Fame political left-handers

There have been five left handed President...four of then in the last 20th Century: James Garfield, Harry Truman, Geral Ford, George Bush, Bill Clinton.

James Garfield (1883-1881) is the twenthieth President of America. He was the second U.S. President to be assassinated, Abraham Lincoln was the first. J. Garfield served the USA for less 4 months before being shot. He made a military carrer with the start of the Civil War, Garfield enlisted in the Union Army, and was assigned to command the 42nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Religion: Disciples of Christ; Education: Attended Western Reserve Eclectic Institute (now Hiram College); Graduated from WilliamsCollege(1856). Occupation:Teacher, public official. Political Party: Republican. Other Government Positions: member of Ohio State Senate, Member of U:S: House of Representatives, elected to United State Senate, 1880.

Harry S. Truman (Lamar, 8 may 1884 – Kansas City 26 dicember 1972) was a american politician. He was the 33th President of America. Because of the inexpected death of Roosvelt, Truman became the new President; he made some of the most crucial decisions in history. Soon after V-E Day, the war against Japan had reached its final stage. Truman, after consultations with his advisers, ordered atomic bombs dropped on cities devoted to war work. Two were Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Japanese surrender quickly followed The years 1947–48 were distinguished by civil-rights proposals, the Truman Doctrine to contain the spread of Communism, and the Marshall Plan to aid in the economic reconstruction of Europe. Truman's second term was primarily concerned with the cold war with the Soviet Union, the implementing of the North Atlantic Pact, the United Nations police action in Korea, and the vast rearmament program with its accompanying problems of economic stabilization. Nickname: "Give ’Em Hell Harry"; Education: University of Kansas City Law School; Religion: Baptist; Marriage: June 28, 1919, to Elizabeth "Bess" Virginia Wallace (1885-1982); Children: Mary Margaret (1924- ); Career: Farmer, Businessman, Public Official.

Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr. (born Leslie Lynch King, Jr., July 14 1913 – December 26 2006) was the 38th President of the United States (1974–1977) . He attended Yale School University of Michigan; before to be President he was a Lawyer. His first goal during the presidency was to contain the inflation. Then, when recession became the Nation's most serious domestic problem, he shifted to measures aimed at stimulating the economy voting 39 measures. Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. was the perfect choice to restore America’s broken confidence after Richard Nixon. Straightforward and honest, a man of recognized decency, he traced his personal qualities back to his Midwestern childhood. Nickname: "Jerry";Education: University of Michigan (1935); Yale University Law School (1941); Religion: Episcopalian; Marriage: Elizabeth "Betty" Bloomer Warren (1918- ), on October 15, 1948; Children: Michael Gerald (1950- ); John Gardner (1952- ); Steven Meigs (1956- ); Susan Elizabeth (1957).

George Herbert Walker Bush (born June 12 1924) was the forty-first President of the United States serving from 1989 to 1993. After graduating from Phillips Academy in June 1942, he joined the U.S. Navy on his 18th birthday to become an aviator. The youngest pilot in the Navy when he received his wings, he flew 58 combat missions during World War II. On one mission over the Pacific as a torpedo bomber pilot he was shot down by Japanese antiaircraft fire and was rescued from the water by a U. S. submarine. At Yale University he excelled both in sports and in his studies. After graduation Bush embarked on a career in the oil industry of West Texas. He was vice president during Ronald Reagan’s Presidency , He won the election, like President in 1989; during that period the cold war ended and the berlin wall fell. In foreign policy, President Bush sent American troops into Panama to overthrow the corrupt regime of General Manuel Noriega and when Iraqi President Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait, then threatened to move into Saudi Arabia. Vowing to free Kuwait, Bush sent 425,000 American troops in Iraq.

William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III on August 19, 1946) was the forty-second President of the United States, serving from 1993 to 2001. During the administration of William Jefferson Clinton, the U.S. enjoyed more peace and economic well being than at any time in its history. He was the first Democratic president since Franklin D. Roosevelt to win a second term. He excelled as a student and as a saxophone player, Clinton was graduated from Georgetown University and law degree at Yale University in 1973. In the world, he successfully dispatched peace keeping forces to war-torn Bosnia and bombed Iraq when Saddam Hussein stopped United Nations inspections for evidence of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons. He became a global proponent for an expanded NATO, more open international trade, and a worldwide campaign against drug trafficking. The saxgate is the scandal that revealed the illicit White House affair during the Presidency (Monica Lewinsky 's affair). Religion: Baptist. Marriage: Hillary Rodham on October 11, 1975; Children: Chelsea Victoria (1980); Career: Lawyer, public official; Political Party: Democrat