16. ABRAHAM LINCOLN (1861-1865)
"Honest Abe," the tallest president at 6'4", may have had Marfan Syndrome, a genetic disorder that causes people to be very tall, thin and long-limbed.
17. ANDREW JOHNSON (1865-1869)
Though one of the few presidents without a pet, Johnson apparently cared for a family of White House mice, which he called "the little fellows."
18. ULYSSES S. GRANT (1869-1877)
Civil War General Grant had been invited by the Lincolns to join them at Ford's Theatre on that fateful evening of April 14, 1865, but was forced to decline when he and his wife made plans to visit their children in New Jersey. (I have heard it was mostly because Grant's wife hated Mrs. Lincoln.)
19. RUTHERFORD B. HAYES (1877-1881)
Hayes was the first president to have a telephone in the White House.
20. JAMES A. GARFIELD (1881)
He was the first-known left-handed president and was elected to the U.S. Senate, but never served as Ohio senator because he then won the Republican nomination for president.
--DaCootPres
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