Happy Presidents Day! As we celebrate this uniquely American holiday, History Channel has some fascinating facts about the men who have served our country proudly as Commander in Chief.

 

  • 8 Presidents have died in office:
  • William Henry Harrison (pneumonia)
  • Zachary Taylor (gastroenteritis)
  • Abraham Lincoln (assassination)
  • James Garfield (assassination)
  • William McKinley (assassination)
  • Warren Harding (heart attack)
  • Franklin D. Roosevelt (cerebral hemorrhage)
  • John F. Kennedy (assassination)

 

  • James Buchanan is the only bachelor to be elected president
  • Ronald Reagan is the only divorced man to be elected president
  • The United States Marine band has played at every presidential inauguration since 1801
  • Victoria Woodhull was the first woman to run for president, in 1872
  • Only 12 US presidents have been elected to two terms, and actually fulfilled those two terms. Franklin Roosevelt was elected to four terms, before the 22nd Amendment went into effect
  • John F. Kennedy is the youngest to be elected president - 43
  • Ronald Reagan is the oldest to be elected president - 73 (second term)
  • Barack Obama is the 44th president, but in reality there is only 43, because Grover Cleveland is counted twice, for 22nd and 24th terms, which were non consecutive
  • Martin Van Buren was the first natural born citizen to become president, in 1837
  • In 1824, 1876, 1888, and 2000, presidential candidates won the popular vote, but lost the election
  • John Tyler was the first to use 'Hail to the Chief' for the official presidential honors

 

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