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[Sir2fyablyNutz]

2/17 #2 Presidential Scandals

Another scandal that occurred during Grant's presidency was the Whiskey Ring. In 1875, it was revealed that many government employees were pocketing whiskey taxes. Grant called for swift punishment but caused further scandal when he moved to protect his personal secretary who had been implicated in the affair.

 

[RaceGun59]

2-17 #1
Benjamin Harrison was so afraid of electric lights, he’d have his staff turn the switches on and off for him and his wife.

 

[RaceGun59]

2-17 #2
Warren G. Harding supposedly made love to a young girl, Nan Britton, on a regular basis in a White House closet. Secret Service agents reportedly had to stop his wife from beating down the closet door on one occasion.

 

[kathi17]

2/17 #1

Barack Obama collects Spiderman and Conan the Barbarian comic books.

It's not really a skeleton in the closet, but I can't find any skeletons that haven't already been posted, and I thought it was interesting.

 

[CountBoredom]

2/17 #1

Chester A. Arthur was nicknamed "Elegant Arthur" because of his fashion sense.

 

[Stosh]

2/17 #1

Ulysses S. Grant Expelled Jews From Their Homes During The Civil War

His issuance of General Order No. 11 on December 17, 1862, which evicted Jews from certain parts of the country based on Grant’s belief that they were running a black market cotton trade between the North and the South. In part, the order read, “The Jews, as a class violating every regulation of trade established by the Treasury Department and also department orders, are hereby expelled from this department [various areas, including parts of Kentucky] within 24 hours from the receipt of this order."

 

[CountBoredom]

2/17 #2

While he is better remembered for killing Alexander Hamilton in a duel, Aaron Burr, Thomas Jefferson’s first-term vice president, was eventually arrested for an alleged plan to create an independent nation in the center of North America using land from Spain and the Louisiana Purchase.

Burr set up a complex conspiracy. It involved the commanding general of the Army, the British and the Spanish. Allegedly, they would lease out Texas and then conquer surrounding Spanish and Mexican territory in a war he hoped to orchestrate between the United States and Spain. Jefferson was informed of Burr’s plans and had him arrested and charged with treason. Though Burr was acquitted, the scandal effectively ended his already-flagging political career. [Deseret News]

 

[liblue1]

2/17 #1
Thomas Jefferson Founded The University Of Virginia...Jefferson founded the university in 1819 on land that once belonged to eventual President James Monroe. Jefferson is the only president to have ever founded an institution of higher learning....

 

[Stosh]

2/17 #2

Martin Van Buren – Van Buren’s first language was not English, he was raised speaking Dutch.

One quick question...will there be a history test the winner has to pass to collect the prize???
....

 

[liblue1]

2/17 #2
Madison Was Princeton's First Grad Student....After finishing his undergraduate degree in 2 years, James Madison stayed at the university for an additional year, making him the Ivy League institution's first graduate student.

 

[Thayamax]

2/17
#1

Surprisingly, George Washington was not a very good military strategist. He lost virtually every major battle he commanded. His best accomplishment during the early Revolution was being very good at retreating successfully. He was nearly fired as a General when he lost the city of Philadelphia by being outmaneuvered by British General Howe.

 

[Ladybear]

2/17
#1

Ulysses S. Grant smoked at least 20 cigars a day.


I bet he would have been a good candidate for vaping!!!!!

 

[Thayamax]

2/17
#2

Apparently Abraham Lincoln had a high-pitched voice. In July 1887, William H. Herndon said, "Lincoln's voice was, when he first began speaking, shrill, squeaking, piping, unpleasant." That's surprising for a president who gave one of the most famous speeches in US history.

 

[Ladybear]

2/17
#2

There were also two skeletons in Grover Cleveland's closet that might have been expected to prevent his achieving important public office. During the Civil War he had hired a substitute when drafted into the army. This was perfectly legal but certainly a disadvantage at a time when most successful northern politicians made much of their military achievements in defense of the Union. More serious still, Cleveland was the father of an illegitimate child. He had provided for the support of the child, but in those Victorian times knowledge of his transgression, should it become widely known, seemed sure to cost him heavily at the polls. Yet three years later he was elected president of the United States.

 

[yasmin817]

2/17 #1 hahahahaha!!

As both mayor and governor, Palin immediately fired lots of highly skilled, experienced staff and replaced them with "her people." What that means in practice is that Alaskan government now has tons of Wasilla residents, high school friends of Palin and members of her church in high positions, in $80,000 -$120,000 a year jobs, despite minimal or no qualifications.

For example, she named Franci Havemeister (a high school friend) as director of Alaska's Department of Agriculture at $95,000. Asked for her qualifications, the former real estate agent said that she loved cows as a kid.

 

[yasmin817]

2/17 #2

During his presidency, John Quincy Adams enjoyed skinny-dipping in the Potomac River in the early mornings.

 

[super dave]

2/17

Bush Jr.'s Skeleton Closet

Lies, Fraud and Deception to Promote War in Iraq

Don't buy the Bush spin that the lies about Iraq are only "16 words" -- the administration lied, deceived or committed outright fraud about every single point they used to justify invading Iraq (except to say that Saddam was an evil man.)

 

[super dave]

2/17

Nixon Watergate Scandal, Forrest Gump reported it, thank God for Forrest, he's my hero!

 

[bellastarr]

2/17
1.
Grover Cleveland date-raped a woman and got her pregnant.Cleveland reportedly sexually assaulted Maria Halpin, who later discovered she was pregnant. Cleveland then had her child put in an orphanage and forced her to be treated at a mental asylum.

 

[bellastarr]

2/17
2.
Warren G. Harding was obsessed with poker and once bet an entire set of priceless White House China and lost it.