Happy Friday everyone.
I’m filling in for TexDem again while he attends an eye appointment. Thought I’d share some Presidential Trivia today because I’m sure you couldn’t have gone another day without learning that John Quincy Adams Regularly Skinny-Dipped In The Potomac.
Have a great day and better weekend.
Bob
- Madison Was Princeton's First Grad Student
- Martin Van Buren was from Kinderhook, NY which was also called "Old Kinderhook". His support groups came to be known as "O.K. Clubs" and the term OK came to mean "all right".
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When Abe Lincoln moved to New Salem, Illinois in 1831, he ran into a local bully named Jack Armstrong. Armstrong challenged Lincoln to a wrestling match outside of Denton Offutt's store, where Lincoln was a clerk, and townspeople gathered to watch and wager on it. Lincoln won.
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After leaving office, William Taft became the only ex-president to serve as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, effectively becoming the only person to serve as the head of two branches of government.
* Disclaimer: I got all of the above “facts” from the internet. Which I’m sure you will all agree with me is always 100% correct.