Happy Presidents' Day

Washington couldn’t tell a lie,
Adams croaked on the 4^th of July.
Jefferson had Lewis and Clark for confidants,
Little James Madison liked to wear the pants.
Monroe thought doctrine was cool and hip,
John Q. Adams took a regular skinny dip.
Jackson paid the debt to perfection,
Van Buren lost thrice for reelection.
Harrison only served 30 days,
Tyler lost his Whiggy ways.
Polk expanded the country west,
Taylor loved his horse the best.
Fillmore bought the White House books,
Pierce brought heat to its rooms and nooks.
Buchanan never took a bride,
Abe was honored far and wide.
Johnson felt impeachment’s gloom,
Grant wondered who was in his tomb.
Hayes was the first to visit the west.
Garfield took one in the chest.
Arthur was a man about town,
Cleveland had 414 bills vetoed down.
Harrison was overcome with grief,
Grover returned to become the chief.
McKinley died from an assassin’s gun,
Roosevelt craved the love of everyone.
Taft was too big for the White House tubs,
Wilson was handy with the ol’ golf clubs.
Harding’s nightmare was the Teapot Dome,
Coolidge napped each day at home.
Hoover opened Depression’s door,
FDR led through the Second World War.
Truman put Japan in shock,
Ike sent the troops to Little Rock.
Kennedy wrote with a Pulitzer’s knowledge,
Johnson graduated from a teacher’s college.
Nixon said he wasn’t a crook,
Ford then got Dickie off the hook.
Carter rode the farmer’s tractor,
Reagan was an old-time movie’s actor.
Bush Senior said, “No new taxes,”
Clinton liked to play the saxes.
George Junior chased Osama’s tush,
Obama puts all the blame on Bush.