George Washington made the shortest inauguration speech on record—133 words and less than two minutes long.
The only president to be unanimously elected was George Washington (1732-1799). He also refused to accept his presidential salary, which was $25,000 a year.
Andrew Johnson is the only tailor ever to be president. As president, he would typically stop by a tailor shop to say hello. He would wear only the suits that he made himself.
George Washington never lived in the White House. The capital was actually located in Philadelphia and other cities when Washington was president. He is also the only president who didn’t represent a political party.
12.James Abram Garfield (1831-1881) is the first president to ever talk on the phone. When he spoke to Alexander Graham Bell, who was at the other end 13 miles away, he said: “Please speak a little more slowly.”
Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) was the first president to be inaugurated in Washington, D.C.
The term “O.K.” derives from President Martin Van Buren (1782-1862) who was known as “Old Kinderhook” because he was raised in Kinderhook, New York. “O.K.” clubs were created to support Van Buren’s campaigns.
President Grover Cleveland (1837-1908) is the only president to be elected to two nonconsecutive terms. He was the 22nd and 24th president.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy’s (1917-1963) famous inaugural line “Ask not what you your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country” echoes similar directives made by many others, including Cicero, Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. and President Warren G. Harding, who told the 1916 Republican convention: “We must have a citizenship less concerned about what the government can do for it, and more anxious about what it can do for the nation.”
Martin Van Buren was the first to be a United
States citizen. All previous presidents were born British subjects.
Six presidents were named James: Madison, Monroe, Polk, Buchanan, Garfield, and Carter.
President Dwight David Eisenhower (1890-1969) was the only president to serve in both WWI and WWII.
Richard Milhous Nixon (1913-1994) was the first president to visit all 50 states and the first to visit China. He is the only president to resign.
Jimmy Carter is the first known president to go on record as seeing a UFO.
.Herbert Clark Hoover (1874-1964) gave his White House servants strict orders to hide from him whenever he passed by. Those who failed to do so were at risk of being fired.
喬治·華盛頓是美國(guó)歷史上演講最短的總統(tǒng)——他的演講兩分鐘都不到,僅有133個(gè)單詞。
喬治·華盛頓是唯一一位全票當(dāng)選的美國(guó)總統(tǒng)(1732-1799)。他謝絕了每年2.5萬(wàn)美元的總統(tǒng)工資。
安德魯·杰斐遜是唯一一位當(dāng)上總統(tǒng)的裁縫。作為總統(tǒng),他經(jīng)常向路過(guò)的裁縫店里打招呼,據(jù)說(shuō),他只穿自己做的制服。
喬治·華盛頓一生未在白宮居住。在他任期內(nèi),美國(guó)的首都在費(fèi)城和其他城市。華盛頓也是唯一一位無(wú)黨派的美國(guó)總統(tǒng)。
詹姆士·艾布拉姆·加菲爾德是第一位使用電話的美國(guó)總統(tǒng)。當(dāng)他接通了13英里外的電話線,和電話的發(fā)明者亞歷山大·格雷厄姆·貝爾通話時(shí),他說(shuō)的第一句話是:“請(qǐng)講慢點(diǎn)。”
托馬斯·杰斐遜是第一位在美國(guó)首都華盛頓就職的美國(guó)總統(tǒng)。
OK這個(gè)英語(yǔ)單詞據(jù)說(shuō)來(lái)自馬丁·范布倫總統(tǒng)(1782-1862年)。Kinderhook是他的家鄉(xiāng),所以人們給他起了個(gè)外號(hào)“Old Kinderhook”(類似于中國(guó)的“小廣東”,“小沈陽(yáng)”等)。當(dāng)時(shí)紐約有一個(gè)OK俱樂(lè)部,成員都是范布倫的支持者。
格羅弗·克利夫蘭是美國(guó)唯一兩次當(dāng)選卻不連任的總統(tǒng),第22任和第24任。
約翰·肯尼迪總統(tǒng)膾炙人口的競(jìng)選演說(shuō)“不要問(wèn)你的國(guó)家能為你做什么,而要問(wèn)你能為你的國(guó)家做什么”跟很多名人的演講很相似。古羅馬政治家西塞羅,美國(guó)著名法學(xué)家,美國(guó)最高法院大法官奧利弗·溫德爾·霍姆斯都做過(guò)類似的演講。1916年,沃倫·G·哈丁總統(tǒng)在共和黨大會(huì)上講道:“我們必須有這樣的公民,少關(guān)注政府能為他做點(diǎn)什么,多考慮他能為國(guó)家做點(diǎn)什么!
馬丁·范布倫是第一位美國(guó)公民當(dāng)上的總統(tǒng),之前的美國(guó)的總統(tǒng)都是英國(guó)公民。
叫詹姆斯的美國(guó)總統(tǒng)有6位:詹姆斯·麥迪遜,詹姆斯·門羅,詹姆斯·波爾克,詹姆斯·布坎南,詹姆斯·加菲爾德和詹姆斯·卡特。
德懷特·戴維·艾森豪威爾是唯一一位參加過(guò)一戰(zhàn)和二戰(zhàn)的美國(guó)總統(tǒng)。
理查德·尼克松是第一位訪遍美國(guó)50州的總統(tǒng),也是首訪中國(guó)的美國(guó)總統(tǒng)。他是歷史上唯一一位辭職的總統(tǒng)(“水門事件”)。
吉米·卡特?fù)?jù)說(shuō)是第一位親眼目睹UFO的美國(guó)總統(tǒng)。
赫伯特·克拉克·胡佛給他的白宮侍衛(wèi)制定了嚴(yán)格的規(guī)定,他們?cè)诤鹱哌^(guò)的時(shí)候都必須迅速回避,做不到的侍衛(wèi)有被解雇的風(fēng)險(xiǎn)。 |