Monday, February 20, 2012 Presidential Trivia in Honor of
Presidents Day George Washington's "wooden teeth" were actually
made of walrus tusks. PRESIDENTS LINCOLN, Garfield, McKinley,
and Kennedy were assassinated in office. ASSASSINATION ATTEMPTS
were made on the lives of Jackson, T. Roosevelt, F. Roosevelt,
Truman, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, G. H. W. Bush, Clinton, and
G. W. Bush. John Adams and Thomas Jefferson were the only
presidents to sign the Declaration of Independence, and they
both died on its 50th anniversary, July 4, 1826. James Madison
was the first president to wear trousers rather than knee
breeches. James Monroe, like Adams and Jefferson, also died on
the 4th of July, but in 1831. John Quincy Adams was the only
president elected to the House after his presidency. Andrew
Jackson was the first president to ride in a train. Martin Van
Buren and his wife spoke Dutch at home. William Henry Harrison
served only thirty days in office before dying of pneumonia.
Several American presidents had no fo