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U. S. Presidents
Barack Obama was the first African American President. |
| John F. Kennedy |
John F. Kennedy was the first Roman Catholic President.
Fourteen U.S. presidents have been Freemasons, meaning that there is conclusive evidence that these men received the Master Mason degree: George Washington; James Monroe; Andrew Jackson; James Polk; James Buchanan; Andrew Johnson; James Garfield; William McKinley; Theodore Roosevelt; William Taft; Warren Harding; Franklin Delano Roosevelt; Harry S. Truman; and Gerald Ford.
George Washington appointed the most Supreme Court justices (11). Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed the second most, with 9 appointments.
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| William Howard Taft |
William Howard Taft served as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court after having served as President of the United States.
Twelve Generals Became President of US:George Washington, Andrew Jackson, William Henry Harrison, Zachary Taylor, Franklin Pierce, Andrew Johnson, Ulysses Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes, James Garfield, Chester A. Arthur, Benjamin Harrison, and Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Nine Presidents did not attend College:
George Washington, Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren, Zachary Taylor, Millard Fillmore, Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, Grover Cleveland and Harry S Truman.
George Washington, Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren, Zachary Taylor, Millard Fillmore, Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, Grover Cleveland and Harry S Truman.
