# Something really cool I learned from a student today! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 19, 2001, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-really-cool-i-learned-from-a-student-today/65894 "2001-05-19T07:54:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kaitlyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/73ab20/32.png) [@Kaitlyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaitlyn)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2001, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-really-cool-i-learned-from-a-student-today/65894/1 "2001-05-19T07:54:34Z")
Ah, the things I learn from my students. Today, a girl in my class was looking through a book about the Presidents and their times. She discovered that Thomas Jefferson died on July 4th. The man who wrote the Declaration of Independance died on Independance Day. ---
**Author:** ![Protesilaus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Protesilaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Protesilaus)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2001, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-really-cool-i-learned-from-a-student-today/65894/2 "2001-05-19T08:21:33Z")
Not only that, but John Adams died a few hours later the same day - July 4, 1826, 50 years to the day after they signed the Declaration. ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2001, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-really-cool-i-learned-from-a-student-today/65894/3 "2001-05-19T12:14:58Z")
Yeah, and supposedly John Adams’ last words were “Thomas Jefferson lives”. Kinda ironic, if you ask me. Oh, and James Monroe died exactly five years later, on July 4, 1831. As far as I know, those are the only three Presidents to die on Independence Day. Isn’t Presidential trivia fun? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2001, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-really-cool-i-learned-from-a-student-today/65894/4 "2001-05-19T13:51:58Z")
Ah, but which president was _born_ on the Fourth of July? ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2001, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-really-cool-i-learned-from-a-student-today/65894/5 "2001-05-19T16:47:17Z")
Higgledy Piggledy President Jefferson Gave up the ghost on the Fourth of July. So did John Adams, which Shows that such patriots Propagandistically Knew how to die. - - X.J. Kennedy\* ---
**Author:** ![quasar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/48db29/32.png) [@quasar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quasar)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2001, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-really-cool-i-learned-from-a-student-today/65894/6 "2001-05-19T17:13:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Olentzero \* > \*\*Ah, but which president was _born_ on the Fourth of July? \*\* Calvin Coolidge. Who was the first US president to be born in a hospital? ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2001, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-really-cool-i-learned-from-a-student-today/65894/7 "2001-05-19T17:34:35Z")
Jimmy Cater Who was the last president to have facial hair? ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2001, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-really-cool-i-learned-from-a-student-today/65894/8 "2001-05-19T18:21:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tapioca Dextrin \* > \*\*Jimmy Cater > > Who was the last president to have facial hair? \*\* Taft. Which President campaigned entirely from his home? jayjay ---
**Author:** ![Soup\_du\_jour](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Soup\_du\_jour](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soup_du_jour)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2001, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-really-cool-i-learned-from-a-student-today/65894/9 "2001-05-19T19:05:01Z")
McKinley. Who is the only prez to EARN a PhD before becoming prez? ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2001, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-really-cool-i-learned-from-a-student-today/65894/10 "2001-05-19T19:21:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Soup\_du\_jour \* > \*\*McKinley. > > Who is the only prez to EARN a PhD before becoming prez? \*\* Woodrow Wilson. Who was the only President to be head of a labor union? jayjay ---
**Author:** ![keeper0](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@keeper0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/keeper0)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2001, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-really-cool-i-learned-from-a-student-today/65894/11 "2001-05-19T20:06:40Z")
> [@](#): > > Who was the only President to be head of a labor union? Ronald “Fire the Air Traffic Controllers” Reagan, Screen Actors’ Guild. Who was the shortest President of the United States? ---
**Author:** ![Protesilaus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Protesilaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Protesilaus)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2001, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-really-cool-i-learned-from-a-student-today/65894/12 "2001-05-19T22:39:17Z")
James Madison, 5’4" Who was the only president to receive a patent? ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2001, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-really-cool-i-learned-from-a-student-today/65894/13 "2001-05-19T22:54:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Protesilaus \* > \*\*James Madison, 5’4" > > Who was the only president to receive a patent? \*\* Abraham Lincoln, for a device to float riverboats over sandbars. What President once worked as a model? jayjay ---
**Author:** ![Kaz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaz)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2001, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-really-cool-i-learned-from-a-student-today/65894/14 "2001-05-19T23:39:46Z")
Henry Ford And that is **the only** piece of presidential trivia I know, so some one else is going to have to come up with a new question. Sorry. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2001, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-really-cool-i-learned-from-a-student-today/65894/15 "2001-05-19T23:42:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Kaz \* > \*\*Henry Ford > > And that is **the only** piece of presidential trivia I know, so some one else is going to have to come up with a new question. Sorry. 🙂 \*\* You mean Gerald Ford… 😃 Which President’s pet parrot had to be removed from his funeral because it wouldn’t stop swearing? jayjay ---
**Author:** ![Moon-Watcher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/49beb7/32.png) [@Moon-Watcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moon-Watcher)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2001, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-really-cool-i-learned-from-a-student-today/65894/16 "2001-05-20T00:35:02Z")
Andrew Jackson Mine: Which President had to borrow money to go to his own inauguration? ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2001, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-really-cool-i-learned-from-a-student-today/65894/17 "2001-05-20T01:21:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Triton \* > \*\*Andrew Jackson > > Mine: Which President had to borrow money to go to his own inauguration? \*\* George Washington. What President, when returning to his boarding house after his inauguration, was forced to stand at dinner because all the chairs were taken and no one would rise to offer a seat? jayjay ---
**Author:** ![Kaz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaz)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2001, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-really-cool-i-learned-from-a-student-today/65894/18 "2001-05-20T15:22:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jayjay \* > **You mean Gerald Ford… 😃** :o _sigh_ Color me stupid…I’ll go now…