Re: First Speeding Arrest in the U.S.

Actually, speeding tickets were being given out before the invention
of the horseless carriage.

Ulysses S. Grant got a $20 speeding ticket for riding his horse too
fast.
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More Presidential trivia:

39th President Jimmy Carter changed his hair-part from right to left
after becoming President.

17th President Andrew Johnson never went to school.

12th President Zachary Taylor never voted in a Presidential election.

8th President Martin Van Buren referred to his hometown of Old
Kinderhook, New York as "OK"
Soon after wards, OK came to mean "alright".

4th President James Madison had 2 vice presidents die while in office.

1st President George Washington had a mouth full of dentures, but he
made sure all his horses teeth were brushed every day.

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