Esteemed Facts About US Presidents

Of course, everybody has their eye on the US presidency these days, but the White House has always been an interesting place.

Here are a few tidbits about US presidents that you might not have known.


Interesting Facts about United States Presidents: 60-54

US Presidents Facts

60. Everybody Loves George

George Washington was the only US president to ever be unanimously elected. He refused to accept his salary, which was $25,000 a year. A later Constitutional amendment would force presidents to take their salaries

President George Washington, a 1795 portrait

Gilbert Stuart, Wikimedia Commons

59. Who?

Historians claim that John Hanson was actually the forgotten first president of the United States because he was the first president under the Articles of Confederation.

Portrait of Hanson John 1871

National Archives, Wikimedia Commons