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<blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 1529304" data-attributes="member: 1246"><p>More Presidential Facts:</p><p></p><p><strong>THE TERM "First Lady" was used first in 1849 when President Zachary Taylor called Dolley Madison "First Lady" at her state funeral. It gained popularity in 1877 when used in reference to Lucy Ware Webb Hayes. Most First Ladies, including Jackie Kennedy, are said to have hated the label.</strong></p><p></p><p><strong>JAMES BUCHANAN was the only president never to marry. Five presidents remarried after the death of their first wives——two of whom, Tyler and Wilson, remarried while in the White House. Reagan was the only divorced president. Six presidents had no children. Tyler——father of fifteen——had the most.</strong></p><p></p><p><strong>PRESIDENTS LINCOLN, Garfield, McKinley, and Kennedy were assassinated in office.</strong></p><p></p><p><strong>ASSASSINATION ATTEMPTS were made on the lives of Jackson, T. Roosevelt, friend. Roosevelt, Truman, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, G. H. W. Bush, Clinton, and G. W. Bush.</strong></p><p></p><p><strong>EIGHT PRESIDENTS died in office: W. Harrison (after having served only one month), Taylor, Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley, Harding, friend. Roosevelt, and Kennedy.</strong></p><p></p><p><strong>PRESIDENTS ADAMS, Jefferson, and Monroe all died on the 4th of July; Coolidge was born on that day.</strong></p><p></p><p><strong>KENNEDY AND TAFT are the only presidents buried in Arlington National Cemetery.</strong></p><p></p><p><strong>LINCOLN, JEFFERSON, friend. Roosevelt, Washington, Kennedy, and Eisenhower are portrayed on U.S. coins.</strong></p><p></p><p><strong>WASHINGTON, JEFFERSON, Lincoln, Jackson, Grant, McKinley, Cleveland, Madison, and Wilson are portrayed on U.S. paper currency.</strong></p><p><strong> *The above information provided as courtesy of Borgna Brunner, who derived from "Facts About the Presidents" by Joseph Nathan Kane as posted on <a href="http://www.infoplease.com/spot/prestrivia1.html" target="_blank">http://www.infoplease.com/spot/prestrivia1.html</a></strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="moreluck, post: 1529304, member: 1246"] More Presidential Facts: [B]THE TERM "First Lady" was used first in 1849 when President Zachary Taylor called Dolley Madison "First Lady" at her state funeral. It gained popularity in 1877 when used in reference to Lucy Ware Webb Hayes. Most First Ladies, including Jackie Kennedy, are said to have hated the label.[/B] [B]JAMES BUCHANAN was the only president never to marry. Five presidents remarried after the death of their first wives——two of whom, Tyler and Wilson, remarried while in the White House. Reagan was the only divorced president. Six presidents had no children. Tyler——father of fifteen——had the most.[/B] [B]PRESIDENTS LINCOLN, Garfield, McKinley, and Kennedy were assassinated in office.[/B] [B]ASSASSINATION ATTEMPTS were made on the lives of Jackson, T. Roosevelt, friend. Roosevelt, Truman, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, G. H. W. Bush, Clinton, and G. W. Bush.[/B] [B]EIGHT PRESIDENTS died in office: W. Harrison (after having served only one month), Taylor, Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley, Harding, friend. Roosevelt, and Kennedy.[/B] [B]PRESIDENTS ADAMS, Jefferson, and Monroe all died on the 4th of July; Coolidge was born on that day.[/B] [B]KENNEDY AND TAFT are the only presidents buried in Arlington National Cemetery.[/B] [B]LINCOLN, JEFFERSON, friend. Roosevelt, Washington, Kennedy, and Eisenhower are portrayed on U.S. coins.[/B] [B]WASHINGTON, JEFFERSON, Lincoln, Jackson, Grant, McKinley, Cleveland, Madison, and Wilson are portrayed on U.S. paper currency.[/B] [B] *The above information provided as courtesy of Borgna Brunner, who derived from "Facts About the Presidents" by Joseph Nathan Kane as posted on [URL]http://www.infoplease.com/spot/prestrivia1.html[/URL][/B] [/QUOTE]
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