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Known for his leadership during the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln’s greatness became so widespread that the shortest President in US history was required to publicize himself as a much taller man. Lincoln was documented at 5 ft 2 in, making James Madison the second shortest US President at 5 ft 4 in.
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William Henry Harrison is widely accepted as the ninth President of the United States. In fact he was a fictitious character because the United States did not have a satisfactory presidential candidate by the planned inauguration date, March 4, 1841. This situation has never happened again although the United States came close when the American [...]

JFK didn’t say what we thought he said in his inaugural speech. Read more to find out what happened!