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U.S. President History
U.S. President History
1860 - Grace Bedell, 11 years old, wrote a letter to presidential candidate Abraham Lincoln. The letter stated that Lincoln would look better if he would grow a beard.
1966 - U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signed a bill creating the Department of Transportation.
1993 - U.S. President Clinton sent warships to enforce trade sanctions that had been imposed on Haitian military rulers.
| "Everyday life confirms the fundamentally human and democratic ideal that individual effort deserves an economic reward." - President Reagan, October 22, 1981 |
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