There are most likely quite a few things that you do not know about President Barrack Obama, such as the fact that he is left handed. In fact he is the sixth left-handed president since the First World War. President Obama is known for enjoying the Harry Potter book series and has read every single one of the books. He is also known for staying in shape and owns a pair of boxing gloves which were signed by Muhammad Ali. One of President Obama’s first jobs as a teenager was working in an ice cream job and as a result he now cannot stand the thought of having ice cream again as an adult.

Before he became president and while he lived in Indonesia he ate dog and snake meat as well as roasted grasshoppers. During his first presidential election campaign he refused to turn on CNN and instead chose to watch sports. President Obama is somewhat fluent in Spanish and is able to say a variety of things, occasionally using his other language when traveling or in the presence of foreign visitors. It has reported that he can bench a total of 200 pounds and that he likes to stay in shape by doing various exercises including kick boxing. The desk in Obama’s Senate office was at one time the desk where Robert Kennedy sat. He made a total of $4.2 million along with his wife, mostly due to the fact that his book sales have been so high.

George Washington, the first of everything in United States political history, was sworn into office as the very first President of the United States On April 30, 1789. The ceremony took place on the balcony of Federal Hall, on Wall Street in New York. Washington was born in 1732 into a family of Virginia planters. It was there that he learned the lessons in morality, manners and all the knowledge required to turn him into an 18th century Virginia gentleman. His two passions? Military arts and western expansion.

At the tender age of only 16, George Washington help Thomas, Lord Fairfax survey Shenandoah lands. When Washington was 24, he was commissioned a lieutenant colonel and was the first to be involved with what turned into the French and Indian War. He served in the Virginia House of Burgesses and managed his property around Mount Vernon from 1759 until the outbreak of the American Revolution. He was married to a widow, Martha Dandridge Custis and lived a relatively happy life, however, he, like other planters, felt as if the British merchants were exploiting them and strangled by British regulations.

Elected Commander in Chief of the Continental Army in May 1775, Washington went on to lead his troops to an overwhelming victory, ending with the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown. Because the Nation, under the Articles of Confederation was not functioning well, George Washington became a primary force in the measures that lead up to the Constitutional Convention at Philadelphia in 1787. By a unanimous vote, the Electoral College elected him President once the Constitution was ratified. He retired to Mount Vernon and died of a throat infection on December 15, 1799. America mourned his death for many months.