US Presidents trivia

US Presidents

» Thomas Jefferson's father was one of the surveyors who laid out the Virginia/North Carolina border.

» President Ulysses S. Grant was once arrested during his term of office. He was convicted of exceeding the Washington speed limit on his horse and was fined $20.

» John Adams died on July 4, 1826, the same day friend as his political rival and friend Thomas Jefferson. His last words are reported to have been, “Thomas Jefferson still survives.”

» Though his wife Martha had four children by a previous marriage, George Washington left no direct descendant. He never sired a child to continue his family line.

» President William H. Taft was once offered a contract to pitch for the Cincinnati Reds.

» John Adams was central to the Revolution and to the creation of the Declaration of Independence and the government under the Constitution.

» President William Howard Taft was a seventh cousin twice removed of Richard M. Nixon, and was a distant relative of Ralph Waldo Emerson.

» John Adams was the first president to have a son become president. His wife, Abigail Smith, was very influential and known as an engaging conversationalist and a wonderful writer of letters.