Grover Cleveland (1885-1889, 1893-1897): No president except Cleveland has ever served non-consecutive terms: He defeated James G. Arthur (1881-1885): Arthur was named in honor of Chester Abell, the doctor who delivered him.Ģ2. Senate, but he never served as Ohio senator because he then won the Republican nomination for president.Ģ1.
Garfield (1881): Garfield (who was the first known left-handed president) was elected to the U.S. Hayes (1877-1881): Hayes was the first president to have a telephone in the White House.Ģ0. Grant (1869-1877): Civil War General Grant was invited to join Abraham Lincoln at Ford’s Theatre on the fateful evening of April 14, 1865, but was forced to decline after he and his wife made plans to visit their children in New Jersey.ġ9. Andrew Johnson (1865-1869): Though one of the few presidents without a pet, Johnson apparently cared for a family of White House mice, which he called “the little fellows.”ġ8. Abraham Lincoln (1861-1865): “Honest Abe,” the tallest president at 6’4”, may have had Marfan Syndrome, a genetic disorder that causes people to be very tall, thin and long limbed.ġ7. James Buchanan (1857-1861): In 1853, while serving as minister to Great Britain, Buchanan helped draft the 1854 Ostend Manifesto, which advocated for an American invasion of Cuba.ġ6. Franklin Pierce (1853-1857): The only president from New Hampshire also attended college in New England-Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine.ġ5. Millard Fillmore (1850-1853): Fillmore was the last Whig president the party imploded soon after he left office.ġ4. Zachary Taylor (1849-1850): “Old Rough and Ready” never voted in an election prior to being on the ballot himself.ġ3. Polk (1845-1849): During his term, Polk secretly purchased a number of enslaved children for his Mississippi cotton plantation.ġ2. John Tyler (1841-1845): Tyler fathered 15 children, the most of any president.ġ1. William Henry Harrison (1841): Harrison lasted only 32 days in office, the shortest stint of any president.ġ0. All previous presidents were originally British subjects, having been born prior to 1776.ĩ. Martin Van Buren (1837-1841): Van Buren was the first president to be born an American. Andrew Jackson (1829-1837): Jackson once killed a man in a duel.Ĩ.
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