Presidential Caricatures #15: James Buchanan!
Fun Facts: Only president to have never married; first to have a royal guest stay at the White House (England’s Prince Albert) READ MORE
Fun Facts: Only president to have never married; first to have a royal guest stay at the White House (England’s Prince Albert) READ MORE
Fun Facts: Nickname was “Handsome Frank”; Liked to drive his carriage very fast, was once arrested for knocking over a woman while driving READ MORE
Fun Facts: Born in a log cabin; Helped build the east-west railroad to bring back gold from the California gold rush; When Fillmore was 19, he was a student in the class of his future wife, Abigail READ MORE
Fun Facts: President for only sixteen months, some say he got sick and died eating cherries and iced milk on the Fourth of July; His horse Whitey grazed on the White House lawn until tourists started yanking hairs from his tail as souvenirs. READ MORE
Fun Facts: Didn’t trust banks, hid all his money at home; Hosted first formal Thanksgiving dinner at the White House READ MORE
Fun Facts: Found out he was president (after William Harrison died in office) while playing marbles with his kids; Nicknamed “His Accidency”; Had the most children of any president with fifteen. READ MORE
Fun Facts: Gave the longest inauguration speech in history at 1 hour and 40 minutes, caught a cold from it that turned into pneumonia, died after 32 days in office giving him the shortest term in office in presidential history. READ MORE
Fun Facts: From Kinderhook, NY, nicknamed “Old Kinderhook” aka “O.K.”; started the U.S. Treasury; sported the greatest sideburns in the history of the office READ MORE
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