Of all things, Andrew Jackson's tombstone does not mention that he served as the president of the United States!
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Daniel Webster, who ran for president and lost three times, declined the Vice Presidency twice, thinking it a worthless office. Both presidents who offered it later died in office, meaning that if he had accepted, he would’ve become president after all.
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J. Edgar Hoover liked to fire FBI agents whose palms were sweaty when shaking hands.
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John F. Kennedy was the first Roman Catholic President of the USA!
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There was a pre-WWII movement called Technocracy, which held that scientists and engineers should take over the government and economy from politicians and economists. The leader of the movement was known as the Great Engineer.
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George W. Bush was also the head of the cheerleading team in his high school.
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