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First president to be pardoned by his successor for possible offenses against the U.S.
First president born in Massachusetts
First president elected who had been divorced
Only president born on July 4
First biracial president
Last person to serve as Secretary of State and become president
Only president inaugurated in New York City
First president inducted into the Arkansas Black Hall of Fame
Only president whose temporary residence was the Blair House
First president to deliver the Saturday radio address in English and Spanish
First president to actively campaign for his election
Second president to marry a woman who had been divorced
First president who had not served in either the Continental Congress or the US Congress
Second youngest man to become president
Second president born after the Revolutionary War
Only president whose temporary residence was the Octagon House
First president to have a presidential library
First vice-president to have served as acting president
First president born in a hospital
First president to be sworn in on an airplane
First president to get married while in office
First president to play golf
First president to have a phone on his desk
First incumbent president to debate his opponent on television
First president to cross the Atlantic while in office, and first to visit Europe
First president elected after the Civil War who had not been a Civil War officer
Only president considered to have had Marfan's Syndrome
First president to establish a national park (Yellowstone)
First president to use a telephone to campaign
First presidential candidate to appear at a nominating convention
First or second president to survive a heart attack while in office
First left-handed president
Only president preceded and succeeded by the same man
Only presidential candidate to seek reelection without a running mate
First president to receive a queen (Queen Emma of the Sandwich, later Hawaiian Islands)
Last president to have been a prisoner of war
First president to take the oath of office in his own home (in New York City)
First president to serve in both the House of Representatives and Senate
First president to give his inaugural address from memory
First president to refuse an honorary degree from Oxford University
Last president to wear knee-length pantaloons, with buckles, silk stockings, low-cut shoes, and wigs
President who introduced the custom of having the president shake hands, rather than bow
First president to receive secret service protection