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. John Quincy Adams (1825-1829): Years after leaving the White House, Quincy Adams argued a famous Supreme Court case that freed the captive Africans who had rebelled aboard the Amistad slave ship.Īndrew Jackson winning a pistol duel against Charles Dickinson.ħ. James Monroe (1817-1825): Other than Washington, Monroe was the only president to ever run essentially unopposed, coasting to re-election in the 1820 race.Ħ. James Madison (1809-1817): Madison was the shortest president at 5’4” and weighed barely over 100 pounds.ĥ. Thomas Jefferson (1801-1809): Jefferson, the principal author of the Declaration of Independence, died on July 4, in 1826, within hours of his “frenemy” John Adams.Ĥ.
John Adams (1797-1801): Adams and his wife, Abigail, exchanged more than 1,100 letters over the course of their lengthy relationship.ģ. president and Revolutionary War hero was an enthusiastic dog breeder, particularly of hunting hounds, to which he gave names like “Sweet Lips” and “Drunkard.”Ģ. George Washington (1789-1797): The first U.S.
The American Founding Father bred hounds.ġ.
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