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Scandalous Presidential Stories
In anticipation of election day, we’ve rounded up three scandalous presidential stories. Get ready for drama and salacious affairs at the highest level.
mmLast Updated: Nov 1st, 2020
1. President Thomas Jefferson forced a 14-year-old to be his concubine and enslaved his own children.
He promised his dying wife he would never remarry, then turned around and forced 14-year-old Sally Hemings—whose family he enslaved—to be his concubine. Slavery, a murder conspiracy, his own personal ...Show More
2. President Warren G. Harding wrote erotic letters and hired psychics.
After assuming the presidency in 1921, 55-year-old Warren G. Harding didn’t seem to take the job seriously. Not only did he spend most of his time playing poker and golf, he staffed his presidential c...Show More
3. President Zachary Taylor died from eating too many cherries after only 18 months in office.
Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank joins historians Catherine Clinton and Joseph Uscinski to talk about military hero Zachary Taylor and the assassination theories that swirled around his death in...Show More
