The Earlier Leaders 1789-1981

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Across
  1. 4. had 15 children
  2. 6. the "s" in his name does not stand for anything
  3. 11. only president to speak English as a second language, his first being Dutch
  4. 12. only president who signed the constitution with George Washington
  5. 17. first to hire a female White House staffer
  6. 18. all of the state representatives voted for him
  7. 21. died the same day John Adams died, July 4th, 1826
  8. 24. last Whig president
  9. 25. named after the doctor who delivered him
  10. 27. only president from New Hampshire
  11. 28. helped to advocate the American Invasion of Cuba
  12. 29. first president to have his photo taken while in office
  13. 30. turned down offers from the Detroit Lions and Green Bay Packers
Down
  1. 1. first president to hurl the ceremonial first pitch at a Major League Baseball game
  2. 2. exceptional poker player
  3. 3. officially established the second Sunday in May as Mother’s Day
  4. 5. fifth president, but third to die on July 4th
  5. 7. died the same day Thomas Jefferson died, July 4th, 1826
  6. 8. argued a famous Supreme Court case that freed the captive Africans who had rebelled aboard the Amistad slave ship
  7. 9. blind in his left eye due to an injury in a boxing match
  8. 10. never voted in an election prior to being on the ballot himself
  9. 13. stored letters and documents in his tall stove-piped hat
  10. 14. cared for a family of White House mice, which he called “the little fellows.”
  11. 15. first to have a telephone in the White House
  12. 16. served as a journalist during WW2
  13. 19. died just 32 days after becoming president
  14. 20. appeared on the $500 bill
  15. 22. first known left-handed president
  16. 23. was shot and had a bullet inside him for 40 years
  17. 26. worked on his family's peanut farm