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Did you Know? (Presidential Facts)

from Remember the Presidents by Janine Cooper Ayres

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I had a fun time compiling Presidential Facts for this track. I learned a lot too.

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Did you know that George Washington was nearly toothless when he became president? His false teeth were made of elephant and walrus tusks.
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson both died on the very same day, an hour apart on the fourth of July, in 1826.
James Madison was the shortest president - five feet, four inches tall and weighing just over one hundred pounds.
James Monroe penned the famous Monroe Doctrine.
John Quincy Adams used to wake up two hours before sunrise and skinny dip in the Potomic River.
Andrew Jackson was the only president to kill a man in a duel.
Millard Fillmore had virtually no education before the age of 18.
Franklin Pierce never wanted to be president. He once said that 'the office would be utterly repugnant to his tastes and wishes.'
James Buchanan was the only bachelor to serve as president.
Abraham Lincoln was the tallest president, standing at 6’4”.
Andrew Johnson was a white slave when he was a boy. There were ads posted in newspapers to try to capture him.
Ulysses S. Grant was a well respected General in the Civil War before he became president.
Rutherford Hayes was the first president to use a telephone. His phone number was the number ‘one’.
James A. Garfield was shot during his first year of presidency and lived for eleven weeks before he died.
Chester Arthur used to take walks in the middle of the night down the streets of Washington D.C. He rarely went to bed before 2:00 a.m.
Grover Cleveland was the only president to serve two non-consecutive terms.
Benjamin Harrison was so afraid of electricity he used to have his White House staff turn on and off the lights.
William McKinley was the third president to be assassinated. He lived for eight days before he died.
The teddy bear was named after Teddy Roosevelt.
William H. Taft was the largest president, weighing 350 pounds.
Woodrow Wilson was the last to use a horse drawn carriage during his inauguration.
Warren Harding lost all of the White House china one night while gambling.
Calvin Coolidge had numerous pets, including a donkey named Ebeneezer and a raccoon named Rebecca.
Herbert Hoover was the first president born west of the Mississippi.
Franklin D. Roosevelt was the only president elected to four terms.
Harry S. Truman was the last president without the benefit of a college education.
General Eisenhower was the supreme commander of NATO during World War II before he became president.
John F. Kennedy was the youngest man to become president. He was forty-three.
Lyndon B. Johnson was the only president sworn in on Airforce One, not long after John F. Kennedy’s assassination.
Richard M. Nixon was the only president to resign.
Gerald Ford was the only president not elected president or Vice President.
Jimmy Carter was a nuclear engineer in the Navy before he became President.
Ronald Reagan was the oldest president. He was 69 years old when he was inaugurated.
George H.W. Bush was a carrier pilot during World War II. He received three metals for his service.
When Bill Clinton was in high school he shook hands with John F. Kennedy in the Rose Garden.
After terrorists attacked the U.S. on 9/11 in 2001, George W. Bush declared a war on terror and created the Department of Homeland Security.
Barack Obama made history when he became the first African American president of the United States.

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from Remember the Presidents, released April 9, 2016
Lyrics and music written by Janine Cooper Ayres. Performed and produced by Janine Cooper Ayres

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Hi there. My name is Janine and I am an L.A. based singer/songwriter. I also like to paint, create other-worldly looking characters and write stories too. Thanks for dropping by my Bandcamp page. I'm happy to share my music and art with you and would be even happier if you would make a purchase. :) ... more

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