Odd Presidential Facts
Match the items on the right to the items on the left. Play multiple times for different facts!
George Washington
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
John Quincy Adams
Andrew Jackson
Martin Van Buren
William Henry Harrison
John Tyler
Zachary Taylor
Millard Fillmore
Franklin Pierce
James Buchanan
Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Johnson
Ulysses S. Grant
Rutherford B. Hayes
James A. Garfield
Grover Cleveland
Benjamin Harrison
Theodore Roosevelt
William H. Taft
Warren G. Harding
Calvin Coolidge
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
Herbert Hoover
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Gerald Ford
Richard Nixon
Had a false set of teeth made out of wood.
Was the first president to live in the White House.
His book collection became the Library of Congress.
Was the shortest president.
Had a pet alligator that lived in the White House bathroom.
He once killed a man in a duel.
He was the first president who was born a U.S. citizen.
At 31 days, his was the shortest term as president.
Had 15 children.
His nickname was "Old Rough and Ready"
He installed the first bathtub in the White House
He was arrested during his presidency for running over an old lady with his horse.
He was the only president who never married.
He was the only president to obtain a patent.
He was the first president to be impeached.
He received a ticket for riding his horse too fast in Washington, D.C.
The first telephone was installed in the White House during his presidency.
He was said to be able to write in two different directions.
He was the only president (thus far) to serve two non-consecutive terms.
He was terrified of being electrocuted and refused to operate light switches.
He was an avid boxer.
He was thought to be the heaviest president.
He apparently lost the White House china in a poker game.
He had a pet hippo named Billy.
He was elected four times as president.
His middle initial doesn't stand for anything.
He and his wife spoke Mandarin Chinese in the White House to keep conversations private.
He installed a putting green in the White House lawn.
He was a model and college football player.
He had a bowling alley installed in the White House