More About the Presidents Than You Ever Wanted to Know: Benjamin Harrison to Harry S Truman

By Ansel Hatch

FDR liked to snack on donuts? Woodrow Wilson quit law school? Teddy Roosevelt had a pig named 'Maude?' Truman lived in poverty for awhile after his presidency? These and other fascinating tidbits of trivia are found in this volume which among other things covers the favorite foods of the presidents, their health problems, their pets and their favorite books. The third of four volumes.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Ansel Hatch
• Release date: Jul 3, 2014
• ISBN: 9781310505041

Ansel Hatch

Ansel Hatch has always been fascinated by history. Although he is not very fond of roaches, he has always admired their amazing ability to survive. He holds a PhD and teaches history at the University level.

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More About the Presidents Than You Ever Wanted to Know:

Benjamin Harrison to Harry S Truman

By Ansel Hatch

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter 23: Benjamin Harrison

Chapter 24: Grover Cleveland

Chapter 25: William McKinley

Chapter 26: Theodore Roosevelt

Chapter 27: William Howard Taft

Chapter 28: Woodrow Wilson

Chapter 29: Warren G. Harding

Chapter 30: Calvin Coolidge

Chapter 31: Herbert Hoover

Chapter 32: Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Chapter 33: Harry S Truman

Chapter 23: Benjamin Harrison

Presidential term: One term, March 4, 1889 to March 4, 1893.

Birthplace: North Bend, Ohio.

Birth date: Aug. 20, 1833.

Primary State of residence: Indiana.

Height: 5 feet 6 inches.

Weight: 160 pounds.

Shoe size: Unknown.

Eye color: Blue.

Personality: A dedicated public servant who realized too late that he was not overly suited to the presidency. Nonetheless he was a capable administrator who knew how to get others to work.

Health problems: He experienced food poisoning in 1862, while a union officer in the civil war. Toward the end of the war he suffered from scarlet fever. He developed dermatitis during the war as well, and had to wear gloves ever after. He suffered a near breakdown in 1867 from overwork. He did not cope well with stress, which was intensified by his wife's death while he was in the White House. He died of pneumonia.

Universities attended: Miami University in Ohio.

Date of death: March 13, 1901.

Age at death: 67.

Place of death: Indianapolis, Indiana.

Last words: Are the doctors here? Doctor, my lungs ...

Favorite pet: A goat named Whiskers, a Collie dog named Dash, and two opossums named Mr. Reciprocity and Mr. Protection.

Political Party: Republican.

Number of brothers and sisters: He had nine siblings.

Middle name: None.

Wife's name: Caroline Lavinia Scott.

When married: Oct. 20, 1853.

Age at marriage: 20. She was 21.

Children's names: One boy and one girl: Russell Benjamin and Mary Mamie Scott.

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