Richard Nixon was the only president to resign.
• Gerald Ford was the only president not elected into office.
• Jimmy Carter was the first president born in a hospital.

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