"Hail to the Chief" PRESIDENTS Page Courtesy of the AARP Bulletin magazine (July 2008), some trivia involving the American presidents!  Just a small part of the material from a book titled "Presidential Trivia: The Feats, Fates, Families and Firsts of our American Presidents" by Richard Lederer (published by Gibbs Smith) and is available through the major booksellers: TALLEST president was Abraham Lincoln (6' 4") SHORTEST president was James Madison (5' 4") BIGGEST FEET on a president was Warren G. Harding (sz 14) LONGEST TIME in Office (12 years) by Franklin D. Roosevelt SHORTEST TIME in Office (32 days) by William Henry Harrison OLDEST at INAUGURATION was Ronald Reagan (69)

FIRST to be PRESIDENT over 50 STATES was Dwight D. Eisenhower FIRST to be born in a Log Cabin was Andrew Jackson FIRST born in a Hospital was Jimmy Carter FIRST from the "boomer" generation was Bill Clinton FIRST to speak on the RADIO was Warren G. Harding FIRST to appear on TELEVISION was Franklin Delano Roosevelt FIRST to establish a National Park (Yellowstone) was U.S. Grant

Webmaster Favorite: Presidents who grew up in an "only child" household:  Nobody!  Maybe our brothers and sisters are more important than we realized.

Served as Vice-President and as President without being elected to either office:  Gerald R. Ford Could write with both hands at the same time in two different languages! (Amazing); James Garfield

A president who was also the father of a later president was: John Adams (John Quincy Adams) and more recently, George H. W. Bush (George W. Bush). Father-in-law to a Confederate President: Zachary Taylor (to Jefferson Davis). Grandfather of another president: William Henry Harrison (to Benjamin Harrison). Will the upcoing election generate new fascinating facts?

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