Richard Nixon was so good at poker that most of his first campaign for the House of Representatives was funded by poker winnings from his time in the navy.
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Jimmy Carter is the first U.S. President to have been born in a hospital.
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Daniel Webster, who ran for president and lost three times, declined the Vice Presidency twice, thinking it a worthless office. Both presidents who offered it later died in office, meaning that if he had accepted, he would’ve become president after all.
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In 1916, a US amendment was proposed to put all acts of war to a national vote. If you voted yes you would have to register as a volunteer for service in the United States Army.
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No president of the United States was an only child.
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John F. Kennedy was the first Roman Catholic President of the USA!
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George W. Bush was also the head of the cheerleading team in his high school.
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