I got these from AARP, and found them interesting, not that a few I didn't already know:
First president to appoint a woman to his cabinet: FDR (Democrat)
First president to appoint an African-American to his cabinet: LBJ (Democrat)
First President born in a hospital: Jimmy Carter (!)
No president has been an only child (yet)
Only president to have been divorced: Ronald Reagan (Republican) (hmmmm)
Only 20th-Century president who didn't graduate from college: Harry S. Truman (Democrat)
Tallest president: Abraham Lincoln (6'4")
Youngest elected president: JFK (43)
Youngest to take office: Teddy Roosevelt (42)
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Dear M:
Let's not forget the only president to choose a Native American vice president---Herbert Hoover's v.p. was Charles Curtis (Kaw), the only Indian to serve in that job.
TPW
Actually, I wasn't aware of that. And of course, I didn't mention that JFK was obviously our first (and so far only) Irish Catholic president.
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