Thursday, April 2, 2009

A factoid for Thursday

"Which President Killed a Man?" is the title of a handy little book by former presidential speechwriter James Humes.

Presidents and their families yield an overflow of trivia. Those of us who do it a lot know most of the basics, including the answer to the title of Humes' book. (Pssst, it's Andrew Jackson--he killed a man in a duel. Presumably those who fought in wars also killed people...) Humes also has this gem: Whose immortal last words were "My nourishment is palatable"? Our thirteenth president, Millard Fillmore. (Now we know why he wasn't reelected...the man needed a speechwriter...)


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