In time for Presidents Day, some NJ POTUS trivia

Sure it's a long weekend for many and there's lots of sales to enjoy this Presidents Day. But, let's refocus on the holiday itself and some Jersey ties to the commanders in chief over the years.

Some are well-known, like the story of George Washington's Crossing of the Delaware. Then, there's the decent number of Presidential "Bennys" who used to frequent the Jersey Shore.

George Washington spent considerable time in Jersey. He stayed at more than a dozen spots during the Revolutionary War.  Washington’s daring 1776 Christmas Day crossing of the Delaware River and defeat of the Hessians in Trenton is considered a turning point in the War.  It's still loyally reenacted each year.

Grover Cleveland is the only New Jersey-born man to become president.  The Caldwell native served two non-consecutive terms. Cleveland also passed away in Princeton at the age of 71.

Before becoming president, Woodrow Wilson served as governor of New Jersey and president of Princeton University.

Cleveland and Wilson also are two of three presidents married while in office. Cleveland was the only president to be married in a White House ceremony, on June 2, 1886.

Fourth president James Madison was Princeton University's first graduate student.

Long Branch was summer home to seven U.S. Presidents, hence, "Seven Presidents Park". 

James Garfield actually died in Elberon.  The other presidential "Bennys" of sort were Ulysses S. Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes, Chester A. Arthur, Benjamin Harrison, William McKinley, and Woodrow Wilson.

For other commanders in chief, Cape May was "Shore to please."  

At least five presidents spent time at Congress Hall: Franklin Pierce, James Buchanan, Ulysses Grant, Chester Arthur and Benjamin Harrison.  there's no proof, but local legend that Abraham Lincoln and his wife also visited.

Franklin D. Roosevelt was notable across the Hudson, when he opened the GWB.

As governor of New York, FDR helped dedicate the George Washington Bridge in October 1931.

After resigning from office, Richard Nixon became a Jersey resident.

First he moved to Saddle River in the 1970's.  Nixon later moved to a condo in Park Ridge.