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Six men-John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Franklin Pierce, Abraham Lincoln, Calvin Coolidge, and John F. Kennedy-lost children while serving as (or about to serve as) chief executive. Adams's grown son Charles died in 1800, shortly after the president lost his reelection bid. Jefferson's grown daughter Mary died in 1804. Pierce lost all three of his sons at an early age. Eleven-year-old Benny, his only surviving child, was killed in a train accident in January 1853, two months before Pierce's inauguration. Abraham Lincoln lost his son William ("Willie") in 1862 in the middle of the Civil War. His death devastated first lady Mary Lincoln's psyche and furthered the president's empathy toward the nation's tremendous suffering. Calvin Coolidge Jr. died after contracting blood poisoning from an infected blister in 1924. John F. Kennedy lost his son Patrick two days after he was born on August 7, 1963.
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What president has lost their job by impeachment?
No president has ever lost his job due to impeachment. The two Presidents in our history that were impeached were Andrew Johnson in 1868 and Bill Clinton in 1998. In both cases these Presidents were acquitted and continued to hold office. However, it should be noted that articles of impeachment were being considered against Richard M. Nixon in 1974. President Nixon would most likely have been impeached had he not resigned from office.
Who were the presidents who married while in office?
Two U.S. presidents have married while in office: Grover Cleveland and Woodrow Wilson. Grover Cleveland married Frances Folsom in 1886 during his first term as president. Woodrow Wilson married Edith Bolling Galt in 1915 during his second term as president.
Who are the unmarried American Presidents?
6 were unmarried when they took office. Buchanan never married. Cleveland took a wife while he was president. Jefferson, Jackson, Van Buren and Chester Arthur were widowers when they became president and never remarried. Tyler, Benjamin Harrison and Wilson lost their wives while they were president .
Who are the four presidents who have attained the highest office in the US without the backing of the majority of the people?
George W. Bush, John Quincy Adams, Rutherford G. Hayes, and Benjamin Harrison. All lost the popular vote but won the electoral college vote and became President.
Who are the five Vice Presidents that have tried and failed to win the presidency?
The vice presidents who were nominated by their parties and lost the election were Thomas Jefferson in 1996, Richard Nixon in 1960, Hubert Humphrey in 1968, Bob Dole in 1996 and Al Gore in 2000. Former Vice Presidents John Adams, Martin Van Buren, Theodore Roosevelt, Gerald Ford and George W. Bush also lost presidential elections, but only after they were President.
