Happy President’s Day!
Woman in the Middle | February 17, 2014In honor of President’s Day, here are some fun facts about our presidents!
Before 1901, the White House was known as the President’s Palace or the President’s house. In 1901 Teddy Roosevelt officially named the place where the president lives “the White House.”
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Our 11th president, James Polk, was the first to have his photo taken.
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FDR was the first President to ride in an airplane. This photo shows him on his very first flight.
James Garfield was the first left-handed president.
John Tyler had fifteen children, eight with his first wife and seven with his second. He fathered more children than any other president. He was obviously a very busy man, but his poor wives were even busier!
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Benjamin Harrison was the first president to have electricity in the White House. However, sure he would be electrocuted, he would never tough a light switch himself.
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Gerald Ford worked as a fashion model when he was in college. He appeared in a photo spread in Look magazine in 1940 and on the cover of ”Cosmopolitan” magazine in 1942.
Cool! This was fun to read! Thanks for sharing!
Interesting facts, I didn’t know that the White House wasn’t always called the White House.
Those darned Brits burned it in the War of 1812 and we had to paint it because the stone had smoke stains on it. So it started being painted white.But I was surprised at how recently it started being called the White House.
I didn’t know it used to be called the President’s Palace, and as recent as 1900! And I’m glad we had at least one left-handed president. At least one of our president’s was in his right mind (LOL).
Thanks for sharing these fun facts!
Thanks so much for stopping by! I thought the facts I dug up were fun, too. I still can’t figure out how the one fellow had 15 kids. Did you see his photo?!?