- The shortest presidency lasted just 31 days. William Henry Harrison died one month after taking office.
- Theodore Roosevelt was shot during a campaign speech in 1912 and finished the speech before seeking medical treatment.
- Andrew Johnson was the first president to be impeached. Bill Clinton and Donald Trump were later impeached, while Richard Nixon resigned before facing an impeachment trial in the Senate.
- The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were signed in the same room: Independence Hall in Philadelphia.
- The U.S. Constitution is the oldest written national constitution still in use.
- The last person receiving a Revolutionary War veteran’s pension was Esther Sumner Damon, the widow of veteran Noah Damon. She died on November 11, 1906.
- The last Civil War widow died in 2020—155 years after the war ended. Helen Viola Jackson married Union veteran James Bolin in 1936 when she was 17 and he was 93.
- George Washington never lived in Washington, D.C.
- The first World Series was played only 38 years after the Civil War ended.
Facts by Sean McVeigh, factologist.
