US Presidents

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  1. 3. He was the third president to die on the 4th of July, passing away in 1831.
  2. 7. He had 15 children, the most of any president.
  3. 11. He was the only president to hold a PhD.
  4. 14. He died just 31 days into his term, serving the shortest presidency in history.
  5. 15. He was the first African American president in United States history.
  6. 17. He was a skilled musician who played five instruments: piano, saxophone, clarinet, accordion, and violin.
  7. 18. He had the first telephone in the White House.
  8. 20. He is the only U.S. president in history never to have been elected as president or vice president by the Electoral College.
  9. 21. He was the first president to live in the White House.
  10. 24. He was highly fashionable and owned around 80 pairs of trousers.
  11. 26. His 1793 second inaugural address was the shortest ever at only 135 words.
  12. 28. He was the oldest to ever serve as US president.
  13. 29. He often swam naked in the Potomac River, and a female reporter allegedly had to sit on his clothes to get an interview.
  14. 32. He is the first U.S. president to take office after losing the popular vote.
  15. 33. He and his wife spoke Mandarin Chinese to each other in the White House to prevent staffers from eavesdropping.
  16. 34. Standing only 5'4", he was the shortest president.
  17. 36. He never voted in an election prior to being on the ballot himself.
  18. 38. He was ambidextrous and could write in both Latin and Greek at the same time.
  19. 39. He was a tailor before entering politics and often made his own suits.
  20. 40. He has the highest rate of making false claims than any other president in history.
  21. 41. He is the only person to have been divorced before taking office.
  22. 42. He was the first president to retire after only one term and not seek re-election.
  23. 43. He was the last president to serve in the Civil War.
  24. 44. He liked to have his head rubbed with Vaseline while eating breakfast in bed.
  25. 45. He was once fined $20 for speeding in his horse and buggy on a Washington D.C. street.
Down
  1. 1. He often continued meetings with staff while using the bathroom.
  2. 2. He was arrested while in office for running over an old woman with his horse.
  3. 4. He was the first president to have electricity in the White House.
  4. 5. He was the first president to play golf and throw out the first pitch at a MLB game.
  5. 6. He taught his pet parrot how to curse; the parrot allegedly had to be removed from Jackson's funeral for swearing.
  6. 8. He is the only U.S. president to have been a Rhodes Scholar.
  7. 9. He was the first American to win a Nobel Peace Prize.
  8. 10. He is widely recognized as the only U.S. president who did not order a military attack, bombing, or invasion during his term.
  9. 12. He lost a set of White House china in a poker game.
  10. 13. He is the only president to be elected to four terms.
  11. 16. He was a bachelor when he entered office and is the only president to get married in the White House.
  12. 19. He was reportedly the most handsome man Queen Victoria had ever seen.
  13. 22. He was the first president born of a U.S. citizen (rather than a British subject).
  14. 23. He was the only person to have been divorced before taking office.
  15. 25. He smuggled Italian rice seeds—considered superior to American ones—which was a crime punishable by death at the time.
  16. 27. He is the only 20th-century president to have never received a college degree.
  17. 30. He is the only president to have received a patent for an invention (a device for lifting ships).
  18. 31. He was the first president to appear in a color television broadcast.
  19. 35. He is the only president who never married.
  20. 37. He was the only president to win a Pulitzer Prize.