Alternatively to Mitt, George Romney could have been the first Mormon President. He would have also been the first POTUS to have been born in Mexico.
Yes, that's why we need that border wall... quick!
Alternatively to Mitt, George Romney could have been the first Mormon President. He would have also been the first POTUS to have been born in Mexico.
' I heard some sources claim that George W. actually WANTED to go to Vietnam as a fighter pilot, but that his father, who WAS a torpedo bomber pilot in WWII talked him out of it.
But territory are classed as insular area of the United States, meaning at his time of birth, Barry Goldwater was in a territory that was neither a part of one of the then 47 states nor of a Federal district.Arizona Territory was part of the United States, though not a state.
Does the magic was stop us citizens from bringing their newborn babies back into the country lolYes, that's why we need that border wall... quick!
R. Budd Dwyer?Sad first that could still happen:
- First president to commit suicide.
There's a lot of them.- First to die on foreign soil.
The second and fourth I talked above.- First to be assassinated abroad.
GWB in 9/11?- First to be killed in a mass terrorist attack.
That would have been an interesting address to the union. Could an alcohol induced suicide be plausible for Nixon in a worse 73 scenario?R. Budd Dwyer?
Didn’t Taft nearly get killed during a visit to Mexico?There's a lot of them.
Papa Bush after "sushi affair" in Japan, Bill Clinton's assassination plot in the Phillipines, Dubya shoe' throw and assassination attempt in Tbilisi that came in my mind now.
The second and fourth I talked above.
Exactly. Would that president become a martyr.GWB in 9/11?
Papa Bush after "sushi affair" in Japan, Bill Clinton's assassination plot in the Phillipines, Dubya shoe' throw and assassination attempt in Tbilisi that came in my mind now.
Donald Trump was also of age to be drafted to serve in Vietnam.OTL, both George W. Bush and Bill Clinton were of age to be drafted to serve in Vietnam. Clinton escaped the draft by studying in Ireland. 'Dubja' Bush famously served with the Texas Air National Guard so he could help his father George Herbert Bush in his election campaigns over the weekends. I heard some sources claim that George W. actually WANTED to go to Vietnam as a fighter pilot, but that his father, who WAS a torpedo bomber pilot in WWII talked him out of it.
And of course, there is John McCaine who famously got shot down over Vietnam. He won the Republican nomination in 2008, but lost out against Barack Obama in the general election.
So there we have it, four possible Vietnam veterans, two not drafted, two not elected. So the presidential 'first' might as well be:
"Vietnam, the first major US military campaign that did NOT bring forth a president"
Lincoln being famous for his wrestling prowess could be remembered for the first POTUS to host a wrestling tournament on aforementioned grounds.
Well aside from the obvious George Washington, Herbert Hoover also achieved this (From the death of Calvin Coolidge on January 5th, 1933 to FDR's inauguration on March 4th of that same year).Nixon was the only person to be the only living president (from LBJ's death on January 22, 1973 to his resignation on August 9, 1974)
You didn't read the rest of my comment. Nixon was the only person to be the only living president AND one of 6 living presidents at different times.Well aside from the obvious George Washington, Herbert Hoover also achieved this (From the death of Calvin Coolidge on January 5th, 1933 to FDR's inauguration on March 4th of that same year).
The most significant first I know of is the "Anderw Jackson becomes the first president to be assassinated", but is he also the first President to continuously engage in duels?
I mean, did Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Monroe, Madison and Q-Adams engage in duels?