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5 Fascinating Facts about the Births and Deaths of U.S. Presidents: Media

Some presidents have more in common than you thought.

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Gerald R. Ford
Gerald R. Ford was the 38th president of the United States.
Courtesy, Gerald R. Ford Library; photograph, David Hume Kennerly
White House
North portico of the White House, Washington, D.C.
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Thomas Jefferson
U.S. Pres. Thomas Jefferson.
© John Parrot—Stocktrek Images/Getty Images
Gilbert Stuart: portrait of George Washington
George Washington, oil painting by Gilbert Stuart, c. 1803; in the White House. The...
Scala/Art Resource, New York
William Howard Taft
William Howard Taft, Kent professor of constitutional law at Yale University between...
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
James K. Polk
U.S. Pres. James K. Polk.
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Gerald Ford
Gerald Ford was the only person to have served as U.S. vice president and U.S. president...
The Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum