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Roosevelt issued the most presidential vetoes with 635 due to serving four terms. The vetoes covered various topics. Five pairs of presidents were related, three were impeached, and Garfield was ambidextrous.
Franklin D. Roosevelt issued the most presidential vetoes with 635. At the time, US presidents could serve more than two terms (four years for one term). Roosevelt served four terms, which allowed him to make more vetoes. The vetoes covered a wide range of topics, from protecting homing pigeons to retailers buying beer on credit.
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Five pairs of presidents were related. Theodore Roosevelt and Franklin D. Roosevelt were fifth cousins; William H. Harrison and Benjamin Harrison were grandfather and grandson; James Madison and Zachary Taylor were second cousins; John Adams and John Quincy Adams were father and son; and George Bush and George W. Bush were father and son.
Three presidents have been tried for impeachment: Andrew Johnson in 1868, Richard Nixon in 1974 and Bill Clinton in 1999.
Former President James Garfield was ambidextrous and could write Greek with one hand and Latin with the other.
