George Washington had numerous sets of dentures, including a pair made out of hippopotamus bone. He never had wooden teeth though, that is just a myth.
Thomas Jefferson had a very populist, “common man” view of the presidency. He thought that his predecessors had acted too much like royalty and wanted to remove any pretentions from the office.
He would horrify foreign dignitaries by greeting them in his pajamas.
James Monroe was the last president who was part of the Revolutionary War era. He still liked to dress in late 18th century attire when he was president from 1817 to 1825. Many people found this bizarre.
It would be like Barack Obama wearing a 1970’s afro.
John Quincy Adams enjoyed skinny-dipping in the Potomac .
John Tyler had 19 children by two different wives. After his first wife died, he married a 24 year old woman named Julia Tyler (nee Gardner ) who was younger than his eldest daughter. Not surprisingly, relations between Tyler and his daughters were strained after that. Also, Tyler ’s own son had previously dated Julia. Awkward.
James K Polk hated shaking hands.
James Buchanan was the only president who was a lifelong bachelor.
Andrew Johnson was the first president to be impeached. He came within one vote of being removed from office.
Ulysses S Grant was extremely squeamish about blood. That’s right – one of the most famous war generals in American history had a weak stomach.
Rutherford Hayes and his wife Lucy hated alcohol so much that they banned all types of alcoholic beverages from the White House. They horrified visiting foreign dignitaries by serving them water.
The first lady was named “Lemonade Lucy”.
William Howard Taft was so large that he became stuck in the White House bathtub. (330 pounds)
Harry Truman was notoriously hot-tempered. He once sent hate mail to a music critic who had bashed his daughter (a wannabe singer) in a column.
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