TIL that during a two-year recovery from tuberculosis at a sanitorium, Ringo Starr was first exposed to a percussion instrument in the form of a makeshift mallet made from a cotton bobbin that he used to strike the cabinets next to his hospital bed.
My Unpopular Theodore Roosevelt Opinion:
(Serious) Do you think John Tyler is a traitor?
TIL that in April of 1861, Former President Franklin Pierce wrote to the other living former presidents and asked them to consider meeting to use their stature and influence to propose a negotiated end to the war. However, this idea was ultimately never acted on.
An idea I had for a series
TIL that Peter Gerry, a Senator from Rhode Island, is the only U.S. Senator in American history to lose re-election and later reclaim his Senate seat from the person who had defeated him.
Some pictures from my visit to the FDR Presidential Library
How all the Presidents rank according to my Grandma (she is very patriotic (she has one exception (that exception is Carter ( she doesn't like Carter))))
TIL that in 1932, Edith Roosevelt, the Former First Lady and widow of Theodore Roosevelt, campaigned for Herbert Hoover's re-election to emphasize that the Democratic nominee, New York Governor Franklin Delano Roosevelt, was not her son.
My dad's tier list (already Tuesday over here)
Laddie Boy, the pet dog of U.S. President Warren G. Harding, being presented with his own official portrait (1920s)
TIL about Laddie Boy, an Airedale Terrier owned by U.S. President Warren G. Harding. During his owner's Presidency, Laddie Boy became such a celebrity that Newspapers published mock interviews with the dog. Laddie's death in 1929 was proclaimed in Newspaper Headlines across the nation.
TIL that despite being selected as Herbert Hoover's running mate in 1928, Charles Curtis was almost completely against Hoover winning the Republican Nomination for President due to his pedigree as a progressive follower of Theodore Roosevelt, which did not sit well with conservatives like Curtis.
TIL that in 1998, the Gibson Guitar Corporation produced 200 limited-edition guitars which were made from wood from fallen trees on Andrew Jackson's "Hermitage" estate. The trees had been toppled by a tornado that hit Tennessee in April of that same year.
TIL that in honor of his mother, Former President of Turkmenistan Saparmurat Niyazov abolished the Turkmen word for bread, for it to be replaced with "Gurbansoltan", his mother's first name.
Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria during his Hippy Phase (1898)
TIL that during the French Revolution, Adrienne de La Fayette, the wife of Marquis de La Fayette, was imprisoned. However, before her planned execution, Elizabeth Monroe, the wife of Future President James Monroe, intervened. Not wanting to cut ties with James Monroe, France did not execute her.
TIL that during the French Revolution, Adrienne de La Fayette, the wife of Marquis de La Fayette, was imprisoned. However, before she could be executed, Elizabeth Monroe, the wife of Future President James Monroe, intervened. Not wanting to cut ties with James Monroe, France did not execute her.
James Buchanan: A Man Ahead of his Time
Pete Seeger performing for Former Vice President Henry Wallace during the latter's third-party campaign for President, 1948 (840x708)
TIL that the first woman to receive an electoral vote in a U.S. Presidential Election was Tonie Nathan. She was the 1972 vice-presidential nominee of the Libertarian Party and running mate of John Hospers, when Roger MacBride, an elector from Virginia, cast the historic vote as a faithless elector.
Remember the Chappaquiddick
Congrats to soon-to-be Ketanji Brown Jackson. For the first time in American History 4 women will be on the US Supreme Court at the same time. The Senate confirms Jackson, elevating the first Black woman to the Supreme Court.
No need to go big
