Grover Cleveland's Rubber Jaw and Other Unusual, Unexpected, Unbelievable But All-True Facts about America's Presidents

by Stephen Spignesi

2021-01-01 12:46:17

From George Washington to Barack Obama, this collection of weird and wild—but true!—facts will show you a whole other side of our nation’s leaders:    • Andrew Jackson was married to a bigamist.  &... Read more
From George Washington to Barack Obama, this collection of weird and wild—but true!—facts will show you a whole other side of our nation’s leaders:


   • Andrew Jackson was married to a bigamist.
   • Martin Van Buren wore pistols in the Senate chamber in case things got too rowdy.
   • Franklin Pierce ran over a woman with his horse while in office and was arrested, but was released when the police realized he was the president.
   • James Garfield could simultaneously write Greek with one hand and Latin with the other.
   • Dwight D. Eisenhower’s nickname for his staff driver was “Private Parts.”
   • Barack Obama can bench press 200 pounds.

 

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Print pages288
PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
Publication date May 1, 2012
ISBN9780399537431

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