I know that, as I write this, there are only a few hours left in President's Day, but I found these fun presidential facts and thought I'd share them.
- William Taft was the first president to open the baseball season by throwing out the first pitch.
- Nine presidents have never obtained a college degree.
- Truman doesn’t have a middle name.
- Kennedy won a Pulitzer Prize in 1957 before becoming president.
- Eisenhower commanded D-Day.
- Buchanan was the only bachelor president.
- Clinton appointed more women to cabinet positions than any other president.
- Harrison served his term for only one month.
- Ford played college football (and was good at it) before entering the White House.
- Cleveland was the only president to marry and have a baby in the White House.
- Garfield was the only preacher to be elected.
- Washington’s false teeth have become a part of American folklore.
- Hoover presided over the most devastating stock market crash in history.
- Reagan had an intense fondness for jellybeans.
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