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2-20-2008 2:01 PM
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Aribeth says:
7. Calvin Coolidge, the 30th president, was reported to be a very interesting character. When not having his head massaged with Vaseline during breakfasts in bed or riding his own mechanical bull, he was ringing the White House doorbell and then running off to hide.

8. So far, all American presidents have claimed ancestry limited to one or more of just seven nationalities: Dutch, English, German, Irish, Scottish, Swiss, and Welsh.

9. Grover Cleveland was the only president to openly admit that he had fathered an illegitimate child.

10. There were four presidents who were not actual presidents of the United States: Sam Houston, Mirabeau Lamar, and Anson Jones were all presidents of the Republic of Texas. Jefferson Davis was President of the Confederate States of America.
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2-20-2008 4:14 PM
carrerinyes
A very interesting clip Aribeth. I recently learned that former President Andrew Jackson (contrary to the Constitution Of The United States Of America) was not born on US soil. He was in fact born on a ship bound for the US of Irish parents. This is interesting when you consider the "Govinator" of California who is married to a Kennedy and is prevented by this same Constitution from running for office. So many strange facts! Thanks for the clip.
2-21-2008 1:56 AM
mickfinn
@carrerinyes:
I agree with you, a very interesting clip. However, according to Wiki and an official US government website, Andrew Jackson was born to Presbyterian Scots-Irish immigrants Andrew and Elizabeth Jackson in Waxhaw , North Carolina, on March 15, 1767.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/aj7.html

I also think that Arnie is a good guy in his adopted homeland. Perhaps one day the Constitution will be amended to allow others like him who have proved their worth to American society at large.
2-21-2008 4:26 AM
mickfinn
. . . to become President.
2-21-2008 2:36 PM
carrerinyes
Thanks Mickfinn. I'm searching for the article about Andrew Jackson. It was interesting to me as it came from immigrant ship records. Also I remember George & Barbara Bush calling for a Constitutional Amendment to allow Arnie to run for Office. Seems like it just went away though.
2-21-2008 10:50 PM
thisnamecantbetaken
This Calvin Coolidge guy.. Peek-a-boo! Odd.
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