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.
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