#Presidential History

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Archives Recipes: A Culinary Journey Through the Catalog! 🍒🍰🍝🧀

Welcome to a culinary tour of the White House, where history is served one dish at a time! Ever wondered what's simmering in the presidential kitchen while policies are being hashed out in the Oval Office? This collection brings together a selection of recipes favored by U.S. Presidents and First Ladies, as documented in the National Archives and Presidential Libraries. From Eisenhower's hearty soups to Rosalynn Carter's sweet treats, prepare to indulge in dishes that have tickled the taste buds of America's leaders. So tie on your apron—it's time to cook up a little history!

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Excluding his own, how many presidents of the USA have served during Jimmy Carter's lifespan?

Not including himself, there have been 16 different Presidents during Jimmy Carter's lifetime: Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Donald Trump, and Joe Biden.

To put it another way, if you count his own term, Jimmy Carter has been alive during the terms of nearly 37% of America's Presidents.

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Update im a genius

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Hand-tinted photograph of Alice Roosevelt Longworth (1903) by Frances Benjamin Johnston. Library of Congress.

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JFK not even being that catholic is so funny to me

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No cheating, please! Answer the trivia question to the best of your ability, then check below the cut! Please do not give away answers in comments or tags!

Answer below:

The most common first name among US Presidents is James, at six uses.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/1124390/us-presidents-names/

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This Day in History: Martha Jefferson

On this day in 1748, Martha Wayles, future wife of Thomas Jefferson, is born.

Martha “Patty” Wayles Skelton Jefferson is a bit of a mystery! We don’t even have a portrait of her, although the attached silhouette is believed to be hers. Jefferson burned all of their correspondence after her death. By all accounts, though, the two were deeply in love.

Patty was a young and wealthy widow when the two married on New Year’s Day in 1772. Their first child was born 8 months and 26 days after their wedding. They named her Martha, and they called her “Patsy.” Mrs. Jefferson would have six total children over the course of her ten year marriage to Jefferson. Only two would live to adulthood.

FULL STORY: http://www.taraross.com/post/tdih-martha-jefferson

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Photograph of President William Jefferson Clinton Participating in a Briefing on Kosovo

Collection WJC-WHPO: Photographs of the White House Photograph Office (Clinton Administration)Series: Photographs Relating to the Clinton Administration

Original caption: This item is a photograph of President William Jefferson Clinton participating in a briefing on Kosovo. Participants include Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, William Cohen, George Tenet, Sandy Berger, John Podesta, Jim Steinberg, and General Henry Shelton.

The briefing is taking place in the Oval Office.  President Clinton sits in an armchair.  His advisors sit on couches and other chairs.  Madeleine Albright in a red dress is the only woman present.  Three advisors wear military uniforms, the rest are in suits.  Many hold papers or pads on their laps and are taking notes.  The presidential seal is visible on the blue rug.

[politicaloutsider]

“A love poem”

By: George Washington

From your bright sparkling Eyes, I was undone;

Rays, you have, more transparent than the sun,

Amidst its glory in the rising Day,

None can you equal in your bright array;

Constant in your calm and unspotted Mind;

Equal to all, but will to none Prove kind,

So knowing, seldom one so Young, you'l Find

Ah! woe's me that I should Love and conceal,

Long have I wish'd, but never dare reveal,

Even though severely Loves Pains I feel;

Xerxes that great, was't free from Cupids Dart,

And all the greatest Heroes, felt the smart.

[tompoose]

I had always thought of James Garfield as a broad man, not exactly plump, but full and hearty. I had known that his long period of wasting away had been what killed him, but upon visiting the James A. Garfield National Historic Site in Mentor, Ohio, I saw his death mask. I was shocked to see how much of him was gone.

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Franklin D. Roosevelt (top center) with his Groton baseball team, ca. 1898. (Franklin D. Roosevelt Library).

View the original photo in our National Archives Catalog: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/196066384

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"It hurt to lose to Ronald Reagan. But after the election, I tried to make the transition as smooth as possible. Later, from my experience in trying to brief him on matters of supreme importance, I was very disturbed at his lack of interest. The issues were the 15 or 20 most important subjects that I as President could possibly pass on to him. His only reaction of substance was to express admiration for the political circumstances in South Korea that let President Park close all the colleges and draft all the demonstrators. That was the only issue on which he came alive."

-- Former President Jimmy Carter, on losing the 1980 election and the transition leading to the inauguration of Ronald Reagan, interview with TIME Magazine, October 11, 1982.

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