Franklin Roosevelt ๐บ๐ธ died #OTD 1945 in Warm Springs, Georgia. His last known photograph is below. He was sitting for a painting at the time of his death
Harry Truman ๐บ๐ธ was sworn in as President. Record of the event was taken by the White House Chief Usher (below) #POTUS โฅ๏ธ
Actual conversation between Eleanor Roosevelt & Harry Truman ๐บ๐ธ:
Eleanor Roosevelt: "Harry, the President is dead.โ
Harry Truman: โIs there anything I can do for you?โ
Eleanor Roosevelt: "Is there anything we can do for you, Harry? For you are the one in trouble now.โ #POTUS ๐บ๐ธ
Franklin Delano Roosevelt ๐บ๐ธ, who died #OTD 1945, is the last President to die in office of a cause other than an assassination. #POTUS โฅ๏ธ
FDR's ๐บ๐ธ funeral train, making a three day trip through 9 states, carried his family,
Truman ๐บ๐ธ and his family,
the entire SCOTUS,
and most of his cabinet...
All in one vulnerable place...
During a world war.....
Probably not the best idea the government ever had. #POTUS โฅ๏ธ
The death of FDR ๐บ๐ธ, who died #OTD 1945, a comment by Ralph McGill (of the Atlanta Constitution) #POTUS โฅ๏ธ @ajc
Franklin Delano Roosevelt ๐บ๐ธ, who died #OTD 1945, is buried at his home, the Springwood Estate in Hyde Park, NY. #POTUS โค
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Happy Birthday Abraham Lincoln ๐บ๐ธ, born #OTD 1809
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โIt is a great piece of folly to attempt to make anything out of my early life. It can all be condensed into a single sentence: โThe short & simple annals of the poor.โ
- Abraham Lincoln #POTUS ๐๐
Kentucky was the birthplace of the first "western" President: Abraham Lincoln ๐บ๐ธ! #POTUS ๐๐
Abraham Lincoln ๐บ๐ธ is the only President to hold a patent. The patentย is anย inventionย to lift boats overย shoalsย and obstructions in a river. #POTUS ๐๐
Happy Birthday to William Henry Harrison ๐บ๐ธ, born #OTD 1773!
William Henry Harrison ๐บ๐ธ holds the record for shortest Presidency - one month. #POTUS ๐๐
8 Presidents were born as British subjects in British America ๐ฌ๐ง
- George Washington
- John Adams
- Thomas Jefferson
- James Madison
- James Monroe
- John Quincy Adams
- Andrew Jackson
- William Henry Harrison
The 1st American born President was Martin Van Buren (1782) #POTUS ๐บ๐ธ
William Henry Harrison ๐บ๐ธ is 1 of 8 Presidents to have come from Virginia.
The others:
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
James Monroe
John Tyler
Zachary Taylor
Woodrow Wilson