Party: Whig
Fact One: Wanted to prove he was still a big, tough war hero during his inauguration and decided to give his speech during a cold, rainy day without a coat or hat.
Fact Two: Gave the longest inaugural speech of all time. It was almost 8500 words long and it took two hours to read.
Fact Three: Came down with horrible cold-like symptoms. Doctors tried a bunch of really cutting edge medicine such as suction cups with bloodletting and then some ipecac, castor oil, and petroleum/snakeroot.
Fact Four: Died after 30 days in office.
Fact Five: Seriously, this motherfucker died after 30 days. He was sick for a large portion of his presidency. There are no interesting facts about the guy as a president, other than he was the first to die in office.
Quotes:
“Sir, I wish you to understand the true principles of the government. I wish them carried out. I ask nothing more.”
*cough cough sneeze* dead
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