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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George Washington grew marijuana in his garden.
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Jimmy Carter is the first U.S. President to have been born in a hospital.
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Abraham Lincoln was a licensed bartender.
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John F. Kennedy was the first Roman Catholic President of the USA!
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There was a pre-WWII movement called Technocracy, which held that scientists and engineers should take over the government and economy from politicians and economists. The leader of the movement was known as the Great Engineer.
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