Here are 10 interesting presidential facts:
- George Washington was the only president to be unanimously elected by the Electoral College.
- Theodore Roosevelt was the first president to ride in an automobile while in office.
- John F. Kennedy was the youngest person ever to be elected president at age 43.
- Abraham Lincoln is the only president to hold a patent. He invented a device to lift boats over shoals and obstructions in a river.
- Barack Obama is the first African American to be elected president of the United States.
- Dwight D. Eisenhower was a five-star general in the United States Army before becoming president.
- Harry S. Truman did not have a middle name, just an “S” as a tribute to both of his grandfathers whose names started with that letter.
- Gerald Ford was the only president who was never elected to either the presidency or the vice presidency.
- Ronald Reagan was a Hollywood actor before he entered politics.
- Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and James Monroe all died on July 4th, Independence Day.
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