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Fun Facts about Presidents that we've had


The tallest and the shortest: The tallest U.S. president was Abraham Lincoln at 6 feet 4 inches (193 centimeters), while the shortest was James Madison at 5 feet 4 inches (163 centimeters).

The oldest and the youngest: The youngest person to become U.S. president was Theodore Roosevelt, who, at age 42, succeeded to the office after the assassination of William McKinley. The oldest person inaugurated president was Joe Biden, at age 78.

Longest presidency: Franklin D. Roosevelt 4,422 days (1933–1945)
Shortest presidency: William Henry Harrison 31 days (1841)

The four presidents etched into Mount Rushmore: Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt.

Five most notorious Presidents (before the Jan 6 shenanigans, and other semi-recent events ):

Richard Nixon (Watergate), James Buchannan (Kansas-Nebraska Act), Andrew Jackson (Major partying at the White House), Warren Harding (cronyism and not being able to stand up to them) , and Andrew Johnson (impeachment by the U.S. House of Rep.)