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Junior Chimp
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« on: September 17, 2004, 11:17:58 AM »

In 1848, Zachary Taylor, twelfth president, asked that the inauguration of March 4, 1849 be moved to the following day since it fell on a Sunday. James Polk's term of office ended at Noon on March 4, thus creating a one-day vacancy whereby David Rice Atchinson, president pro-tempore of the senate, and at that time third in the succession line, was technically acting-president for one day. [Today the Speaker of the House is third in presidential succession]
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« Reply #1 on: September 17, 2004, 11:32:52 AM »

Sounds like this is Interesting Facts Day.
Here are two of my favorites.

John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, our 2nd and 3rd presidents, both died on the same day, July 4, 1826, exactly 50 years to the day after they signed the Declaration of Independence.

Andrew Jackson is the only American president who ever paid off the national debt. The year was 1835. After that the debt stayed at or near zero until the civil war.
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« Reply #2 on: September 17, 2004, 12:36:54 PM »

Wow.

Has anyone checked them for poison?
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