Has there ever been a divorced President?

When Reagan became president 32 years later, he became the first divorced person to assume the nation's highest office.
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Has there been a president without a wife?

He remains the only President to be elected from Pennsylvania and to remain a lifelong bachelor. Tall, stately, stiffly formal in the high stock he wore around his jowls, James Buchanan was the only President who never married.
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Which president had more than one wife?

Presidents John Tyler and Woodrow Wilson had two official first ladies; both remarried during their presidential tenures.
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Who was the shortest president in history?

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).
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Who is the youngest president to take office?

The youngest to become president by election was John F. Kennedy, who was inaugurated at age 43. The oldest person to assume the presidency was Joe Biden, who took the presidential oath of office 61 days after turning 78.
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Who is the poorest US President?

Truman was among the poorest U.S. presidents, with a net worth considerably less than $1 million. His financial situation contributed to the doubling of the presidential salary to $100,000 in 1949.
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Who was the best president?

Abraham Lincoln has taken the highest ranking in each survey and George Washington, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Theodore Roosevelt have always ranked in the top five while James Buchanan, Andrew Johnson, and Franklin Pierce have been ranked at the bottom of all four surveys.
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Which president was never married?

In his personal life, Buchanan never married, the only U.S. president to remain a lifelong bachelor, leading some to question his sexual orientation. Buchanan died of respiratory failure in 1868, and was buried in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, where he had lived for nearly 60 years.
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Which president got stuck in a bathtub?

And President William Howard Taft got stuck in a bathtub, and then got unstuck. This is his story. “Although there's considerably more naked flesh on display than in the average picture book, there's no denying the riveting spectacle of Taft's struggle.”
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How many presidents have been assassinated?

In the course of the history of the United States four Presidents have been assassinated, within less than 100 years, beginning with Abraham Lincoln in 1865. Attempts were also made on the lives of two other Presidents, one President-elect, and one ex-President.
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Which president fathered fifteen children with two wives?

Genealogy of John Tyler and his Descendants

John Tyler was the most prolific of all American President: he had 15 children and two wives. In 1813, Tyler married Letitia Christian, the daughter of a Virginia planter.
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Has any president been married while in office?

"I must go to dinner," he wrote a friend, "but I wish it was to eat a pickled herring a Swiss cheese and a chop at Louis' instead of the French stuff I shall find." In June 1886 Cleveland married 21-year-old Frances Folsom; he was the only President married in the White House.
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Which president had a child born in the White House?

Esther, President Grover Cleveland's second daughter, was the first and only child of a president to be born in the White House.
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Has there ever been a president with a tattoo?

Theodore Roosevelt, however, is the only American president ever documented to have had tattoos on his body, in real life, although from gunpowder.
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Which president never lived in the White House?

Although President Washington oversaw the construction of the house, he never lived in it. It was not until 1800, when the White House was nearly completed, that its first residents, President John Adams and his wife, Abigail, moved in. Since that time, each President has made his own changes and additions.
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Which president was fat?

Taft was the most obese president. He was 5 feet 11 inches (1.80 m) tall and his weight was between 325 pounds (147 kg) and 350 pounds (160 kg) toward the end of his presidency.
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What president was in a wheelchair?

With the help of his family, staff, and the press, Roosevelt often tried to hide his disability from the public. Many photographs depict Roosevelt draped in a blanket or cloak, which hid his wheelchair. As president, Roosevelt supported research in the treatment of polio.
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Who was the largest president?

Taft, the nation's largest President; stood over six feet tall and weighed over three hundred pounds.
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Which president never went to school?

George Washington (1789-1797)

George Washington is another answer to the question “who was the only president who never went to school?” He never went to college and received no education past the age of 11. He spent his childhood in Virginia, learning from several tutors.
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Has there ever been a president who didn't go to college?

George Washington never attended college, though The College of William & Mary did issue him a surveyor's certificate.
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Why did Wilson leave office?

Wilson had intended to seek a third term in office but suffered a severe stroke in October 1919 that left him incapacitated.
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What was Jimmy Carter known for as a president?

He created a national energy policy that included conservation, price control, and new technology. Carter pursued the Camp David Accords, the Panama Canal Treaties, and the second round of Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT II).
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