He was the first former Boy Scout to become president, as well as the first Catholic
It was no act; he was the first president to have been divorced
In 1915, 16 months after the death of his first wife, Ellen, Woodrow Wilson married this descendant of Pocahontas
John Philip Sousa provided the music for Grover Cleveland's White House wedding to this 21-year-old
The death of 11-year-old son Willie in 1862 pushed her over the brink; she was inconsolable for months
Her 2 children from a previous marriage, John & Patsy Custis, were "adopted" by the president
Speaking about this resolution, Lyndon B. Johnson said, "We still seek no wider war"
After this April 1775 battle John Adams said, "The die was cast, the Rubicon passed"
In 1865 he said, "Whenever I hear someone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally"
On August 18, 1988 he told the GOP National Convention, "I want a kinder, gentler nation"