PRESIDENTS 3: The National Constitution Center is the source of lots of great information, including facts about American presidents.
William Howard Taft, the 27th president, started the tradition of the president throwing out the first pitch of the baseball season at a Washington Senators game on April 14, 1910.
Woodrow Wilson, the 28th, is the only president buried in Washington, D.C. (at the National Cathedral).
Warren Harding, the 29th, was the first president to visit Alaska and Canada.
Calvin Coolidge, the 30th, was the only president sworn in by a former president, Chief Justice William Howard Taft.
Herbert Hoover, the 31st, refused to accept a salary for his presidency and gave all of his federal paychecks to charity.
Franklin Roosevelt, the 32nd, was a devoted stamp collector who kept up his hobby while in office.
The middle initial ‘S’ in 33rd president Harry Truman’s name is not an abbreviation and does not stand for another name.
John F. Kennedy, number 35, was the first person born in the 20th century to become president.
Lyndon B. Johnson, number 36, graduated from high school at the age of 15.
Richard Nixon, the 37th, was the first president to visit all 50 states.
James Carter, number 39, was the first president to use his nickname, “Jimmy,” while being sworn into office.
Ronald Reagan, number 40, appeared in 53 Hollywood movies from Love is in the Air (1937) to The Killers (1964).
George H.W. Bush, the 41st, was the only president to serve as United States Ambassador to the United Nations.
William J. Clinton, the 42nd, was the first president to have been a Rhodes Scholar.
George W. Bush, the 43rd, was the first to follow his father as president since John Quincy Adams in 1824.
