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| | Talking about US Presidents, Vice President Dick Cheney stated that if the First Lady Laura Bush and Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton faced each other in a bid for the U.S. Presidency, Mrs. Bush would win. The VP made the prediction after his wife, Lynne, suggested the face off on Larry King Live on CNN. George W. Bush's father was President for one term being defeated for reelection by Bill Clinton. Mrs. Cheney stated that if voters wanted a Bush dynasty, they should get Laura Bush.
Strange facts about US Presidents:
The inauguration ceremony of William Henry Harrison (1841) was organized on an extremely cold day. The newly sworn-in president immediately suffered from a cold. Soon, his cold developed into pneumonia, due to which he died a month later. He headed the USA for a record-breaking shortest period as president.
John Tyler is one President in the history of the USA, who had many children. He fathered 8 children from his first wife and 7 - from second wife. His 15th child was born when the president was over seventy years of age.
Zachary Taylor chewed tobacco everywhere and always. During all official functions, he held a snuffbox with tobacco in his hands.
Millard Fillmore refused to accept the mantle of honorary doctor from the Oxford University. He explained that he did not contribute towards science.
When the eleventh US president, James Polk was only 17 years of age, his gallbladder was removed. Doctors gave him anesthesia by making the future president drink cognac.
James Buchanan is a unique US president, who was not married. Once he was engaged, however, his bride-to-be broke the engagement and died very soon after.
President Abraham Lincoln always wore a black top hat, in which he kept letters, financial papers, bills and notes.
Andrew Johnson never attended school. His future wife Eliza McCardle taught him to read at the age of 17. President Johnson wore exclusive suits, which were cut and sewn by hand.
Throughout his life, Ulysses Grant smoked 20 cigars a day. He died of throat cancer.
President James Garfield could freely write with both his hands and was a polyglot. He was capable of simultaneously writing Ancient Greek with one hand and Latin with the other. He died due to a blood infection, caused by finger cut.
Chester A. Arthur had about 100 pairs of trousers in his wardrobe.
Grover Cleveland secretly underwent surgical operations during which a portion of cancer infected jaw was removed.
Benjamin Harrison hated electric lights and demanded to switch-off the bulbs and light candles during his stay in the White House.
During hunting, President Theodor Roosevelt refused to kill a she-bear with a bear cub.
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