US Presidents with the Strangest Hobbies 

Coolidge riding his mechanical horse is actually sad. He probably really missed his horse.

I'm surprised you didn't mention that FDR was well-known as a stamp collector. People all over the world sent him stamps as gifts and there was even a scandal when it was discovered that the Postmaster General was creating special stamp printings made for his boss (look up "Farley's Follies") and not available to the US public.

I’ll admit, if I had LBJ’s amphi-car, I’d troll the exact same way.

"Nixon Was A Card Shark" That gives his nickname of "Tricky Dick" a new meaning

Here's a request.. let's see a vid on the undoubtedly weird history of the Weird History Channel.

Abe Lincoln wrestling wasn't that unusual. But apparently the guy was a badass, being able to grab opponents and just toss them like nothing. And he was also able to hold a sledgehammer at arms length for a long period of time. Truly Abe was a 19th century Chuck Norris

Amphibious and submarine are two very different things when it comes to vehicles.

They left out Teddy Roosevelt being a judo player, when he injured his eye he took up wrestling and then took up judo. The guy loved to fight apparently. Incidentally there were an incident when they were replacing bayonets on Springfield rifles with sharpened rods. Roosevelt took exception to this claiming they weren't sturdy enough to replace bayonets so he got one of his advisors in a sort of bayonet duel with him with a regular knife bayonet and the other with the rod. The rod bent proving Roosevelt's point (no pun intended.)

Bill actually preferred it more when someone else was playing his saxophone

Teddy Roosevelt played a very important role in creating the us national parks and protecting millions of acres of land for wildlife. If you could do a video on teddy Roosevelt protecting wildlife that would be great and educational :)

I would like to see one about the First Ladies…that would be interesting to see

I heard that somewhere in the presidential archives is a letter Abraham Lincoln wrote to a friend. In it, he said his favorite leisure activity was sitting on the back porch of the White House playing an autoharp and smoking hemp.

FDR also had a huge stamp collection from all over the world.

Lincoln just got even more badass

Today I learned I either have issues or am more busy than a president since I don't seem to have time for any hobbies I used to partake in

AHA! A BIT OF INCORRECT INFO ON THIS OTHERWISE EXCELLENT CHANNEL! Nixon was, at least in his youth, an athlete (if not a very good one)-he played tackle on the Whittier College football team when he attended in the early 30s. He sucked at it-he was on the practice squad and usually only came into games if the results were obvious or the team was hit with injuries, and often was called for false starts as he couldn't contain his excitement when he did get in games. He also did track and played basketball, which he was allegedly better at but he lacked the love to pursue. He was an avid fan of college and pro football throughout his life.

This was awesome!! Very interesting. Thank you!! 😊

This was actually quite interesting! Thanks, Weird History! And I laughed way more than I should have at a bouncing Calvin Coolidge…😂

Abraham Lincoln's mother Nancy Hanks was an incredible wrestler and no man ever defeated her.

Poor Coolridge. Most people who have horses make it their life and to lose that would be devastating. I could see where he would need something to get him into that mind frame

Yesssss great video like always

I don't understand why riding a mechanical horse is so odd? He loved it. It helped him mentally and he was safe.

Honestly the script for this episode was amazing. Made me chuckle quite a few times!

Well, this is something. Interesting and unusual. Heard of a few of them. Great topic.

I bet Coolidge’s mechanical horse did help him keep his core strength. I rode horses for years and it’s a serious workout.

I'm a simple man, when I see Abraham Lincoln, I click.

I don't think mules are native anywhere since they're a human induced hybrid

NGL Teddy Roosevelt is our coolest president. He'd be a neat guy to have a drink with. OASN, Topps came out with Obama trading cards in 2008 during the election. They are really nice cards.

Never mentioned JFK’s hobby?😮!!!

Please make a video about Emma Goldman! Also I wonder how many mules Washington managed to breed cause mules are a mixture of a horse and a donkey, but they themselves can't reproduce.

Thank you, Weird History

Thanks for this! 🦅 #WeirdHistory #USPresidents #Hobbies

Lincoln would also test-fire rifles on the front lawn of the Whitehouse. There was a funny moment where him and a guy from the Henry firearms company were testing a new Henry lever action on the front lawn and a cop came by to tell what he thought were a couple troublemakers to stop firing. Apparently the cop saw it was Lincoln himself and immediately pulled a 180 and dipped

Wrestling on the American frontier during Lincoln's era wasn't a strange activity at all, it was pretty widespread. People in just about all walks of life used to wrestle in their spare time, be it for honor, bragging rights, to settle a personal dispute, money, or all of the above. Crowds of onlookers within the community would be attracted and would bet on the result. Most of the leading wrestlers of the nineteenth century had ongoing day jobs because a wrestler's earnings were entirely made from side bets. The above was particularly true of residents living within farming communities, which was also where almost all of the wrestling talent of the 19th century came from. Farm folk were often from rougher and hardier stock, and therefore more likely to take up a practice such as wrestling to test one's manhood from a very young age and determine one's position in a social hierarchy. Thus, the happenstance of a wrestler in America really started as a pastime and developed gradually into a trade as the side bet game became more lucrative. Naturally, this led to professional wrestling becoming incredibly crooked, as by the late 19th century it had become commonplace for wrestlers to meet in fixed matches, with one winning, but in actuality both of the two splitting the purse (unbeknownst to the individuals betting on the match). Also worth noting: In Lincoln's day, there were no enormous sports arenas. Abe Lincoln never wrestled in front of crowds of thousands of people for the kind of match stakes wrestlers received just decades later. His actual day-to-day jobs most often took priority over his wrestling matches. As an example, as a soldier in the Blackhawk War, Lincoln once had a dispute with a man over a prime camping spot. They settled the dispute by wrestling. And of course, "the squared circle" as it is understood in modern parlance, didn't exist in professional wrestling at all until a few years after Lincoln's assassination. The ring itself was actually a boxing innovation that wouldn't become widespread in wrestling until the early-1900s. In Lincoln's time, wrestlers would pretty much just go where the action took them, which could of course get chaotic. One wonders why a ring wasn't adopted within wrestling sooner than it was, yet there were no governing bodies, and really no true wrestling industry (at least in the modern sense) in those early days, so there you go.

