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Presidential Anecdotes Tiffany Kramer, Microcomputer Applications Forty-one men have served as President of the United States. What follows is a set of anecdotes about ten of those men chosen at random from a wonderful book by Paul F. Boller. The author has done a masterful job of scholarship in compiling anecdotes of all our presidents. He also has a companion book about first ladies and both are highly recommended. This document contains anecdotes about 10 presidents: George Washington (1789-1797): When the Constitutional Convention got around to discussing the power of Congress to raise an army, one of the delegates moved “that the standing army be restricted to five thousand men at any time.” Washington was amused by the motion, but as chairman could not offer a motion himself. Instead, he whispered to one of the delegates sitting near him that they had better amend the motion so as to provide that “no foreign army should invade the United States at any time with more than three thousand troops.” Thomas Jefferson (1801-1809): When Jefferson arrived in Paris as U.S. minister to France and presented himself to the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, the latter said, “You replace Monsieur Franklin?” “I succeed him”, replied Jefferson. “No one can replace him.” Abraham Lincoln (1861-1865): On the fatal night, April 14, 1865, Lincoln did not want to go to the theater.
Approximate Word count = 837
Approximate Pages = 3.3
(250 words per page double spaced)
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