Favorite Beverages of the U.S. Presidents

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https://us-presidents.insidegov.com...ampaign=ao.cm.ob.dt.10417#1-George-Washington

[h=2]#14 of 44 Franklin Pierce[/h]Preferred Drink: Everything
Franklin Pierce earned Will-Weber's nod as the drunkest president in American history. According to the writer, Pierce "drank a lot of everything" and once said after leaving office, "What can an ex-president of the United States do except get drunk?"

He died of cirrhosis of the liver at age 65.

 

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[h=2]#42 of 44 Bill Clinton[/h]Preferred Drink: Snakebite
A snakebite, Bill Clinton's favorite alcoholic drink, is one part cider and one part lager mixed in equal volumes.

According to a 2001 article in the Harrogate Advertiser, Clinton was refused a snakebite in a bar in the U.K. because it was illegal to serve it there.

 

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https://us-presidents.insidegov.com...ampaign=ao.cm.ob.dt.10417#1-George-Washington

Given my name, I feel obligated to post that I have never heard of this person. I decided to look at the list and I've never heard a thing about Benjamin Harrison, Millard Fillmore, Zachary Taylor, William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, Chester A. Arthur, Warren G. Harding, or William McKinley.

 

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Given my name, I feel obligated to post that I have never heard of this person. I decided to look at the list and I've never heard a thing about Benjamin Harrison, Millard Fillmore, Zachary Taylor, William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, Chester A. Arthur, Warren G. Harding, or William McKinley.

Yeah, I thought his name and reputation were pretty interesting.

 

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[Miggs]

https://us-presidents.insidegov.com...ampaign=ao.cm.ob.dt.10417#1-George-Washington

Badass. Seriously, even in that pic it looks like he's trying to hold it together and appear sober.

Love this dude. I wonder if he ever gave any crazy-*** orders.

"Kill every Native on the--"
"But sir, won't that--"
"Don't you 'but sir' me."

 

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[h=2]#7 of 44 Andrew Jackson[/h]Preferred Drink: Whiskey

One of the most polarizing presidents in history, Andrew Jackson made, sold and, of course, drank whiskey.

First whiskey drinking President.

 

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Preferred Drink: Water

While Pierce earns the distinction of the drunkest president, Abraham Lincoln was pegged the driest by Will-Weber.
If "Honest Abe" did drink, he did so very rarely.

 

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[h=2]#19 of 44 Rutherford B. Hayes[/h]Preferred Drink: Non-alcoholic
Rutherford B. Hayes' wife, Lucy, was a teetotaler — a believer in complete personal abstinence from alcoholic drinks. As such, she banned alcohol and smoking (among other things) from the White House when Hayes was president. She earned the nickname "Lemonade Lucy" for this lifestyle.
According to Will-Weber, "Staffers sympathetic to visitors that might want some alcohol tried to infuse some oranges in the punch with rum," but Hayes apparently discovered the plot and had staffers substitute rum flavoring instead.

Though Hayes adopted his wife's personal stance toward alcohol while in office, he was not a teetotaler throughout his entire life

 

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[h=2]#20 of 44 James Garfield[/h]Preferred Drink: Beer
President James Garfield, unlike other presidents, was a beer man through and through.

Per Will-Weber, "A friend of Garfield's — Thomas Donaldson — once noted in his diary that: 'Garfield ... liked beer and drank but little else.'"

My kind of guy!

 

[Dr. Jones]

Given my name, I feel obligated to post that I have never heard of this person. I decided to look at the list and I've never heard a thing about Benjamin Harrison, Millard Fillmore, Zachary Taylor, William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, Chester A. Arthur, Warren G. Harding, or William McKinley.

I swear


To God


This MUST BE

somehow....









Mitt Romney.

(The oP pic)

 

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[h=2]#21 of 44 Chester A. Arthur[/h]Preferred Drink: Ale
In an article by Sam Greenspan for 11points.com, citing John R. Bumgarner's book "The Health of Presidents," Greenspan wrote, "Arthur would drink wine and after-dinner liqueurs pretty much nightly."
Per foodtimeline.org, however, "His favorite meal was a mutton chop with a glass of ale, or a slice of rare roast beef with hot baked potatoes and fruits."
And, as Will-Weber wrote, when a representative of the Temperance movement pressured Arthur to consider a no-alcohol policy at the White House, "he thundered: 'Madam, I may be the president of the United States, but what I do with my private life is my own damned business!"

Let's just say that Arthur enjoyed his alcoholic beverages, and that he would have received a ton of flak on Twitter had it existed in the 1880s.

Tell 'em! Nonya damn biznezz!

 

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His favorite drink was porter during his years in office.

Porter was the most popular drink in the world at the time. Of course, the best and most of it was made in London. Wonder if what he drank was made locally.

It was typically the job of the lady of the house to make the ale at that time. Men who were single often bought their ale from what was referred to at the time as an "ale wife," which referred to a a woman who made ale and sold it around town. I've tried searching the term but all that comes up is some dumb fish.

 

[The Midnight]

Any President likes rum and coke?

 

[str8line]

Any President likes rum and coke?

Well... there is one that likes Zima and Coke.

 

[moevillini]

couldn't miss the opportunity to share this gem

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BkvikzsgCQ