US Presidents for $500

Jan 3, 2011

(I'm Not sure why this picture came out sideways on the blog because it was right side up when it downloaded)

Last month I learned about the US Presidents.

It was really amazing to learn a few things about the Presidents of the past.

Here's a few (I won't bore you with a ton) facts:

1. George Washington was the only President who did not live in the White House.

2. Thomas Jefferson (3rd President) was basically Amazing! He did many wonderful things for our country. He believed that all Americans should be educated so that they could make educated decisions. He founded the University of Virginia. He picked the curriculum, recruited the teachers and even designed the buildings. Did you know that he was a self taught and talented architect?

3. Andrew Jackson (7th President) First President to be born in a log cabin. He once shot and killed a man (in a dual) who made an unkind remark about his wife.

4. William Henry Harrison (9th President) After delivering the longest inaugural address ever on a bitterly cold March day Harrison caught cold. It later developed into pneumonia. He died exactly one month to the day he gave his speech, serving the shortest term of any President.

5. James Buchanan (15th President) He argued that slavery was legal under the constitution and urged congress to accept Kansas as a slave state. By the time he left office civil was was inevitable.

6. Abraham Lincoln ( 16th President) First President to run under the newly formed Republican
party.

7. Grover Clevland (22nd and 24th President) personally answered the phone at the white house. Was the only President to be elected two-nonconsecutive terms.

8. Jimmy Carter (39th President) was a speed reader. He could read 2000 words per minute.


Yea... Fun facts.

January's theme is: Animals. I know. That's really broad.