25 more facts about US Presidents

In February I posted 25 facts about US Presidents in place of the 25 facts about me Facebook meme before it became 25 facts about swine flu or something. Now I have 25 facts about US Presidents (not mentioning Taft's weight, Coolidge's silence or Harding's awfulness) and one about me.

1. John Tyler named his home Sherwood Forest and considered himself an outlaw from his political party. Maybe the law too, I don't know. Different times, the 1840s.
2. James K. Polk's political career was declared to be over after winning one electoral vote in 1840 and losing his gubernatorial bid in 1841 and again in 1843.
3. Zachary Taylor was a poor dresser. He was eulogized by a fan of his, Abraham Lincoln.
4. Millard Fillmore was the first president to discuss bird guano importation in his annual message and was surprisingly not the last.
5. Franklin Pierce was not a foodie and was a mediocre president.
6. James Buchanan was a foodie and also a mediocre president. So.
7. Andrew Johnson's wife Eliza taught him how to read and write.
8. Rutherford B. Hayes's name is an anagram for "Huh, red ferryboats."
9. James A. Garfield could write in Greek and Latin AT THE SAME TIME. He was the first left handed president THAT WE KNOW OF.
10. Chester A. Arthur was America's safety school of presidents.
11. Benjamin Harrison pretty much disliked everyone and everything. He was also the last president to make any public mention of guano.
12. William McKinley was 5'7''.
13. William Howard Taft was a seventh cousin of Richard Nixon, an equestrian and the last president to milk a cow in the White House.
14. Warren G. Harding was an advocate of eliminating the 12 hour workday. John Dean wrote a biography about Harding.
15. Grover Cleveland put two criminals to death during his term as sheriff to spare his inferiors from doing the job. This remains my second* favorite fact about G.C.
16. Calvin Coolidge's voice was recorded on film in 1920 accepting the VP nomination on his birthday, July 4th.
17. Herbert Hoover was almost declared dead at the age of two. He lived to be the first president to have a phone at his desk. Before that, they just yelled loudly.
18. Harry S. Truman, like John Adams, had a biography written by David McCullough. I'm still waiting for the HBO series and what will no doubt be the most thrilling depiction of a haberdasher ever committed to film. (Would it be? I haven't watched a lot of movies.)
19. Lyndon Johnson paid $2.50 for Lady Bird Johnson's engagement ring.
20. Richard Nixon signed several bills preserving presidential birthplaces and homes as national historic sites. His own birthplace was registered as a national historic site during his presidency, because that sounds like something he would do.
21. Grover Cleveland loved corned beef and cabbage. *This is my favorite.
22. Gerald Ford was a good athlete and a pretty terrific human being. He was also in Glee Club in high school, which really changes the way I watch the show Glee, in that it makes it enjoyable.
23. George H. W. Bush is friends with Teri Hatcher.
24. George H. W. Bush. His museum has the best tour guides of any presidential site.
25. Me I'm the same height as William McKinley.
26. Barack Obama was the first president born in Hawaii. OR WAS HE? Yes, yes he was.