Thursday's Presidential Strange But True

[Annie&Hallie'sMom]

Thomas Jefferson's father was one of the surveyors who laid out the Virginia/North Carolina border.

President Ulysses S. Grant was once arrested during his term of office. He was convicted of exceeding the Washington speed limit on his horse and was fined $20.

President William H. Taft was once offered a contract to pitch for the Cincinnati Reds.

Three U.S. presidents have been the sons of clergymen: Chester Arthur, Grover Cleveland, and Woodrow Wilson.

Three Whigs have served as president of the United States: William Henry Harrison, Zachary Taylor, and Millard Fillmore.

President William Howard Taft, weighing 325 pounds at the time, had a special bathtub installed at the White House which was big enough to hold four men.

President William McKinley always wore a red carnation in his lapel for good luck.

Two towns in Vermont claim to be President Chester A. Arthur's birthplace, but recent research supports his opponents' charges that he was born in Canada, and therefore, was not eligible to be president under the U.S. Constitution.

President William McKinley had a pet parrot that he named “Washington Post

 

[olena]

President William McKinley always wore a red carnation in his lapel for good luck

Too bad....

 

[JerseyJanice]

Always a fun read!

Thanks, A&HMom, for posting this.

 

[CarolG]

President Ulysses S. Grant was once arrested during his term of office. He was convicted of exceeding the Washington speed limit on his horse and was fined $20.

I wonder three things.... How fast was he going? What was the speed limit? And how did they figure out he was exceeding the speed limit anyway?

 

[Annie&Hallie'sMom]

Originally posted by CarolG
I wonder three things.... How fast was he going? What was the speed limit? And how did they figure out he was exceeding the speed limit anyway?

The cop got him with the radar gun! Horse was going way over the legal limit!