This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Trinity chapter.
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Ulysses S. Grant, was given a $20 speeding ticket for riding his horse and buggy too fast down a Washington, D.C. street.
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Calvin Coolidge kept the most pets, including a pygmy hippo.
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John Tyler fathered 15 children, the most of any President.
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Richard Nixon played the most musical instruments, including piano, clarinet, violin, accordion, cello, and saxophone.
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William Taft gained 50lbs in office, the most of any president, and ended up getting stuck in a bathtub! Then lost 75lbs in the year after he was out of office.
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James Madison was the first President to wear long pants!
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John Quincy Adams was the first President to be photographed.
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Rutherford B. Hayes was the first President to use a telephone- his number was 1!
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Barack Obama was the first President to write his own email!
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James Buchanan was a bachelor!
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Martin Van Buren was the only President to not speak English at home- he spoke Dutch!
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Andrew Jackson lived with a bullet in his chest for 40 years.
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George Washington had dentures made of gold, ivory, lead, and animal teeth.
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John Quincy Adams Regularly Skinny-Dipped In the Potomac River.
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William Henry Harrison had a pet goat.
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Zachary Taylor’s nickname was “Old Rough And Ready.”
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Andrew Johnson was drunk during his inauguration after consuming whiskey before his speech.
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Rutherford B. Hayes banned alcohol from the White House.
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Teddy Roosevelt suffered from very severe asthma, particularly during his childhood!
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Woodrow Wilson was the only President to hold a doctorate degree.
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Warren Harding lost the White House china set in a Poker Game.
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Calvin Coolidge had a morning ritual in which someone rubbed Vaseline on his head while he ate breakfast in bed.
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Jimmy Carter ran his family’s peanut farm.
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Bill Clinton Is A Two-Time Grammy Winner.
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George W. Bush was his high school’s head cheerleader.