Election Facts

With the election approaching quickly, it seems like political messages have completely filled the airwaves. In spirit of this year's election, we want to take a positive spin on politics by providing you with a few facts of presidents past. One of our veteran salesmen, Tim Hoyt, compiled a list of unique presidential facts.

• Left handed Presidents: Garfield, Hoover, Truman, Ford, Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Clinton, and Obama
• Jimmy Carter was the first president born in a hospital
• Gerald Ford (born Leslie King) was the only president who was adopted
• Harry Truman did not have a college degree
• The name Bush or Dole was on every ballot from 1976 to 2004
• From 1840 to 1980, a tragedy happened every 20 years to a president that was elected for his first term in a year ending with zero:
• 1840 - William Henry Harrison died in office
• 1860 - Abraham Lincoln (assassinated during his second term)
• 1880 - Garfield assassinated
• 1900 - McKinley assassinated
• 1920 - Harding died in office
• 1940 - F.D.R. died in office
• 1960 - J.F.K. assassinated
• 1980 - Reagan was shot
• 2000 - September 11 happened during George W. Bush's term (2001)

Don't forget to vote on Tuesday, November 6!