Here is a list of US Presidents to match with a list =
of what they did for fun or as a hobby. To make it a little easier, I =
will give clues on what each did as well
1. George =
Washington –
2. Thomas Jefferson –
3. Andrew Jackson –
4. John Tyler –
5. James Garfield –
6. Chester A. Arthur –
7. Jimmy Carter –
8. Theodore Roosevelt –
9. Ronald Reagan –
10. Lyndon Johnson –
11. Bill Clinton –
12. Warren Harding –
13. Gerald Ford –
14. Woodrow Wilson –
15. Dwight D. Eisenhower –
a. Tuba (he =
would often join the Marine Band at rehearsals on the White House =
lawn)
b. Clothes (had 80 custom-made =
suits in the White House)
c. Stilt =
walker (every member of his family, including the first lady, were adept =
at this)
d. Singer (tenor in =
University of Virginia glee club/quartet)
e. Landscape artist (more than 300 paintings on =
display)
f. Speed reading (2500 words =
a minute with nearly total retention)
g. Radio station DJ (used his wife’s inheritance =
to buy KLBJ-FM and oversaw its programming)
h. Marksman (expert in pistol; fought 100 =
duels)
i. Dancer (before marriage he =
never missed parties and danced with all the available =
women)
j. Concert violinist (would =
often feature himself as soloist at State parties)
k. Actor (sportscaster by trade, he moved from radio =
to the big screen and became a heart-throb)
l. Fashion model (on the cover of Cosmopolitan =
magazine and married another model)
m. Crossword puzzle (did New York Times puzzle in ink, =
often in just a few minutes)
n. =
Architect (designed buildings in the capital, university and =
home)
o. Ambidextrous writer (could =
write Greek with one hand and Latin with the other at the same =
time)
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Dr Bob Griffin =
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"Jesus Knows Me, This I =
Love!"