Love weird history

Lincoln is listed as the originator of the chokeslam. Seriously a u.s.president invented the most likely to be cheered wresting move til this very day. Good job Abe.

If presidents take a break every now and then, could someone tell Trump to take a hike... permanently?!? 🤣

Please make a video about Boudica!

Clinton not only played sax, he played Hillary too. Bill and Monica were getting it on like jackrabbits...

I'd love to see a video on the origins, etc about traveler cheques.

If I become President, my bizarre hobbie would be collecting and building Legos.

Figured mentioning bill clinton and wierd hobbies you'd have to mention his trips to epstein's island and the flights on the Lolita Express

All hail the bringer of the stuff and things we need to know. *Praise*

Very Interesting

Abraham Lincoln earned money while wrestling, and was therefore a professional wrestler.

Im gonna be 100 i love this channel

You didn't mention Jimmy Carter's affinity for skill crafting furniture, why not?

Man, the music at Coolidge’s part has me sobbing, it’s just such a bittersweet melody. 🥹

Most surprising presidential hobby, at least to me, George H.W. Bush played Rock guitar.

7:54 of course Lincoln liked to "wrestle" 😉😉😉.

Ted Kennedy also liked driving cars into water...

Can we get a video series of Military/political conflicts from the earliest recordings to modern

Lincoln loved scrying & psychic experiences.💚🙏

Why we don't have Lincoln in the wwe games is a mystery on its own

Do a topic on presidential mistresses.

I love the idea of some guy walking in on a president riding a mechanical children’s horse in a cowboy costume and having to come up with an explanation of not only why it’s normal but also medically good for him, poor guy -what a job, had to laugh 😂😂😂😂

Wrestling is not weird, it's actually a relief to know a President is doing something good for his health that isn't criminal or immoral.

I can't believe Ronald Reagan's obsession for jelly beans wasn't mentioned.. President Ronald Reagan first became a fan of the candies during his time as governor of California and used them to help him quit smoking. He quickly became a jelly bean fanatic, ordering monthly shipments to his office from the Goelitz Candy Company (now Jelly Belly).

You ignored Eisenhower and his painting (besides Bush. Jr.), and the golf obsessions of Taft, and Wilson!

You didn't mention Bill Clinton's cigar thing and I didn't hear you mention Abraham Lincoln killing vampires 😎🤣🤣🤣

What about Obama's jumpshot and his love for the game of basketball 🏀

How about a video on histories first known serial killers.

Why the music so somber? Great vid, but now I'm sad for some reason

Interesting!

Please make a video about the practical jokes Presidents left for the incoming president.

Roosevelt was a Harvard alumn from back when boxing was a required subject for all Harvard students. Now...

Loooooove your channel

Do a video on Charles Ponzi and Elizabeth Holmes, please.

Ayy nice

A request for the weird history of whaling wives. Just saw a movie with a ridiculous depiction of what would have been a very tough life.

Abraham Lincoln hunts vampire for a hobby

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You should do a story about what really happens at the cemetery in modern times. I was a cemetery worker for three and a half years and I can tell you some methods that maybe the family would not want to know about and are kind of secrets that we were told not supposed to share.

Thought that was John C Reilly when the pic of Stephen Douglas popped up.

Saw a thumbnail with Lincoln and a half nelson. Couldn't not click.

"Royal Gift".....🤣

It's quite interesting to know what some presidents do in their leisure time.

8:46 There is a famous early picture though of Nixon playing American Football

Honest Abe could lay the smack down.

Adams swimin' nakkid!

Video idea: The history of beds or The evolution of beds 🛌🛏.

I'm surprised there hasn't been a professional wrestler who goes by Honest Abe

Mules aren't native to anywhere, technically speaking.

Neat video...actually, DC is only hot and humid in the summer, not the fall and winter.

Lincoln also loved seances.

The history videos you make are amazing. So so much better than any detailed long documentaries that are not even available for free.

The strangest, probably the mechanical horse riding! 🐎

Request here: Weird History of Gobleki Tepe. :)

The toughest presidents? Lincoln, Washington and Theodore Roosevelt.

Yay! New upload 😍 Deus benedicat tibi🙏

Coming from a family of horse breeders, Royal Gift is an awesome name for a sire. It's unique and could denote the origin on a pedigree. Breeders would then go on to use Royal and Gift in the name of the offspring sometimes making reference to the mare's name as well. Royal Gift x Petunia Blossom for instance may be Royal Blossom, etc.

Bill also liked to fly to a certain island. And if I recall he's a cigar aficionado.

There’s a mansion in my town where teddy Roosevelt stayed the when it was a hunting lodge.

Yes!

Wait, I thought Lincoln was a Vampire Hunter!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

In some of the pictures it shows them reversed. Is that a way to fit around copyright?

I bet Jefferson would be amazed with what gadgets we have today. I have a feeling he'd want to take apart my drawing tablet and see how it works.

I didn't find any of these hobbies all that strange. I'm glad each of them found time to let-off some steam. DA

Jimmy Carter is the first president to publish a fiction novel. Pretty good one in fact: The Hornet's Nest: A Novel of the Revolutionary War

He was right about Ken Starr!