World Almanac Kids - The World Almanac 5,001 Incredible Facts for Kids on Americas Past, Present, and Future

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Print ISBN: 978-1-5107-6716-4 Ebook ISBN: 978-1-5107-6717-1 Printed in China John Adams was the first president to live in the White House. James Madison was the shortest president, at just 5 feet, 4 inches (1.63 m) tall. Abraham Lincoln was the tallest president. He was 6 feet, 4 inches (1.9 m) tall. John Tyler had 15 children. George Washington wore false teeth made of ivory, gold, and elephant and walrus tusks.

James Buchanan was the only president who was never married. Rutherford B. Hayes was the first president to have a telephone installed in the White House. The first White House phone number was "1." Benjamin Harrison was the first person to have electricity installed in the White House. However, Benjamin Harrison was too afraid of getting an electric shock to touch the light switches himself. Grover Cleveland was the only president to be married in the White House. Grover Cleveland was the only president to be married in the White House.

Cleveland is also the only president to serve two nonconsecutive terms. After his presidency, William Howard Taft served as the U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice and swore in Presidents Calvin Coolidge and Herbert Hoover. Theodore Roosevelt and Franklin D. Roosevelt were fifth cousins. There have been two father-and-son presidential pairs: John Adams and John Quincy Adams and George H.W.

Bush and George W. Bush. There have been four presidential assassinations: Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley, and Kennedy. James Madison was Princeton Universitys first graduate student. Monrovia, the capital of Liberia, was named after James Monroe. John Quincy Adams enjoyed skinny-dipping in the Potomac River.

Andrew Jackson participated in more than 100 duels. Though he was president on the eve of the Civil War, James Buchanan called the conflict over slavery and states rights "happily, a matter of but little practical importance" in his inaugural address. Richard Nixon is the only president to resign from office. Gerald Ford, who replaced Nixon, was appointed vice president in 1973 and assumed the presidency before ever appearing on a presidential ballot. Ronald Reagan was a successful movie actor before becoming president. While he was president, Grover Cleveland had a secret surgery to remove a cancerous tumor from his mouth.

Theodore Roosevelt was shot while giving a speech. He continued speaking for 90 minutes after the attempted assassination. William Taft, the heaviest president, weighed 340 pounds (154 kg). James Madison was the lightest president. He weighed about 100 pounds (45 kg). Franklin Roosevelt was the only president to serve four terms.

Martin Van Buren was the first president born in the United States. William Henry Harrison was only president for a month before dying of pneumonia. Millard Fillmore and his wife established the first White House library. The middle initial S in Ulysses S. Grants and Harry S. Trumans names doesnt stand for anything.

Rutherford B. Hayes held the first Easter Egg Roll on the White House lawn in 1878. Woodrow Wilson was the first president to have a speech heard on the radio. Herbert Hoover was the first president born west of the Mississippi River. 84. Lyndon Johnson is the only president to be sworn in on an airplane.Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Jimmy Carter, and Barack Obama have all won the Nobel Peace Prize.Donald Trump was the first president who did not have a background in politics or the military.Eight presidents were left-handed: James Garfield, Herbert Hoover, Harry Truman, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, George H.W.

Bush, Bill Clinton, and Barack Obama.Only five presidents have worn beards. All served as president during the 19th century.Five presidents did not have biological children. They were George Washington, James Madison, Andrew Jackson, James Polk, and James Buchanan.Five presidents were elected without winning the popular vote: John Quincy Adams, Rutherford B. Hayes, Benjamin Harrison, George W. Bush, and Donald Trump.Jimmy Carter became the longest living president in March 2019, at age 94 years, 172 days.PRESIDENTIAL PETSHerbert Hoovers son had two pet alligators and an opossum living in the White House.Calvin Coolidge and first lady Grace Coolidge had a pet raccoon named Rebecca that walked on a leash.Theodore Roosevelt and his children had many unusual pets, including a pig, several bears, a badger, a snake named Emily Spinach, and a one-legged rooster.Andrew Jackson had a parrot named Polly who liked to swear. She learned the curse words from Jackson himself.During World War I, Woodrow Wilson had a herd of sheep grazing on the front lawn of the White House.John F.

Kennedys dog, Pushinka, was a gift from the Soviet Union. Security officials checked her for implanted listening devices before she moved into the White House.Pushinkas mother had flown in outer space on one of the Sputnik missions.