On This Date In POTUS History
- 1837 Chester A. Arthur's wife, Ellen Arthur, born.
- 1890 Benjamin Harrison signed first law requiring meat inspection.
- 1967 Lyndon B. Johnson's nominee to the Supreme Court, Thurgood Marshall, confirmed by the Senate as the first African-American Justice.
POTUS Quote
“The idea that I should become President seems to me too visionary to require a serious answer. It has never entered my head, nor is it likely to enter the head of any other person.”
