26Ulysses S. Grant
In Ulysses S. Grant's name, the S didn't stand for anything. He felt that it made his name seem more distinguished.
27. During the campaign of 1920, President Warren G. Harding was accused of making up a word: "normalcy." When asked if he instead meant "normality," Harding responded "I have looked for 'normality' in my dictionary and I do not find it there. 'Normalcy', however, I did find, and it is a good word."
28. Rutherford B. Hayes is a national hero in Paraguay and even has a province named after him because he mediated the treaty that prevented Argentina and Brazil from annexing them.
29. In 1853, Chester A. Arthur successfully represented a black woman who sued a streetcar company for kicking her out of the white section of a streetcar.
30. In 1928, Lyndon B. Johnson paused his studies to teach Mexican-American children and used his own salary to buy volleyball and softball bats for them.
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31William McKinley
William McKinley was the first president to ride in an electric car - the ambulance that took him to the hospital after he was shot by an assassin.
