The Earlier Leaders 1789-1981

4. had 15 children
6. the "s" in his name does not stand for anything
11. only president to speak English as a second language, his first being Dutch
12. only president who signed the constitution with George Washington
17. first to hire a female White House staffer
18. all of the state representatives voted for him
21. died the same day John Adams died, July 4th, 1826
24. last Whig president
25. named after the doctor who delivered him
27. only president from New Hampshire
28. helped to advocate the American Invasion of Cuba
29. first president to have his photo taken while in office
30. turned down offers from the Detroit Lions and Green Bay Packers

1. first president to hurl the ceremonial first pitch at a Major League Baseball game
2. exceptional poker player
3. officially established the second Sunday in May as Mother’s Day
5. fifth president, but third to die on July 4th
7. died the same day Thomas Jefferson died, July 4th, 1826
8. argued a famous Supreme Court case that freed the captive Africans who had rebelled aboard the Amistad slave ship
9. blind in his left eye due to an injury in a boxing match
10. never voted in an election prior to being on the ballot himself
13. stored letters and documents in his tall stove-piped hat
14. cared for a family of White House mice, which he called “the little fellows.”
15. first to have a telephone in the White House
16. served as a journalist during WW2
19. died just 32 days after becoming president
20. appeared on the $500 bill
22. first known left-handed president
23. was shot and had a bullet inside him for 40 years
26. worked on his family's peanut farm