On This Date In POTUS History
- 1872 Woodrow Wilson's wife, Edith Wilson, born.
- 1924 Calvin Coolidge designated the Statue of Liberty a National Monument.
- 1948 Gerald R. Ford married Elizabeth Bloomer Warren.
- 1966 Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Department of Transportation Act.
- 1991 George H. W. Bush's nominee to the Supreme Court, Clarence Thomas, confirmed by the Senate.
POTUS Quote
“It is better to be defeated standing for a high principle than to run by committing subterfuge.”
