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President of the United States from 1825 to 1829
Photos and video from Donald Trump’s Jan. 20, 2025 inauguration show him reciting the oath with his right hand raised while his left hand remained at his side; Melania Trump held two Bibles nearby but...
President Donald Trump did not place his left hand on the Bibles held by First Lady Melania Trump while reciting the presidential oath at his January 20, 2025 inauguration, a detail captured in photos...
Available reporting identifies at least a half‑dozen U.S. presidents with documented Mayflower ancestry — most commonly cited are John Adams (and his son John Quincy Adams), Zachary Taylor, Franklin D...
A notable handful of U.S. presidents have verifiable lines to one or more Mayflower passengers; those most consistently documented in the genealogical literature include John Adams and John Quincy Ada...
Other U.S. politicians have both and traditional oath practices in specific, documented cases, but those incidents are context-dependent and legally distinct from the current dispute over House sweari...
No credible record shows any U.S. president has publicly disclosed an official IQ score; public claims about presidential IQs are either . Contemporary reporting highlights misinformation around Donal...
The earliest evidence shows , while the first comprehensive system supplying the White House with running water and bathing facilities is most often dated to ; a later milestone is the mid‑19th centur...
The original Declaration of Independence used religious language but did not constitute an explicit attempt to *push Christianity* as a state religion; it spoke broadly of a Creator and invoked provid...
The claim that a text from The Dan Bongino Show “revealed” the 1824 is unsupported: the available texts discuss FBI leadership, alleged misconduct, and contemporary political issues, not the historica...
The most widely cited scholarly estimate places John Quincy Adams as the U.S. president with the highest reported IQ, with Simonton-era figures typically in the mid-160s to mid-170s (commonly reported...
A small but notable group of U.S. presidents did not place their hand on a Bible when taking the presidential oath, for reasons that cluster into three categories: unclear or undocumented early ceremo...
Public perception of Donald Trump’s intelligence is unusually polarized compared with views of past presidents: supporters often rate him highly or “cunning,” while critics highlight errors and misinf...
A clear set of Mayflower pilgrims — notably John Alden and Priscilla Mullins (including their connection via William Mullins), William Brewster, John Billington, and Richard Warren — are documented an...
John Howland is the Mayflower passenger with the most documented presidential descendants: multiple sources identify him as an ancestor of Franklin D. Roosevelt and both George H. W. Bush and George W...
The January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol resulted in documented vandalism, removal, and theft of artworks and historical items: House curators identified eight damaged objects outside the House ...
The central claim of the original text — that a in the 1824 presidential election involved Henry Clay trading support for John Quincy Adams in return for the secretary of state post — is broadly refle...